Beyoncé Earns Seventh Consecutive No. 1 Album With ‘Renaissance’
essence.comRenaissance reaches the top of the charts in its first week of release.According to Billboard, the album achieved 332,000 equivalent album units and sold 190,000 physical copies.
Renaissance is Beyoncé’s seventh solo album to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, making her the first female artist to have her first seven solo albums debut at No.
1 on the Billboard 200. Her new project also entered at #1 in the UK, Ireland, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Australia, Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, South Africa, and Brazil. “Creating this album allowed me a place to dream and to find escape during a scary time for the world,” Beyoncé said in a press release prior to the debut of Renaissance. “It allowed me to feel free and adventurous in a time when little else was moving.
My intention was to create a safe place, a place without judgment. A place to be free of perfectionism and overthinking. A place to scream, release, feel freedom.
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