SZA‘s sophomore album S.O.S. has landed atop the Billboard 200 albums chart for the second week in a row, despite a slight drop in sales figures.
According to Billboard, the project brought in 180,000 equivalent album units for the week ending December 22, marking a 43 percent drop in comparison to its first week sales. With this chart placement, S.O.S. has become the first album by a Black female artist to spend its first two weeks at No. 1 since Beyoncé’s eponymous 2013 album.
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The album has also earned SZA her latest Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) plaque, with S.O.S. being certified Gold on December 16, indicating 500,000 units sold.
Since delivering her second LP on December 9, SZA has celebrated a number of career milestones. In addition to becoming her first No. 1 album, S.O.S. landed the TDE songstress at the top of Spotify’s Top Artists Global daily chart on the day it was released. She knocked Bad Bunny out of the spot, becoming the first Black female artist to top the fan-driven chart.
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She celebrated the chart victory with a multi-slide post on Instagram that indicated the news had not been well received by all, including a photo that read, “Girl, Fuck you.”
“Thank y’all so much,” she captioned the post. “Speechless and thanking God .. sall I got for rn . Love you all so very much [heart emoji] ps I LOVE BAD BUNNY TO SHARE SPACE W HIM EVEN FOR A SECOND IS ICONIC. Don’t be dense.”
S.O.S. also beat out Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti as the most streamed album on Spotify for the week ending December 22.
In addition to its performance as an album, the songs from S.O.S. have also earned SZA some accolades. Twenty of the project’s 22 tracks debuted on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with “Kill Bill” and “Nobody Gets Me” landing in the chart’s top ten positions, the outlet reported last week.
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“Kill Bill” has emerged as the apparent fan favorite, earning 43.9 million streams to close out last week in the No. 2 position on Spotify’s Weekly Top Songs Global chart behind Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You.”
According to the Spotify Charts website, SZA also landed the most songs on that specific chart last week.
Per Chart Data, another RIAA Gold certification may be right around the corner for SZA as “Kill Bill” has also sold over 500,000 units.
SZA is currently gearing up for her very first arena tour in support of her latest album. The aptly-titled SOS Tour kicks off in Columbus, Ohio on February 21. From there, the New Jersey native will hit 17 other cities including Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Boston, New York City, Atlanta and Dallas before closing things out in Los Angeles on March 22.
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Omar Apollo is set to join her on the road as the tour’s opening act.
