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Beyoncé albums discography

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Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 26, 2026
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American singer Beyoncé has released eight studio albums, five live albums, five compilation albums, one soundtrack album, two karaoke albums, and five EPs. She is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated sales of over 200 million records. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) listed Beyoncé as the top certified artist of the 2000s decade, with a total of 64 certifications.

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This entry incorporates text from “Beyoncé albums discography” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.