Beyonce's Lemonade: Five incredible chart stats about the landmark album

This week marks five years since Beyoncé caught the world by surprise with Lemonade, her highly acclaimed sixth studio album. 

The record was literally a case of making lemonade from lemons; its theme broadly about creating abundance from what was once a place of destitution. 

Celebrating the anniversary, Beyoncé shared a series of stills on Instagram from the album's visuals that made up its accompanying film, calling Lemonade "one of my favourite pieces of art". 

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"I’m grateful that this body of work has resonated so deeply with so many people,” she wrote. “I’m so thankful for all the beautiful souls involved in making one of my favorite pieces of art.

“As I celebrate five years of LEMONADE, I encourage everyone to continue healing, loving, forgiving and uplifting.”

Lemonade was surprise-released on April 23. The genre-hopping record spawned five singles - Formation, Sorry, Hold Up, Freedom and All Night - and included guest features from Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, Jack White and James Blake.

It made a huge impact on the charts across the world, not least on the Official UK Chart...

Five Official UK Chart stats on Lemonade

• Lemonade’s 12 tracks have been streamed 174.8 million times in the UK, according to Official Charts Company data. The album’s most-streamed song is Formation, just shy of 30 million plays. The least popular track appears to be Forward, with 4.2 million plays.
  

  Top 5 streamed songs on Lemonade are:

  1. Formation – 30 million
  2. Hold Up – 29.7 million
  3. Sorry – 27.9 million
  4. Daddy Lessons – 17 million
  5. Freedom – 12. 8 million

• Lemonade debuted at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with first-week chart sales of 73,000. That figure is even more impressive when you consider it is based on five days of sales and streams, as it was released on a Sunday rather than Friday. View the chart from the week it was Number 1 here.
  
  
• Lemonade finished as the UK’s 11^th biggest album of 2016. The album’s total UK chart sales stand at 484,000, making it Platinum-certified.

• In the week following its surprise release, all 12 of Lemonade’s tracks have appeared on the Official Singles Chart Top 100. The highest charting was Hold Up at Number 17. View the chart from that week here.
  
  
• Outside of its singles, Lemonade’s most popular album track in the UK is the country-flecked Daddy Lessons, which was remixed to feature country band The Chicks (formerly Dixie Chicks).

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