Renaissance

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concept album studio album

Renaissance is Beyoncé’s critically acclaimed 2022 dance-oriented studio album that blends house, disco, and club music influences into a celebratory exploration of Black queer culture and liberation.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
The Renaissance 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concept album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Beyoncé ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Music Album ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best R&B Song ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (for Cuff It)
chronologyPosition seventh solo studio album by Beyoncé ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dedicatedTo Uncle Jonny ⓘ
distributedBy Columbia Records ⓘ
follows Lemonade ⓘ
The Lion King: The Gift ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
club ⓘ
dance ⓘ
dance-pop ⓘ
disco ⓘ
house ⓘ
pop ⓘ
hasPart Alien Superstar ⓘ
Break My Soul ⓘ
Church Girl ⓘ
Cuff It ⓘ
Heated ⓘ
Pure/Honey ⓘ
Summer Renaissance ⓘ
Virgo’s Groove ⓘ
hasVersion Renaissance (act i) ⓘ
inspiredBy Black queer ballroom culture ⓘ
disco era ⓘ
house music of the 1980s and 1990s ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadSingle Break My Soul ⓘ
nominatedFor Grammy Award for Album of the Year ⓘ
notableFor celebration of Black queer culture ⓘ
critical acclaim ⓘ
dance-oriented sound ⓘ
seamless track transitions ⓘ
partOf Beyoncé ⓘ
surface form: Beyoncé discography
partOfSeries Renaissance trilogy (planned) ⓘ
performer Beyoncé ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Parkwood Entertainment ⓘ
releaseDate 2022-07-29 ⓘ
theme Black queer culture ⓘ
dance-floor escapism ⓘ
joy ⓘ
liberation ⓘ
self-expression ⓘ
sexual freedom ⓘ
tributeTo Black queer pioneers in dance music ⓘ
yearOfRelease 2022 ⓘ

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Cuff It → album → Renaissance ⓘ
Inhale → album → Renaissance ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Renaissance
Cowboy Carter → follows → Renaissance ⓘ
Beyoncé → notableWork → Renaissance ⓘ
Q-Tip → notableWork → Renaissance ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Renaissance