Renaissance

Renaissance (2022) (also referred to as Act I: Renaissance) is the seventh studio album by American singer and songwriter Beyoncé. Released on July 29, 2022, by Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records, Renaissance is the first installment of her trilogy project. Beam, Grace Jones, and Tems appear as guest vocalists on the album.
Renaissance was a commercial success. Upon release, B Renaissance garnered the record for the most single-day streams for an album by a female artist on Spotify in 2022, with over 43 million streams. Within three months of its release, Renaissance amassed over 1 billion streams on Spotify. It was also the 17th best-selling album of the year according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). Renaissance was the number one most streamed album worldwide on Deezer in 2023.

Renaissance debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, with 332,000 album-equivalent units—the second biggest 2022 album debut by a female artist and the third-biggest overall.