Until you’ve got been residing below a rock, then you realize that Beyoncé simply launched a brand new solo album, her first since Lemonade in 2016. Numbers are beginning to roll in for Renaissance, and it is a fairly unbelievable story. The album had the second largest week of 2022, with 332,000 equal album items. It is the largest debut for a feminine artist this yr as nicely.

Renaissance is Beyoncé’s seventh solo album and her seventh to debut within the high spot. Extra notably, and even fairly shocking, the brand new album is the primary solo feminine album this yr to land at number one. The final chart-topper in that regard was 30 by Adele.

Enjoyable truth – each Renaissance and 30 had been launched by Columbia Data.

In between releases, Beyoncé stayed busy. In 2018, she and Jay-Z launched The whole lot Is Love, a joint undertaking that followers could not get sufficient of. A yr later, she gave followers a double-whammy, dropping Homecoming: The Stay Album and The Lion King: The Reward.

All three of these talked about initiatives debuted within the Billboard 200 high 5.

Renaissance was introduced in mid-June. The primary single, “Break My Soul,” adopted the album announcement, making it the primary time in over a decade Beyoncé determined to shock her followers. Each Lemonade and her self-titled 2013 set got here out with no warning.

Beyoncé additionally opted to not launch Renaissance with a visible companion, selecting to let her newest work stand by itself.

The one different album in 2022 with an even bigger first week than Renaissance was Harry’s Home. The massively anticipated album from Harry Types debuted earlier this yr with 521,000 equal album items.

Are you a fan of Beyoncé? Are you excited too that her profession goes stronger than ever? Have you ever listened to Renaissance but? Tell us what you assume!