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Line 21: * [[Pop music|pop]] | length = 67:51 | label = * [[Top Dawg Entertainment| * [[RCA Records|RCA]] | producer = * Aire Atlantica Line 56: | prev_year = 2017 | next_title = [[Lana (album)|Lana]] | next_year = | misc = {{Singles | type = studio Line 74: }} '''''SOS''''' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter [[SZA]]. It was released Six singles were released between 2020 and 2023 to promote ''SOS'', five of which were top-ten hits on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. The fifth, "[[Kill Bill (SZA song)|Kill Bill]]" (2023), was SZA's first song to top the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and [[Billboard Global 200|''Billboard'' Global 200]] charts; the sixth, "[[Snooze (song)|Snooze]]" (2023), was the only song to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for all of 2023. The album debuted at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]—SZA's first to do so—and broke the record for the largest streaming week for an R&B album in the US.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 19, 2022 |title=SZA Scores First No. 1 Album With SOS |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/sza-scores-first-no-1-album-with-sos/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220031304/https://pitchfork.com/news/sza-scores-first-no-1-album-with-sos/ |archive-date=December 20, 2022 |access-date=December 20, 2022 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> The album spent ten non-consecutive weeks atop the chart, making it the longest-running number-one female album of the decade, until it was surpassed by [[Taylor Swift]]'s ''[[The Tortured Poets Department]]'' (2024), and the first R&B album to spend its first seven weeks atop the chart since [[Whitney Houston]]'s ''[[Whitney (album)|Whitney]]'' (1987).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Danyel |date=February 8, 2023 |title=SZA's Ruination Brought Her Everything |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/08/magazine/sza.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20230208104254/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/08/magazine/sza.html |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |access-date=February 9, 2023 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> To promote the album, SZA embarked on the international [[SOS Tour]], from February 2023 to May 2024. Upon release, ''SOS'' received widespread critical acclaim for its eclectic sound and SZA's vocal delivery. Several media publications ranked it as one of the best albums of 2022 and 2023. At the [[66th Annual Grammy Awards]], the album and its tracks received a total of nine nominations, including [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], and won [[Grammy Award for Best Progressive R&B Album|Best Progressive R&B Album]]. Additionally, the album has been featured on both ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'s}} [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] (2023) and [[Apple Music]]'s [[Apple Music 100 Best Albums|100 Best Albums]]. Line 109: | alt2 = Benny Blanco in 2018 | total_width = 355 | footer = The production team for ''SOS'' included people such as [[Rodney Jerkins|Darkchild]] ''(left)'', [[Benny Blanco]] ''(middle)'', and [[Babyface (musician)|Babyface]] ''(right)''. | image3 = KennethBabyfaceEdmondsHWOFMay2013.jpg | alt3 = Babyface in 2013 Line 604: ==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''SOS''}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|artist=SZA|title=SOS|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear= {{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=SZA|title=SOS|award= {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=SZA|title=SOS|award=Platinum|number=4|type=album|relyear=2022|certyear=2024|access-date=March 4, 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=album|artist=SZA|title=SOS|award=Platinum|relyear=2022|certyear=2023|id=12855|access-date=September 20, 2023}} | |||