In 2023, everything SZA touched turned to Gold … and Platinum.
The “Snooze” singer ends 2023 as the Recording Industry Association of America’s most-certified artist of the year. She scored the most certified releases this year — 15 — as well as the Top Album, SOS, certified three-times Platinum, and the Top Single, “Kill Bill,” certified five-times Platinum.
Taking to Instagram on December 10, SZA celebrated the first anniversary of the release of SOS, which originally dropped on December 9, 2022. “Happy 1st anniversary to an album that is ACTIVELY CHANGING MY LIFE .. like rn currently changing my life,” she wrote. “I haven’t processed this year AT ALL cause it’s still happening .. this is beyond my wildest dreams.”
She added, in part, “Thank you to every person that streamed this album, came to a show, blasted it in traffic, and connected with ANY part of me. To everyone who continues to believe in me and be patient with me as I figure it all out. your [sic] my driving force. I love you.”
SZA also shared some artwork for LANA, which is the title of the upcoming deluxe version of SOS.
The RIAA also saluted artists who received their first Gold & Platinum certifications this year, including Ice Spice, who scored two Gold singles with “Munch (Feelin’ U)” and “In Ha Mood,” and the Platinum-certified “Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2” with Pink Pantheress.
Source- ABC
