SZA
American singer-songwriter known for her genre-blending R&B, neo-soul, and alternative music.SZA emerged in the early 2010s through self-released EPs before signing with Top Dawg Entertainment. Her critically acclaimed debut album 'Ctrl' (2017) earned multiple Grammy nominations. She achieved global stardom with her record-breaking sophomore album 'SOS' (2022), which spent 10 consecutive weeks atop the Billboard 200.
- Her stage name SZA derives from the Supreme Alphabet (a system from the Five-Percent Nation), standing for 'Savior, Zig-zag, Allah'.
- Before music, she worked as a bartender and at Sephora while secretly uploading songs online under pseudonyms.
- She survived a near-fatal accident in 2013 when stage scaffolding collapsed during a concert with Jhené Aiko.
- Her album 'SOS' broke streaming records in 2022, becoming the longest-running #1 album by a female artist on Billboard 200 in a decade.