SZA just cemented her spot in one of Spotify’s most exclusive clubs, and this time she’s got serious company. She has reached a level of streaming dominance that only one other Black woman in music history has hit.
It’s been a slow burn to get here. SOS dropped back in December 2022 and somehow refused to lose steam, racking up hit after hit while staying a fixture on the charts years after release. Between Kill Bill, Snooze, Good Days, and the deluxe reissue tracks, SZA built a catalog deep enough to keep climbing Spotify’s all-time numbers long after most albums would have cooled off.
SZA Becomes Only The Second Black Woman With Four Songs Past 2 Billion Streams
That patience paid off. SZA now has four songs that have crossed 2 billion streams on Spotify, with Kill Bill at 2.8 billion, Kiss Me More with Doja Cat at 2.4 billion, All the Stars with Kendrick Lamar at 2.1 billion, and Snooze at 2 billion. That puts her in a tier that, until now, belonged to Rihanna alone.
Rihanna’s entry into that club came from a run of career-defining singles like We Found Love (2.5B), This Is What You Came For (2.3B), Umbrella (2.3B), Love The Way You Lie (2.2B), and Love on the Brain (2.0B), tracks that have stayed in rotation for the better part of a decade.
For SZA to join her this quickly, off essentially one album cycle, says a lot about how SOS has aged. It’s not a project fans burned through and moved past. It’s one they kept returning to.
The timing also lines up with a broader moment for SZA on streaming platforms. Recent industry breakdowns have shown that SOS has posted billions of streams year after year since its release, a pace usually reserved for much older, much more decorated catalogs.
Getting name checked alongside Rihanna, an artist widely regarded as one of the most successful pop and R&B stars of the streaming era, is the kind of comparison that doesn’t happen for just anybody.
For fans who have followed SZA since Ctrl, this milestone feels less like a surprise and more like a long-overdue confirmation. She’s been quietly building toward exactly this kind of recognition for years. Keep an eye on her Spotify numbers going forward, since at this pace, four songs might not be where she stops.