Beyoncé's 'Lemonade' Wins Peabody Award
- 7 years ago
Beyoncé’s “Lemonade” is proving to be a great album AND a great film!
According to Variety, the superstar has been given a Peabody Award for her visual album released on HBO last year.
The Peabody Award is considered the “Pulitzer Prize of Radio” and is an industry stamp of approval showing “Lemonade” was more than just music. It was a visual work of art that explored black female identity, Yoruba(yôrəbə) deities, and southern culture in Louisiana.
The award comes after Adele surprisingly beat her out for “Album of The Year” at the 2017 Grammys.
The award’s organizer’s released a statement saying, “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.”
With her and Jay Z expecting twins later this year, 2017 is already going strong for Beyoncé!
According to Variety, the superstar has been given a Peabody Award for her visual album released on HBO last year.
The Peabody Award is considered the “Pulitzer Prize of Radio” and is an industry stamp of approval showing “Lemonade” was more than just music. It was a visual work of art that explored black female identity, Yoruba(yôrəbə) deities, and southern culture in Louisiana.
The award comes after Adele surprisingly beat her out for “Album of The Year” at the 2017 Grammys.
The award’s organizer’s released a statement saying, “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.”
With her and Jay Z expecting twins later this year, 2017 is already going strong for Beyoncé!