At the 59th Annual Grammy Awards , '' Lemonade '' received three nominations : Album of the Year , Best Urban Contemporary Album and Best Music Film . " Formation " received three as well : Record of the Year , Song of the Year and Best Music Video . " Hold Up " was nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance , " Do n't Hurt Yourself " for Best Rock Performance and " Freedom " for Best Rap/Sung Performance . The album went on to win two awards , Best Urban Contemporary Album and Best Music Video for " Formation " . '' Lemonade '' won Outstanding Television Documentary or Special at the 2017 Black Reel Awards . '' Lemonade '' won a Peabody Award in Entertainment , along with the following description by the board of jurors : " '' Lemonade '' draws from the prolific literary , musical , cinematic , and aesthetic sensibilities of black cultural producers to create a rich tapestry of poetic innovation . The audacity of its reach and fierceness of its vision challenges our cultural imagination , while crafting a stunning and sublime masterpiece about the lives of women of color and the bonds of friendship seldom seen or heard in American popular culture . " In the United States , '' Lemonade '' debuted at number one on the '' Billboard '' 200 , with 653,000 album-equivalent units , out of which 485,000 were pure album sales . This made the highest opening-week sales for a female act of the year . Subsequently , she broke the record she previously tied with DMX , by becoming the first artist in the chart 's history to have their first six studio albums debut at number one . In the same week , Beyoncé became the first female artist to chart twelve or more songs on the US '' Billboard '' Hot 100 at the same time , with every song on the album debuting on the chart . She passed the previously held record of eleven by Taylor Swift 's third studio album '' Speak Now '' ( 2010 ) , while Cardi B passed hers with 13 songs in 2018 . Additionally , '' Lemonade '' was streamed 115 million times via Tidal , setting a record for the most-streamed album in a single week by a female artist , which was later surpassed by Cardi B 's '' Invasion of Privacy '' ( 2018 ) . The album slipped from number one to number two in its second week , selling 321,000 album-equivalent units , out of which 196,000 were pure album sales . It remained at number two in its third week selling 201,000 album-equivalent units , out of which 153,000 were pure album sales . '' Lemonade '' was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) in June 2016 . According to Nielsen 's 2016 Year-end Report , it has sold 1.52 million copies and 2.1 million album-equivalent units in the United States . On May 20 , 2019 , the album was certified double platinum for shipments of 2 million copies . On June 13 , 2019 , the album was certified triple platinum for shipment of 3 million copies . In Canada , the album debuted at number one with sales of 33,000 copies
59th Annual Grammy Awards
59th Annual Grammy Awards
Lemonade (Beyoncé album)