SZA makes loose, honest R&B about insecurity, love and revenge, sung like a diary. Two studio albums here, Ctrl and SOS, 36 songs, plus All the Stars with Kendrick Lamar in the Greatest Hits playlist.
Discography
Explore the complete SZA studio albums. Click any album to see the full track list and listen.
Ctrl
2017
14 tracks·
Debut studio album (2017), 14 tracks. Includes Love Galore, Broken Clocks and Normal Girl.
Her music is for late evenings, slow mornings and long walks with headphones. Kill Bill and Snooze are the ones everybody knows, and Ctrl from start to finish is a good rainy-day album.
Why Mixtuby
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Biography
Solána Imani Rowe was born on November 8, 1989, in St. Louis and grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey. She released EPs online and signed with Top Dawg Entertainment, the label of Kendrick Lamar, in 2013.
History
Ctrl came out in June 2017, with Love Galore and The Weekend, and earned five Grammy nominations. All the Stars with Kendrick Lamar, from the Black Panther soundtrack, followed in 2018.
SOS, released in December 2022, spent ten weeks at number one in the US. Kill Bill became her first number one single, and Snooze and Good Days were hits too. An expanded edition, Lana, followed in 2024 with Saturn.
Legacy & Influence
SZA made unpolished, conversational R&B the mainstream sound of her generation, and SOS was one of the most streamed albums of 2023.
Perfect For
Late evening
Ctrl from start to finish.
Slow morning
Good Days and Snooze.
Walking
Kill Bill, Saturn and The Weekend.
Romantic
Snooze and Love Galore.
How to Listen
1
Play Ctrl in order; it opens with Supermodel and has her mother's voice between songs
2
Start SOS from the title track and let Kill Bill and Snooze arrive in the middle
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