American singer-songwriter

SZA Solána Imani Rowe (born November 8, 1989), known professionally as SZA ( ), is an American singer-songwriter. Known for her diaristic lyrics and genre explorations, she has been credited as a prominent figure in influencing contemporary R& ...

has released two

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, two

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albums, three

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(EPs), one

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, and forty-eight

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(including eleven as a featured artist). SZA debuted with her self-released EP ''

See.SZA.Run ''See.SZA.Run'' is the debut extended play (EP) by American singer SZA (singer), SZA, self-released on October 29, 2012. After graduating from college and postponing graduate school, in order to make money, SZA began recording music informally, an ...

'' in 2012, followed by the 2013 EP '' S'', gaining the attention of the independent record label

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. She signed to Top Dawg as the label's first woman artist in 2013 and released her third EP, '' Z'', a year later. After ''Z'', she began work on her debut studio album, '' Ctrl'' (2017), which debuted at number three on the US ''Billboard'' 200, peaked at number two on

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, and has charted for more than five subsequent years. The album, alongside its ''Billboard'' Hot 100 top-40 singles "

Love Galore "Love Galore" is a song by American singer SZA featuring American rapper and singer Travis Scott. It was released through Top Dawg Entertainment and RCA Records as the second single from the former's debut studio album, '' Ctrl'', on April 28, 2 ...

" and " The Weekend", earned her three of her first five

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nominations, in 2018. All singles from ''Ctrl'' have been

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or higher by the

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. From 2017 to 2022, as SZA prepared for her second studio album's release, she appeared on film soundtracks and collaborated with several artists. Three collaborations were international top-10 songs: "

What Lovers Do "What Lovers Do" is a song by American band Maroon 5 featuring singer SZA. It was released on August 30, 2017, as the third single from the band's sixth studio album ''Red Pill Blues'' (2017). The song contains an interpolation of the 2016 song " ...

" by

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in 2017, "

All the Stars "All the Stars" is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar and American singer SZA. Written alongside Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith and producers Sounwave and Al Shux, the song was released on January 4, 2018, as the lead single to the soundtrac ...

" with

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from the ''Black Panther'' soundtrack in 2018, and "

Kiss Me More "Kiss Me More" is a song by American rapper and singer Doja Cat featuring American singer SZA from the former's third studio album ''Planet Her'' (2021). It was released on April 9, 2021, as the album's lead single through Kemosabe and RCA Rec ...

" by

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in 2021. Furthermore, a deluxe edition of ''Ctrl'' was released in June 2022 to celebrate the album's five-year anniversary. In December 2022, SZA's second studio album ''

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'' was released, and it broke several records in R&B/hip-hop and overall charts. In the US, it opened with the biggest streaming week ever for an R&B album, spent 10 weeks atop the ''Billboard'' 200, and ended 2023 as the country's third-biggest album with 3.172million units sold. Its multi-platinum fifth single, "

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", was the third best-selling song of 2023. The same year, ''

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'' ranked ''SOS'' and ''Ctrl'' as two of

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. In December 2024, SZA released the reissue of ''SOS,'' ''Lana''. It spawned two top-10 songs. The first was the lead single "

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", released earlier in February, and the second was "

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" with Lamar. ''Lana'' was rereleased in 2025 with new mixing and four bonus songs scrapped from the reissue, including the leaked collaboration "

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" featuring

Don Toliver Caleb Zackery "Don" Toliver ( ; born June 12, 1994) is an American rapper and singer. He emerged to fame in 2018 with the release of his debut mixtape, ''Donny Womack'', and his feature on the song "Can't Say" by fellow Houston rapper Travis Sco ...

. Regarding unreleased tracks, SZA has said that she loses her confidence in the quality of her music once they are leaked online.

Albums

Studio albums

Reissues

Live albums

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Promotional singles

Other charted and certified songs

Other guest appearances

Music videos

Songwriting credits

Unreleased songs

Notes

References

External links

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