Beyoncé surprises absolutely no one as Renaissance takes rightful place at number one in the charts

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She’s done it! Beyonce has claimed her fourth UK number one album with Renaissance – but missed out on the number one single.The Queen returned with a bang last month as she released her eagerly-awaited seventh studio album – her first since 2016’s Lemonade.It has enjoyed absolutely massive acclaim from both her fans and the critics, and this popularity has now culminated in Renaissance hitting the top spot in the charts.And that’s not all: so successful is the house music album that it outsold its closest competition three to one, despite being hit by certain controversies.However, despite the stunning success of Renaissance, Beyoncé’s lead single Break My Soul failed to break the top spot.It reached number two on the singles chart following tough competition from Afraid To Feel by LF System.Break My Soul is Beyoncé’s highest-charting solo song since If I Was A Boy, which topped the charts and took over the airwaves in 2008 – a whopping 14 years ago.She did, however, get to number one as a featured artist thanks to Lady Gaga’s Telephone in 2010.Break My Soul has yet to have a music video attached to it, though the music icon did tease fans with a ‘cliquebait’ trailer for the upcoming video.In a newly released four-minute 30 seconds visual, Beyoncé starred for just 20 seconds at the start, while the remainder of the video featured a black screen with the album’s name.While her appearance was short it was certainly sweet as the music icon still managed to make a big impact by wearing a risque silver body harness that just about protected her modesty, strappy silver heels, smokey eye shadow and bright red lipstick.There’s plenty more success to come from Queen Bey in the nearfuture however, with fan-favourites Cuff It and.