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 alternative R&B sound incorporating multiple genres, she is significant 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 U.S. Billboard 200. After Ctrl, she embarked on a series of collaborations. Her 2018 single "All the Stars" with Kendrick Lamar was a top-10 single in the U.S. and UK, earning her Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song. SZA's feature on Doja Cat's "Kiss Me More" (2021) set a record as the longest-running all-female collaboration in the U.S. top ten and won SZA her first Grammy Award.