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<p>SZA&rsquo;s &ldquo;SOS&rdquo; has made it onto the top of the Billboard 200 with the fifth-best debut week of 2022, and it has also become the R&amp;B singer&rsquo;s first No. 1 album on the list. SOS earned the biggest streaming week ever for an R&amp;B album and the third-largest streaming week of any album in 2022. What a great way to end the year for SZA!</p>
<p>The album has gained massive critical appeal and success, with its unique, genre-crossing from Travis Scott, Ol&rsquo; Dirty Bastard, Don Toliver, and Phoebe Bridgers.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The list is topped by Taylor Swift&rsquo;s &ldquo;Midnights,&rdquo; which reached 1.6 million album units and remains at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. &nbsp;&ldquo;SOS&rdquo; joins the top five of the year&rsquo;s biggest debuts, preceded by Harry Styles&rsquo; &ldquo;Harry&rsquo;s House,&rdquo; Drake and 21 Savage&rsquo;s &ldquo;Her Loss&rdquo; and Beyonc&eacute;&rsquo;s &ldquo;Renaissance&rdquo;.</p>
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<p>&ldquo;I never thought in a million years that people would like it,&rdquo; SZA explained to Rolling Stone. &ldquo;Even when I was [doing the] track listing, I was like&hellip; &lsquo;it sucks,&rsquo; or when I couldn&rsquo;t get some of the things I wanted for the initial cover idea or things weren&rsquo;t working out, I&rsquo;m like, &lsquo;let&rsquo;s just put it out with no cover and just leave everything blank.&rsquo;&rdquo;</p>
<p>SZA has announced her first-ever&nbsp;arena tour since releasing her "SOS", which will start off next February, all through March. Earlier this month, SZA appeared on&nbsp;SNL where she performed the&nbsp;SOS&nbsp;single &ldquo;Shirt&rdquo; and also debuted &ldquo;Blind.&rdquo;</p>
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