SZA (singer)
SZA (born November 8, 1990 in St. Louis , Missouri ; real name Solána Imani Rowe ) is an American R&B singer and songwriter .
Life
Rowe was born in 1990 in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of a production manager at CNN and a manager at AT&T . She grew up in Maplewood , New Jersey and was brought up in an Orthodox Muslim . She maintains the Islamic faith to this day. After graduating from school, she began studying humanities , but dropped out after a while. Her stage name is based on the rapper RZA and the Supreme Alphabet .
Career
Rowe first became known in October 2012 when she released the EP See.SZA.Run without the involvement of a music label . The EPs S (2013) and Z (2014) followed. Her debut album Ctrl was released on June 9, 2017 and received consistently positive reviews. It immediately reached number three on the Billboard 200 . The single releases The Weekend and Love Galore went platinum in the USA in 2017 . In August 2017 she started the Ctrl the Tour . The singer has been nominated several times for the Grammy Awards 2018 , including for the best urban contemporary album.
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2017 | Ctrl | - | - |
CH96 (1 week) CH |
UK50
silver
(2 weeks)UK |
US3 × 2
(… Where.)US |
First published: June 9, 2017
Sales: + 2,060,000 |
EPs
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2014 | Z | - | - | - | - |
US39 (1 week) US |
First published: April 8, 2014
|
More EPs
- 2012: See.SZA.Run
- 2013: p
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2017 | Love Galore Ctrl |
- | - | - |
UK-
silver
UK
|
US32 × 4
(20 weeks)US |
First published: April 27, 2017
Sales: + 4,240,000; feat. Travis Scott |
The Weekend Ctrl |
- | - | - |
UK55
gold
(9 weeks)UK |
US29 × 3
(25 weeks)US |
First published: September 26, 2017
Sales: + 3,585,000 |
|
2018 |
All the Stars Black Panther: The Album |
DE27 (14 weeks) DE |
AT25 (13 weeks) AT |
CH18 (15 weeks) CH |
UK5
platinum
(22 weeks)UK |
US7th × 2
(21 weeks)US |
First published:
Jan 4th, 2018 Sales: + 3,195,000; with Kendrick Lamar |
Broken Clocks Ctrl |
- | - | - | - |
US82 × 2
(4 weeks)US |
First published: Jan 9, 2018
Sales: +2,000,000 |
|
2019 | Power Is Power For the Throne (OST) |
- | - |
CH67 (2 weeks) CH |
UK45 (5 weeks) UK |
US90 (2 weeks) US |
|
2020 | The other side |
DE88 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH47 (1 week) CH |
UK44 (... weeks) UK |
US61 (7 weeks) US |
First published: February 26, 2020
with Justin Timberlake |
More singles
- 2014: Babylon (feat.Kendrick Lamar)
- 2014: Child's Play (feat. Chance the Rapper )
- 2017: Drew Barrymore (US:gold)
- 2017: Doves in the Wind (feat.Kendrick Lamar) (US:gold)
- 2017: Go Gina (US:gold)
- 2017: Prom (US:gold)
- 2017: 20 Something (US:gold)
- 2017: Normal Girl (US:gold)
- 2017: Supermodel (US:platinum)
- 2017: Weekend (Funk Wav Remix) (with Calvin Harris ) (US:gold)
- 2018: Garden (Say It Like Dat) (US:platinum)
As a guest musician
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2017 | What Lovers Do Red Pill Blues |
DE17th
gold
(26 weeks)DE |
AT11 (25 weeks) AT |
CH9 (29 weeks) CH |
UK12
gold
(19 weeks)UK |
US9 × 2
(22 weeks)US |
First published: August 30, 2017
Sales: + 4,010,000; Maroon 5 feat. SZA |
Homemade Dynamite (Remix) | - | - | - |
UK82 (5 weeks) UK |
US92 (1 week) US |
||
2019 | Just Us Father of Asahd |
- | - |
CH81 (4 weeks) CH |
UK66 (4 weeks) UK |
US43
gold
(13 weeks)US |
First published: May 21, 2019
Sales: + 500,000; DJ Khaled feat. SZA |
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement: | |||||||
2016 | Consideration Anti |
- | - | - |
UK88
silver
(1 week)UK |
- |
Chart entry: March 10, 2016
Sales: + 200,000; Rihanna feat. SZA |
2018 | I Do Invasion of Privacy |
- | - | - | - |
US23
platinum
(5 weeks)US |
Chart entry: April 21, 2018
Sales: + 1,000,000; Cardi B feat. SZA |
2019 | Staring at the Sun Hollywood’s Bleeding |
- | - | - | - |
US34 (2 weeks) US |
Chart entry: September 21, 2019
Sales: + 40,000; Post Malone feat. SZA |
Further guest contributions
- 2016: Happy Birthday (Childish Major feat.Isaiah Rashad & SZA)
- 2016: Lies (Felix Snow feat.SZA)
- 2016: Bed (Reenacted) (APSPDR + feat.SZA, Nemo Achida & Moruf)
Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | diamond | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Australia (ARIA) | - | - | 11 × platinum11 | - | 770,000 | aria.com.au |
Belgium (BEA) | - | gold1 | platinum1 | - | 45,000 | ultratop.be |
Brazil (PMB) | - | - | platinum1 | diamond1 | 200,000 | pro-musicabr.org.br |
Denmark (IFPI) | - | gold1 | 2 × platinum2 | - | 225,000 | ifpi.dk |
Germany (BVMI) | - | gold1 | - | - | 200,000 | musikindustrie.de |
France (SNEP) | - | - | platinum1 | - | 150,000 | snepmusique.com |
Italy (FIMI) | - | - | 4 × platinum4th | - | 200,000 | fimi.it |
Canada (MC) | - | 2 × gold2 | 7 × platinum7th | - | 640,000 | musiccanada.com |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | - | gold1 | 3 × platinum3 | - | 105,000 | nztop40.co.nz |
Portugal (AFP) | - | gold1 | platinum1 | - | 15,000 | see individual evidence |
Sweden (IFPI) | - | - | 4 × platinum4th | - | 160,000 | sverigetopplistan.se |
Spain (Promusicae) | - | - | platinum1 | - | 40,000 | elportaldemusica.es |
United States (RIAA) | - | 8 × gold8th | 18 × platinum18th | - | 22,000,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 3 × silver3 | 2 × gold2 | platinum1 | - | 1,660,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 4 × silver4th | 15 × gold15th | 56 × platinum56 | diamond1 |
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- ↑ Who Is SZA? In: complex.com. September 8, 2013, accessed December 16, 2017 .
- ↑ SZA Talks Quitting Her Day Job Working With Holy Other & Emile Haynie. In: billboard.com. May 23, 2013, accessed December 16, 2017 .
- ↑ CTRL by SZA. In: metacritic.com. Retrieved December 16, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c d e Chart sources: Germany Austria Switzerland UK US
- ^ SZA Announces Tour. In: pitchfork.com. July 5, 2017, accessed December 16, 2017 .
- ↑ SZA Releases Moving Statement on Grammy Nominations. In: pitchfork.com. November 29, 2017, accessed December 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Gold for All the Stars in Portugal
- ↑ Platinum for What Lovers Do in Portugal ( Memento from March 8, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
personal data | |
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SURNAME | SZA |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rowe, Solána Imani (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American R&B singer and songwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1990 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis , Missouri |