BLACKPINK’s ROSÉ says she ‘really likes SZA’s songs because they're really good’ on Weverse.
She listened to “Special”, “Notice Me”, “Love Language” & “Nobody Gets Me” on her live.
Despite both being surprise releases, “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” (4.5M) and “Saturn”(3.9M) are the biggest solo debuts by a black female artist on the global Spotify chart this year.
“SOS” (44.1M) and “COWBOY CARTER” (39.5M) are the biggest debut by black women on US Spotify history.
— “COWBOY CARTER” (76.1M) & “SOS” (69M) are also the biggest debuts by black women on global Spotify chart, respectively.
Confirmed tracks that will be on “LANA” so far:
• Saturn
• Boy From South Detroit
• OD (Diamond Boy)
— Tracks like “PSA” and “Joni” have not yet been officially confirmed on the album.
Billboard ranks “SOS” as the predicted winner for “Album of the Year” at this year’s
#GRAMMYs
.
“SZA is vying to become the first Black woman to win in this category as a lead artist since Lauryn Hill 25 years ago for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.”
With “Kill Bill” SZA is set to break The Weekend's “Blinding Lights” record for the fastest song by a black artist to reach 1 billion streams in Spotify history.
SZA and Beyoncé are the only black female artists with multiple
#1
’s on US Spotify:
SZA: “Good Days”, “I Hate U” & “Kill Bill”
Beyoncé: “IM THAT GIRL” & “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM”
Biggest debuts by black women on Spotify global chart:
#1
. “COWBOW CARTER” — 76.1M
#2
. “SOS” — 67.9M
#3
. “RENAISSANCE” — 43.2M
— Beyoncé and SZA are the only black women to earn over 70 million streams on Spotify in a single day.
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“SOS” completed half a year in the top 10 of the Billboard 200.
The album joins Taylor Swift's “Midnights” as the only female albums to spend its first 26 weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 this decade.
“SOS” is on pace to become the first album by a black woman and the seventh female album in history to complete 60 weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard 200.
The album only needs two more weeks in the region to reach the milestone.
🚨 After a huge increase in sales, “Kill Bill” could reach
#1
on the Hot 100 next week with the biggest sales gain of the week.
— The song currently sits at
#6
on iTunes US, SZA's highest peak with a solo song.
HDD names “SOS” as a top contender for “Album Of The Year” at the GRAMMYs:
“SZA’s leap to superstardom came with this brilliant, chart-ruling set, a brutally honest, melodically adventurous batch of next-level R&B. As both writer and singer she’s at the top of her game.”
According to predictions, “Rich Baby Daddy” is approximately 6 points away from debuting in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.
It's currently being blocked by SZA’s own “Snooze”.
.
@Variety
about “Saturn”:
Her music is what made “SOS” at times so compelling [...] Those considering “Saturn” as a warm-up for “Lana” may be in luck but it’s yet again a reminder of the fact that no matter how long it takes, SZA is nothing if not consistent.
Biggest streaming days for solo songs by black female artists on Spotify (non-holiday songs):
#1
. “Kill Bill” — 8.45M (Jan. 20)
#2
. “Paint The Town Red” — 8.13M (Sep. 9)
Fastest female songs to surpass 600 million streams in Spotify history:
#1
. Flowers — 49 days
#2
. good 4 u — 67 days
#3
. Señorita — 70 days
#4
. drivers license — 84 days
#5
. Kill Bill — 90 days
In a new article, Billboard names SZA as the "top contender" to be nominated for Album, Song and Record of The Year with "SOS" & "Kill Bill" at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards next year.
“SOS” only needs two more weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 to enter the top 10 longest-charting female albums in the region in history.
It would mark the first album by a black female artist in the top 10.
“Best Pop Duo/Group Performance” will be the first category announced at the
#GRAMMYs
pre-show.
— SZA is nominated for “Ghost In The Machine (feat. Phoebe Bridgers).
“The deluxe, she says, will be called “Lana”. She’s planning to add an entire new body of work — 10 songs — on top of the existing SOS cuts.” — Rolling Stone about the deluxe version of “SOS”.
Released 1 year ago, “SOS” debuted with 67 million streams on the Spotify global chart.
“SOS” remains the biggest debut by a black woman in the platform’s history.
Pitchfork says “SOS” should win “Album Of The Year” at the
#GRAMMYs
.
"It’s SZA who deserves this trophy for SOS, her soul-baring, genre-hopping tour de force."
Black female artists with the most songs with over 1 billion streams on Spotify:
Rihanna — 9 songs
Doja Cat, Cardi B, Nicki Minaj — 4 songs
SZA — 3 songs
“SOS” is the first album in history with songs that reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 in at least 4 different years (2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024).