Homecoming: The Live Album

Homecoming: The Live Album (stylized in all caps, or as HΘMΣCΘMING: THE LIVE ALBUM) is the fifth live album by American singer Beyoncé, released on April 17, 2019.[1] Recorded in April 2018 at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, the album features the entirety of Beyoncé's performance at the festival, which has since been described as "historic" by a number of music critics and media outlets.[2] Two bonus studio tracks – a cover of Maze's song "Before I Let Go" and "I Been On" – follow the live recording, bringing the album's length to just short of two hours.[3]

Homecoming: The Live Album
Live album by Beyoncé
Released	April 17, 2019
Recorded	April 14 and 21, 2018
Venue	Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA
Studio	NRG, Los Angeles, CA
Length	108:57
Label	Parkwood Columbia
Producer	Beyoncé Derek Dixie
Beyoncé chronology
Everything Is Love (2018) Homecoming: The Live Album (2019) The Lion King: The Gift (2019)
Beyoncé live album chronology
I Am... World Tour (2010) Homecoming: The Live Album (2019)

The album accompanied a concert film about the performance, Homecoming, which premiered the same day on the streaming platform Netflix.[3] It is the most streamed live album of all time.

Background and recording

The album was recorded during Beyoncé's 2018 Coachella performance, which was described by many media outlets as historic.[4][5]

On January 4, 2017, Beyoncé was announced as a headlining act for the April 2017 Coachella festival.[6] However, on February 23, 2017, she postponed her performance until the following year, due to doctor's concerns regarding her pregnancy with twins (born in June 2017).[7][8] Playing her rescheduled dates in 2018, Beyoncé became the first black woman ever to headline the festival. In its nearly twenty years of existence, the festival has only had two other women solo headliners, Lady Gaga (who replaced Beyoncé in 2017) and Björk (2002 and 2007).[9] Even prior to Beyoncé's performance, the nickname "Beychella" emerged for the 2018 festival.[9]

For her April 14 and 21, 2018, performances, some 100 dancers as well as her sister Solange, her husband Jay-Z, and her former girl group Destiny's Child joined Beyoncé on stage. She played a 26-song set to 125,000 concert-goers in attendance as well as millions watching via the live-stream on YouTube and subsequent playback.[10] The set sampled Malcolm X and Nina Simone among others.[11] The performance has been credited as paying a strong tribute to the HBCU experience.[12]

A full marching band played during much of the set, accompanied by majorette dancers.[13] Writing for Mic.com, Natelegé Whaley stated that the band consisted of members from various HBCUs and played samples of songs that are often played at an HBCU such as "Swag Surf", "Broccoli", and "Back That Thang Up", along with samples of gospel and go-go music.[14] Journalists also noted that the set incorporated various aspects of black Greek life, such as a step show along with strolling by probates (pledges). Reviewers noted the influence of black feminism on Beyoncé's performance, including her sampling of Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's TED Talk on feminism and the aforementioned appearances on stage of former collaborators Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child as well as her sister Solange; writing in Cosmopolitan, Brittney Cooper read Beyoncé's decision to involve these black women in the landmark performance as a gesture of sisterhood.[15]

Release

The album was released on April 17, 2019, to coincide with the release of Homecoming, a documentary about the Coachella set that premiered on the streaming platform Netflix.[3]

On October 16, 2020, was announced the vinyl release of the album for December 4 of the same year.[16]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	98/100[17]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[18]
HipHopDX	4.8/5[19]
Irish Examiner	10/10[20]
Pitchfork	9.3/10[21]
PopMatters	[22]
Rolling Stone	[23]
Tom Hull – on the Web	B+ ()[24]

Homecoming: The Live Album was met with widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, it received a weighted average score of 98, based on 5 reviews.[17]

Writing for Los Angeles Times, Sonaiya Kelley named Homecoming: The Live Album as "one of the greatest live albums ever", with Makeda Easter adding that the "album is a piece of black history".[25] Bernadette Giacomazzo of HipHopDX called the album an "artistically-sound triumph" as well as a "cultural touchstone and, quite possibly, the live album of a generation". Giacomazzo describes that what makes the album "so classic is that Beyoncé makes clear" that she is "Black Excellence, personified — and in her performance, she makes the audience believe that they, too, are Black Excellence personified".[19]

Writing for Rolling Stone, Brittany Spanos described the album as "triumphant" and "awe-inspiring". She noticed that the live album successfully felt like a greatest hits collection (reimagined to fit the college homecoming theme and marching band) due to its lack of connection to any specific album.[23] In a review for Pitchfork, Danielle Jackson praised the album as a "stunning" preservation of Beyoncé's Coachella performance, commending its focus on historical black artists. She wrote that the performance showcased Beyoncé at her vocal and physical peak, while celebrating "complex, diasporic blackness". She also applauded the album's mixing and engineering, and concluded that the "wondrous, rapturous collage" could serve as one of Beyoncé's most important albums.[21] AllMusic's reviewer Neil Z. Yeung had similar sentiments, concluding that "Homecoming is a master class in technical prowess, crowd pleasing, and soulful substance. Channeling the spirit of African queen Nefertiti (whose image she adopted for this show), Beyoncé proved to be a ruler in her own right, lording over Coachella for two career-defining nights."[18]

Accolades

Awards

Year	Organization	Award	Result	Ref.
2019	BreakTudo Awards	Album of the Year	Won	[26]
2020	BET Awards	Album of the Year	Nominated	[27]
	Billboard Music Awards	Top R&B Album	Nominated	[28]
	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Album	Won	[29]

Year-end lists

Publication	List	Rank	Ref.
Billboard	50 Best Albums of 2019: Staff Picks	12	[30]
GQ (Russia)	The 20 Best Albums of 2019	N/A	[31]
GQ (US)	21 best albums of 2019	N/A	[32]
Idolator	The 20 Best Albums of 2019	2	[33]
Laut (Germany)	Die 50 Alben des Jahres (2019)	31	[34]
The Needle Drop	50 Best Albums of 2019	26	[35]
Nöjesguiden (Sweden)	ÅRETS UTLÄNDSKA ALBUM 2019	34	[36]
NPR (Ken Tucker)	Top 10 Albums Of The Year	8	[37]
People	The 10 Best Albums of 2019	6	[38]
Pitchfork	The 50 Best Albums of 2019	14	[39]
USA Today	The Best Albums of 2019	7	[40]
US Weekly	The 50 Best Albums of 2019	10	[41]
Vibe	The 30 Best Albums of 2019	N/A	[42]
The Washington Post	Top 10 albums of 2019	6	[43]
Wired	The 7 Best Albums of 2019	Honorable Mention	[44]

All-time & miscellaneous lists

Organization	Country	Accolade	Ranked	Year	Source
Paste	United States	12 Great Live Albums to Remind You What Concerts Were Like	N/A	2020	[45]
Uproxx	United States	The Best Live Albums of All Time	33	2020	[46]
USA Today	United States	20 Essential Live Albums to Stream	N/A	2020	[47]
Variety	United States	Give These 50 Live Albums a Listen	N/A	2020	[48]

Commercial performance

Homecoming: The Live Album debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200 with 38,000 album-equivalent units (including 14,000 in album sales) from only two days of tracking activity. It is Beyoncé's eighth solo US top 10 album.[49] The following week, it rose to number four, earning 57,000 album-equivalent units (including 8,000 album sales).[50] After the album's release, the studio version of "Before I Let Go" peaked at number 17 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales Chart[51] as well as number 3 on the Billboard R&B Digital Song Sales Chart.[52] In the beginning of May, "Before I Let Go" debuted at number 75 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart issue dated May 4, 2019. It peaked at number 65 in the US Billboard Hot 100 issue dated May 11, 2019.[53] Homecoming: The Live Album has surpassed 500 million streams on Spotify as of April, 2020.[54]

Impact

Homecoming: The Live Album has been said to have set a trend of musicians releasing albums with complementary film projects on Netflix. Lonely Island's The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience, Thom Yorke's Anima, Sturgill Simpson's Sound & Fury, and Kid Cudi's Entergalactic are all cited as examples of projects that have followed the precedent that Homecoming: The Live Album set.[55] Sheldon Pearce for Pitchfork wrote that Homecoming kickstarted the "ongoing uprising" where "black women have been demanding ownership of their outsized impact on culture"; Jamila Woods' LEGACY! LEGACY! and Rapsody's Eve, as well as exhibitions such as "Black Women: Power and Grace" and "Posing Modernity", are mentioned as later works that constitute the "formative syllabus" that started with Homecoming.[56]

Frankie Beverly, who originally sang "Before I Let Go", praised Beyoncé's cover of the song in Homecoming: The Live Album, saying "It's a blessing... She's done so much, this is one of the high points of my life."[57] R&B legend Anita Baker also commented on Beyoncé's cover, describing Beyoncé as "Queen keeping R&B alive".[58] Rolling Stone reported that the famed New Orleans band Rebirth Brass Band "gained new admirers" after Beyoncé sampled their song "Do Whatcha Wanna" on the track "Welcome".[59]

Music director Derek Dixie called working on Homecoming: The Live Album a "blessing", adding that being nominated for an Emmy Award means that "I’ve kind of accomplished something for the home team and family." Dixie also said "It was just months and months of prep work, making it sound authentic. She has tons and tons of classic records that when putting the show together, you have to maintain the classic feel of the record but make it feel like you’re in a stadium at homecoming."[60]

A 9-feet-tall statue of Beyoncé as seen on the Homecoming: The Live Album cover was unveiled at Mercedes-Benz Area in Berlin.[61]

The "GO FIGURE" data visualization series explored the words and phrases that Beyoncé repeated throughout Homecoming and their impact on the viewer, with Semmi W. writing that Beyoncé "plants seeds of positive self-talk rather than doubt. Whether I was catching the subway or cleaning my apartment, her edict between my ears this weekend was cause for royal jubilee. In under two hours, Queen Bey kept declaring that we are all enough. In 162 sentences she told us to love, hustle, and claim what’s yours. She repeatedly affirmed my intrinsic worth as a black girl-turned-adult."[62]

Through the tribute to HBCU culture in Homecoming: The Live Album (such as on the track "So Much Damn Swag"), Beyoncé increased people's interest in HBCUs. Students cited Homecoming as the reason that they were considering attending HBCUs,[63] and Google searches for "HBCU" reached an all-time high after Homecoming: The Live Album was released.[64]

Track listing

• Credits adapted from Beyoncé's official website.[65]
• All songs are produced by Beyoncé and Derek Dixie, except "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing", "So Much Damn Swag (Interlude)", "Bug a Boo Roll Call (Interlude)", "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing (Blue's Version)", which credit no producers, and the bonus tracks, "Before I Let Go" and "I Been On", that were produced by Tay Keith & Beyoncé and Timbaland & Beyoncé, respectively.

Homecoming tracklisting

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Welcome" (announced by Slater Thorpe)	Beyoncé Quincy Jones Charles Emanuel Smalls Michael Cooper Asheton Hogan Kendrick Lamar Duckworth Anthony Tiffith Michael Williams Shawn Carter Elbernita Clark Ernest Dion Wilson	3:16
2.	"Crazy in Love"	Beyoncé S. Carter Richard Harrison Eugene Record Dwayne Carter Terius Gray Byron O. Thomas Timothy Mosley Sean Michael Anderson Stanley Kirk Burrell Ernest Clark James Johnson Alonzo Miller Marcos Palacios	2:47
3.	"Freedom"	Jonathan Coffer Beyoncé Carla Williams Arrow Benjamin Duckworth Frank Tirado Alan Lomax John Lomax, Sr. Calvin Broadus Awood Johnson Craig Lawson Corey Miller	1:54
4.	"Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing"	James Weldon Johnson	2:09
5.	"Formation"	Beyoncé M. Williams Khalif Brown Hogan	4:23
6.	"So Much Damn Swag" (interlude)	Beyoncé	0:59
7.	"Sorry"	Diana Gordon Sean "MeLo-X" Rhoden Beyoncé Scott Storch Robert Waller	6:34
8.	"Kitty Kat"	Pharrell Williams S. Carter Beyoncé	0:42
9.	"Bow Down"	Gordon Rhoden Beyoncé S. Carter Kirk Andre Bennett Miguel Collins Mike Dean Bobby Dixon Ebony Naomi Oshunrinde Jacques Webster Demacio Castellon Chris Godbey Leslie Jerome Harmon Garland Waverly Mosley, Jr. Mosley	1:28
10.	"I Been On"	Beyoncé Jamal Jones Mosley Jonathan "Anonymous" Solonne-Myvett Theron Thomas Timothy Thomas Sonny Corey Uwaezuoke Craig Bazile Percy Miller Mia Young	2:40
11.	"Drunk in Love"	S. Carter Rasool Díaz Noel Fisher Harmon Beyoncé Mosley Andre Proctor Brian Soko James Edward Fauntleroy II Godbey Miguel Jontel Pimentel Justin Timberlake James H. Shelton Alviticus Bryant Kevin Michael Erondu Michael Gordon Jared Rice Sedarius Spearman Keishaun Patrick Watts Amund Bjørklund Mikkel Eriksen Tor Hermansen Espen Lind Shaffer Smith	4:14
12.	"Diva"	Shondrae Crawford Sean Garrett Hamler Beyoncé Aubrey Graham Anthony Palman Matthew Samuels Noah Shebib Odis Flores S. Carter Mosley	2:46
13.	"Flawless" / "Feeling Myself"	Beyoncé Chauncey Hollis Raymond Martin Rashad Muhammad Terius Nash Onika Maraj Solána Rowe Bennett Collins Dean Dixon Oshunrinde Webster Sharon Kaye Abshire Graham Bernard Joseph Gerard Shebib Marvin Thomas Justin Garner Antoine McColister William Roberts Nayvadius Wilburn M. Williams Jordan Carter Jordan Jenks Symere Woods Marquis King Manuel Alvarenga André Benjamin Patrick Brown Antwan Patton	3:58
14.	"Top Off"	S. Carter Wilburn Denisia Andrews Brittany Coney Khaled Khaled Beyoncé Joe Zarillo	1:23
15.	"7/11"	Adrian Bruesch Fisher Beyoncé Sidney Swift Graham Leland Tyler Wayne Wilburn	3:04
16.	"Bug a Boo Roll Call" (interlude)	Beyoncé Burt Bacharach Jahron Brathwaite Ingrid Burley S. Carter Hal David Floyd Nathaniel Hills Khaled Ian Dench Eriksen Amanda Ghost Hermansen Makeba Riddick Chad Hugo P. Williams	1:58
17.	"Party"	André Benjamin Jeffrey Bhasker Douglas Davis Beyoncé Dexter Mills Ricky Walters Kanye West	3:48
18.	"Don't Hurt Yourself"	Jack White Beyoncé D. Gordon James Page Robert Plant John Paul Jones John Bonham	4:17
19.	"I Care"	Bhasker Hugo Beyoncé	4:09
20.	"Partition"	Dean Beyoncé Mosley Nash Timberlake Harmon Dwane Weir II	2:19
21.	"Yoncé"	Dean Harmon Beyoncé Mosley Nash Timberlake	1:08
22.	"Mi Gente" (featuring J Balvin)	Ashadally Adam Beyoncé Mohombi Moupondo Nash José Alvaro Balvin Suarez Ramirez Echavarria Andrés Restrepo Willy William Sidney Brown Graham Shebib Jordan Ullman Weir Diaz Fisher Sia Furler Gregory Kurstin Proctor Soko	2:57
23.	"Baby Boy"	S. Carter Sean Henriques Ini Kamoze Beyoncé Storch Waller Mario Antonio Dunwell Adidja Palmer Linton White Davis Quame Riley	1:32
24.	"You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)"	Euwart Asman Beckford Joshua Bishop Kelley Willie C. Cobbs Winston Delano Riley Ophlin Russell-Meyers	1:12
25.	"Hold Up"	Thomas Wesley Pentz Ezra Koenig Beyoncé Emile Haynie Joshua Tillman Uzoechi Emenike Rhoden Doc Pomus Mort Shuman DeAndre Way Antonio Randolph Kelvin McConnell Brian Chase Karen Orzolek Nick Zinner	0:46
26.	"Countdown"	Michael Bivins Ester Dean Julie Frost Beyoncé Cainon Lamb Nathan Morris Wanya Morris Nash Robert Shea Taylor Karl Rubin Brutus Rogét Chahayed Julian Gramma Shelley Massenburg-Smith Miles Parks McCollum	1:43
27.	"Check on It"	Angela Beyince Kasseem Dean Hamler Beyoncé Stayve Thomas	1:16
28.	"Déjà Vu" (featuring Jay-Z)	S. Carter Rodney Jerkins Beyoncé Kellie Price Riddick Delisha Thomas John Webb, Jr. Fela Anikulapo Kuti Manu Dibango Thomas R. Brenneck Sean Combs Levar Coppin Michael Joseph Deller David Anthony Guy Deleno Matthews Leon Michels Gabriel Roth Homer Steinweiss Hamler P. Williams	4:50
29.	"The Bzzzz Drumline" (interlude; announced by Slater Thorpe)	Beyoncé Derek Dixie Bzzzz Drumline Harold Lilly, Jr. Elvis Williams Pastor Troy George Clinton Jr. Grace Cook Hazel Corey J. Johnson Marrico D. King Ralph Leverston Martin Wondosas Demetrius Hubert	3:10
30.	"Run the World (Girls)"	Beyoncé Nash Palmer Pentz David James Andrew Taylor Nick van de Wall Beyince Solange Knowles Jesse Rankins Eddie Smith III Jonathan Wells R.S. Taylor Jackie Jackson Michael Jackson	3:53
31.	"Lose My Breath" (with Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams)	Beyoncé Fred Jerkins III Rowland LaShawn Daniels Michelle Williams R. Jerkins Hamler S. Carter Beyince Don Davis Patrick Denard Douthit Eddie C. Robinson	1:31
32.	"Say My Name" (with Rowland and Williams)	Beyoncé Jerkins III Rowland Daniels LaTavia Roberson LeToya Luckett R. Jerkins	1:52
33.	"Soldier" (with Rowland and Williams)	Beyoncé Clifford Harris D. Carter Rowland Michelle Williams Harrison Dean Garrett Bobby Byrd S. Carter Justin Gregory Smith John Cocker Woodrow Cunningham Norman Durham Mikel Hooks Ronald Hudson Christopher Stainton Larry Troutman Roger Troutman Davis Donald Fletcher Weldon Parks	2:11
34.	"Get Me Bodied"	Beyoncé K. Dean Hamler S. Knowles Riddick Jerome Temple Orville Erwin Hall Phillip Glen Price Chadron Moore Jasiel Robinson King Solomon Logan Harmon	4:23
35.	"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"	Thaddis Harrell Beyoncé Nash Christopher Stewart	3:27
36.	"Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" (Blue's version; with Blue Ivy Carter)	James Weldon Johnson	1:42
37.	"Love on Top"	Beyoncé Nash R.S. Taylor Cooper	3:47
38.	"Shining (Thank You)"	Bacharach Brathwaite Burley S. Carter David Hills Khaled Beyoncé	2:39
39.	"Before I Let Go" (bonus track)	Frankie Beverly Larry Blackmon Tomi Jenkins	4:01
40.	"I Been On" (bonus track)	Beyoncé Jamal Jones Timothy Mosley Jonathan "Anonymous" Solonne-Myvett Theron Thomas Timothy Thomas Sonny Corey Uwaezuoke	2:25
Total length:			108:57

Personnel

Production

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter – live performance direction, executive production, music direction Derek Dixie – music direction, music mixing engineering, post audio engineering Teresa LaBarbera – audio production supervision Mariel Gomerez – music coordination Stuart White – music mixing engineering, post audio engineering Daniel Pampuri – recording engineering

Lester Mendoza – music mixing engineering, recording engineering, post audio engineering Eric Hoffman – post audio engineering Daniel Pampun – assistant engineering Scott Kramer – assistant engineering Colin Leonard – mastering Kevin "Kwiz" Ryan - live performance audio engineering, recording engineering

Instrumentation

Band

Simone Bozyermini Janee Dixon Chris Gray Arnetta Johnson Chris Johnson Corbin Jones Marie Katre Ariel O'Neal

Peter Ortega Lauren Robinson Crystal Torres Rie Tsuji Lessie Vonner Venzella Joy Williams Vidie Williams

The Bzzzz (drumline live)

Rasaq Adeyemi Larry Allen Mathew Ashraf Jacques Bell Alex Blake Tallie Brinson Issac Carter Kadeem Chambers Brandon Cunningham Jalen Harvey Rashaad Horne Keir Garner Dasmyn Grigsby Michael Jones Giovanni Luevano

Lomario Marchman Maurice Mosley Naderah Munajj Joey Oakly Sjoerd Onley Ralph Nadar Jason Price Loubins Richard Erin Robinson Travord Rolle Brian Snell Nathaniel Spencer Sean Torres Wayne Westley

Choir

Tiffanie Cross Jasmin Cruz Steve Epting Naarai Jacobs Jamal Moore Dwanna Orange

Kiandra Richardson Tiffany Moníque Ryan (assistant vocal arranger, lead background vocalist/ choir director) Jerome Wayne Chimera Wilson Cameron Wright George Young

Strings

Crystal Alforque Nathalie Barret-Mas Amber Camp Jasmin Charles Rhea Hosanny

Jessica Mcjunkins Ezinma Chala Yancy Crystal Brooke

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2019) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[66] 18 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[67] 46 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[68] 7 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[69] 56 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[70] 7 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[71] 11 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[72] 9 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[73] 41 French Albums (SNEP)[74] 34 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[75] 41 Irish Albums (IRMA)[76] 20 Italian Albums (FIMI)[77] 52 Latvian Albums (LAIPA)[78] 23 Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[79] 6 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[80] 22 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[81] 18 Scottish Albums (OCC)[82] 49 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[83] 88 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[84] 33 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[85] 15 UK Albums (OCC)[86] 25 US Billboard 200[87] 4 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[88] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[89] 199 US Billboard 200[90] 155 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[91] 64

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[92]	Platinum	40,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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