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Billboard Woman of the Year SZA on Making Chart History and Preparing to ‘Pop Ass and Cry and Give Theater’ On Tour

Her ‘SOS’ surpassed astronomical expectations to make chart history. As she gears up to release a deluxe edition and headline arenas, she’s finally internalizing “that I’m good enough.”

By Heran Mamo

September 25, 2023

SZA photographed by AB + DM on October 11, 2022 at Quixote Studios in Los Angeles.

SZA's album 'SOS' debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts and spent seven consecutive weeks there, making her one out of the three women to rule the all-genre albums chart for that long.