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Renaissance Released July 29, 2022 (2022-07-29 ) Genre Label Producer
Beyoncé Knowles (exec. )
The-Dream
Tricky Stewart
BloodPop®
No I.D.
Al Cres
BAH
Beam
Chris Penny
Boi-1da
Kelman Duran
Hit-Boy
Mike Dean
Luke Solomon
Guilty Beatz
Raphael Saadiq
Sol Was
Jahaan Sweet
Syd
Stuart White
Neenyo
Leven Kali
Jameil Aossey
S1
Rissi
Nova Wav
Sevn Thomas
Skrillex [1]
Renaissance (also referred to as Act I: Renaissance ) is the seventh studio album by American singer and songwriter Beyoncé , released on July 29, 2022 by Columbia and Parkwood Entertainment. It is Knowles' first solo studio album since Lemonade (2016). The album features sixteen tracks. The lead single, "Break My Soul ", was surprise-released on June 20, 2022, and has reached the top ten in several countries worldwide.
For the chart dated August 13, 2022, the album entered the US Billboard 200 album chart at number one, with first-week sales of 332,000 copies in the US. It was the first number-one album by a woman of 2022 there.[2] It also entered at number one in the UK.
Producer(s)
1.
"I'm That Girl"
3:28
2.
"Cozy"
3:30
3.
"Alien Superstar"
3:35
4.
"Cuff It"
3:45
5.
"Energy" (featuring Beam )
1:56
6.
"Break My Soul "
4:38
7.
"Church Girl"
3:44
8.
"Plastic off the Sofa"
4:14
9.
"Virgo's Groove"
6:08
10.
"Move" (featuring Grace Jones and Tems )
3:23
11.
"Heated"
4:20
12.
"Thique"
4:04
13.
"All Up in Your Mind"
2:49
14.
"America Has a Problem"
3:18
15.
"Pure/Honey" Beyoncé BloodPop Nova Wav Saadiq[b ] The-Dream[b ] White[b ] Dean[b ]
4:48
16.
"Summer Renaissance" Beyoncé Nova Wav Dean[a ] The-Dream[b ] Kali[b ] Sol Was[b ]
4:34
Total length:
62:14
^[a] indicates a co-producer
^[b] indicates an additional producer
"I'm That Girl"
contains elements of "Still Pimpin", written by Tommy Wright III and Andrea Summers and performed by Tommy Wright III & Princess Loko.
"Cozy"
contains an excerpt of "Bitch I'm Black" by Ts Madison
contains a sample of "Get With U", written by Curtis Alan Jones and performed by Lidell Townsell & M.T.F
contains a sample of "Unique", as performed by Danube Dance featuring Kim Cooper.
"Alien Superstar"
contains an interpolation of "I'm Too Sexy ", written by Rob Manzoli, Richard Fairbrass , and Christopher Fairbrass and performed by Right Said Fred
contains a sample of "Moonraker", written by John Michael Cooper and performed by Foremost Poets
contains a sample of Barbara Ann Teer 's "Black Theatre" speech
contains a sample of "Unique", written by Kim Cooper and Peter Rauhofer and performed by Danube Dance.
"Cuff It"
"Energy"
contains an interpolation of "Ooh La La La", written by Mary Brockert and Allen McGrier and performed by Teena Marie
contains a sample of "Explode", written by Freddie Ross and Adam Piggot and performed by Big Freedia .
contained an interpolation of "Milkshake ", written by Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo and performed by Kelis (later removed post-release).[3]
"Break My Soul"
contains elements of "Show Me Love ", written by Allen George and Fred McFarlane and performed by Robin S.
contains a sample of "Explode", written by Freddie Ross and Adam Piggot and performed by Big Freedia.
"Church Girl"
"America Has a Problem"
"Pure/Honey"
contains a sample of "Miss Honey", written by Andrew Richardson, Count Maurice, and Moi Renee and performed by Moi Renee
contains a sample of "Cunty (Wave Mix)", written by Eric Snead and Jerel Black and performed by Kevin Aviance
contains a sample of "Feels Like", written by Michael Cox and Kevin Bellmon and performed by MikeQ & Kevin Jz Prodigy.
"Summer Renaissance"