{"id":602885,"date":"2023-01-30T13:29:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T19:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/30\/szas-sos-ties-whitney-houstons-billboard-chart-record\/"},"modified":"2023-01-30T13:29:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T19:29:00","slug":"szas-sos-ties-whitney-houstons-billboard-chart-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/30\/szas-sos-ties-whitney-houstons-billboard-chart-record\/","title":{"rendered":"SZA\u2019s \u2018SOS\u2019 Ties Whitney Houston\u2019s \u2018Billboard\u2019 Chart\u00a0Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\n\tAs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/t\/sza\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sza\" data-tag=\"sza\">SZA<\/a>\u2019s <em>SOS<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/music\/music-news\/sza-sos-no-1-billboard-200-chart-1234722017\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1234722017\"> tops the Billboard 200<\/a> for the seventh consecutive week, the acclaimed LP has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/music\/music-news\/sza-sos-fourth-week-no-1-1234725296\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1234725296\">broken yet another record<\/a>. It is now the first R&#038;B album to spend its first seven weeks at No. 1 since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/t\/whitney-houston\/\" id=\"auto-tag_whitney-houston\" data-tag=\"whitney-houston\">Whitney Houston<\/a>\u2019s 1987 sophomore album, <em>Whitney<\/em>. Houston\u2019s sophomore feat was the first R&#038;B album by a woman to debut at No. 1 on the chart, reports <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/sza-sos-7-weeks-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235207654\/\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAdditionally, <em>SOS<\/em> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/music\/music-news\/sza-chart-domination-sos-1234729502\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1234729502\">the first album<\/a> by a female artist to spend its first seven weeks at No. 1 since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/t\/adele\/\" id=\"auto-tag_adele\" data-tag=\"adele\">Adele<\/a>\u2019s <em>25<\/em> in 2016. It is also the first album to spend seven consecutive weeks at No. 1 since the <em>Encanto <\/em>soundtrack in March 2022. The last R&#038;B\/Hip-Hop album to spend at least seven weeks topping the Billboard 200 was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/lists\/drake-more-life-songs-ranked\/\" data-type=\"pmc_list\" data-id=\"1234652171\">Drake\u2019s <em>Views<\/em><\/a> in 2016. It spent 13 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Official 4K Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eH3giaIzONA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\n\tReleased in December 2022, <em>SOS<\/em> ended SZA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/lists\/sza-ctrl-songs-ranked\/\" data-type=\"pmc_list\" data-id=\"1234667476\">five-year hiatus <\/a>since the arrival of her critically <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/lists\/sza-ctrl-songs-ranked\/\" target=\"_blank\">acclaimed debut album<\/a>, CTRL. Within its first week, <em>SOS<\/em> amassed over 400 million streams, marking the biggest first-week streams ever for an R&#038;B album and the second-biggest streaming week for a female artist.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDespite the album <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/music\/music-news\/sza-sos-album-features-1234717582\/\">having fewer features<\/a> than anticipated, the breakout single, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/music\/videos\/sza-kill-bill-music-video-1234726483\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1234726483\">Kill Bill<\/a>\u201d has become a staple among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/music\/music-news\/sza-kill-bill-tiktok-bundle-1234727496\/\">fans on TikTok<\/a> and SZA has already<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/music\/music-news\/sza-lizzo-collab-sos-deluxe-1234720467\/\"> teased a deluxe edition<\/a> of the album overall. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tThese monumental feats come ahead of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/news\/events\/sza-sos-north-american-tour-schedule-1234718888\/\">first arena tour.<\/a> The 17-city trek kicks off in Columbus, Ohio in late February and will wrap up in Los Angeles this March.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tStream <em>SOS<\/em> below.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/music\/music-news\/sza-sos-ties-whitney-houston-billboard-200-chart-1234730825\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Mya Abraham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As SZA\u2019s SOS tops the Billboard 200 for the seventh consecutive week, the acclaimed LP has broken yet another record. It is now the first R&#038;B album to spend its first seven weeks at No. 1 since Whitney Houston\u2019s 1987 sophomore album, Whitney. 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