by Cece Lewis | Feb 7, 2023 | Music
SZA’s “SOS” album is projected to return to #1 in the US for an 8th week, with a further 94.8K units earned, HITSDD reports.
It would mark the first album by a woman to spend eight weeks at #1 since Taylor Swift’s ‘folklore’ in 2020.
“SOS” is now eligible for 2x Platinum in the U.S. for selling over 2 million total units since its release.
The album is the first album in history to chart ten songs simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for seven consecutive weeks.
“SOS” is still doing excellent on streaming platforms. “Kill Bill” spent a 35th day at #1 on the US Spotify Chart, with over 2.25 million streams. She surpassed 68 million Spotify monthly listeners for the first time in her career.
While “SOS” is surpassing expectations, SZA’s debut album “Ctrl” is still cementing history five years since its release. The album is the 8th female album in history to spend 295 weeks on the Billboard 200, this week at #20.
SZA has now officially sold over 55.5 million certified units in the U.S.
by Cece Lewis | Jan 29, 2023 | Music
SZA’s ‘SOS’ album spent a seventh week at #1 on the Billboard 200, with 111,000 units earned. The first album by a woman to spend seven weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart since Taylor Swift’s ‘folklore’ in 2020.
‘SOS’ becomes the first R&B album to spend its first seven weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 since Whitney Houston’s ‘Whitney’ in 1987.
SZA, Taylor Swift, and Adele are the only women to have an album spend at least seven weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 in the last 20 years.
Longest-running #1 albums of the 2020s decade on Billboard:
Un Verano Sin Ti (13 weeks)
Dangerous (10 weeks)
Encanto (9 weeks)
folklore (8 weeks)
SOS (7 weeks)
30 (6 weeks)
Sour (5 weeks)
Certified Lover Boy (5 weeks)
My Turn (5 weeks)
Midnights (5 weeks)
After Hours (4 weeks)
SZA’s new monthly listener peak on Spotify is now officially 66,983,820 monthly listeners. She has the 9th highest peak for a female artist on the platform.
by Cece Lewis | Jan 23, 2023 | Music
SZA’s ‘SOS’ spent a sixth week at #1 on the Billboard 200, with 119,000 units earned. ‘SOS’ becomes the longest-running #1 female album released in 2022 on the Billboard 200.
It’s the first R&B album to spend six weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 since Usher’s ‘Confessions’ in 2004.
‘SOS’ becomes the first R&B album by a woman to spend six weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 since Mariah Carey’s ‘Daydream’ in 1995-96.
SZA, Taylor Swift, and Adele are the only female artists in the last 13 years to have an album spend at least six weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200.
Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ is #2 on this week’s Billboard 200, with 73,000 units earned in its 13th week. It previously spent five weeks at #1.
by Cece Lewis | Jan 15, 2023 | Music
‘SOS’ by SZA remains at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart for a fifth consecutive week with 125k units. SZA’s ‘SOS’ ties ‘Midnights’ by Taylor Swift as the longest-running #1 female album of 2022 on the Billboard 200. (5 weeks)
SZA’s ‘SOS’ is the first album since ‘30’ by Adele to spend its first five weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. SZA’s “SOS” is now the longest-running #1 R&B album on the Billboard 200 this decade (the 2020s) in 5 weeks, surpassing “After Hours.”
The TDE artist album is the first R&B album by a female act to spend five weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 since TLC’s “Fanmail” in 1999. It’s the first R&B album by a female solo act to do so since Mariah Carey’s ‘Daydream’ in 1995–96.
by Cece Lewis | Jan 8, 2023 | Music
SZA’s ‘SOS’ album spent a fourth week at #1 on the Billboard 200, with 125,000 units earned.
‘SOS’ by SZA is officially the first female R&B album of the century to spend its first four weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200.
It becomes the first R&B album by a woman to spend its first four weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 since ‘Janet.’ by Janet Jackson in 1993.
‘SOS’ is the first R&B album by a woman to spend four weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 since ‘As I Am’ by Alicia Keys in 2008.
SZA also rewrote history with streaming platforms. Her hit song, “Kill Bill,” becomes the first solo song by a black woman to spend 25 days at #1 on the US Spotify chart. It’s the first solo song by a black woman to spend 20 days at #1 on the global Apple Music chart.
While ‘SOS’ is doing tremendously well, SZA’s debut album “Ctrl” becomes the first album by a black female artist in history to spend 290 consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200.
