Beyonce has officially released her new album RENAISSANCE. It marks her first studio album in 6 years, the follow up to 2016’s critically acclaimed Lemonade.
The 16-song album is now out in various international markets around the world including New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand among others — basically everywhere it’s already midnight Thursday at the time of publishing of this article. The album will be released in North America at midnight ET local time.
The album leaked about 36 hours before its official release date but Columbia Records (Sony) was able to curtail the spread to a good degree.
RenaissanceĀ has contributions from The-Dream, Pharrell Williams, Hit-Boy, Jay-Z,Ā Drake, Nija Charles, 070 Shake, P2J, Labrinth, Skrillex, A.G. Cook, Nile Rodgers, Lucky Daye, Tems, Syd, LilJuMadeDaBeat, Sabrina Claudio, Tricky Stewart, Denisia āBlu Juneā Andrews, Symbolyc One, Moi Renee, Raphael Saadiq and more. See the full listĀ here.
Stream the album below. In a thank you note, the queen reveals that RENAISSANCE serves as the first project in the album trilogy that she has in the works which means two more albums are expected to arrive in the near future.
RenaissanceĀ Tracklist:
1. āIām That Girlā
2. āCozyā
3. āAlien Superstarā
4. āCuff Itā
5. āEnergyā
6. āBreak My Soulā
7. āChurch Girlā
8. āPlastic Off The Sofaā
9. āVirgoās Grooveā
10. āMoveā
11. āHeatedā
12. āThiqueā
13. āAll Up In Your Mindā
14. āAmerica Has A Problemā
15. āPure/Honeyā
16. āSummer Renaissanceā
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