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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 60701" data-attributes="member: 81"><img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Beyonce-2021-Grammys-Top-Getty.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=437&amp;crop=1" alt="Beyonce 2021 Grammys" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Getty ImageWhen <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/lizzo-tierra-whack-santigold-beyonce-shout-outs/" target="_blank">Beyoncé</a> released Renaissance, it immediately became the talk of the music world for reasons both <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/questlove-beyonce-renaissance-michael-jackson-off-the-wall/" target="_blank">good</a> and <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/kelis-beyonce-renaissance-sample-i-won-fans/" target="_blank">bad</a>. It’s an album that people haven’t been able to stop listening to and now the charts reflect that: On <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/beyonce-renaissance-billboard-200-debut-no-1-1235123568/" target="_blank">the new Billboard 200 dated August 13</a>, Renaissance debuts at No. 1, making it Beyoncé’s seventh solo no. 1 album. All of Beyoncé’s solo albums have now debuted at No. 1.Renaissance finds itself on top thanks to 332,000 equivalent album units earned, which is good for the second-biggest week of the year, beaten only by <a href="https://uproxx.com/pop/harry-styles-harrys-house-no-1/" target="_blank">the 521,500 units Harry Styles’ </a><a href="https://uproxx.com/pop/harry-styles-harrys-house-no-1/" target="_blank">Harry’s House</a><a href="https://uproxx.com/pop/harry-styles-harrys-house-no-1/" target="_blank"> had</a> during its debut week in May. It’s therefore also the biggest week for an album by a woman this year. Renaissance is also the first 2022 album by a woman to top the Billboard 200: The last one was Adele’s 30.It’s only been about a week since Renaissance came out but the album has already undergone some significant changes. First, Beyoncé vowed to change the lyrics of “Heated” after a negative response to <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/beyonce-lizzo-removing-spaz-songs/" target="_blank">the use of an ableist slur</a>. The album also made use of Kelis’ “Milkshake” but that musical nod has since been removed due to Kelis’ discontent, with her saying recently, “<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/kelis-beyonce-milkshake-personal-renaissance/" target="_blank">This was personal on many levels which people don’t understand</a>.”<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/beyonce-renaissance-no-1-billboard-200-chart/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 60701, member: 81"] [IMG alt="Beyonce 2021 Grammys"]https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Beyonce-2021-Grammys-Top-Getty.jpg?w=1024&h=437&crop=1[/IMG] [UWSL]Getty Image[/UWSL] When [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/lizzo-tierra-whack-santigold-beyonce-shout-outs/']Beyoncé[/URL] released [I]Renaissance[/I], it immediately became the talk of the music world for reasons both [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/questlove-beyonce-renaissance-michael-jackson-off-the-wall/']good[/URL] and [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/kelis-beyonce-renaissance-sample-i-won-fans/']bad[/URL]. It’s an album that people haven’t been able to stop listening to and now the charts reflect that: On [URL='https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/beyonce-renaissance-billboard-200-debut-no-1-1235123568/']the new [I]Billboard[/I] 200 dated August 13[/URL], [I]Renaissance[/I] debuts at No. 1, making it Beyoncé’s seventh solo no. 1 album. All of Beyoncé’s solo albums have now debuted at No. 1. [I]Renaissance[/I] finds itself on top thanks to 332,000 equivalent album units earned, which is good for the second-biggest week of the year, beaten only by [URL='https://uproxx.com/pop/harry-styles-harrys-house-no-1/']the 521,500 units Harry Styles’ [/URL][URL='https://uproxx.com/pop/harry-styles-harrys-house-no-1/'][I]Harry’s House[/I][/URL][URL='https://uproxx.com/pop/harry-styles-harrys-house-no-1/'] had[/URL] during its debut week in May. It’s therefore also the biggest week for an album by a woman this year. [I]Renaissance[/I] is also the first 2022 album by a woman to top the [I]Billboard[/I] 200: The last one was Adele’s [I]30[/I]. It’s only been about a week since [I]Renaissance[/I] came out but the album has already undergone some significant changes. First, Beyoncé vowed to change the lyrics of “Heated” after a negative response to [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/beyonce-lizzo-removing-spaz-songs/']the use of an ableist slur[/URL]. The album also made use of Kelis’ “Milkshake” but that musical nod has since been removed due to Kelis’ discontent, with her saying recently, “[URL='https://uproxx.com/music/kelis-beyonce-milkshake-personal-renaissance/']This was personal on many levels which people don’t understand[/URL].” [url="https://uproxx.com/music/beyonce-renaissance-no-1-billboard-200-chart/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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