Beyonce's new album Renaissance debuts in top spot on Billboard 200

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Beyonce's new album Renaissance debuted in the top spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart, marking the best-selling week from a female artist this year, and second best-selling of the year.Renaissance sold 332,000 equivalent album units in the week through August 4, Billboard reported, citing stats from Luminate.The album was the first from a female artist to land atop the Billboard 200 this year, as the last female artist to achieve the feat was Adele with her album 40 last December.

The latest:Beyonce's new album Renaissance debuted in the top spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart, marking the best-selling week from a female artist this year, and second best-selling of the year.

The 40-year-old artist was snapped at the Grammy Awards last yearThe record went on to top the charts for its first six weeks, from December 4, 2021 thru January 8, 2022.Renaissance is the seventh solo release from the 40-year-old Houston native, as her most recent prior to that was the successful 2016 album Lemonade.

All seven of her solo albums, beginning with 2003's Dangerously in Love, have debuted in the top spot on the charts. Since Lemonade, Beyonce has also worked on albums including 2018's Everything Is Love with husband Jay-Z; 2019's Homecoming: The Live Album; and 2019's The Lion King: The Gift soundtrack.