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'''''SOS''''' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter [[SZA]]. It was released ~~through~~on December 9, 2022, by [[Top Dawg Entertainment]] and [[RCA Records]] ~~on December 9, 2022~~.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/sza-new-album-sos-release-date-december-1235434487/|title=SZA Announces New Album 'S.O.S.' Slated for December Release|last=Panaligan|first=EJ|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=November 16, 2022|access-date=November 17, 2022|archive-date=November 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116202216/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/sza-new-album-sos-release-date-december-1235434487/|url-status=live}}</ref> The album features guest appearances from [[Don Toliver]], [[Phoebe Bridgers]], [[Travis Scott]], and the late [[Ol' Dirty Bastard]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Panaligan |first=E. J. |date=December 5, 2022 |title=SZA Reveals 'SOS' Track List, With Phoebe Bridgers, Travis Scott, Don Toliver and Ol' Dirty Bastard Features |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/sza-sos-tracklist-phoebe-bridgers-travis-scott-ol-dirty-bastard-1235450605/ |access-date=December 10, 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209060134/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/sza-sos-tracklist-phoebe-bridgers-travis-scott-ol-dirty-bastard-1235450605/ |url-status=live }}</ref> SZA worked with a variety of record producers and songwriters such as [[Babyface (musician)|Babyface]], [[Jeff Bhasker]], [[Rob Bisel]], [[Benny Blanco]], [[Rodney Jerkins|Darkchild]], [[DJ Dahi]], [[Ant Clemons]], and [[Lizzo]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guy |first=Zoe |date=December 9, 2022 |title=Everything SZA References on SOS (Including Herself) |url=https://www.vulture.com/2022/12/sza-sos-lyrics-samples-movie-references.html |access-date=December 10, 2022 |website=[[Vulture.com|Vulture]] |language=en-us |archive-date=December 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220165422/https://www.vulture.com/2022/12/sza-sos-lyrics-samples-movie-references.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It serves as the follow-up to SZA's debut album ''[[Ctrl (SZA album)|Ctrl]]'' (2017).<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Paul |first=Larisha |date=December 5, 2022 |title=SZA Taps Phoebe Bridgers, Travis Scott for ''S.O.S'' Album |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sza-phoebe-bridgers-travis-scott-sos-tracklist-1234641720/ |access-date=December 15, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=December 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215144257/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sza-phoebe-bridgers-travis-scott-sos-tracklist-1234641720/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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.

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==Certifications==

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|artist=SZA|title=SOS|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=~~2023~~2024|access-date=~~August~~September 2027, ~~2023~~2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=SZA|title=SOS|award=Diamond|type=album|relyear=2022|certyear=2024|access-date=August 15, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=SZA|title=SOS|award=Platinum|number=4|type=album|relyear=2022|certyear=2024|access-date=March 4, 2024}}