Despite being launched practically three years in the past, SZA’s Grammy-winning album, S.O.S, continues to interrupt information. According to Chart Data, SZA’s sophomore album is now the second most-streamed album by a feminine artist in Spotify’s historical past.

Released in December 2022, the 23-track challenge might function the choice R&B star’s magnum opus. S.O.S spawned a number of hit singles, together with “Good Days,” “Kill Bill,” and “Snooze.” The album debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 and spent practically 13 non-consecutive weeks atop the chart. Along with important acclaim, the previous TDE singer earned 9 nominations on the 66th Annual Grammy Awards.

While she didn’t take house Album Of The Year, she was in a position to stroll away with Best Progressive R&B album. Before that, she had simply wrapped up a profitable tour in assist of the album, which grossed over $100,000,000 — making her the fourth Black female artist to realize this milestone. Only Beyoncé, Tina Turner, and Rihanna ran forward of her.

Oddly sufficient, regardless of the album’s industrial success, the singer was hesitant about whether or not followers would love it.

“I never thought in a million years that people would like it,” she advised the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast in 2022. Luckily, SZA was in a position to get the burst of confidence from friends, together with family and friends, and determined to place the challenge out. “…A part of me was just like, I just wanna get it over with. I wanna meet my own fate. If n*ggas hate it, then great. I can never do music again,” she mentioned.

She added, “And it is also really scary that it didn’t go that way because I’m like, now what do I do? And what does this actually mean, and when do the tides turn? When does everyone decide that they hate me again or that this sucks?”