Project drops July 29th

Beyoncé Knowles will release her seventh studio album, Act 1: Renaissance, on July 29th via her own Parkwood Entertainment, in partnership with Columbia Records. The pop star officially announced the news on Thursday, June 16th by launching pre-save and pre-add links via her website.

The superstar has unveiled four beyonce.com exclusive box sets which begin shipping on July 29th. Each limited edition collectible Renaissance box, available for $39.99, will include the album on CD and one of four Beyonce poses printed on a unisex t-shirt with front and back graphics.

The CD will be available in a four panel softpak with 28 page photo booklet and collectible mini poster.

The album’s cover art and track listing, featuring 16 songs, will be available at a later date.

This will be the first album since 2016’s Lemonade. Her last taste of new music was released in 2019 with the self-curated The Lion King: The Gift album, a musical ode to the classic story of Disney’s The Lion King feature film. Directed by Jon Favreau, the film includes the new original song, “Spirit,” performed by Beyoncé. The song was written specifically for the film by IIya Salmanzadeh, Timothy McKenzie and Beyoncé and is produced by Beyoncé and IIya and Labrinth.