SZA

Solána Imani Rowe (born November 8, 1989), known professionally as SZA (/ˈsɪzə/ ^ⓘ SIZ-ə), is an American singer-songwriter. Known for her diaristic lyrics and genre explorations, she is regarded as a prominent figure in influencing contemporary R&B music and popularizing alternative R&B.

SZA signed with Top Dawg Entertainment in 2013 after gaining attention online with two self-released extended plays (EP). Under the label, she released the lo-fi and psychedelic EP Z (2014), then her R&B debut album Ctrl (2017). The latter was a critical success; it placed in several year-end lists and earned SZA five Grammy Award nominations in 2018. After Ctrl, she embarked on a four-year series of collaborations, including the Academy Award–nominated "All the Stars" (2018) with Kendrick Lamar, which reached the top 10 in the US and UK. Her feature on Doja Cat's "Kiss Me More" (2021) won SZA her first Grammy Award.

With the acclaimed and multi-genre SOS (2022), SZA set several new chart records. The album became the first by a woman to spend 100 weeks in the Billboard 200's top 10 and broke the record for the longest-running US top-10 by a Black musician. Its fifth single, "Kill Bill", was the third best-selling song of 2023 and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. From 2024 to 2025, SZA achieved a string of top-10s with "Saturn" and "30 for 30", both from the deluxe reissue of SOS entitled Lana (2024), and her longest-running US number-one "Luther". Her 2025 Grand National Tour with Lamar is the highest-grossing co-headlining tour in history.

SZA has earned numerous accolades throughout her career, including five Grammy Awards, a Brit Award, three American Music Awards, a Guild of Music Supervisors Award, and two Billboard Women in Music awards, including Woman of the Year. She has co-written songs for artists such as Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé, Travis Scott, Schoolboy Q, and Rihanna. In 2024, she received the Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.