SZA has confirmed that the cover art for her new album, ‘SOS’, was inspired by a photo of Princess Diana. SOS de SZA" (in Spanish). Apple Music (ES). Archived from the original on March 1, 2023 . Retrieved April 4, 2023. a b Taylor, Ims (December 9, 2022). "SZA Hits the Heights on the Dense but Masterful SOS". The Line of Best Fit. Archived from the original on December 19, 2022 . Retrieved January 2, 2023. My friend's birthday is this Friday and she is a HUGE SZA fan, what a great birthday gift, no? I wanted to get her a physical CD copy of the album as a gift, but I can't find any information if those also drop on Friday and at which retailers. I also haven't bought a CD since like 2010 so idek if she has physical copies. If modern R&B were a Nineties teen melodrama, SZA would be the cool girl with a Trapper Keeper full of receipts on everyone. She’s the queen of revenge fantasy—exes get offed (before being told in no uncertain terms that their stroke is weak), and toxic rivals get dragged for fun in her songs, which come off like angsty if enchanting diary entries. In the video for “Shirt,” the third single off her stellar new album, SZA casually murders people at a diner while crooning, “Feel the taste of resentment/Simmer on my skin.” Remarkably, she makes pettiness and Carrie-level bloodlust sound damn near angelic.

The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200—SZA's first to do so—and broke the record for the largest streaming week for an R&B album in the US. [5] The album spent ten non-consecutive weeks atop the chart, making it the longest-running number-one female album of the decade and the first R&B album to spend its first seven weeks atop the chart since Whitney Houston's Whitney (1987). [6] The album won the 2023 BET Award for Album of the Year, tying with Beyoncé's Renaissance (2022).Caulfield, Keith (December 19, 2022). "SZA Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With 'SOS' ". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 19, 2022 . Retrieved December 19, 2022.

SOS was named Album of the Year at the 2023 BET Awards, tying with Beyoncé's Renaissance; it also received an Album of the Year nomination at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards. Atkinson, Katie. "Here Are the 2023 BET Awards Winners: Full List". Billboard . Retrieved June 26, 2023.Offiziellecharts.de – SZA – SOS" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved December 16, 2022.

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