SZA

<p>Solána Imani Rowe was born on November 8, 1989, in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in Maplewood, New Jersey. Raised in an orthodox Muslim household, she trained in competitive gymnastics for thirteen years, honing intense discipline. After early self-released EPs, she became the first female artist signed to Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) in 2013 alongside Kendrick Lamar.</p><p>In 2017, SZA released her groundbreaking debut studio album <strong>Ctrl</strong>. Met with universal acclaim, it earned four Grammy nominations, spent years on the Billboard 200, and went quadruple-platinum, resonating globally for its disarming emotional transparency on modern romance, self-doubt, and femininity.</p><p>In 2018, SZA earned an Academy Award nomination for 'All the Stars' with Kendrick Lamar from <em>Black Panther</em>, and won her first Grammy for 'Kiss Me More' with Doja Cat in 2022. In December 2022, she released her monumental sophomore album <strong>SOS</strong>. The album shattered records, spending ten non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, yielding global smashes 'Kill Bill' and 'Snooze', and sweeping three trophies at the 66th Grammy Awards (including Best Progressive R&B Album). SZA was honored as Billboard's 2023 Woman of the Year and inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.</p>