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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&B music and popularizing alternative R&B. SZA first garnered attention with her self-released extended plays (EPs) ''See.SZA.Run'' (2012) and ''S (EP), S'' (2013). The projects led her to sign with Top Dawg Entertainment in 2013, through which she released her third EP, ''Z (EP), Z'' (2014). Her alternative R&B-imbued debut studio album, Ctrl (SZA album), ''Ctrl'' (2017), was a critical and commercial success. It earned four Grammy Award nominations in 2018, and became the second longest-charting R&B album by a woman on the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. Her 2018 single "All the Stars" with Kendrick Lamar was a top-10 single in the US and UK, and it earned her Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, Golden Globe and Academy Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Songs Recorded By SZA
American singer-songwriter SZA co-writes almost all of her songs with their respective producers; for many of them, she is the sole lyricist. Her repertoire encompasses two studio albums, one reissue album, three extended plays (EPs), multiple film and television soundtracks, and several guest appearances. Psychedelic music, Psychedelic and Lo-fi music, lo-fi instrumentals characterize SZA's early songs, and the self-uploaded SoundCloud EPs ''See.SZA.Run'' (2012) and ''S (EP), S'' (2013) were her career's first releases. Executives at Top Dawg Entertainment took notice of her SoundCloud music and signed a recording contract with her in 2013. Afterwards, she released her third EP ''Z (EP), Z'' (2014). Three years later, SZA released her debut studio album, ''Ctrl (SZA album), Ctrl''. Many of the people who contributed to the album were or became frequent collaborators, including Travis Scott, then-labelmate Kendrick Lamar, and producer Carter Lang. Critics have identified ''Ctrl' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
SOS (SZA Album)
''SOS'' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter SZA. It was released on December 9, 2022, by Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) and RCA Records. The album features guest appearances from Don Toliver, Phoebe Bridgers, Travis Scott, and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard. SZA worked with a variety of record producers and songwriters such as Babyface (musician), Babyface, Jeff Bhasker, Rob Bisel, Benny Blanco, Rodney Jerkins, Darkchild, DJ Dahi, Ant Clemons, and Lizzo. It serves as the follow-up to SZA's debut album ''Ctrl (SZA album), Ctrl'' (2017). Six singles were released between 2020 and 2023 to promote ''SOS'', five of which were top-ten hits on the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The fifth, "Kill Bill (song), Kill Bill" (2023), was SZA's first song to top the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and Billboard Global 200, ''Billboard'' Global 200 charts; the sixth, "Snooze (SZA song), Snooze" (2023), was the only song to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for all of 2023. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kill Bill (song)
"Kill Bill" is a song by American singer-songwriter SZA and the fifth single from her second studio album, SOS (SZA album), ''SOS'' (2022). It is a Pop music, pop and Contemporary R&B, R&B murder ballad, built around a midtempo, Groove (music), groovy rhythm and a Musical tuning, detuned melody. Guitars, a bassline, and a flute that was Sampling music, sampled from a Prophet-5, Prophet-6 synthesizer constitute the song's production, which is influenced by the boom bap subgenre of Hip hop music, hip hop. Mirroring the plot of the ''Kill Bill'' film duology (2003–2004) after which the song is named, the lyrics discuss a fantasy to kill an ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend out of jealousy, and they employ humorous irony alongside violent imagery that contrasts with SZA's soft vocals. "Kill Bill" was sent to US radio on January 10, 2023, after achieving success on streaming services. A chart-topper in several territories, "Kill Bill" was SZA's first number-one on the Billb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
SZA Discography
American singer-songwriter SZA has released two Studio album, studio albums, two reissue albums, three Extended play, extended plays (EPs), one live album, and forty-eight Single (music), singles (including eleven as a featured artist). SZA debuted with her self-released EP ''See.SZA.Run'' in 2012, followed by the 2013 EP ''S (EP), S'', gaining the attention of the independent record label Top Dawg Entertainment. She signed to Top Dawg as the label's first woman artist in 2013 and released her third EP, ''Z (EP), Z'', a year later. After ''Z'', she began work on her debut studio album, ''Ctrl (SZA album), Ctrl'' (2017), which debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200, peaked at number two on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and has charted for more than five subsequent years. The album, alongside its Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 top-40 singles "Love Galore" and "The Weekend (SZA song), The Weekend", earned her three of her first five Grammy nominat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Snooze (SZA Song)
"Snooze" is a song by American singer-songwriter SZA and the sixth single from her second studio album, ''SOS'' (2022). It is an R&B song with a midtempo rhythm, featuring an instrumental that consists of bass, guitars, drums, and synthesizers. The main vocals are complemented by several layers of harmonies beneath, and a riff appears at the song's beginning. The lyrics are about SZA's obsessive devotion to a love interest who does not reciprocate her intense feelings of yearning, despite her willingness to prove her love with violence. "Snooze" was sent to radio on April25, 2023, and a four-track single was released on digital streaming platforms on August25. An acoustic version featuring Justin Bieber followed on September15. The song received significant critical and commercial success. Many critics praised it primarily for its composition, describing it as dreamy, relaxing, and timeless, and it won accolades for R&B categories at the Grammy Awards and MTV Video Music Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ctrl (SZA Album)
''Ctrl'' (pronounced "Control") is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter SZA. It was released on June 9, 2017, by Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) and RCA Records. The album features guest appearances from Travis Scott, Kendrick Lamar, James Fauntleroy, and Isaiah Rashad. Production was handled by Best Kept Secret (production team), Craig Balmoris, Frank Dukes, Carter Lang, Tyran Donaldson, Scum, and ThankGod4Cody, among others. The album was supported by five Single (music), singles: "Drew Barrymore (SZA song), Drew Barrymore", "Love Galore", "The Weekend (SZA song), The Weekend", "Broken Clocks", and "Garden (Say It like Dat)", all of which are certified Double Platinum or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Upon release, ''Ctrl'' was a massive critical and commercial success, and catapulted SZA into stardom. The album received acclaim from music critics, many of whom praised its cohesiveness and production, as well as SZA's vocal delivery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Awards And Nominations Received By SZA
American singer-songwriter SZA has won 73 awards, including five Grammy Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, eight ''Billboard'' Music Awards, seven BET Awards, three American Music Awards, six Soul Train Music Awards, and one Brit Award. After beginning her career with two SoundCloud-exclusive EPs, SZA signed to the label Top Dawg Entertainment in 2013, under which she released her third EP and her debut studio album, '' Ctrl'' (2017). Due to her work on the album, she earned her first five Grammy nominations and landed herself many Best New Artist nods, winning the ones for the Soul Train Music Awards in 2017 and for the BET Awards in 2018. Highly acclaimed by critics, ''Ctrl'' has appeared in several lists of the best 2010s albums as well as the best debut albums of all time. Before she released her second studio album, ''SOS'' (2022), SZA appeared in collaborations with several artists, including Kendrick Lamar with " All the Stars" in 2018. Their song, recorded for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lana (album)
''Lana'' (written fully as ''SOS Deluxe: Lana'') is the reissue of '' SOS'' (2022), the second studio album by American singer-songwriter SZA. It was released on December 20, 2024, through Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) and RCA Records. It features guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar and Don Toliver. The album consists of 19 tracks, including the singles "Saturn", " BMF", and " 30 for 30"; SZA is currently embarking on the Grand National Tour with Lamar in joint promotion of the album and his sixth studio album '' GNX'' (2024). Background Soon after the release of her highly acclaimed and commercially successful second studio album, '' SOS'' (2022), SZA began teasing a deluxe edition with a postscript at the end of an Instagram post, where she thanked everyone who helped make the album possible. Reportedly composing the tracklist were ten songs intended for the standard edition, per the information SZA told '' Most Requested Live'' in January 2023 and '' Billboard'' in Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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 Records. "Kiss Me More" was written by the artists alongside producers Yeti Beats and Rogét Chahayed, as well as Tizhimself and Carter Lang, who both provided additional production, and Lukasz Gottwald. It has been described as a disco or rap influenced pop song. As it interpolates the melody of the chorus from Olivia Newton-John's 1981 single " Physical", additional co-writing credits on the track go to Steve Kipner and Terry Shaddick. "Kiss Me More" became the number-one song in New Zealand, Mexico, Malaysia and Singapore, and reached the top five in eighteen countries including Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. It is also the longest-running all-female top 10 hit in American chart history. It has accumulated over two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Saturn (SZA Song)
"Saturn" is a song by American singer-songwriter SZA. It is the lead single from ''Lana'' (2024), the reissue of her second studio album ''SOS'' (2022). It is a song about nihilism and escapism, discussing one's lamentations about why bad things happen to good people and wishes to leave Earth for another planet, Saturn, where they could possibly live a better life. "Saturn" features a twinkly instrumental, a result of a combination of arpeggios and beaming synthesizers. The song was surprise-released on February 23, 2024, after its official debut at the year's Grammy Awards ceremony over two weeks prior. "Saturn" won Best R&B Song at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, and was nominated for Best R&B Performance. The cover is a self-reference to the cover of her song "Love Galore" (2017). Background American singer-songwriter SZA's second studio album, ''SOS'' (2022), was met with critical and commercial success upon its release. The album opened with a score of 94 on the review aggr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Z (EP)
''Z'' is the third extended play by American R&B singer SZA. It was released on April 8, 2014, by Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). After amassing two self-released EPs, '' See.SZA.Run'' and '' S'', as well as meeting with members of Top Dawg Entertainment, she subsequently signed a recording contract with the indie label. The recording of the mixtape took place in Carson, California during the summer of 2013 with the help of her TDE labelmate Isaiah Rashad, among others. An alternative R&B and neo soul album, ''Z'' has a diverse musical style that incorporates contemporary urban genres such as soul, hip hop, and minimalist R&B, as well as 1980s synth-pop elements. Its production is characterized by layers of sliced, delayed, and reversed vocals, which are synthetic and fluid. Its lyrics explore the complexities of romantic relationships, sexuality, nostalgia, and abandonment. The album was written by SZA herself, with production handled by Mac Miller, Emile Haynie and others. ''Z'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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 soundtrack album of the film ''Black Panther''. Its release coincided with Top Dawg Entertainment's announcement that Tiffith (its president) and Lamar would be producing the ''Black Panther'' soundtrack album. Marvel Studios confirmed the news and revealed that Lamar was hand-picked by ''Black Panther''s director Ryan Coogler to produce the soundtrack album. The song appeared in the movie's end credits. "All the Stars" received numerous accolades and nominations including a nomination for Best Original Song at the 76th Golden Globe Awards and the 91st Academy Awards, as well as receiving four nominations at the 61st Grammy Awards including Record of the Year and Song of the Year. "All the Stars" won Best Song at the African-American Film Crit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
