Urban Grandstand Digital Issue 10 | Page 59

As many have expected, Beyonce has done it yet again, landing at #1 with her latest release. After drawing millions to HBO and Tidal just a week ago, she released her new visual album, Lemonade, to iTunes, Amazon, and other digital retailers. The full release, while teased for a short time, was as much a surprise as her last visual album, the self-titled “Beyoncé”. It stands as her 6th album release to hit #1 in it’s first week of release, selling nearly 500,000 copies, and reaching 653,000 equivalent album units, according to reports from Nielsen Music. “Lemonade” takes fans on the journey of a woman whose relationship has gone through turmoil; she was cheated on, and is now on h