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An illustration of the Ticketmaster website from 2022. The ticketing giant has come under renewed scrutiny from music fans and lawmakers in recent months. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Harry Styles accepts the album of the year award for Harry's House during the 65th Grammy Awards on Feb. 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption
Beyoncé accepts best dance/electronic music album for RENAISSANCE during the 65th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday. The prize gave her 32 Grammys, the most of any artist in the awards' history. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy hide caption
Beyoncé performs at the Oscars in March 2022. Her "Renaissance" World Tour later this year will mark her first solo tour since 2016. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
FKA twigs' mixtape Caprisongs is NPR hip-hop and R&B editor Sheldon Pearce's top album of the year. Photo Illustration: Grace Widyatmadja/NPR hide caption
Amber Mark's Three Dimensions Deep is one of NPR Music's top 20 R&B albums of 2022. Photo Illustration: Jackie Lay/NPR/Scott Dudelson/Getty Images hide caption
Beyoncé performs "Be Alive" during the Oscars last March. The song, written for the film 'King Richard' received one of her nine Grammy nominations. Mason Poole/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images hide caption
Beyoncé, photographed on Sat. April 28, 2018 in Oakland, Calif. MediaNews Group/East Bay Times/MediaNews Group via Getty Images hide caption
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Beyoncé returns with Renaissance, her first solo studio album since 2016's Lemonade. Carlijn Jacobs/Parkwood Entertainment hide caption
Beyoncé's 'Renaissance' is a thotty, naughty and ethereal work of art
Beyoncé performs during the Oscars on March 27 in Los Angeles. Mason Poole/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images hide caption
Renaissance, Beyoncé's seventh full-length solo album, mines a liberating history of dance music, from Donna Summer-sampling disco to modern Chicago house. Carlijn Jacobs/Via Parkwood Entertainment hide caption
The best music release in July includes albums by (from top left, clockwise) Maggie Rogers, Caterina Barbieri, Beyoncé, Bear1Boss and Johnny Gandelsman. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Beyoncé's seventh album, Renaissance, is now available worldwide. Carlijn Jacobs/Parkwood Entertainment hide caption
Beyoncé's wildly anticipated new album, Renaissance, tops this week's shortlist of the best albums out on July 29. Mason Poole/Parkwood Entertainment hide caption
Beyoncé performs at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy on July 18, 2016 as part of The Formation World Tour. Mondadori Portfolio/Mondadori Portfolio/Archivio Mar hide caption
"New Beyoncé is literally good for everybody in the world," Maggie Rogers says of Renaissance, which shares a release date with her own Surrender. "I'm so excited for this record." Olivia Bee/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Beyoncé's long-awaited seventh solo album, Act I Renaissance, is due out Friday, July 29. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Saba (left), Lizzo (center) and Rosalía have released some of our favorite songs of the year so far. Collage by Estefanía Mitre / NPR/Photos courtesy of the artists hide caption