The lengthy look forward to a brand new Beyoncé venture will quickly come to an finish, with the singer formally posting a July 29 date (with pre-save and pre-buy choices) for a venture titled “Renaissance.”
Will probably be Beyoncé Knowles’ first drop of recent music since 2016’s “Lemonade,” which was itself a shock launch and her sixth solo album. “Renaissance” will mark her seventh, although the secondary title, “act i,” suggests it’s half of a bigger, or multi-part, venture.
The “will she or gained’t she” guessing had began lower than two weeks prior when Knowles cleaned her social media channels, signaling that an announcement of some variety was coming. Then on June 15, the singer’s BeyGOOd Basis tweeted a message in honor of Black Music Month, posting a picture of iconic albums and captioning the collage: “Celebrating the brilliance and creativity of Black Musicians who’ve influenced the world by their artwork.”
It appeared one of many albums pictured, on the underside proper, referenced Brandy’s “B7” album, launched in 2020, however it took no time for members of the Beyhive to attach the dots and conclude that Bey’s seventh was coming.
Since 2011’s “4,” she has been releasing music by her personal Parkwood label, in partnership with Columbia Information, the singer’s longtime house because the Future’s Youngster years. And being one of many largest multi-hyphenate superstars on earth — with 28 Grammy Awards and 79 nominations to her identify — she’s not precisely certain to a music firm’s timeline.
In line with information from Luminate, Beyoncé’s album gross sales as a solo artist within the U.S. prime 18 million; she’s bought greater than 60 million digital tracks and boasts an airplay viewers of greater than 60 billion. “Lemonade” bought the equal of three.6 million track- and song-equivalent albums within the U.S., per Luminate.
