SZA’s SOS has handed Adele’s 21 for probably the most weeks spent within the prime 10 amongst albums by ladies on the most recent Billboard 200. In line with Billboard, this (the week of April 16) is the eighty fifth nonconsecutive week within the prime 10 on the chart for SOS. Adele’s 21 was final on the prime 10 for its 84th and closing (nonconsecutive) week within the area on the Jan. 9, 2016-dated chart.
SOS and 21 are each former No. 1s: SOS spent 12 weeks atop the tally and 21 spent 24 weeks at No. 1 (a document amongst albums by ladies). SOS had its two most up-to-date weeks at No. 1 in January after the SOS Deluxe: LANA reissue with further songs.
It’s the most recent milestone in what has been a terrific 2025 for SZA to date. One Of Them Days, her buddy comedy with Keke Palmer was a sleeper hit early within the yr; she received Finest R&B track for “Saturn” at this yr’s awards; her Tremendous Bowl efficiency with Kendrick Lamar was broadly praised — and so is their hit single “Luther,” which topped the Billboard Scorching 100.
Again in January, SZA spoke about collaborating with Kendrick and the prospect of them doing a full album collectively.
“I believe that might be superb,” she informed Sherri Shepherd throughout an look on Shepherd’s discuss present. “He’s such a genius, and a part of his genius is him being so elusive and so mysterious. I don’t know what’s happening as a lot as you don’t know what’s happening. When ‘Luther’ got here out, I mentioned, okay, that’s the vocals we’re utilizing. And similar with ‘Gloria.’”
“I really like that… He’s an enormous a part of my ‘fumbling and discovering’ period, as a result of I’m simply trusting all of his experience and being thrust into these moments,” she added. “He’s so good at saying sure and staying grounded, so I’m similar to, ‘Train me, Sensei, what you already know.’”
And the Grammy-winner not too long ago kicked off her new beauty line NOT BEAUTY with a sequence of pop-up shops throughout the Grand Nationwide Tour with Lamar, the place she’s going to debut the primary of her lip assortment. The Grand Nationwide Tour started Saturday, April 19 in Minneapolis.
