Nearly 10 years after Beyonce poured ‘Lemonade‘ onto Billboard charts and history books is the critically and commercially acclaimed album STILL quenching the thirst of major music industry tastemakers.

Just ask the good folks over at ‘Rolling Stone’ who – like Billboard – are toasting the quarter-century mark by unveiling retrospective countdowns.

Owners of the most comprehensive “Greatest Albums Ever” list, ‘Rolling Stone’ updated their 500-entry long tally in January 2024 to rank Bey’s 2016-released effort, ‘Lemonade,’ the greatest female album released in the 21st century and its 2022-released follow-up, ‘Renaissance,’ the greatest female album of the 2020s.

Praised by her devoted fans (affectionately called the #Beyhive) at the time, the ranking certainly got tongues wagging as detractors believed there were better equipped projects to own the title (see: Mariah Carey‘s ‘Emancipation of Mimi,’ Adele‘s ’19,’ Christina Aguilera‘s ‘Stripped,’ Brandy‘s ‘Full Moon,’ Amy WineHouse‘s ‘Back to Black,’ etc.).

Those jeers were undoubtedly amplified on Friday (January 10) when ‘RS’ crowned the ‘Formation’-housing project the greatest album of the century overall in their latest comprehensive countdown.

“‘Lemonade’ has always been more than just an album. It’s a music film as layered, gorgeous, and haunting as a canonical drama, a matrix of generational heartbreak, a celebration of legacy, and a hand-drawn map to the intersections of many Black women’s interpersonal and political lives,” they wrote about the award-winning effort.

It isn’t the only Bey project to get shine on the illustrious list, however. 2024’s ‘Cowboy Carter‘ (#126), 2022’s ‘Renaissance‘ (#37), and 2013’s ‘Beyonce‘ (#16) all made the cut as well.

See the full list here.

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