Renaissance is Beyoncé’s seventh solo studio album.
Renaissance was released on July 29, 2022, as the first act of a planned three-part project. It followed Everything Is Love, her 2018 collaborative album with Jay-Z, and marked her return to a solo studio album after Lemonade in 2016.
The album is rooted in dance, house, disco, funk, and R&B. Its lead single, “Break My Soul,” became Beyoncé’s first solo Billboard Hot 100 number-one single since “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” in 2008.
Renaissance received nine Grammy nominations and won four awards at the 2023 ceremony. The album’s title is sometimes confused with the name of the wider trilogy, often called the Renaissance World Tour era; the album itself is the first act of that broader project.