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  • In November 2022, a short teaser video appeared online with an unreleased song called PSA playing underneath. The beeps in the audio were Morse code, and they spelled out SOS, the title of an album fans had been begging for. The singer behind the puzzle was SZA, an American singer-songwriter known for diaristic songs that read like pages from a private notebook.

    Her career began with free online releases. It passed through a record label that kept pushing her debut back, and it ended up reshaping how critics describe an entire genre. This documentary follows that path, and it also asks smaller questions along the way.

    Why did one album take so long to finish? What does it mean that the artist credited with pushing R&B forward keeps rejecting the label? And what does it cost someone to write so openly about heartbreak and self-doubt in front of millions of listeners?

  • Solána Imani Rowe was born on the 8th of November 1989 in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey. Both of her parents come from the Southern United States. Her mother, Audrey, is a former AT&T executive, and her father, Abdul, once worked as a video producer at CNN. Audrey gave her daughter the nickname Chickabee, which comes from the 1994 film Nell.

    Rowe attended both Sunday school and Muslim school, because her home held two religions. Audrey is Christian and Abdul is Muslim. He joined her at church on special occasions, and she dressed up for Jum'ah to go with him to the mosque. In an interview with the blog Muslim Girl, Rowe said her parents have fully accepted each other's beliefs.

    The September 11 attacks ended a daily habit. Rowe had worn a hijab through elementary school and early middle school, but she stopped during her middle school years because she feared Islamophobic bullying. As an adult she said she would love to wear one, yet she worried about being disrespectful while performing. In her words: "I don't wanna be disrespectful because I have too much love and respect for the religion, for my father, and for myself."

    At Columbia High School, Rowe joined the gymnastics team, the cheerleading squad, and a dance team called the Special Dance Company. She graduated in 2008 and enrolled in three different colleges before settling at Delaware State University to study marine biology. In her final semester, she dropped out to chase a music career. She worked a series of jobs to pay her way.

    After leaving Delaware State, Rowe often drank Malibu, smoked marijuana, and overslept every day. She lied about her age to land a bartending job. She also danced now and then at strip clubs in New Jersey and New York City.

    Her stage name came from a very different place. SZA draws on the Nation of Islam, a Black nationalist religious movement, and on its Supreme Alphabet. The pattern was also nudged by RZA and GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan. The last two letters stand for Zig-Zag and Allah, and the opening S can mean either savior or sovereign.

  • In 2011, at the CMJ New Music Report, SZA first met members of Top Dawg Entertainment, usually shortened to TDE. Her boyfriend's clothing company had sponsored a show where Kendrick Lamar was performing. Her early recordings then reached the label's president, Terrence "Punch" Henderson, who was impressed by their quality. Those recordings were made with friends and neighbors, and many of the beats were taken from the Internet.

    On the 29th of October 2012, she self-released her first extended play, See.SZA.Run. Reviews were positive, and The Guardian praised its lyrics and production while comparing it with the work of Drake and the Weeknd. A second EP, S, arrived on the 10th of April 2013. Consequence of Sound said the dreamy, warped record carried confidence and fragility at the same time. A music video for its lead single, "Ice.Moon", helped promote it.

    TDE signed her on the 14th of July 2013, making her the first woman on the label's roster. That October she toured with the Swedish band Little Dragon for four shows. The run began on the 17th at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles and ended on the 24th at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. In December she released "Teen Spirit", which was later remixed with a guest verse from 50 Cent and a video directed by APlusFilmz.

    Throughout 2014, SZA appeared on her labelmates' projects. She sang on two songs from Isaiah Rashad's debut EP, Cilvia Demo, and on a track from Schoolboy Q's debut album, Oxymoron. Her own third EP, Z, came out on the 8th of April 2014 and was led by "Babylon", featuring Lamar. She played several showcases at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas. Z reached number 32 on the UK R&B chart for the week ending the 19th of April, her first UK chart appearance. In the US it debuted at number 39 on the Billboard 200 with 6,980 copies sold in its first week, and it peaked at number nine on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

    Tumblr was where Z found much of its audience. A small cult following formed in niche communities on the site, and it fueled a slow rise in her popularity. By the end of 2014, she was opening for Jhené Aiko's Enter the Void Tour and Coldplay's Ghost Stories Tour.

    That same year, she befriended the producer ThankGod4Cody while he was making music for Rashad. She overheard him building a beat in the next room, and the two decided to turn it into a song. It became the standalone single "Sobriety", which she posted on SoundCloud in November with the genre tag "Not R&B". In 2015, a chance encounter at a studio introduced her to another producer, Carter Lang. The three began working together on her next project, which was first titled A. It was meant to be the final EP in a trilogy that started with S, and it would slowly grow into something much bigger.

  • Late 2015 was the first release date set for that new project, and it came and went. Disputes with TDE and an anxious streak driven by perfectionism forced SZA to rework the music several times. The label moved the release to the start of 2016. In a February Instagram post, TDE hinted that the project was in its final stage.

    In May, the song "TwoAM" was surprise-released on the label's SoundCloud account, but it never made the final tracklist. That same month, SZA told Entertainment Weekly that the project was turning into a full-length album. A mid-2016 date was planned, and then it slid to the 8th of November. Frustrated, she announced on Twitter that she wanted to quit music. She later took the statement back.

    While the album stalled, she kept writing for other singers. In 2014 she co-wrote "Feeling Myself" for Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé. Travis Scott's "Ok Alright" followed in 2015, and Rihanna's "Consideration" in 2016. That last song was originally meant for SZA under the title "LouAnne Johnson". She called it the album's centerpiece and had even filmed a music video for it.

    TDE had other plans. The label gave the song to Rihanna for her album Anti and turned SZA into a featured guest. She was disappointed at the time. Yet "Consideration" helped launch her breakthrough, and she came to appreciate the decision.

    In 2017, the project finally received its permanent title, Ctrl. SZA signed with RCA Records in April, and the album came out on the 9th of June, exactly as scheduled. She leaned into her established alternative R&B sound and added hints of alternative rock, although critics mostly filed it under contemporary R&B. Five singles promoted it: "Drew Barrymore", "Love Galore" featuring Scott, "The Weekend", "Broken Clocks", and "Garden (Say It like Dat)". Ctrl the Tour then carried the music around the world from 2017 into 2018.

    Time magazine put Ctrl at the top of its 2017 year-end ranking, and Billboard, Pitchfork, and NPR each placed it at number two. In the US it debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 with 60,000 first-week units. It became the second longest-charting R&B album by a woman, and its run has lasted more than eight consecutive years. "The Weekend" and "Love Galore" both reached the top 40 of the Hot 100. In 2018 she earned her first five Grammy nominations, including Best New Artist. She was the most-nominated woman that year and won none of them.

    Two collaborations after Ctrl gave her first Hot 100 top-tens. "What Lovers Do", with Maroon 5 in 2017, peaked at number nine. "All the Stars", a 2018 duet with Lamar, reached number seven, and in the UK it hit number five, her first top-ten there. It was the lead single from the Black Panther soundtrack, and it brought her first film award nominations. Those were an Academy Award for Best Original Song, a Critics' Choice Award for Best Song, and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song. At the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, its video won Best Visual Effects.

    Elsewhere, she contributed "Quicksand" to the second soundtrack for the television series Insecure. She also featured on a remix of Lorde's "Homemade Dynamite" from Melodrama (2017). In 2018 she appeared on Cardi B's "I Do", from the album Invasion of Privacy.

  • SOS (2022) took five years to complete, and SZA grew more worn out the longer she stayed with it. She was often unsatisfied and bored by the songs she wrote. She also worried that her creative decisions for the album made sense. At one point she considered quitting music again if reviews turned out to be overwhelmingly negative.

    In 2020 she tweeted, then deleted, the line "At this point y'all gotta ask Punch". A follow-up tweet said that all Punch ever told her about new music was "soon". The exchange suggested her relationship with the label had turned hostile since the delays. A second album had last been announced in a 2019 interview.

    In December 2018, SZA faced her first major leak. A nine-track unreleased album called Comethru was distributed through a label named Scissor. SZA was credited as "Sister Solana", and Lamar appeared as a guest under the name "King Kenny". She has said that a leaked song stops belonging to her and becomes the public's, something unfinished that someone decided was ready. In 2024 she warned she might take legal action against people who release her music without permission. Punch has noted that leaks often delay projects or cancel them altogether.

    The waiting years were not silent. "Hit Different" arrived in September 2020 as a standalone single, and "Good Days" followed that December as the lead single from SOS. "Good Days" peaked at number nine on the Hot 100, her first solo top-ten in the US. "I Hate U" (2021) reached number 7, and "Shirt" (2022) reached number 11. Both were officially released only after SZA shared demo versions online and they went viral on TikTok. She also teased new songs at the end of her music videos, and TDE built the album's promotion around that viral momentum.

    The path to "I Hate U" was unusual. It first appeared as a SoundCloud exclusive, uploaded alongside "Nightbird" and "Joni" on the advice of SZA's astrologer. "Shirt" had been teased through snippets since late 2020.

    Meanwhile, "Kiss Me More", her 2021 single with Doja Cat, became one of the most successful songs of that year. It earned SZA her first Grammy Award, for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. In 2022, a deluxe edition of Ctrl marked its fifth anniversary with seven scrapped outtakes, including "TwoAM", now spelled "2AM".

    The standard version of SOS arrived on the 9th of December 2022 to widespread acclaim. Critics agreed that it beat the expectations built up by the long wait. It blended R&B with rap, rock, and pop.

    The commercial results were enormous. SOS spent more than ten weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 and was the second most-streamed album of 2023 worldwide. It passed Adele's 21 as the longest-running US top-ten album by a woman, and Michael Jackson's Thriller as the longest-running by a Black artist. Three more singles followed: "Nobody Gets Me", "Kill Bill", and "Snooze".

    "Kill Bill" reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and was the third best-selling song of 2023, with 1.84 billion units worldwide counting streams and digital sales. At the 2024 Grammy Awards, SZA was the most-nominated artist. SOS won Best Progressive R&B Album, and "Snooze" won Best R&B Song. The SOS Tour carried the album around the world from 2023 into 2024.

  • In September 2023, SZA played an invite-only show at Brooklyn Navy Yard to celebrate SOS. Her set included "PSA" and three unreleased songs: "Saturn", "Diamond Boy (DTM)", and "BMF". She told the crowd that the deluxe edition of SOS, titled Lana, was "coming soon". That same month she featured on Drake's "Slime You Out", which became her second Hot 100 number-one.

    In November, SZA told Variety that Lana was not a conventional deluxe edition. She described it as virtually a new album with a tracklist that kept expanding. Many of the songs were newly recorded, and others were outtakes from SOS.

    Variety and Time both listed Lana among the most anticipated albums of 2024. SZA announced during a Twitch livestream hosted by Kai Cenat that it would arrive by the end of the year. It was released on the 20th of December 2024 and rereleased with four more tracks on the 9th of February 2025. The lead single, "Saturn", debuted at the 2024 Grammy Awards. It peaked at number six on the Hot 100, her tenth top-ten, and it won Best R&B Song at the following ceremony.

    "Diamond Boy (DTM)" and "BMF" both made the album. "BMF" was released as a single from the reissue in 2025, alongside "30 for 30", a collaboration with Lamar. The updated version also added "PSA" and "Joni", which had leaked back in 2023.

    After the rerelease, SOS climbed back to number one on the Billboard 200 for its eleventh and twelfth weeks. Its previous week at number one had been in early 2023, which gave SOS the longest gap between weeks atop the chart. In August 2025, it reached its 100th week in the Billboard 200 top ten, making SZA the first woman to do so.

    Lamar had left TDE in 2022, and in November 2024 he released his sixth studio album, GNX. SZA appeared on two songs, the third track "Luther" and the closing track "Gloria". The two then launched the Grand National Tour in April 2025, which became the highest-grossing co-headlining tour in history. SOS topped the Billboard 200 a week after the first show, its thirteenth week at number one.

    Before the tour, SZA joined Lamar for his Super Bowl LIX halftime show, where they performed some of their collaborations. Afterward, "30 for 30" reached a new peak of number 10 on the Hot 100, even though it was not in the set. The following week, "Luther" began a 13-week run atop the Hot 100. That made it her longest-running US number-one.

    In 2025 she also moved into other work. During the Grand National Tour she launched Not Beauty, a line of lip products sold only at pop-up stores at concert venues. She was announced as the first artistic director of the shoe company Vans. She appeared on the 55th season of Sesame Street and co-starred with Keke Palmer in the buddy comedy One of Them Days (2025). Of the 106 critic reviews counted on Rotten Tomatoes, 93 percent were positive. She is also expected to star in Cocomelon: the Movie, due in 2027.

    New music began to surface in the second half of 2025. In August, she posted snippets of unreleased tracks on an alternate Instagram account, including an airy R&B song called "Let You Know". In November she told GQ about three more titles: "Passenger Princess", "Burgers", and "Yearner". She also featured on Doechii's "Girl, Get Up", Doja Cat's "Take Me Dancing", and Moruf's "PT Cruiser". In an interview with i-D, she revealed that she and the musician Steve Lacy had made "a little project" together.

  • Poetry was where SZA's songwriting began. She loved it as a hobby, and that passion pulled her into writing songs. She started her career with no one writing for her, so she counts her songwriting awards among her proudest achievements. She also treats the craft as self-therapy, a way to record her struggles and work through them. When she draws on her own pain, though, its weight can become too much to carry.

    Sometimes she writes from another person's point of view. Because she tends to put herself down, the technique lets her "say nicer things about herself". "Joni" (2025), a song about resilience and perfection amid life's difficulties, was written from the perspective of the Canadian musician Joni Mitchell. Her other muses include Frank Ocean and Future.

    Improvisation shapes many of her songs. She told Variety that she never has topics before she starts a track, so she freestyles and lets thoughts flow. She calls her quick, loose writing sessions "palate cleanser" moments, which refresh her mind between more serious projects. "Kill Bill" was one of those improvised songs. She often hates her biggest hits, because the easy track she cares least about tends to succeed, while the work she poured her heart into does not.

    Rolling Stone's Marissa G. Muller heard her voice alternate between a "vapory husk and a sky-high falsetto". Pitchfork's Jordan Sargent called her vocals on Z "chillwave" and "ethereal". Others hear the lilt of a jazz singer. SZA has a slight speech impediment that shapes her delivery, and fans joke that she sings in "cursive and italics". The journalist Mankaprr Conteh argues that her enunciation grew clearer with SOS, though her words still carry swirls and curves that can blur together.

    Films and television run through her titles. "Drew Barrymore" was named after the actress, "Jodie" after Jodie Foster, and "Go Gina" refers to Tisha Campbell's role as Gina on the sitcom Martin. On SOS, "Kill Bill" is named after the 2003-2004 film duology. In "Blind" she mentions Julia Stiles in Save the Last Dance (2001), and in "Used" she nods to Obi-Wan from Star Wars. "Smoking on My Ex Pack" compares former partners to Sideshow Bob from The Simpsons. "Scorsese Baby Daddy", from Lana, points to the director Martin Scorsese.

    Her family supplied the early soundtrack. Her mother enjoyed R&B and church music, and her father loved jazz and funk by Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, and John Coltrane. Her sister listened to melodic rap, including Tupac Shakur. SZA studies Ella Fitzgerald for vocal inspiration and counts Lauryn Hill among her personal influences. She has also said that dancing with American Ballet Theatre, in pieces set to Björk, was her only real outside musical influence growing up. Of Beyoncé, whom she met while writing "Feeling Myself", she said: "Beyoncé might be the most perfect, beautiful being I've ever met in my whole life."

    Other artists keep reappearing in her work. She calls Lamar her "sensei", and says he taught her to take risks. Billboard's Heran Mamo called them the "ultimate rapper-singer duo". Mac Miller produced two songs on Z, and she met him after moving to Los Angeles in 2014. She befriended Lizzo after a 2013 Red Bull tour, and the two once considered forming a rock band. They co-wrote "F2F" from SOS when the idea first came up.

    The producers Carter Lang and ThankGod4Cody worked on several songs across Ctrl, SOS, and Lana. One more voice appears on both Ctrl and SOS: her late maternal grandmother, Norma Rowe, credited as "Granny" in sampled recordings. Vulture's Zach Schonfeld ranked her the fourth-best mother to appear on a child's or grandchild's songs, with a "wholesome index" of eight out of ten.

  • Critics often file SZA under R&B and hip-hop, a habit she has resisted since the start of her career. She identifies with the word "alternative". Songs on Ctrl lean toward alternative rock, and the SOS track "F2F" is plainly pop rock. SOS itself grew from her wish to prove her versatility after the media kept calling her an R&B artist.

    She sees the R&B label as restrictive and racially prejudiced. In her view, it echoes how industry professionals in the 20th century pushed Black artists into R&B categories and kept them apart from white artists. She told Consequence: "We started rock 'n' roll. Why can't we just be expansive and not reductive?" The SOS producer Jay Versace said that songs like "Smoking on My Ex Pack" were shaped by rap he heard growing up. Consequence's Michael Madden settled on the phrase "genre agnosticism" for her style.

    Still, many writers credit her with changing R&B. The Recording Academy's Princess Gabbara wrote that her success helped flip R&B on its head and shattered the claim that the genre was dead. Artists such as Summer Walker, Tink, and Ari Lennox have been influenced by her songwriting, and Baby Rose called her "a radical light". Vogue Australia wrote that it is hard to imagine what an R&B playlist would sound like without her.

    Billboard ranked her the 44th-greatest R&B musician of all time in 2025. Rolling Stone placed her at number 180 on its 2023 list of the 200 greatest singers. It also put Ctrl at number 472 and SOS at number 351 on its list of the 500 greatest albums. She has won seven Grammy Awards, and in 2024 the Songwriters Hall of Fame gave her the Hal David Starlight Award.

    The weight behind the work has been heavy. SZA has called the music industry "one of the most stressful, psychosis-inducing industries". She became depressed and had suicidal thoughts after three ex-boyfriends died suddenly in quick succession. Mac Miller's accidental fatal overdose in 2018 and her grandmother's death in 2020 pushed her further down and drained her desire to make music. Prayer and music helped her move toward self-acceptance.

    A relationship that lasted eleven years, with five of them spent engaged, ended around 2017. Her partner was a fashion designer she has never named, and she has described the bond as codependent. "Nobody Gets Me" was written about him, along with many other songs on SOS.

    Her spiritual life has stayed wide-ranging. She has practiced Christianity, considers herself Muslim, and works Hinduism into her personal beliefs. In 2020, she hosted an online meditation session with Lizzo, playing a Tibetan singing bowl. In 2025 she went to a silent retreat in India, stayed off social media for more than a week, and practiced samyama the entire time.

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Common questions

Who is SZA?

SZA is an American singer-songwriter, born Solána Imani Rowe on the 8th of November 1989 in St. Louis, Missouri. She is known for diaristic songwriting and is credited with influencing contemporary R&B and popularizing alternative R&B.

Where does the name SZA come from?

SZA's stage name was inspired by the Nation of Islam and its Supreme Alphabet, along with the rappers RZA and GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan. The last two letters stand for Zig-Zag and Allah, and the S can mean either savior or sovereign.

When did SZA release her debut album Ctrl?

SZA released Ctrl on the 9th of June 2017, after signing with RCA Records in April. It debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 with 60,000 first-week units.

Why did SZA's second album SOS take five years to make?

SOS took five years because SZA grew burned out and often felt unsatisfied with her writing, while tensions with her label also played a role. The standard version was finally released on the 9th of December 2022.

What are SZA's biggest hit songs?

"Kill Bill" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the third best-selling song of 2023, with 1.84 billion units worldwide. "Luther", with Kendrick Lamar, spent 13 weeks at number one on the Hot 100 and is her longest-running US number-one.

What was the SZA and Kendrick Lamar Grand National Tour?

The Grand National Tour was a co-headlining tour by SZA and Kendrick Lamar that began in April 2025. It became the highest-grossing co-headlining tour in history.

How many Grammy Awards has SZA won?

SZA has won seven Grammy Awards. Her first came for "Kiss Me More" with Doja Cat, and she later won Best Progressive R&B Album for SOS and Best R&B Song for "Snooze" and "Saturn".

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  11. 11Let SZA's Heartwarming Speech From Her High School's Hall Of Fame Ceremony Inspire YouSierra Brown — June 5, 2018
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  27. 27Album Review: SZAApril 22, 2013
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  30. 30Little Dragon playing two NYC shows w/ SZARyan Muir — August 28, 2013
  31. 31SZA's Net Worth 2024Briannah Rivera — January 29, 2024
  32. 32'Teen Spirit'October 10, 2013
  33. 33MagazineTDE's Isaiah Rashad on Battling Drugs & Alcohol to Complete His New Project 'The Sun's Tirade'Carl Lamarre — September 1, 2016
  34. 34SZA Joins Isaiah Rashad On Stage During His "Cilvia Demo" Anniversary ShowLavender Alexandria — February 1, 2024
  35. 35His & Her Fiend (feat. SZA)Apple Music (US) — February 25, 2014
  36. 36SZA 'Z' Release Date, Cover Art, Tracklist & Album StreamAndres Tardio — April 8, 2014
  37. 37SZA Breaks Down 'Babylon'Rose Lilah — April 11, 2014
  38. 38SZA – 'Babylon' VideoChris DeVille — March 7, 2014
  39. 39MagazineBenefits to African American Natural HairChrissy Rutherford — March 16, 2014
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  43. 43SZA: CTRL
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  45. 45Jhené Aiko Announces "Enter The Void" Tour With SZA and T...Zach Frydenlund — November 19, 2014
  46. 46SZA Dethrones Adele To Become New Billboard QueenMike Winslow — April 23, 2025
  47. 47MagazineProducer ThankGod4Cody Talks Going From Memphis to Producing on SZA's Grammy-Nominated Album 'CTRL'Ashley Lyle — November 28, 2017
  48. 48Songs We Love: SZA, 'Sobriety'Kiana Fitzgerald — NPR — November 18, 2014
  49. 49From Her Days as a Budding Star to 'SOS' and 'Lana'Brendan Le — December 20, 2024
  50. 50SZA says songs that aren't on fifth anniversary edition of Ctrl might be uploaded to SoundCloud
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  54. 54SZA Calls Out 'Hostile' Record Label for Holding Up New MusicJustin Curto — August 20, 2020
  55. 55TDE's CEO Gives Update on 2016 Release Schedule and Hints...February 29, 2016
  56. 56MagazineHow SZA Finally Made Peace with Her VulnerabilityStacy-Ann Ellis — July 11, 2017
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  58. 58SZA previews her gutsy debut album, 'A'
  59. 59Cover Story: SZA
  60. 60SZA Tells 'Essence' That Her New Music Might Drop In NovemberVIBE — September 9, 2016
  61. 61MagazineHow SZA Finally Broke Through: Meditation, A Mushroom Trip and Overcoming 'Anxiety and Fear'John Kennedy — June 15, 2017
  62. 62'Let Me Tell You a Secret: I've Been Secretly Banging Your Homeboy': SZA's Raw Honesty Conquers PopCarlos Marcos — January 4, 2024
  63. 63SZAAXS TV
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  68. 68Isaiah Rashad Dusts Himself Off And Tries AgainKiana Fitzgerald — NPR — September 27, 2016
  69. 69Ab-Soul Shares DWTW Tracklist Featuring Schoolboy Q, Mac Miller, SZA, MoreSheldon Pearce — December 6, 2016
  70. 70ScHoolboy Q Reveals Tracklist For 'Blank Face' AlbumAndre J. Ellington — June 24, 2016
  71. 71SZA Signs to RCA RecordsSomhairle Cinnsealach — April 28, 2017
  72. 72SZA Announces New Album CTRL, Shares New Song "Drew Barrymore": ListenEvan Minsker — January 13, 2017
  73. 73SZA Denies Trouble with TDE President After Tweeting About 'Hostile' RelationshipAugust 21, 2020
  74. 74RZA Helps SZA Announce CTRL Album Release DateAmanda Wicks — May 25, 2017
  75. 75SZA: 'Literally No One Knows What They Are Talking About'Habi Diallo — May 1, 2024
  76. 76SZA Shares Video for New Song 'Love Galore' f/ Travis ScottTrace William Cowen — April 27, 2017
  77. 77MagazineSZA's 'CTRL' Is Now Certified PlatinumMichael Saponara — March 2, 2018
  78. 78MagazineHere Are the Lyrics to SZA's 'Broken Clocks'Morgan Enos — March 20, 2018
  79. 79SZA Announces TourMatthew Strauss — July 5, 2017
  80. 80MagazineFrom Taylor Swift to Olivia Rodrigo: 21 of the Most Anticipated Sophomore Albums by 21st Century Pop StarsKyle Denis — July 3, 2023
  81. 81SZA Proves That She's No One-Album Wonder with SOSMary Varvaris — January 19, 2023
  82. 82MagazineThe Top 10 Albums of 2017Raisa Bruner — December 4, 2017
  83. 83MagazineBillboard 50 Best Albums of 2017: Critics' PicksDecember 12, 2017
  84. 84The 50 Best Albums of 2017December 12, 2017
  85. 85The 50 Best Albums of 2017December 12, 2017
  86. 86NewsDon't know Glastonbury headliner SZA? Here's why you should
  87. 87MagazineSZA Teases SOS Deluxe 'Lana' by Checks Notes Peeing in the WoodsMankaprr Conteh — December 10, 2024
  88. 88MagazineSZA Celebrates 5 Years of 'Ctrl' With Deluxe Edition Featuring 7 Unreleased Tracks: ListenStarr Bowenbank — June 9, 2022
  89. 89Here Are the 2018 Grammy Award WinnersJoe Price — January 29, 2018
  90. 90People are mad SZA didn't win any GrammysBen Dandridge-Lemco — January 29, 2018
  91. 91'Justice for SZA!' Twitter Reacts After Singer Is Shut Out at the GrammysChar Adams — January 28, 2018
  92. 92SZA paints a bleak Grammys picture in reflecting on 2018 losses: 'It's like a thirsty, dark space'Jonah Valdez — October 4, 2023
  93. 93MagazineSZA Scores Her First Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 With 'Kill Bill'Gary Trust — April 24, 2023
  94. 94SZA's 'Kill Bill' Tops Official Trending Chart on Way to First Solo UK Top 10 SingleGeorge Griffiths — Official Charts Company — January 4, 2023
  95. 95Watch Kendrick Lamar and SZA's 'Black Panther' Music Video 'All the Stars'Ariana Brockington — February 6, 2018
  96. 96Kendrick Lamar and SZA Drop New Song: ListenBraudie Blais-Billie — January 4, 2018
  97. 97Oscar Winners 2019: The Complete ListFebruary 24, 2019
  98. 98Critics' Choice Awards: Roma, Americans, Mrs. Maisel Top WinnersAllison Crist — January 13, 2019
  99. 99MagazineHere Are All the Winners from the 2019 Golden GlobesDenise Warner — January 7, 2019
  100. 100MagazineMTV VMAs 2018 Complete Winners ListKatie Atkinson — August 21, 2018
  101. 101Listen to SZA's New Song 'Quicksand'Amanda Wicks — September 8, 2017
  102. 102MagazineLorde Unleashes SZA, Khalid & Post Malone-Featuring 'Homemade Dynamite' RemixNerisha Penrose — September 14, 2017
  103. 103Cardi B: "I Do" ft. SZAMegan Buerger — April 6, 2018
  104. 104MagazineWhat SZA's Long-Awaited Return Taught Us About The Future of R&BHeran Mamo — December 11, 2023
  105. 105SZA Describes Her Rapturously Received 'SOS' Album as a 'Bizarre Act of Self-Embarrassment'Thania Garcia — December 19, 2022
  106. 106SZA Calls Out 'Hostile' TDE For Holding Up Her New MusicPeter Helman — August 20, 2020
  107. 107SZA says unreleased music is being held up by TDE's PunchJordan Darville — August 20, 2020
  108. 108SZA Calls Out 'Hostile Relationship' With Record Label PresidentMatthew Strauss — August 20, 2020
  109. 109MagazineDoja Cat Joins SZA On Stage to Perform 'Kiss Me More' at Grand National TourHannah Dailey — June 2, 2025
  110. 110Spotify's Top 10 Most Streamed Global Artists of 2021 Include Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift, BTS, and DrakeJacob Uitti — December 2, 2021
  111. 111MagazineHow SZA's 'SOS' Cut Through the Holiday Noise to Rule the ChartsDan Rys — January 6, 2023
  112. 112MagazineSZA Is Finally Ready to Release That Album (Yes, Really!)Heran Mamo — November 16, 2022
  113. 113MagazineFrom Taylor Swift to Olivia Rodrigo: 21 of the Most Anticipated Sophomore Albums by 21st Century Pop StarsKyle Denis — July 3, 2023
  114. 114SZA Officially Releases New Single "I Hate U"Allison Hussey — December 3, 2021
  115. 115MagazineThe Making of SZA's 'Good Days'Delisa Shannon — March 30, 2022
  116. 116Magazine'It's Just a Family Record': The Making of SZA's 'Good Days' as Told by Its ProducersFebruary 4, 2021
  117. 117MagazineSZA's Manager Pulled Her 2023 VMAs Performance Over 'Disrespectful' Artist of the Year SnubKyle Denis — September 15, 2023
  118. 118MagazineSZA Officially Drops 'I Hate You' as New SingleIlana Kaplan — December 3, 2021
  119. 119MagazineSZA Teams Up With Lakeith Standfield For New Video 'Shirt': WatchCarl Lamarre — October 28, 2022
  120. 120SZA Drops Three New Tracks Which Leaves Us Hoping for a New AlbumJacob Uitti — August 23, 2021
  121. 121If You Wondered If SZA Was Going to Release 'I Hate U,' She DidJustin Curto — December 3, 2021
  122. 122SZA Fans, Desperate for New Music, Made an Unreleased Track Go ViralZoe Haylock — February 11, 2021
  123. 123MagazineSZA Drops Previously Unreleased Songs on 'Ctrl Deluxe' EditionAlthea Legaspi — June 9, 2022
  124. 124SZA releases deluxe version of Ctrl with seven additional tracks
  125. 125SZA teases new song 'PSA' as she celebrates her 33rd birthdayDavid Renshaw — November 9, 2022
  126. 126SZA Reflects on Success of 'SOS': "God Is Excellent"Cillea Houghton — December 21, 2022
  127. 127How SZA Rose from Indie Favorite to National No. 1Izzy Ampil — February 3, 2023
  128. 128NewsSZA: SOS Review – A Surfeit of Ideas, Guests and Producers from a Master of Her CraftKitty Empire — December 11, 2022
  129. 129Review: SZA's Perfection Takes Time in Second Album SOSKarena Phan — December 9, 2022
  130. 130MagazineOn SOS, SZA Once Again Blows Expectations Out of the WaterCady Siregar — December 9, 2022
  131. 131SZA's 'SOS' Reaches New Milestone On Billboard R&B Albums ChartDeMicia Inman — September 27, 2023
  132. 132MagazineBillboard Woman of the Year SZA on Making Chart History and Preparing to 'Pop Ass and Cry and Give Theater' On TourHeran Mamo — February 22, 2023
  133. 133MagazineSZA's SOS Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200 After Deluxe Lana Edition ReleaseKeith Caulfield — December 29, 2024
  134. 134Taylor Swift, Seventeen and Morgan Wallen Top IFPI Global Album ChartsJack Bayley — March 28, 2024
  135. 135MagazineKendrick Lamar & SZA Preach Love Over Hate During 1st LA Stop of Grand National Tour: 5 Best MomentsHeran Mamo — May 22, 2025
  136. 136SZA's top 10 tracks, rankedDazed — December 20, 2024
  137. 137MagazineSZA 'Speechless' Over 'SOS' Tying Michael Jackson 'Thriller' Chart Record — And Now She Stands Alone (UPDATE)Gail Mitchell — March 20, 2025
  138. 138SZA's 'SOS' Breaks Adele's Record For Longest Streak In Billboard 200 Top 10Amber Corrine — April 23, 2025
  139. 139MagazineSZA Drops 'Lana (SOS Deluxe)' Album: Stream It NowHeran Mamo — December 20, 2024
  140. 140MagazineMiley Cyrus' 'Flowers' Wins IFPI Global Single Award For 2023Lars Brandle — February 26, 2023
  141. 141NewsSZA Leads the 2024 Grammy Nominations as Women Outpace Men in the Leading CategoriesMaria Sherman — November 11, 2023
  142. 142MagazineGrammy Awards 2024: See the Complete List of WinnersMadeline Cisneros — February 5, 2024
  143. 143SZA Announces 2023 North American TourAlex Hudson — December 13, 2022
  144. 144SZA Reveals Forthcoming Deluxe Edition of Her Album, SOS, Is Called LanaTyler Damara Kelly — September 11, 2023
  145. 145The Long Road to 'Lana': Why SZA Took Two Years to Drop the 'SOS' Deluxe AlbumJem Aswad — December 21, 2024
  146. 146MagazineDrake & SZA's 'Slime You Out' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100Gary Trust — September 25, 2023
  147. 147NewsCan a deluxe album ever improve on the original?Sheldon Pearce — March 13, 2025
  148. 148SZA Releasing New SOS Deluxe Album This Week, Enlists Ben Stiller for TeaserJazz Monroe — December 17, 2024
  149. 149The Most Anticipated Albums of 2024: Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X and 40 MoreChris Willman et al. — January 4, 2024
  150. 150MagazineThe Most Anticipated Albums of 2024Moises II Mendez — December 21, 2023
  151. 151SZA says she will release a new project before the end of 2024David Renshaw — November 25, 2024
  152. 152SZA – 'SOS Deluxe: Lana' review: chasing tranquility amid the chaos of love, life and fameCyclone Wehner — February 11, 2025
  153. 153SZA finally released 'Joni' on streaming services, plus 3 more new songsSteffanee Wang — February 10, 2025
  154. 154Pop Mart: Hot New ReleasesJanuary 10, 2025
  155. 155Crossover: Your Radio Chart PreviewsJanuary 10, 2025
  156. 156NewsBreakups, Booty Calls and Bare-All Balladry: SZA's 20 Best Songs – Ranked!Alexis Petridis — July 17, 2025
  157. 158MagazineSZA's 'SOS' Scores 12th Week Atop Billboard 200 Albums ChartKeith Caulfield — January 5, 2025
  158. 159SZA Makes History on Billboard ChartsAugust 18, 2025
  159. 160How Top Dawg Entertainment Became the Current Most Powerful Label in Hip-HopC. Vernon II Coleman — March 12, 2025
  160. 161Kendrick Lamar Drops 'GNX': New Album Features SZA, Jack Antonoff, Kamasi WashingtonSteven J. Horowitz — November 22, 2024
  161. 162Kendrick Lamar and SZA Grand National Tour: All the 2025 dates and who's openingEd Masley
  162. 163MagazineKendrick Lamar & SZA's Grand National Tour Just Broke an All-Time RecordEric Frankenberg — June 27, 2025
  163. 164MagazineSZA's 'SOS' Captures 13th Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums ChartKeith Caulfield — April 27, 2025
  164. 165Here's who will perform at the Super Bowl on SundayDhanika Pineda — NPR — February 6, 2025
  165. 166MagazineKendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' Surges Back to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100Gary Trust — February 18, 2025
  166. 167MagazineKendrick Lamar & SZA's 'Luther' Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100Gary Trust — February 24, 2025
  167. 168MagazineKendrick Lamar & SZA's 'Luther' Rules Billboard Hot 100 for 13th WeekGary Trust — May 19, 2025
  168. 169MagazineIt's Official: SZA's "Not Beauty" Line Is ComingApril 18, 2025
  169. 170MagazineSZA Expands Her Vision Beyond Music & Joins an Iconic Brand as Its Artistic DirectorChristopher Claxton — August 14, 2025
  170. 171MagazineSZA Announces Vans Artistic Director Role In One of The Brand's Coolest Skate ShoesOscar Hartzog — August 14, 2025
  171. 172SZA teaches Elmo about kindness and gratitude on Sesame StreetEddie Fu — April 10, 2025
  172. 173'One of Them Days' turns Keke Palmer and SZA loose : Pop Culture Happy HourStephen Thompson — NPR — January 22, 2025
  173. 174How One of Them Days made SZA the breakout comedy star of 2025 so farSteffanee Wang — January 16, 2025
  174. 175Issa Rae-Produced Buddy Comedy Taps SZA And Keke Palmer As LeadsMarc Griffin — April 29, 2024
  175. 176One of Them DaysRotten Tomatoes — January 17, 2025
  176. 177Listen to SZA's Ethereal New Single 'Save the Day'Liberty Dunworth — February 23, 2026
  177. 178SZA, Ike Barinholtz, Nicholas Hoult, Sarah Sherman, Ego Nwodim & More Set for Cocomelon: the MovieMatt Grobar — May 14, 2026
  178. 179MagazineSZA Says She Doesn't Know Why Nicki Minaj Targeted HerBrian Hiatt — November 6, 2025
  179. 180SZA Shares Two New Song Snippets to Her FinstaDevin Morton — August 17, 2025
  180. 181Lizzo Is in Her Rap Bag on My Face Hurts From Smiling Mixtape: Stream It NowHeran Mamo — June 27, 2025
  181. 182MagazineDoja Cat Takes a Playful Eighties Detour on VieRob Sheffield — September 26, 2025
  182. 183MagazineSZA Joins Old Friend, New Jersey Rapper Moruf on Nostalgic Single 'PT Cruiser'Mankaprr Conteh — October 16, 2025
  183. 184Doechii and SZA Levitate on 'Girl, Get Up.'Megan LaPierre — December 31, 2025
  184. 185Album Review: Isaiah Rashad – It's Been AwfulChase McMullen — May 14, 2026
  185. 186Steve Lacy and SZA Want Love but Can't Commit on New Song 'Is It Cool?'Charisma Madarang — June 26, 2026
  186. 187MagazineVictoria Monét's Frequency of Love: All 22 Tracks RankedKyle Denis — October 2, 2026
  187. 188What's on SZA's Playlists? 'Kill Bill' Singer Talks Inspiration From Ella Fitzgerald and Her Love for Creed and NickelbackJem Aswad — November 30, 2023
  188. 189SZA, Variety's Hitmaker of the Year, Unpacks 'SOS,' Her 9 Grammy Noms, and Says 'F— You' to Song LeakersJem Aswad — November 29, 2023
  189. 190"Déjame decirte un secreto: me he estado tirando a tu chico": la cruda honestidad de SZA conquista el popCarlos Marcos — December 31, 2023
  190. 191Five things you should know about SZAAimee Cliff — April 7, 2014
  191. 192Watch SZA Shower Ashanti With Love: 'You're So Amazing—You're Such A Huge Inspiration For Me'September 16, 2021
  192. 193SZA's Unlikely Path To Pop StardomNathan Reese — October 9, 2013
  193. 194Sza Talks Beyoncé, Rihanna, and the Importance of Staying Present
  194. 195Why SZA's Next Album May Be Her LastKarizza Sanchez — November 28, 2016
  195. 196MagazineSZA Tells Drew Barrymore 'You Gave Me Permission to Be Myself'Tomás Mier — January 13, 2025
  196. 197SZA Marks Ctrl Fifth Anniversary by Sharing Previously Unheard TracksDavid Renshaw — June 9, 2022
  197. 198SZA Is Manifesting Everything—Including Performances and a Tyler, the Creator CollabBrenton Blanchet — June 15, 2021
  198. 199SZA Comes Into Her Power On CtrlMTV News
  199. 200SZA 'SOS' Review: Finding Comfort Amid the ChaosPaul Attard — December 10, 2022
  200. 201Everything SZA References on SOS (Including Herself)Zoe Guy — December 9, 2022
  201. 202MagazineSZA Is at Her Most Streamlined and Direct on LanaRob Sheffield — December 21, 2024
  202. 203TDE's Punch Talks About SZA Having an 'EP's Worth of Full Rap Records' and How She's Navigating Fame in SOS EraJoshua Espinoza — March 10, 2023
  203. 204MagazineSZA's SOS Deluxe Lana: All 15 Tracks RankedMackenzie Cummings-Grady — December 20, 2024
  204. 205On Lana, SZA Unlocks a New Superpower: Self-RelianceDeAsia Paige — December 23, 2024
  205. 206MagazineWas SZA's 'SOS' Worth the Wait?December 9, 2022
  206. 207NewsLyrics from 'Blind' by Hip-Hop Singer-Songwriter SZA Will Stay with YouSteve Inskeep et al. — December 29, 2022
  207. 208NewsSZA's Anxious Rise to Pop SuperstardomHunter Harris — October 30, 2023
  208. 209SZA Believes She's Only Considered An R&B Artist Because She's BlackJessica Bennett — May 2, 2024
  209. 210On SZA, Beyoncé, And The Marketing Of 'Black' MusicFebruary 26, 2024
  210. 211NewsOn SOS, SZA unpacks her most complicated emotions in so many wordsChris Richards — December 9, 2022
  211. 212NewsThe Long History Behind SZA and Drake's New SongMoises Mendez II
  212. 213How Jay Versace Got SZA to Talk Her Shit on 'SOS'Mankaprr Conteh — December 12, 2022
  213. 214SZA Reveals Album with Tame Impala and Mark RonsonOctober 21, 2017
  214. 215MagazineSZA – Z | Album ReviewsMichael Madden — April 8, 2014
  215. 216MagazineMeet SZA, Kendrick Lamar's Newest LabelmateMarissa G. Muller — November 4, 2013
  216. 217SZA "Z"Jordan Sargent — April 18, 2014
  217. 218SZA: "Z" (Top Dawg Entertainment)Kevin Ritchie — April 17, 2014
  218. 219SZA Tells Drew Barrymore About How She Inspired Her 2017 Song 'Drew Barrymore': 'You're So Special'
  219. 220SZA Loosely Compares Her Vocal Styling To Little Richard'sMya Abraham — January 10, 2022
  220. 221MagazineThe 200 Greatest Singers of All Time (200–151)January 1, 2023
  221. 222Magazine7 Best Moments From Songwriters Hall of Fame: R.E.M. Performs, Diane Warren's Truth Bombs & MoreMelinda Newman — June 14, 2024
  222. 223MagazineSZA Wins Multiple Honors at BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards: 'Songwriting Awards Mean the Most to Me'Paul Grein — September 6, 2024
  223. 224MagazineSZA Talks Quitting Her Day Job, Working With Holy Other & Emile HaynieReggie Ugwu — May 23, 2013
  224. 225SZA didn't realise her therapist was not a therapistOlivia Hebert — October 30, 2023
  225. 226MagazineKendrick Lamar Gets PersonalOctober 21, 2024
  226. 227Tracks: 'Joni'Jill Mapes — August 31, 2021
  227. 228SZA Shares New Song 'Joni'Aron A. — August 22, 2021
  228. 229SZA Jokes That Her 'Kill Bill' Lyrics Were 'So Crazy and Harsh': 'I Was Just Randomly Slightly Enraged'
  229. 230SZA's 'SOS' Could Be First Album by a Black Woman to Win Top Grammy in 25 YearsMesfin Fekadu — February 1, 2024
  230. 231MagazineThe 75 Best R&B Artists of All Time (Full List): Staff PicksTrevor Anderson et al. — June 19, 2025
  231. 232MagazineSZA's 'SOS' Deluxe 'Lana': All 15 Tracks RankedMackenzie Cummings-Grady — December 20, 2024
  232. 233MagazineSZA Is Loving Janelle Monae's Sexy New Era of 'Self Renaissance'Rania Aniftos — May 16, 2023
  233. 234On 'Ctrl,' SZA Reveals Who She Really IsJune 13, 2017
  234. 235SZA's SOS pushes R&B boundaries in her vulnerable exploration of self-worthMaya Kominsky — January 21, 2023
  235. 236Magazine'SOS' Album ReviewChelsey Sanchez — December 19, 2022
  236. 237MagazineBillboard Women in Music Rule Breaker SZA on Speaking Up Inside the Boys ClubEmma Carmichael — December 6, 2018
  237. 2385 Times SZA Helped Show the World 'Good Days'Khanyi Mlaba — Global Citizen — September 6, 2022
  238. 240SZA Is Ready for Battle With Her New LookRachel Hahn — April 11, 2019
  239. 241SZA – 'SOS' review: a comeback album well worth the waitRhian Daly — NME — December 9, 2022
  240. 242MagazineWhat The Year Of 'I'm The Problem, It's Me' Taught Us About The Future Of PopKyle Denis — December 11, 2023
  241. 243On SOS, SZA Proves She's One of This Generation's Best SongwritersDeAsia Paige — December 13, 2022
  242. 244MagazineWill SZA Ever Make a Joint Album With Kendrick Lamar? Here's What She Has to SayMichael Saponara — January 8, 2025
  243. 245Who is Kendrick Lamar? 5 things to know about the star of the Super Bowl LIX Halftime ShowAna Rocío Álvarez Bríñez and Cheryl V. Jackson
  244. 2467 Collaborations Where Kendrick Lamar and SZA Make the Perfect Duo
  245. 247MagazineThe 10 Hottest R&B Artists Right Now: Staff PicksCarl Lamarre et al. — February 5, 2025
  246. 248Kendrick Lamar & SZA Are The Best Rapper-Singer Duo Right NowAndy Bustard — January 17, 2025
  247. 249Kendrick Lamar and SZA's 4 Best CollaborationsPaige Gawley — February 9, 2025
  248. 250MagazineKendrick Lamar's 20 Biggest Billboard Hot 100 HitsTrevor Anderson — February 7, 2025
  249. 251Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' returns to No. 1 after Super Bowl
  250. 252Mac Miller's 'Balloonerism' Track List Reveals Features From SZA and Delusional Thomas Alter EgoJanuary 8, 2025
  251. 253MagazineSZA Debuts New Track 'Saturn' in Mastercard Ad During 2024 Grammys: WatchLatifah Muhammad — February 5, 2024
  252. 254MagazineLizzo and SZA Nearly Started a Rock Band Called 'Pussy Lasers' With Another ArtistTomás Mier — February 15, 2025
  253. 255MagazineLizzo and SZA Almost Formed a Rock Band Called Pussy LasersTyler Jenke — February 17, 2025
  254. 256MagazineSZA Brings Powerful Self-Affirmations to Lizzo's 'Special' on New CollaborationLarisha Paul — February 9, 2023
  255. 257Lizzo will reportedly feature on deluxe version of SZA's SOS album
  256. 258MagazineMeet SZA's Secret Weapons: Her 'SOS' ProducersHeran Mamo — October 11, 2023
  257. 259SZA Finally Releases Long-Delayed 'Lana' Album, Featuring Kendrick Lamar, Lil Yachty and Benny BlancoJem Aswad — December 20, 2024
  258. 260Moms on Songs, RankedZach Schonfeld — November 5, 2024
  259. 261SZA reveals she 'burst into tears' during a rehearsal of '20 Something'Ellie Robinson — June 7, 2021
  260. 262CtrlSZA — Top Dawg Entertainment and RCA Records — 2017
  261. 263SOSSZA — Top Dawg Entertainment and RCA Records — 2023
  262. 264She's Just SZASarah Leon — April 9, 2014
  263. 265You Probably Don't Know Rising R&B Star SZA Yet, But You WillJoseph Erbentraut — July 23, 2014
  264. 266Why SZA's Huge Natural Hair is Our New ObsessionChioma Nnadi — March 27, 2014
  265. 267SZA's Pitchfork Festival StyleElizabeth Bristow — July 21, 2014
  266. 268How SZA inspired a generation of R&B storytellers: "She's a radical light"Sophie Williams — NME — February 23, 2023
  267. 269Is There An R&B Big 3? Let's Talk About ItJessica Bennett — April 12, 2024
  268. 270How Childish Gambino, Janelle Monae, H.E.R. and More Made R&B New AgainA. D. Amorosi — February 6, 2019
  269. 2717 Women Essential to R&B: Aretha Franklin, SZA, Mary J. Blige & MorePrincess Gabbara — March 14, 2025
  270. 272BET Awards 2025: The Women Changing R&B—How SZA, Victoria, Coco & Summer Are Defining a Generation
  271. 273MagazineSZA: "Ctrl" (Deluxe)Sheldon Pearce
  272. 274How SZA is cutting up the rule bookLiam Freeman — August 16, 2018
  273. 275NewsSam Ryder is no one-hit wonder, SZA channels Princess Diana – the week's best albumsNeil McCormick — December 9, 2022
  274. 276Why SZA is the true artist of the yearNardos Haile — December 29, 2023
  275. 277SZA Shares Update on New Music, Talks Grieving Over Loss ...Xavier Hamilton — February 26, 2020
  276. 278Every Song On SZA's 'CTRL' RankedClarissa Brooks — June 30, 2022
  277. 279Without SZA's Ctrl, R&B Wouldn't Be Where It Is NowDeAsia Paige — June 9, 2022
  278. 280SZA: Is SOS worth the wait or too much of a good thing?Al Newstead — Australian Broadcasting Corporation — December 13, 2022
  279. 281MagazineThe 500 Greatest Albums of All TimeDecember 31, 2023
  280. 282Magazine472 SZA, 'Ctrl' (2017)Brett Schewitz — October 13, 2020
  281. 283SZA on bugs, braiding and that Vine on how to pronounce her nameDazed — January 24, 2018
  282. 284SZA's Twitter Is Leading Me on a Spiritual Journey Up Emotions MountainEstelle Tang — August 1, 2018
  283. 285SZA's Fans React Following Her New Series Of Tweets About Setting BoundariesAhmad Davis
  284. 286SZA Is Back With a Soon-to-Drop Album, Ctrl—And a Holistic New OutlookMarjon Carlos — March 21, 2017
  285. 287SZA Has New Music On The WayJessica McKinney — December 5, 2018
  286. 288SZA Previews New Songs In IG Videos Ahead Of Upcoming Album ReleaseSeptember 18, 2018
  287. 289SZA on leaks: "When people leak my songs, they ruin them"Jordan Darville — November 29, 2023
  288. 290SZA Says People 'Ruin' Her Songs When They Leak Them: 'Yo...Jaelani Turner-Williams — November 29, 2023
  289. 291SZA Addresses Album That Leaked on Spotify, Apple MusicMadison Bloom et al. — December 21, 2018
  290. 292SZA Threatens To Take Legal Action Against 'Thieves' Who Leaked Her MusicAmber Corrine — January 8, 2024
  291. 293SZA to Release Leaked Songs as Deluxe Edition of 'SOS,' Will Remake Delayed 'Lana' LP 'From Scratch'Jem Aswad — March 27, 2024
  292. 294SZA Puts Lana Leaker On Blast, Fans Troll Her For Going After Someone With Only 4 LikesCole Blake — March 27, 2024
  293. 295SZA Issues Fiery Response To Music Being Leaked: "You Are a F**king Thief"Malcolm Trapp — January 7, 2024
  294. 296SZA Urges Black Musicians to Reject AI After Learning Model Used Hundreds of Her SongsLarisha Paul — 2026-06-23
  295. 297SZA Slams ‘Disgusting‘ Musicians Using AI, Says Platforms Like Suno Train on the ‘Best and Brightest Black Minds of Writers and Producers’Corbin Bolies — 2026-06-21
  296. 298SZA Calls Out AI's 'Weird, Stereotypical Struggle Music'Kayla Torres — March 7, 2026
  297. 299SZA Speaks Out on AI’s Impact in Memphis
  298. 300SZA Warns That AI Is Harming “Beautiful Black Cities”VIBE — 2025-07-16
  299. 301MagazineThe Meaning Behind SZA and Phoebe Bridgers' Grammy-Nominated 'Ghost in the Machine'Thomas Galindo — November 18, 2023
  300. 302SZA Feels Like She's 'At War Because of AI,' Slams 'Weird, Stereotypical Struggle Music' Being Generated By Artificial IntelligenceGil Kaufman — March 6, 2026
  301. 303SZA Says Her 'Why' for Third Album Is Preserving HumanitySweenie Saint-Vil — March 6, 2026
  302. 304MagazineSZA on TAZO Tree Corps, New Music, and BlackpinkErica Gonzales — February 17, 2021
  303. 305SZA Has Been Using Her 'Ctrl' Tour To Collect Necessities For Hurricane VictimsLatifah Muhammad — October 5, 2017
  304. 306SZA Applauded For Covering Medical Expenses For Fan Battling LupusAlexis Reese — August 30, 2019
  305. 307SZA is trying to save the ocean with her new clothing lineLayla Halabian — August 14, 2018
  306. 308SZA Tells Fans To Vote Or They 'Can't Complain' About The Presidential Election ResultsMalcolm Trapp — July 31, 2024
  307. 309MagazineSZA Shouts 'Free Palestine' at Australia SOS Tour Stop: WatchKyle Denis — April 17, 2024
  308. 310I can’t make music on adderall cause I actually have adhd and instead of turning me up it turns me WAY down yet hyper focused (meaning 1000 takes later of the same line and no excitement or connection about it)lolSZA — 21 December 2020
  309. 311SZA Is Finally in Ctrl: On the Long Road to Her Debut AlbumHunter Harris — June 14, 2017
  310. 312SZA Thinks About Wearing Hijab "All the Time"Amani — April 7, 2021
  311. 313Watch Lizzo and SZA host meditation class on Instagram LiveWill Richards — April 24, 2020
  312. 314MagazineSZA Shares Lessons From "Silent Retreat" In India With Her MotherArmon Sadler — February 6, 2025
  313. 315MagazineSZA's Moved On to Bigger, Better Things Since That Grammys Snub (and You Should Too)Julee WIlson — January 5, 2021
  314. 316SZA's Dating History: From Drake to Her Former FiancéRebecca Aizin — February 5, 2024
  315. 317MagazineSZA Reflects on 'Young' and Casual Fling with Drake in 2009: 'It Wasn't Hot and Heavy or Anything'Jack Irvin — October 3, 2023
  316. 318What's Behind SZA's Biggest Year Yet? Work, Wonder and 'Weird Shit'Mankaprr Conteh — October 3, 2023
  317. 319Who will perform with Kendrick Lamar during Super Bowl halftime show?Jason Anderson — February 7, 2025
  318. 320Golden Globes 2019 Nominations: Kendrick, SZA, Donald Glover, Lady Gaga, MoreNoah Yoo et al. — December 6, 2018
  319. 321Oscars 2019: Kendrick, SZA, and Lady Gaga Nominated for Best Original SongNoah Yoo — January 22, 2019
  320. 322MagazineHere Are All the 2021 American Music Awards WinnersKatie Atkinson — November 22, 2021
  321. 323MagazineBabyface, SZA to Receive Special Honors at 2024 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop AwardsPaul Grein — July 30, 2024
  322. 3242021 MTV Video Music Awards: The Complete Winners ListSelome Hailu — September 12, 2021
  323. 325MTV VMAs 2023: See the Full Winners ListEvan Minsker — September 12, 2023
  324. 326MagazineHere's the Full List of 2024 MTV VMAs WinnersKatie Atkinson — September 12, 2024
  325. 327SZA Has Set This All-Time Grammy RecordPaul Grein — November 24, 2025
  326. 328MagazineSZA Is Billboard's 2023 Woman of the YearRania Aniftos — February 10, 2023
  327. 329MagazineBET Soul Train Awards: Bruno Mars Tops With 5 WinsKimberly Nordyke — November 26, 2017
  328. 330MagazineBillboard's Top 100 Women Artists of the 21st Century Chart, Nos. 100-1Trevor Anderson et al. — March 19, 2025
  329. 331MagazineSZA Graces the Cover of TIME100 Next ListSierra Porter — September 28, 2022
  330. 332Doja Cat & SZA Win GRAMMY For Best Pop Duo/Group Performance 2022 GRAMMYs
  331. 333MagazineThe 200 Greatest Singers of All TimeJanuary 1, 2023
  332. 334Chris Brown, SZA, Lucky Daye Score Big Wins In R&B Categories At 67th Annual GrammysAmber Corrine — February 3, 2025

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