SZA

SZA
SZA in 2024
Born	Solána Imani Rowe (1989-11-08) November 8, 1989 (age 35) St. Louis, Missouri, US
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Years active	2011–present
Works	Discography songs
Awards	Full list
Musical career
Origin	Maplewood, New Jersey, US
Genres	R&B alternative pop hip-hop
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	TDE RCA
Website	szactrl.com szasos.com
Musical artist
Signature

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 alternative R&B sound incorporating multiple genres, she is a significant figure in influencing contemporary R&B music.

SZA first garnered attention with her self-released extended plays (EPs) See.SZA.Run (2012) and S (2013). The projects led her to sign with Top Dawg Entertainment in 2013, through which she released her third EP, Z (2014). Her rock and jazz-influenced debut studio 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. 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 and Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song. SZA's feature on Doja Cat's "Kiss Me More" in 2021 set a record as the longest-running all-female collaboration in the US top-ten and won the singer her first Grammy Award.

SZA experimented with several genres like rock, hip-hop, and pop on her second studio album, SOS (2022). It spent twelve weeks at number one on the Billboard 200, broke several chart records, and set an achievement for the largest streaming week for an R&B album in the US. Its six singles included five top-10 songs, including her first global number-one "Kill Bill". SOS was reissued in 2024 as the deluxe album Lana, which spawned the top-ten singles "Saturn" and "30 for 30". In 2024, SZA collaborated with Lamar on the single "Luther", which topped the Billboard Hot 100. She made her acting debut in the buddy comedy film One of Them Days (2025).

SZA has earned numerous accolades throughout her career, including five Grammy Awards, a Brit Award, an American Music Award, 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.