Apple and Spotify roll out red carpet for Beyoncé's new album

• Of note: Publishing fees, sales and streams contributed to only 12% of what she made ($62.1 million) in 2016 when Lemonade was released, according to Billboard data. The majority came from touring.

Driving the news: Apple's streaming service featured "Renaissance" prominently on the Browse page of its app — most notably across the top row in "Today's Hits," "Music Dance" playlist and a featured playlist, "Beyoncé Essentials."

• Spotify gave Beyoncé prime real estate on its web service and started a listening party at midnight on Twitter.

What to watch: The media icon has explained that this is "a three act project [recorded] over three years during the pandemic."

• "Creating this album allowed me a place to dream and to find escape during a scary time for the world," she wrote in a message posted to her website.