Which Beyoncé album won the 2017 Grammy for Album of the Year?

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No Beyoncé album won the 2017 Grammy for Album of the Year; Lemonade was nominated but lost to Adele’s 25.

Lemonade was Beyoncé’s sixth studio album and was released in April 2016. It was presented as both an album and a film, Beyoncé: Lemonade, and its themes drew on family, betrayal, Black identity, feminism, and resilience. The project received widespread critical acclaim and became one of the defining albums of the 2010s.

At the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in 2017, Lemonade competed for Album of the Year against Adele’s 25, Justin Bieber’s Purpose, Drake’s Views, and Sturgill Simpson’s A Sailor’s Guide to Earth. Adele won the category. Beyoncé did win Best Urban Contemporary Album and Best Music Video at that ceremony.

This result is often misremembered because Lemonade was a landmark critical success and because Beyoncé’s performance and nominations dominated coverage of the ceremony. The question’s answer is therefore “None,” not Lemonade: the album was nominated for the top prize but did not win it.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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