SZA Passes Adele for Most Weeks in Top 10 on Billboard Among Albums by Women

SZA’s SOS has passed Adele’s 21 for the most weeks spent in the top 10 among albums by women on the latest Billboard 200. According to Billboard, this (the week of April 16) is the 85th nonconsecutive week in the top 10 on the chart for SOS. Adele’s 21 was last at the top 10 for its 84th and final (nonconsecutive) week in the region on the Jan. 9, 2016-dated chart.

It’s the latest milestone in what has been a terrific 2025 for SZA so far. One Of Them Days, her buddy comedy with Keke Palmer was a sleeper hit early in the year; she won Best R&B song for “Saturn” at this year’s awards; her Super Bowl performance with Kendrick Lamar was widely praised — and so is their hit single “Luther,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100.

Back in January, SZA spoke about collaborating with Kendrick and the prospect of them doing a full album together.

“I think that would be amazing,” she told Sherri Shepherd during an appearance on Shepherd’s talk show. “He’s such a genius, and part of his genius is him being so elusive and so mysterious. I don’t know what’s going on as much as you don’t know what’s going on. When ‘Luther’ came out, I said, okay, that’s the vocals we’re using. And same with ‘Gloria.’"

“I love that… He’s a huge part of my ‘fumbling and finding’ era, because I’m just trusting all of his expertise and being thrust into these moments," she added. "He’s so good at saying yes and staying grounded, so I’m just like, ‘Teach me, Sensei, what you know.'”

And the Grammy-winner recently kicked off her new cosmetic line NOT BEAUTY with a series of pop-up stores during the Grand National Tour with Lamar, where she will debut the first of her lip collection. The Grand National Tour began Saturday, April 19 in Minneapolis.