For SZA fans, a five-year wait for a new album came to a close Friday (December 9) when the R&B diva finally dropped ‘SOS‘ – the follow-up to her 2017 debut album ‘Ctrl.’
Preceded by hit singles ‘Shirt,’ ‘I Hate U,’ and ‘Good Days,’ “good” comes a severe understatement when describing the critical and commercial acclaim the set’s already received.
And while ‘SOS’ has shown itself to be a monster on real-time sales tallies around the globe (as we reported here), it appears to be even more of one on streaming platforms.
Look inside to see how the 23-song effort is making history.
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As revealed by the December 9 Spotify chart (seen above), SZA occupied 15 spots by her lonesome. According to Chart Data, the listings are reflective of the whopping 68 million streams ‘SOS’ accumulated on that platform alone – reportedly breaking the record for biggest single-day streams for an R&B album in the streamer’s history.
When all major streaming platforms are considered, Hits Daily Double said the set’s first-day streaming total approached 100 million in the U.S., with over 350 million streams projected by the end of its inaugural sales tracking week.
Combined with its previously reported digital sales performance, the streaming figures are predicted to give SZA just the umph needed to land at #1 on the Billboard 200 next week.
Click here to see just how many total units she’s expected to shift.
Love this for her! Love this for R&B!
Yaaaassss!! 🙌🏽
Not feeling the album. Overrated af.
The accolades keep rolling in! 💐💐✨✨
Stfu now you excited about streaming numbers but stay coming for pure sales when it applies to other artists fake ass
Normani stans keep saying rnb doesn’t do well on spotify.
😂😂
Reminder :wild side is still stuck at 130 million streams after 1 year. Lol . A flop
Shes signed to RCA records normani’s label
Sza is darker than normani in complexion
Sza doesn’t have the resources or budget normani has
But here is sza succeeding so easily.
It’s either u have it or u DONT
Sza is a star.
Normani is NOT a star
😂😂😂
Another black woman stomping on that Camicky racist Turkey neck. We love to see it.
Remember her nasty fans were bragging that young thug gave her a hit. She can barely hit top 40 now. That tour ain’t happening.
The icing on cake. She was booed in front of millions. 😂😂😂😂😂 karma.
Sza is not darker than Normani. But she is a superstar. She has had three hit singles as a black R&B female artist! She is her own artist and she has carved out her own lane.
Sza is darker than normani in complexion
Summer walker is darker than normani in complexion
Tems is darker than normani in complexion
Normani is not even dark skin. She has a normal black skin tone that every black person has.
Her fans like to play that “dark skin woman” card to gain more pity and sympathy but still her career cant take of. Six years now, no album. We are entering 2023, the girl has only 2 solo songs that TANKED , now she has been shelved till further notice
THANK you princess diana for the cover. No creativity.
GREAT album
I forgot. Camicky was dropped from her label this year. 😂😂😂
Camila is nominated for a grammy and shes attending the ceremony next year
What is normani doing?
😂💀
I can’t pull up those stats 🤣🤣🤣🤣 for Normani 😂😂😂😂😂
She has 23 songs first of all most albums have 11 or 13 so this is really not that impressive and y’all that scream pure sales please keep this energy for sza she’s a streaming artist but of course y’all will make own rules now how’s her pure sales going ?????????????
Your a Cardi and Normani stan let’s see how much their elusive “albums” will sell
Cardi B has hit a significant milestone by reaching over 100 million RIAA-Certified units sold.
According to Chart Data, the certification includes albums, singles, and guest appearances that the Bronx rapper has amassed in her remarkable, award-winning career. With over 54 million digital sales, she’s the highest-selling female rapper to date.
Here ya go with 1 album 👌🏽👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽☺️☺️☺️☺️👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
You’ve done cardi
Now do normani
We are waiting
😂😂😂💀
Mumble singing. Highly overrated
U must be bitter bc your industry plant fav only did 33k first week with ALL THAT HYPE 😭😭😭😭😭