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Release date: 23rd April 2016

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'Lemonade' by Beyoncé was released in 2016 through Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia. It’s a pop album, and its first six tracks are 'Pray You Catch Me', 'Don't Hurt Yourself (feat. Jack White)', 'Sorry', '6 Inch (feat. The Weeknd)', 'Daddy Lessons' and 'Love Drought'.

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—6 Inch Lyrics

1Pray You Catch Me Lyrics

3:15

3Don't Hurt Yourself (feat. Jack White)Lyrics

3:53

3:52

56 Inch (feat. The Weeknd)Lyrics

4:20

6Daddy Lessons Lyrics

4:47

7Love Drought Lyrics

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8Sandcastles Lyrics

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9Forward (feat. James Blake)Lyrics

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12Formation Lyrics

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13Sorry (Original Demo)Lyrics

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Lemonade — other versions

Deluxe editions, anniversary reissues, regional editions and other recordings of this album. Each has its own page with its own pressings and credits.

LEMONADE (Deluxe)
Tracks 1
Lemonade Film (Poetry + Script)
Tracks 13

Pressings & releases

Lemonade — release variants

Country, format and catalogue-number detail for each known pressing.

File · FLAC · Album
Country USYear 2016
Parkwood Entertainment · none
All Media · Album
Year 2016
Parkwood Entertainment · none
All Media · Album
Explicit
Year 2016
Parkwood Entertainment · none
CD · Album
Country EuropeYear 2016
Columbia · 88985336822
Barcode: 8 89853 36822 8
CD · Album · Unofficial Release · NTSC
Explicit
Country USYear 2016
Columbia (2) · 5901234123457

Credits

Production & Engineering

Producer: Pluss, Mike WiLL Made-It, Beyoncé, Daniel Jones, Jack White, Vincent Berry II, MIKE DEAN, DannyBoyStyles, Ben Billions, BOOTS, Diana Gordon, MeLo-X, Jeremy McDonald, Kevin Garrett, Diplo, James Blake, Jonny Coffer, Just Blaze
Co-Producer: Pluss, Derek Dixie, Alex Delicata, HazeBanga, Hit-Boy, King Henry
Recording Engineer: Stuart White, Joshua V. Smith, Eric Caudieux, Vance Powell, Lester Mendoza
Engineer: Greg Koller, Ramon Rivas, MIKE DEAN
Mixing Engineer: Jaycen Joshua, Stuart White, Tony Maserati
Mastering Engineer: Dave Kutch, Stuart White