SOS (SZA album): Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

In the US, ''SOS'' achieved several accomplishments and broke a series of records on the overall ''Billboard'' 200 chart and its component charts. Fueled by a five-year wait for its release, it debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 with 318,000 equivalent album units sold<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Anderson |first=Trevor |date=December 9, 2023 |title=1 Year of 'SOS': 8 Records & Achievements for SZA's Blockbuster Album |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/sza-sos-anniversary-kill-bill-records-achievements/ |access-date=December 10, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=December 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216234505/https://www.billboard.com/lists/sza-sos-anniversary-kill-bill-records-achievements/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and stayed at the top for ten weeks. By doing so, ''SOS'' became the chart's then-longest running number-one album by a woman in the 2020s, the first album by a woman to top the chart for at least ten weeks since [[Adele]]'s [[25 (Adele album)|''25'']] (2015–2016), the first R&B/hip-hop album to do so since [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]'s [[Views (album)|''Views'']] (2016), and the first R&B album by a woman to do so since [[Mariah Carey]]'s [[Mariah Carey (album)|self-titled debut]] in 1991.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=February 26, 2023 |title=SZA's 'SOS' Makes It 10 Weeks at No. 1 on Billboard 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/sza-sos-ten-weeks-number-one-billboard-200-albums-chart-1235261008/ |access-date=December 10, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226200120/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/sza-sos-ten-weeks-number-one-billboard-200-albums-chart-1235261008/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Its first-week figures included 404.58 million on-demand official streams, which broke the record for the biggest streaming week ever for an R&B album and gave ''SOS'' the second-largest streaming week for an album by a woman.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=December 19, 2022 |title=SZA Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With 'SOS' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/sza-first-number-one-album-billboard-200-chart-sos-1235189465/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219220142/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/sza-first-number-one-album-billboard-200-chart-sos-1235189465/ |archive-date=December 19, 2022 |access-date=December 19, 2022}}</ref> It was the top certified album in the US in 2023, being certified [[Music recording certification|triple platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aswad |first=Jem |date=December 11, 2023 |title=SZA, Karol G, Peso Pluma Lead RIAA Gold and Platinum 2023 Honorees |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/sza-peso-pluma-riaa-gold-platinum-2023-honorees-1235832800/ |access-date=December 11, 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US |archive-date=December 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211140017/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/sza-peso-pluma-riaa-gold-platinum-2023-honorees-1235832800/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Elsewhere, ''SOS'' entered within the top 5 of 10 countries: it debuted atop charts [[Canadian Albums Chart|in Canada]], Netherlands, and New Zealand; at number 2 in Australia (in which it peaked at number one in its seventh week), the UK, and Ireland; at number 3 in Norway and Denmark; and number 4 in Sweden and Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Olivier |first=Bobby |date=December 20, 2022 |title=N.J. Star SZA Lands 1st No. 1 Album as Brilliant ''S.O.S.'' Tops ''Billboard'' |url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2022/12/nj-star-sza-lands-1st-no-1-album-as-brilliant-sos-tops-billboard.html |access-date=December 24, 2022 |website=[[NJ.com]] |language=en |archive-date=December 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224074312/https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2022/12/nj-star-sza-lands-1st-no-1-album-as-brilliant-sos-tops-billboard.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''SOS''{{'}}s singles have also seen significant success on American radio, with "Kill Bill", "I Hate U", and "Snooze" all topping the [[Rhythmic (chart)|Rhythmic]] airplay chart, and the former becoming her first solo number one on the [[Pop Airplay]] chart and the longest running number-one on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart by a female artist.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/sza-kill-bill-number-1-rhythmic-airplay-chart/|title=SZA's 'Kill Bill' Tops Its First Radio Chart With No. 1 on Rhythmic Airplay|magazine=billboard|last=Anderson|first=Trevor|date=March 1, 2023|access-date=July 9, 2023|archive-date=March 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308212925/https://www.billboard.com/pro/sza-kill-bill-number-1-rhythmic-airplay-chart/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/sza-kill-bill-hits-number-one-pop-airplay-chart-1235303289/|title=SZA's 'Kill Bill' Slays All Competition, Reaches No. 1 on Pop Airplay Chart|magazine=billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=April 14, 2023|access-date=July 9, 2023|archive-date=April 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421182554/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/sza-kill-bill-hits-number-one-pop-airplay-chart-1235303289/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/sza-kill-bill-breaks-record-hot-rb-hip-hop-songs-chart-1235300639/|title=SZA's 'Kill Bill' Breaks Female No. 1 Record on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart|magazine=billboard|last=Anderson|first=Trevor|date=April 10, 2023|access-date=July 9, 2023|archive-date=May 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528030811/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/sza-kill-bill-breaks-record-hot-rb-hip-hop-songs-chart-1235300639/|url-status=live}}</ref>