BREAKING: You Can Now Download Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ Album On iTunes

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by Rebecca Cox |
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This is not a drill. If you've spent the past 48 hours bemoaning Beyoncé's decision to exclusively stream her kickass new album Lemonade on Tidal, you'll be pretty happy to learn that it is now available to buy on iTunes and Amazon in the US and the UK.

After lots of articles claiming that Lemonade would soon be available off Tidal, and lots more articles refuting said claim, Beyoncé cleared things up with an Instagram post. Ta, Bey.

The full album costs £13.99 to buy on iTunes, which includes the hour-long accompanying visual album. So that's our Monday evening viewing sorted, then.

Earlier we wrote...

What a lovely treat to wake up to on a Sunday morning; Beyoncé has dropped a new album.

And in true queen Bey style, she surprised us all with it.

The release followed the airing of Lemonade on HBO, a ‘visual album’ of stylised music videos all about love, infidelity, empowerment and relationships.

In fact, so many of the lyrics are about cheating, tongues have started wagging about Beyoncé and Jay-Z.

Lyrics include: "Can't you see there's no other man above you? What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you."

And: "What’s worse, lookin’ jealous or crazy? Jealous and crazy. I like been walked all over lately, walked all over lately. I’d rather be crazy."

The album features 12 new songs and a short film and according to the singer is about "every woman's journey of self-knowledge and healing”.

The singer has been teasing the album for over six months, with snaps like this:

The ‘visual album’ is available now on Jay-Z’s streaming service Tidal.

Beyoncé’s Formation world tour kicks off Wednesday. So the timing couldn’t be better…

Why is the album called 'Lemonade'?

In the final section of the visual album, titled 'Redemption,' Beyoncé recites a spoken word segment, honouring her late grandmother Agnéz Deréon: *'Take one pint of water, add half pound of sugar / The juice of eight lemons, the zest of half lemon /

Pour the water from one jug, then to the other several times /

Strain through a clean napkin, Grandmother, the alchemist

You spun gold out of this hard life'*

Later, we see a home video clip of Jay-Z's grandmother Hattie White speaking at her 90th birthday party, where she says 'I had my ups and downs, but I always found the inner strength to pull myself up. I was served lemons, but I made lemonade.'

So, the album is all about taking bad experiences and re-working them into something positive and empowering - just as Bey herself appears to transform her pain into Lemonade.

All the cameo appearances you might have missed

Everything about Bey's latest project has been artfully masterminded, from the costumes and the visuals to the special cameo appearances.

Winnie Harlow

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[HBO / Beyoncé] ©HBO / Beyoncé

Model Winnie, who has vitiligo, has featured in countless high end fashion campaigns and has opened up the conversation regarding diversity in modelling.

Chloe and Halle

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[HBO / Beyoncé] ©HBO / Beyoncé

Sisters Chloe and Halle were signed to Beyoncé's Parkwood record label after their Youtube cover of B's 'Pretty Hurts' went viral.

Blue Ivy

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[HBO / Beyoncé] ©[HBO / Beyoncé]

Beyoncé's daughter Blue Ivy appears throughout the album.

Serena Williams

Tennis star Serena appears alongside Bey in the clip for 'Sorry,' one of Lemonade's most badass moments.

Amandla Stenberg

Hunger Games actress, activist and all-round amazing teen Amandla has previously spoken out about cultural appropriation in fashion and celebrity culture.

Zendaya

Multi-talented Disney Channel graduate Zendaya (pictured right, with Amandla) has also used her fame as a platform to discuss the need for diversity and better representation.

Ibeyi

French-Cuban twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz of Ibeyi released their debut album last year.

Quvenzhané Wallis

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[HBO / Beyoncé] ©HBO / Beyoncé

Quvenzhané, who starred in the recent remake of Annie, is the youngest person to ever receive an Academy Award nomination.

Tina Knowles

Bey's mum appears with her husband, Matthew Lawson, in the accompaniment to 'All Night.'

Michaela DePrince

Ballerina Michaela currently dances for the Dutch National Ballet, and has previously spoken out about the discrimination faced by black ballerinas.

Mothers whose sons were lost in police brutality

Lesley McSpadden (mother of Mike Brown), Gwen Carr (mother of Eric Garner) and Sybrina Fulton (mother of Trayvon Martin) appear in the video for ‘Forward,’ holding photographs of their late sons.

Jay Z

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Although the Twittersphere has been quick to identify Jay as something of a persona non grata in Lemonade, it seems that Bey has fully forgiven him - her husband appears in the video for 'Sandcastles,' and in home video footage throughout. Phewph.

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