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In May 2019, SZA confirmed that her second studio album would spawn the lead single “Brace Urself”. In the same month, SZA featured on DJ Khaled’s eleventh studio album, Father of Asadh, on the track “Just Us”. A music video was later released for the song. In an interview with Rolling Stone, SZA mentioned that “Music is coming out for sure”, but stating that it may not result in an album, as of yet. She also said that the rumor that she was planning to release a trilogy of albums and then retire from music, “is nonsense”. In the interview, SZA also revealed that she had spent time in the studio with Timbaland, stating that “He played fucking Brazilian jazz-type beats, and I popped off to that”. She has also collaborated with Sia, who she reportedly has written three songs with. According to Vulture, SZA has earlier expressed intentions of collaborating with Justin Timberlake, Post Malone, Jack Antonoff and Brockhampton on her future songs. On February 26, 2021, SZA and Timberlake released “The Other Side”, a song part of the Trolls World Tour soundtrack, alongside its music video. In March 2021, SZA signed with WME for representation in all areas. SZA performed, together with artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi and Halsey, a benefit concert for the state of New Jersey, in support of the state’s work fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. It took place on April 22, 2021 through at-home performances and the revenue will go to the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund. On May 25, 2021, SZA showed interest on Twitter Account name in releasing “a music dump” of previously unreleased material, potentially containing 20 songs.

In January 2018, SZA featured with Kendrick Lamar on the track “All the Stars”, which was released as the lead single to the soundtrack album of the film Black Panther. The single peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, and this made SZA’s second top 10 hit on the chart, after Maroon 5, “What Lovers Do” which peaked at number 9 on the chart. SZA collaborated with Cardi B on the track “I Do” for the album Invasion of Privacy.

SZA’s debut studio album, Ctrl, was released on June 9, 2017, to universal acclaim from music critics. It debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 and was eventually certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). ” The Weekend” from her Ctrl album peaked at #29 which is her highest charting solo song. The album and its songs were nominated for four Grammy Awards, while SZA was nominated for Best New Artist at the 60th annual ceremony. Ctrl was ranked as the best album of 2017 by Time. SZA collaborated with Maroon 5 for their 2017 record “What Lovers Do,” earning SZA her first US Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. She later followed that by featuring on the 2018 Black Panther record with Kendrick Lamar, “All the Stars,” which peaked at number 7 in the US and was also nominated for the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

In January 2017, SZA released “Drew Barrymore”, the lead single from her upcoming album Ctrl. On April 28, 2017, SZA signed her first major-label recording contract with RCA Records. On June 9, 2017, SZA released her debut album, Ctrl, to universal acclaim from music critics, scoring an 86 out of 100 rating on Metacritic. Ctrl debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200, with 60,000 album-equivalent units, of which 25,000 were pure album sales; the album was supported by several singles, including “Love Galore”, which peaked in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was later certified platinum. Ctrl was ranked as the best album of 2017 by Time.

From August 20 to December 22, 2017, SZA promoted the album on a North American concert tour. SZA opened for the European portion of American rapper Bryson Tiller’s “Set It Off Tour” in support of his album True to Self from October 17, 2017, to November 30, 2017, separate from SZA’s tour.

In August 2017, SZA collaborated with American pop rock band Maroon 5 on their single “What Lovers Do” from their sixth studio album Red Pill Blues. The single reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. This marked SZA’s first top 10 hit as a featured artist on the Hot 100. The following month SZA released “Quicksand”, which appeared on the soundtrack for HBO’s Insecure, and, alongside Khalid and Post Malone, was featured on the remix version of Lorde’s single “Homemade Dynamite”, from her second studio album Melodrama. Also in 2017, SZA worked on a joint album with Mark Ronson and Tame Impala.

On November 28, 2017, SZA received five Grammy nominations including one for Best New Artist. She received the most nominations of any female artist for the 2018 Awards and was the fourth most nominated artist in total. Despite this, she did not end up winning any of the awards she was nominated for.

Whilst working on A, now repackaged as her debut studio album and later retitled Ctrl), SZA began writing songs for other female artists including Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna. Along with Rihanna and Tyran Donaldson, SZA co-wrote “Consideration” for Rihanna’s album Anti (2016); besides writing, SZA also appeared on the track and later performed “Consideration” with Rihanna live at the 2016 Brit Awards on February 24, 2016.

On March 26, 2014, R&B artist SZA released the single “Child’s Play” featuring Chance the Rapper and produced by Dae One & XXYYXX. A studio EP, Z, was released on April 8, 2014; the lead single, “Babylon” was accompanied with a music video directed by APlusFilmz. To promote Z, SZA performed at several performance showcases at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas. SZA made her chart debut in the UK, where Z charted at number thirty-two on the R&B Charts, during the week ending April 19, 2014. Z debuted on the US Billboard 200 at number thirty nine, selling 6,980 copies in its opening week; the album also peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hip-Hop/R&B chart.

SZA subsequently began recording her third EP, A. In July 2014, SZA featured on Kitty Cash’s single “Moodring”. Later that month, SZA released a collaboration with Jill Scott called “Divinity”. On July 11, 2014, SZA released a video for her song “Julia” from Z. In December SZA and The Internet supported Aiko’s “Enter The Void” tour. On November 18, 2014, SZA released a song called “Sobriety”.

On April 10, 2013, SZA released her second EP, S, which was met with positive reviews from music critics. SZA promoted the extended play with the release of a music video for the song “Ice Moon”, directed by Lemar & Dauley. On July 14, 2013, Top Dawg signed SZA. In October 2013, SZA went on a four show tour with Swedish band Little Dragon; starting on October 17 at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles and ending on October 24 at the Music Hall of Williamsbug, Brooklyn, NY. In December 2013, SZA released the song “Teen Spirit” which was followed by the release of a remix featuring American rapper 50 Cent, along with a music video directed by APlusFilmz. In 2014, SZA featured on a variety of songs from her label-mates albums including two songs for Isaiah Rashad’s debut EP Cilvia Demo as well as featuring on Schoolboy Q debut studio album Oxymoron.

SZA first met members of Top Dawg Entertainment during the CMJ New Music Report in 2011, when her boyfriend’s clothing company sponsored a show in which Kendrick Lamar was performing. Her early music was given to TDE president Terrence “Punch” Henderson, who was surprised with the quality of the material. The two stayed in touch, and after SZA began generating buzz with the release of her two EPs, TDE stepped in to sign her the label’s first female artist in 2013. SZA’s early music was recorded with her friends and neighbors in which they “stole a bunch of beats off the Internet”. On October 29, 2012, SZA self-released her debut EP See.SZA.Run.

After graduating from high school in 2008, Rowe later went to three separate colleges, finally settling at Delaware State University to study marine biology. She eventually dropped out in her last semester; however, she immediately started taking on random jobs in order to make money. Rowe formed her stage name from the Supreme Alphabet, taking influence from rapper RZA. The last two letters in her name stand for Zig-Zag and Allah, while the first letter S can mean either savior or sovereign.

Solána Imani Rowe (born November 8, 1990), known professionally as SZA (/ˈ s ɪ z ə / ), is an American singer, rapper, and songwriter. In October 2012, SZA self-released her debut EP, See.SZA.Run, which she then followed up with her second EP, S, in April 2013. In July 2013, she signed with the hip hop record label Top Dawg Entertainment, through which she released Z, her third EP and first retail release, in April 2014. In March 2021, it was declared by Billboard that SZA had signed with WME for representation in all areas.

Solána Imani Rowe grew up on November 8, 1990, in St. Louis, Missouri and raised in Maplewood, New Jersey. Her father was an executive producer at CNN, while her mother was an executive at AT&T. Rowe grew up to African American parents, a Christian mother and a Muslim father. She has an older half-sister named Tiffany Daniels, and an older brother, Daniel, a rapper named Manhattan. She was raised as an orthodox Muslim.