SZA, whose full name is Solána Imani Rowe, was born on November 8, 1989, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and is 36 years old. She is an American singer and songwriter known for her distinctive blend of R&B, neo-soul, alternative R&B, hip-hop and pop. SZA began releasing music independently in the early 2010s before signing with Top Dawg Entertainment and releasing her debut EP See.SZA.Run in 2012. Her breakthrough came with the critically acclaimed album Ctrl in 2017, followed by the hugely successful SOS in 2022. Known for vulnerable songwriting, unconventional melodies and emotionally detailed performances, SZA has become one of the most influential R&B artists of her generation.
Quick Facts
Full Name: Solána Imani Rowe
Date of Birth: November 8, 1989
Age: 36
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Nationality: American
Profession: Singer, songwriter
Genres: R&B, alternative R&B, neo-soul, hip-hop, pop
Active Since: 2011
SZA Songs
SZA has developed an extensive catalog that spans early self-released EPs, major studio albums, deluxe projects, soundtracks and collaborations with some of the biggest names in music. Her official releases include See.SZA.Run, S, Z, Ctrl, SOS and SOS Deluxe: LANA, along with songs recorded with artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, Doja Cat, Drake, Rihanna, Maroon 5, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Future, Isaiah Rashad and Steve Lacy.
Complete Unique SZA Song List
- Bed
- Euphraxia
- Advil
- Time Travel Undone
- Crack Dreams
- Country
- Once Upon a High
- Castles
- Terror.Dome
- Aftermath
- The Odyssey
- Pray
- Ice Moon
- Wings
- Kismet
- Ur
- Childs Play — featuring Chance the Rapper
- Julia
- Warm Winds — featuring Isaiah Rashad
- HiiiJack
- Green Mile
- Babylon — featuring Kendrick Lamar
- Sweet November
- Shattered Ring
- Omega
- Supermodel
- Love Galore — featuring Travis Scott
- Doves in the Wind — featuring Kendrick Lamar
- Drew Barrymore
- Prom
- The Weekend
- Go Gina
- Garden (Say It Like Dat)
- Broken Clocks
- Anything
- Wavy (Interlude) — featuring James Fauntleroy
- Normal Girl
- Pretty Little Birds — featuring Isaiah Rashad
- 20 Something
- Love Galore (Alt Version)
- 2AM
- Miles
- Percolator
- Tread Carefully
- Awkward
- Jodie
- Good Days
- I Hate U
- Shirt
- SOS
- Kill Bill
- Seek & Destroy
- Low
- Love Language
- Blind
- Used — featuring Don Toliver
- Snooze
- Notice Me
- Gone Girl
- Smoking on my Ex Pack
- Ghost in the Machine — featuring Phoebe Bridgers
- F2F
- Nobody Gets Me
- Conceited
- Special
- Too Late
- Far
- Open Arms — featuring Travis Scott
- Forgiveless — featuring Ol’ Dirty Bastard
- Open Arms (Just SZA)
- No More Hiding
- What Do I Do
- 30 For 30 — featuring Kendrick Lamar
- Diamond Boy (DTM)
- BMF
- Scorsese Baby Daddy
- Love Me 4 Me
- Chill Baby
- My Turn
- Crybaby
- Kitchen
- Get Behind Me (Interlude)
- Drive
- Another Life
- Saturn
- Joni — featuring Don Toliver
- Take You Down
- PSA
- Girl, Get Up
- PT Cruiser — with Moruf
- Save the Day
- BOY IN RED — with Isaiah Rashad
- Is It Cool? — with Steve Lacy
SZA Albums and Songs
See.SZA.Run
Released in 2012, See.SZA.Run was SZA’s debut EP and introduced the alternative R&B sound that would become central to her career. The self-released project contains seven songs and represents the earliest official chapter of her recorded music catalog.
Complete official tracklist:
- Bed
- Euphraxia
- Advil
- Time Travel Undone
- Crack Dreams
- Country
- Once Upon a High
S
Released in 2013, S was SZA’s second EP and continued the experimental alternative R&B style of her debut. The project expanded her songwriting and production palette while establishing the atmospheric sound that would eventually lead to her signing with Top Dawg Entertainment.
Complete official tracklist:
- Castles
- Terror.Dome
- Aftermath
- The Odyssey
- Pray
- Ice Moon
- Wings
- Kismet
Z
Released in 2014, Z was SZA’s third EP and her first project released through Top Dawg Entertainment. The 10-track project features collaborations with Chance the Rapper, Isaiah Rashad and Kendrick Lamar and helped position SZA as one of the label’s most distinctive emerging artists.
Complete official tracklist:
- Ur
- Childs Play — featuring Chance the Rapper
- Julia
- Warm Winds — featuring Isaiah Rashad
- HiiiJack
- Green Mile
- Babylon — featuring Kendrick Lamar
- Sweet November
- Shattered Ring
- Omega
Ctrl
Released in 2017, Ctrl was SZA’s debut studio album and the project that established her as a major force in contemporary R&B. The album explores relationships, insecurity, self-image and emotional uncertainty through intimate songwriting and unconventional production.
Complete standard tracklist:
- Supermodel
- Love Galore — featuring Travis Scott
- Doves in the Wind — featuring Kendrick Lamar
- Drew Barrymore
- Prom
- The Weekend
- Go Gina
- Garden (Say It Like Dat)
- Broken Clocks
- Anything
- Wavy (Interlude) — featuring James Fauntleroy
- Normal Girl
- Pretty Little Birds — featuring Isaiah Rashad
- 20 Something
Ctrl (Deluxe)
The deluxe edition of Ctrl expanded the original album with seven additional recordings. These songs offered more insight into SZA’s songwriting during the Ctrl era and included an alternate version of “Love Galore.”
Additional official tracks:
- Love Galore (Alt Version)
- 2AM
- Miles
- Percolator
- Tread Carefully
- Awkward
- Jodie
SOS
Released in 2022, SOS became SZA’s second studio album and one of the biggest R&B albums of the decade. The 23-track project broadened her sound with elements of R&B, pop, hip-hop, grunge and alternative music while producing major songs such as “Kill Bill,” “Snooze,” “Nobody Gets Me” and “Good Days.”
Complete official tracklist:
- SOS
- Kill Bill
- Seek & Destroy
- Low
- Love Language
- Blind
- Used — featuring Don Toliver
- Snooze
- Notice Me
- Gone Girl
- Smoking on my Ex Pack
- Ghost in the Machine — featuring Phoebe Bridgers
- F2F
- Nobody Gets Me
- Conceited
- Special
- Too Late
- Far
- Shirt
- Open Arms — featuring Travis Scott
- I Hate U
- Good Days
- Forgiveless — featuring Ol’ Dirty Bastard
SOS Deluxe: LANA
SOS Deluxe: LANA expanded SZA’s second studio album into a 42-track release. The project added 19 new songs to the original 23-track SOS sequence, giving fans a much larger body of material and further developing the themes and sound introduced on the original album.
New LANA tracks:
- No More Hiding
- What Do I Do
- 30 For 30 — featuring Kendrick Lamar
- Diamond Boy (DTM)
- BMF
- Scorsese Baby Daddy
- Love Me 4 Me
- Chill Baby
- My Turn
- Crybaby
- Kitchen
- Get Behind Me (Interlude)
- Drive
- Another Life
- Saturn
- Joni — featuring Don Toliver
- Take You Down
- Open Arms (Just SZA)
- PSA
Original SOS tracks included in the expanded project:
- SOS
- Kill Bill
- Seek & Destroy
- Low
- Love Language
- Blind
- Used — featuring Don Toliver
- Snooze
- Notice Me
- Gone Girl
- Smoking on my Ex Pack
- Ghost in the Machine — featuring Phoebe Bridgers
- F2F
- Nobody Gets Me
- Conceited
- Special
- Too Late
- Far
- Shirt
- Open Arms — featuring Travis Scott
- I Hate U
- Good Days
- Forgiveless — featuring Ol’ Dirty Bastard
Official Standalone Singles or Songs That Are Not Included on the Main Studio Albums
SZA has also released official standalone singles and appeared as a featured artist on songs by other musicians. These releases are important parts of her overall catalog even when they do not belong to one of her main studio albums.
SZA Standalone Singles
- Teen Spirit
- Good Days
- I Hate U
- Saturn
- Shirt
- Nobody Gets Me
- Girl, Get Up
- PT Cruiser — with Moruf
- Save the Day
- BOY IN RED — with Isaiah Rashad
Major Collaborations Featuring SZA
SZA has collaborated with artists from R&B, hip-hop, pop and alternative music. Some of her most notable official collaborations include:
- Consideration — Rihanna featuring SZA
- What Lovers Do — Maroon 5 featuring SZA
- All the Stars — Kendrick Lamar and SZA
- Power Is Power — SZA, The Weeknd and Travis Scott
- Just Us — DJ Khaled featuring SZA
- Kiss Me More — Doja Cat featuring SZA
- The Other Side — SZA and Justin Timberlake
- Hit Different — SZA featuring Ty Dolla $ign
- Good Days — SZA
- No More Hiding — SZA
- Rich Baby Daddy — Drake featuring Sexyy Red and SZA
- Slime You Out — Drake featuring SZA
- Telekinesis — Travis Scott featuring SZA and Future
- Puntería — Shakira featuring Cardi B
- 30 For 30 — SZA featuring Kendrick Lamar
- Joni — SZA featuring Don Toliver
- BOY IN RED — Isaiah Rashad and SZA
- Is It Cool? — Steve Lacy featuring SZA
SZA Songs With Rihanna
One of SZA’s notable early high-profile songwriting and vocal collaborations was “Consideration,” performed by Rihanna and featuring SZA on Rihanna’s Anti. The collaboration helped connect SZA’s alternative R&B style with one of pop and R&B’s biggest international artists.
- Consideration — Rihanna featuring SZA
SZA Songs With Kendrick Lamar
SZA and Kendrick Lamar have worked together repeatedly, both through Top Dawg Entertainment and on major mainstream projects.
- Doves in the Wind — SZA featuring Kendrick Lamar
- Babylon — SZA featuring Kendrick Lamar
- All the Stars — Kendrick Lamar and SZA
- 30 For 30 — SZA featuring Kendrick Lamar
SZA Songs With Travis Scott
SZA’s collaborations with Travis Scott include songs from both her own catalog and major releases outside her albums.
- Love Galore — SZA featuring Travis Scott
- Open Arms — SZA featuring Travis Scott
- Power Is Power — SZA, The Weeknd and Travis Scott
- Telekinesis — Travis Scott featuring SZA and Future
SZA Songs With Doja Cat
SZA and Doja Cat have also collaborated on one of the most recognizable female R&B and pop crossovers of recent years.
- Kiss Me More — Doja Cat featuring SZA
SZA’s 2026 Releases
SZA continued releasing official music in 2026, adding both soundtrack material and new collaborations to her catalog. “Save the Day” was created for Pixar’s Hoppers, while SZA also appeared with Isaiah Rashad on “BOY IN RED” and with Steve Lacy on “Is It Cool?” during the year.
- Save the Day — SZA
- BOY IN RED — Isaiah Rashad and SZA
- Is It Cool? — Steve Lacy featuring SZA
Final Wrap-Up
SZA’s song catalog has grown from the experimental sound of See.SZA.Run, S and Z into the critically acclaimed Ctrl and the expansive SOS Deluxe: LANA. Her music combines vulnerable songwriting with alternative R&B, neo-soul, hip-hop and pop influences, while her extensive collaborations with artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, Doja Cat, Rihanna, Drake, Justin Timberlake, Isaiah Rashad and Steve Lacy have made her one of the defining voices of modern R&B.
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