Beyoncé Knowles has a record-breaking career like no other. Currently holding the most number of Grammys won by a single artist ever (with 32 and counting), the star has covered nearly every genre of music.

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Starting off her career as part of RnB pop group Destiny’s Child, Beyoncé has become one of the most loved musicians of our era, reigniting long-forgotten concept albums, with major stars including Adele citing her as an influence in their music.

The most successful female singer of all time, Beyoncé’s albums all contain enviable track lists of chart-topping hits that never fail to make your playlist.

Here are all of her releases so far, as well as what’s to come.

What albums did Beyoncé release as part of Destiny’s Child?

Destiny's Child in gold outfits on stage
Destiny's Child. Getty

Destiny’s Child released five albums as a band. These are:

  • Destiny's Child (1998)
  • The Writing's on the Wall (1999)
  • Survivor (2001)
  • 8 Days of Christmas (2001)
  • Destiny Fulfilled (2004)

During their time as a band, they won 117 awards for their music, including three Grammys, a BRIT Award for Best International Artist, and more.

In 2001, they also broke the Guinness World Record for longest-running number-one song on the Hot 100 by a girl group, with their track Independent Women Pt 1 remaining at the top of the US chart for 11 consecutive weeks. The record is still yet to be beaten.

Beyoncé albums in order: Full albums and track lists

Beyoncé’s solo album releases in order are:

  • Dangerously in Love (2003)
  • B'Day (2006)
  • I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008)
  • 4 (2011)
  • Beyoncé (2013)
  • Lemonade (2016)
  • Renaissance (2022)
  • Cowboy Carter (2024)

Here are the track listings for each album, and the successes each album brought for the singer.

Dangerously in Love (2003)

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 6: (U.S. TABS OUT) Singer Beyonce Knowles performs on stage during the 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards at Ocean Terminal on November 6, 2003 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)
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  1. Crazy in Love (featuring Jay-Z)
  2. Naughty Girl
  3. Baby Boy (featuring Sean Paul)
  4. Hip Hop Star (featuring Big Boi and Sleepy Brown)
  5. Be With You
  6. Me, Myself and I
  7. Yes
  8. Signs (featuring Missy Elliott)
  9. Speechless
  10. That's How You Like It (featuring Jay-Z)
  11. The Closer I Get to You (with Luther Vandross)
  12. Dangerously in Love 2
  13. Beyoncé Interlude
  14. Gift from Virgo
  15. Daddy

In some releases, Dangerously in Love also includes Work It Out (from the Austin Powers in Goldmember soundtrack), What's It Gonna Be? and Bonnie and Clyde '03 (feat Jay-Z).

The album was heavily influenced by disco tracks, with the star using a number of famed classics as samples on the songs.

Crazy in Love features a sample from Are You My Woman (Tell Me So) by the Chi-Lites, Naughty Girl uses Love To Love You Baby by Donna Summer, and Bonnie and Clyde 03 samples Prince’s If I Was Your Girlfriend and Me and My Girlfriend by Tupac.

During the release of Dangerously in Love, Beyoncé was crowned New Female Artist and New R&B Artist at the Billboard Music Awards, and earned five Grammys including Best Contemporary R&B Album and Best R&B Song for Crazy In Love.

B'Day (2006)

  1. Déjà Vu (featuring Jay-Z)
  2. Get Me Bodied
  3. Suga Mama
  4. Upgrade U (featuring Jay-Z)
  5. Ring the Alarm
  6. Kitty Kat
  7. Freakum Dress
  8. Green Light
  9. Irreplaceable
  10. Resentment
  11. Encore for the Fans

A deluxe edition later added tracks If, Listen (from the motion picture Dreamgirls), Check on It (feat Bun B and Slim Thug) and Beautiful Liar (with Shakira).

The album secured Beyoncé another Grammy for Best Contemporary R&B Album. It peaked at No. 3 on the Official Charts in the UK, with Déjà Vu holding the No. 1 spot.

I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008)

LOS ANGELES - FEBRUARY 12: Beyonce performs during THE 59TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS, broadcast live from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, Sunday, Feb. 12 (8:00-11:30 PM, live ET/5:00-8:30 PM, live PT; 6:00-9:30 PM, live MT) on the CBS Television Network. (Photo by Monty Brinton/CBS via Getty Images, BA)
Beyoncé.

Disc One:

  1. If I Were a Boy
  2. Halo
  3. Disappear
  4. Broken-Hearted Girl
  5. Ave Maria
  6. Satellites

Disc Two:

  1. Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
  2. Radio
  3. Diva
  4. Sweet Dreams
  5. Video Phone

Special editions included tracks Why Don't You Love Me, Ego, Scared of Lonely and Poison.

The album has gone 7x Platinum in the States, 6x Platinum in the UK, 6x Platinum in Canada and 5x Platinum in Australia.

In the UK, If I Were a Boy topped the charts and spent 36 weeks in the chart, while Single Ladies spent 77 weeks in the charts but never made the number one spot, peaking at seven. Halo peaked at No. 4 and Sweet Dreams peaked at No. 5.

The same year, Beyoncé released Telephone with Lady Gaga for The Fame Monster album, which peaked at No. 1 and spent a year in the charts.

Beyoncé won six Grammys that year – including Song of the Year and Best R&B song for Single Ladies, with the album winning Best Contemporary R&B Album.

4 (2011)

Beyonce headlining Glastonbury 2011 in a gold outfit holding a microphone
Beyoncé headlining Glastonbury 2011.
  1. 1+1
  2. I Care
  3. I Miss You
  4. Best Thing I Never Had
  5. Party (featuring André 3000)
  6. Rather Die Young
  7. Start Over
  8. Love On Top
  9. Countdown
  10. End of Time
  11. I Was Here
  12. Run the World (Girls)

4 reached No. 1 in 12 countries, including the US and the UK. It has since gone 4x Platinum in the US, 3x Platinum in the UK, 2x Platinum in Canada and 2x Platinum in Australia.

Beyoncé (2013)

Beyonce performing
Beyoncé.
  1. Pretty Hurts
  2. Ghost
  3. Haunted
  4. Drunk in Love (featuring Jay-Z)
  5. Blow
  6. No Angel
  7. Yoncé
  8. Partition
  9. Jealous
  10. Rocket
  11. Mine (featuring Drake)
  12. XO
  13. Flawless (featuring Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
  14. Superpower (featuring Frank Ocean)
  15. Heaven
  16. Blue (featuring Blue Ivy)
  17. Credits

Bonus tracks included Flawless (Remix) featuring Nicki Minaj), Ring Off and Standing on the Sun (Remix) (featuring Mr. Vegas).

Lemonade (2016)

INDIO, CA - APRIL 14: Beyonce Knowles performs onstage during 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Field on April 14, 2018 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)
Beyoncé.
  1. Pray You Catch Me
  2. Hold Up
  3. Don't Hurt Yourself
  4. Sorry
  5. 6 Inch
  6. Daddy Lessons
  7. Love Drought
  8. Sandcastles
  9. Forward
  10. Freedom
  11. All Night
  12. Formation

A concept album, Lemonade came with a fully-realised movie with the songs playing as one cohesive story.

Lemonade became the standout album of 2016, winning best album at the AMFT Awards, Soul Train Music Awards, BET Awards, Grammy Awards, and the BET Awards.

Overall, it won 18 awards, including five Grammys. While she missed out on Album of the Year to Adele that year, Adele paid tribute to her during her acceptance speech, calling Lemonade "monumental" and later saying she should've won it.

In 2019, it was named by UB Honors as the Album of the Decade.

Renaissance (2022)

Beyonce performs at the Renaissance World Tour. She is photographed from below. She is wearing a brown body suit with cut-outs around her stomach, with full glove-length sleeves on. She has matching thigh-high boots. One arm is raised above her head while the other holds the microphone she's singing into.
Beyoncé performs at the Renaissance World Tour.
  1. I'm That Girl
  2. Cozy
  3. Alien Superstar
  4. Cuff It
  5. Energy
  6. Break My Soul
  7. Church Girl
  8. Plastic Off the Sofa
  9. Virgo's Groove
  10. Move
  11. Heated
  12. Thique
  13. All Up in Your Mind
  14. America Has a Problem
  15. Pure/Honey
  16. Summer Renaissance

Renaissance is the first of a three-act art piece by Beyoncé, and focuses on the disco movement and influences she has celebrated throughout her career.

Her first album in six years, Renaissance launched to widespread acclaim by fans and critics alike, winning Best Dance/Electronic album at the Grammys, as well as Album of the Year at the BET, Soul Train, and MTV Video Music Awards.

Ten outlets – including Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone and The New York Times – ranked Renaissance as the number one album of the year in their end-of-year rankings.

Cowboy Carter (2024)

Beyonce accepting award on stage dressed in all black leather and a leather cowboy hat. She is smiling.
Beyoncé.
  1. Ameriican Requiem
  2. Blackbiird (feat Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy, Reyna Roberts)
  3. 16 Carriages
  4. Protector (feat Rumi Carter)
  5. My Rose
  6. Smoke Hour Interlude feat Willie Nelson
  7. Texas Hold 'Em
  8. Bodyguard
  9. Dolly P interlude feat Dolly Parton
  10. Jolene
  11. Daughter
  12. Spaghettii (feat Shaboozey and Linda Martell)
  13. Alliigator Tears
  14. Smoke Hour II interlude feat Willie Nelson
  15. Just for Fun feat Willie Jones
  16. II Most Wanted feat Miley Cyrus
  17. Levii's Jeans feat Post Malone
  18. Flamenco
  19. The Linda Martell Show interlude feat Linda Martell
  20. Ya Ya
  21. Oh Louisiana
  22. Desert Eagle
  23. Riiverdance
  24. II Hands II Heaven
  25. Tyrant
  26. Sweet Honey Buckin' (feat Shaboozey)
  27. Amen

Act II of the three-part series, Cowboy Carter centres country music, with featured appearances from stars including Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus. It aims to focus overlooked contributions of Black artists in the genre and American music landscape.

It's believed Act III, which is yet to be released, will be a rock-music concept album.

On its release, Cowboy Carter became one of the fastest streamed albums of all time, clocking in 76 million streams in a single day.

It reached number one in 24 charts across the world, and won both Best Country Album and Album of the Year at the Grammys. It was the third most nominated album in Grammy history, beaten only by Michael Jackson's Thriller and Quincy Jones's The Dude.

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Tilly PearceFreelance Writer

Tilly Pearce is a freelance TV journalist whose coverage ranges from reality shows like Love Is Blind to sci-fi shows like Fallout. She is an NCTJ Gold Standard accredited journalist, who has previously worked as Deputy TV Editor (maternity cover) at Digital Spy, and Deputy TV & Showbiz Editor at Daily Express US.

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