SZA

Solána Imani Rowe born November 8 1989 known professionally as SZA ˈsɪzə SIZə is an American singersongwriter Known for her diaristic lyrics and alternative RB sound incorporating multiple genres she is significant in influencing contemporary RB music  SZA first garnered attention with her selfreleased extended plays EPs SeeSZARun 2012 and S 2013 The projects led her to sign with Top Dawg Entertainment in 2013 through which she released her third EP Z 2014 Her rock and jazzinfluenced debut studio album Ctrl 2017 was a critical and commercial success It earned four Grammy Award nominations in 2018 and became the second longestcharting RB album by a woman on the US Billboard 200 After Ctrl she embarked on a series of collaborations Her 2018 single All the Stars with Kendrick Lamar was a top10 single in the US and UK earning her Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song SZAs feature on Doja Cats Kiss Me More 2021 set a record as the longestrunning allfemale collaboration in the US top ten and won SZA her first Grammy Award SZA experimented with several genres like rock hiphop and pop on her second studio album SOS 2022 It spent twelve weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 broke several chart records and set an achievement for the largest streaming week for an RB album in the US Its six singles comprised five top10 songs including her first global numberone Kill Bill SZA achieved two more US numberone singles in 2023 and 2025 with Drakes Slime You Out and Lamars Luther respectively In 2024 SZA released the reissue album of SOS Lana which consisted of outtakes alongside postSOSmusic The reissue spawned two topten singles Saturn and 30 for 30 with Lamar SZA made her acting debut in the comedy film One of Them Days 2025 SZA has earned numerous accolades throughout her career including five Grammy Awards a Brit Award an American Music Award a Guild of Music Supervisors Award and two Billboard Women in Music awards including Woman of the Year She has cowritten songs for artists like Nicki Minaj Beyoncé Travis Scott Schoolboy Q and Rihanna In 2024 she received the Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame Description above from the Wikipedia article SZA licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia