It’s been over five years since SZA topped R&B charts with her critically acclaimed debut album ‘CTRL,’ but as music lovers impatiently await its recently completed follow-up they’re clinging tight to her hits of past to tide them over.
Proof of this comes via a slew of new sales certifications announced by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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Taking to press Wednesday (August 17), the RIAA revealed SZA saw the certifications of nine of her titles upgraded.
Leading the pack is the Travis Scott-assisted song ‘Love Galore’ which now boasts 6x Platinum status while her single ‘The Weekend’ sits at 5x Platinum (denoting sales equivalence of 6 million units and 5 million units respectively in the United States alone).
See the full list of updates below.
6x Platinum
- ‘Love Galore’ (Single)
5x Platinum
- ‘I Hate U’ (Single)
4x Platinum
- ‘The Weekend’ (Single)
3x Platinum
- ‘CTRL’ (Album)
2x Platinum
- ‘Garden (Say It Like Dat)’ (Single)
- ‘Hit Different’ (Single)
1x Platinum
- ‘Normal Girl’ (Single)
- ‘I Hate U’ (Single)
Gold (denoting sales equivalence of 500,000 in the U.S.)
- ‘Power is Power’
Collectively, the aforementioned certifications push SZA’s career-long verified digital sales to 30 million in the United States – making her one of the best-selling R&B female acts of the era.
Passing the current digital sales stats of Alicia Keys (27.5 million) and late icon Whitney Houston (27 million), the only R&B female acts to sell more than ‘Love Galore’ hitmaker are Beyonce (114 million) and Mariah Carey (46 million).
Among all female acts, SZA ranks 16th on the all-time digital sales list following Rihanna (155.5 million), Taylor Swift (134 million), Beyonce, Katy Perry (109.5 million), Lady Gaga (80.5 million), Ariana Grande (63.5 million), Cardi B (52 million), Mariah Carey, Billie Eilish (41.5 million), Halsey (41 million), Nicki Minaj (36 million), Adele (35.5 million), Kesha (35.5 million), Lana Del Rey (32 million), and her ‘Kiss Me More’ co-star Doja Cat (31 million).