American singer-songwriter SZA has released two studio albums, three extended plays (EPs), one live album, and 44 singles (11 of which as a featured artist). SZA debuted with her self-released EP See.SZA.Run in 2012, followed by the 2013 EP S, gaining the attention of the independent record label Top Dawg Entertainment. She signed to Top Dawg as the label's first woman artist in 2013 and released her third EP, Z, a year later. After Z, she began work on her debut studio album, Ctrl (2017), which debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200, peaked at number two on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and has charted for more than five subsequent years. The album, alongside its Billboard Hot 100 top-40 singles "Love Galore" and "The Weekend", earned her three of her first five Grammy nominations, in 2018. All singles from Ctrl have been certified platinum or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America.
| SZA discography | |
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.jpg) SZA performing in 2014 | |
| Studio albums | 2 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Music videos | 37 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Singles | 44 |
From 2017 to 2022, as SZA prepared for her second studio album's release, she appeared on film soundtracks and collaborated with several artists. Three collaborations were international top-10 songs: "What Lovers Do" by Maroon 5 in 2017, "All the Stars" with Kendrick Lamar from the Black Panther soundtrack in 2018, and "Kiss Me More" by Doja Cat in 2021. Furthermore, a deluxe edition of Ctrl was released in June 2022 to celebrate the album's five-year anniversary. In December 2022, SZA's second studio album SOS was released, and it broke several records in R&B/hip-hop and overall charts. In the US, it opened with the biggest streaming week ever for an R&B album, spent 10 weeks atop the Billboard 200, and ended 2023 as the country's third-biggest album with 3.172 million units sold. Its multi-platinum fifth single, "Kill Bill", was the third best-selling song of 2023. The same year, Rolling Stone ranked SOS and Ctrl as two of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
The next release after SOS is Lana, preceded by the top-10 single "Saturn" (2024). Lana was originally intended to be SOS's deluxe reissue, but it evolved into its own project that SZA said would consist of album outtakes and new, post-release material. In response to the leaking of three songs intended for the reissue, SZA claimed that she would remake Lana all over again and told fans they could "keep" the leaks and outtakes; she previously shared in interviews that if a song of hers were to be leaked, it became tarnished in her eyes and thus would never be released. However, SZA changed her mentality and announced in March 2024 that worrying about what songs would leak was not worth it; hence, all leaks and outtakes from SOS will be officially released on the deluxe edition, with Lana an entirely new album.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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| US | AUS | CAN | DEN | IRE | NLD | NZ | NOR | SWE | UK | |||
| Ctrl | 3 | 13 | 11 | — | 27 | 58 | 11 | — | — | 45 | ||
| SOS |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| Lana |
| To be released | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Details |
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| Apple Music Live: SZA |
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Extended plays
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | ||||
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| US | US R&B/HH | US R&B | UK | UK R&B | ||
| See.SZA.Run |
| — | — | — | — | — |
| S |
| — | — | — | — | — |
| Z |
| 39 | 9 | 5 | 197 | 32 |
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
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| US | US R&B /HH | AUS | CAN | IRE | NZ | NOR | SWE | UK | WW | ||||||
| "Time Travel Undone" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | See.SZA.Run | |||
| "Country" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Ice.Moon" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S | |||
| "Teen Spirit" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||
| "Julia" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Z | ||||
| "Castles" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S | ||||
| "Child's Play" (featuring Chance the Rapper) | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Z | ||
| "Babylon" (featuring Kendrick Lamar) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Warm Winds" (featuring Isaiah Rashad) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Sobriety" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||
| "TwoAM" | 2016 | — | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Drew Barrymore" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ctrl | ||
| "Love Galore" (featuring Travis Scott) | 32 | 12 | — | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "The Weekend" (solo or with Calvin Harris) | 29 | 13 | 49 | 63 | 73 | — | — | — | 55 | — |
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| "All the Stars" (with Kendrick Lamar) | 2018 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | — |
| Black Panther: The Album | ||
| "Broken Clocks" | 82 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ctrl | |||
| "Garden (Say It like Dat)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Power Is Power" (with the Weeknd and Travis Scott) | 2019 | 90 | 36 | 30 | 50 | 31 | — | 33 | 41 | 45 | — |
| For the Throne: Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones | ||
| "The Other Side" (with Justin Timberlake) | 2020 | 61 | 31 | 43 | 54 | 56 | — | — | — | 44 | — |
| Trolls World Tour: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||
| "Hit Different" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign) | 29 | 12 | 84 | 55 | — | — | — | — | 55 | 36 |
| Non-album single | |||
| "Good Days" | 9 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 13 | 7 |
| SOS | |||
| "Just for Me" (with Saint Jhn) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Space Jam: A New Legacy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |||
| "The Anonymous Ones" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dear Evan Hansen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
| "Fue Mejor" (with Kali Uchis) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 187 | Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) (deluxe) | ||||
| "I Hate U" | 7 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 27 | 8 | — | — | 38 | 11 |
| SOS | |||
| "No Love" (with Summer Walker) | 2022 | 13 | 5 | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 17 |
| Still Over It | ||
| "Persuasive" (with Doechii) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | She / Her / Black Bitch | ||||
| "Shirt" | 11 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 35 | 47 | 17 | 18 |
| SOS | |||
| "Nobody Gets Me" | 2023 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 10 | — | — | 27 | 12 |
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| "Kill Bill" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
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| "Snooze" (solo or acoustic featuring Justin Bieber) | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 29 | 5 | — | 49 | 18 | 6 |
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| "No Szns" (with Jean Dawson) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||
| "Saturn" | 2024 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 5 | — | 49 | 15 | 5 |
| Lana | ||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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| US | AUS | CAN | DEN | FRA | ITA | NLD | NZ | SWE | UK | |||||
| "Ronnie Drake" (Isaiah Rashad featuring SZA) | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cilvia Demo | ||
| "Happy Birthday" (Childish Major featuring Isaiah Rashad and SZA) | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Woosah | ||
| "Lies" (Felix Snow featuring SZA) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||
| "Bed (Reenacted)" (APSPDR+ featuring SZA, Nemo Achida, and Moruf) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "What Lovers Do" (Maroon 5 featuring SZA) | 2017 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 12 | Red Pill Blues | ||
| "Homemade Dynamite" (remix) (Lorde featuring Khalid, Post Malone, and SZA) | 92 | 23 | 54 | — | — | — | 92 | 20 | 84 | — |
| Melodrama | ||
| "Just Us" (DJ Khaled featuring SZA) | 2019 | 43 | 32 | 65 | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | 66 |
| Father of Asahd | |
| "Kiss Me More" (Doja Cat featuring SZA) | 2021 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 59 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 3 |
| Planet Her | |
| "Special" (Lizzo featuring SZA) | 2023 | 52 | — | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Slime You Out" (Drake featuring SZA) | 1 | 12 | 2 | 21 | 87 | 64 | 37 | 9 | 26 | 10 |
| For All the Dogs | ||
| "Rich Baby Daddy" (Drake featuring Sexyy Red and SZA) | 11 | 11 | 18 | — | 152 | — | 74 | 9 | — | 10 |
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Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||
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| US Bub. | US Dance | US R&B/HH | US R&B | NZ Hot | SWE | UK | |||||
| "Doves in the Wind" (featuring Kendrick Lamar) | 2017 | 12 | — | — | 13 | — | — | — |
| Ctrl | |
| "Consideration" (Rihanna featuring SZA) | 17 | 1 | 38 | 14 | — | 72 | 88 |
| Anti | ||
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Other charted and certified songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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| US | US R&B/HH | US R&B | AUS | CAN | NZ | SWE | UK | UK R&B | WW | |||||
| "Supermodel" | 2017 | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ctrl | |
| "Prom" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Go Gina" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Anything" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Wavy (Interlude)" (featuring James Fauntleroy) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Normal Girl" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Pretty Little Birds" (featuring Isaiah Rashad) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "20 Something" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "I Do" (Cardi B featuring SZA) | 2018 | 23 | 16 | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Invasion of Privacy | |
| "Staring at the Sun" (Post Malone featuring SZA) | 2019 | 34 | — | — | 48 | 38 | — | 71 | — | — | — |
| Hollywood's Bleeding | |
| "Freaky Girls" (Megan Thee Stallion featuring SZA) | 2020 | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 199 | Good News | ||
| "Score" (Isaiah Rashad featuring SZA and 6lack) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The House Is Burning | ||
| "Coming Back" (James Blake featuring SZA) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Friends That Break Your Heart | |||
| "Love Galore (Alt Version)" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ctrl (deluxe) | ||
| "Miles" | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Percolator" | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Tread Carefully" | — | 41 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Awkward" | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Jodie" | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Beautiful" (DJ Khaled featuring Future and SZA) | 29 | 10 | — | — | 46 | — | — | 67 | 28 | 53 | God Did | |||
| "SOS" | 32 | 13 | 12 | 56 | 45 | — | — | — | — | 37 |
| SOS | ||
| "Seek & Destroy" | 24 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 30 | — | — | — | 36 | 27 |
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| "Low" | 17 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 36 | — | 78 | 36 | 24 |
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| "Love Language" | 21 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 31 | — | — | — | 31 | 26 |
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| "Blind" | 12 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 15 | — | — | — | 19 |
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| "Used" (featuring Don Toliver) | 30 | 12 | 11 | 50 | 35 | — | — | — | — | 34 |
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| "Notice Me" | 44 | 20 | 18 | 85 | 55 | — | — | — | — | 62 |
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| "Gone Girl" | 43 | 19 | 17 | 86 | 56 | — | — | — | — | 61 |
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| "Smoking on My Ex Pack" | 52 | 23 | 21 | — | 61 | — | — | — | — | 71 |
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| "Ghost in the Machine" (featuring Phoebe Bridgers) | 40 | 17 | 15 | 72 | 46 | — | — | — | — | 52 |
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| "F2F" | 55 | — | — | 87 | 54 | — | — | — | — | 69 |
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| "Conceited" | 58 | 27 | 23 | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | 83 |
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| "Special" | 37 | 16 | 14 | 47 | 38 | — | — | — | — | 49 |
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| "Too Late" | 62 | 30 | 25 | — | 65 | — | — | — | — | 95 | ||||
| "Far" | 61 | 29 | 24 | — | 71 | — | — | — | — | 97 |
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| "Open Arms" (featuring Travis Scott) | 54 | 24 | 19 | 81 | 51 | 29 | — | — | — | 67 |
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| "Forgiveless" (featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard) | 76 | 35 | — | — | 99 | — | — | — | — | 164 | ||||
| "Telekinesis" (Travis Scott featuring SZA and Future) | 2023 | 26 | 9 | — | 19 | 18 | 13 | 74 | 31 | 15 | 23 |
| Utopia | |
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | ||||||||||||||
Guest appearances
| Title | Year | Other performer(s) | Album |
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| "Tomorrow" | 2013 | Kris Kasanova | 24K |
| "West Savannah" | 2014 | Isaiah Rashad | Cilvia Demo |
| "His & Her Fiend" | Schoolboy Q | Oxymoron | |
| "God's Reign" | Ab-Soul | These Days... | |
| "9" | Willow | 3 | |
| "Real Thing" | A$AP Ferg | Ferg Forever | |
| "The Need to Know" | 2015 | Wale | The Album About Nothing |
| "Easy Bake" | Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar | 90059 | |
| "Caretaker" | DRAM | Gahdamn! | |
| "Untitled 04 | 08.14.2014" | 2016 | Kendrick Lamar | Untitled Unmastered |
| "Neva Change" | Schoolboy Q | Blank Face LP | |
| "Stuck in the Mud" | Isaiah Rashad | The Sun's Tirade | |
| "Lonely Soul" / "The Law (Prelude)" | Ab-Soul, Punch | Do What Thou Wilt. | |
| "What Is Love" | 2017 | Kingdom | Tears in the Club |
| "Down 4 Whatever" | |||
| "Morning View" | 2018 | Towkio | WWW. |
| "Redemption" | Jay Rock | Redemption | |
| "Coming Back" | 2021 | James Blake | Friends That Break Your Heart |
| "About a Gemini, Pt. 3" | 2022 | ImaniCarolyn | Into the Blue Light |
| "Never Lose Me" | 2024 | Flo Milli, Cardi B | Fine Ho, Stay |
Music videos
| Title | Year | Other performer(s) | Director(s) | Album | Ref. |
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| "Everyone Nose" | 2009 | N.E.R.D. | Diane Martel | Seeing Sounds | |
| "Time Travel Undone" | 2012 | — | — | See.SZA.Run | |
| "Country" | |||||
| "Ice.Moon" | 2013 | Lemar & Dauley | S | ||
| "Teen Spirit" | Fredo Tovar, Scott Fleishman, and SZA | Non-album single | |||
| "Tomorrow" | Kris Kasanova | Anthony Sylvester | 24K | ||
| "Babylon" | 2014 | — | APlusFilmz and SZA | Z | |
| "Warm Winds" | Isaiah Rashad | ||||
| "Julia" / "Tender" | — | Rodney Passé | |||
| "Ronnie Drake" | Isaiah Rashad | Fredo Tovar and Scott Fleishman | Cilvia Demo | ||
| "Love Galore" | 2017 | Travis Scott | Nabil Elderkin | Ctrl | |
| "Drew Barrymore" | — | Dave Meyers | |||
| "Supermodel" | Nabil Elderkin | ||||
| "The Weekend" | Solange Knowles | ||||
| "What Lovers Do" | Maroon 5 | Joseph Kahn | Red Pill Blues | ||
| "All the Stars" | 2018 | Kendrick Lamar | Dave Meyers and the Little Homies | Black Panther: The Album | |
| "Broken Clocks" | — | SZA and Dave Free | Ctrl | ||
| "Doves in the Wind" | Kendrick Lamar | Nabil Elderkin | |||
| "This Is America" | Donald Glover | Hiro Murai | Non-album single | ||
| "Garden (Say It like Dat)" | — | Karena Evans | Ctrl | ||
| "Power Is Power" | 2019 | The Weeknd, Travis Scott | Anthony Mandler | For the Throne: Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones | |
| "Just Us" | DJ Khaled | Joseph Kahn | Father of Asahd | ||
| "The Other Side" | 2020 | Justin Timberlake | Daniel Russell | Trolls World Tour: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
| "Hit Different" | Ty Dolla $ign | SZA | Non-album single | ||
| "Good Days" | 2021 | — | SOS | ||
| "Kiss Me More" | Doja Cat | Warren Fu | Planet Her | ||
| "The Anonymous Ones" | — | Colin Tilley | Dear Evan Hansen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||
| "No Love" (extended version) | 2022 | Summer Walker, Cardi B | Lacey Duke | Still Over It | |
| "Beautiful" | DJ Khaled, Future | Colin Tilley | God Did | ||
| "Persuasive" | Doechii | Sara Lacombe | She / Her / Black Bitch | ||
| "Shirt" | — | Dave Meyers | SOS | ||
| "Nobody Gets Me" | Bradley J. Calder | ||||
| "Kill Bill" | 2023 | Christian Breslauer | |||
| "K-pop" | Travis Scott, Bad Bunny, the Weeknd | Travis Scott | Utopia | ||
| "Snooze" | — | Bradley J. Calder and SZA | SOS | ||
| "No Szns" | Jean Dawson | Jean Dawson and Bradley J. Calder | Non-album single | ||
| "Rich Baby Daddy" | 2024 | Drake, Sexyy Red | Drake | For All the Dogs |
Songwriting credits
| Title | Year | Artist | Album | Ref. |
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| "Feeling Myself" (featuring Beyoncé) | 2014 | Nicki Minaj | The Pinkprint | |
| "Ok Alright" (featuring Schoolboy Q) | 2015 | Travis Scott | Rodeo | |
| "Just Sing" | 2020 | Trolls World Tour cast | Trolls World Tour: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Unreleased songs
Many of SZA's unreleased or unfinished songs have surfaced on the Internet, often being leaks by fans done to coax her into an official release. She has taken great offense to such actions, deeming fans who do so selfish and thieves. In an interview with Variety, she stated that her songs, when still in an unfinished or a "less-than-correct" state, become "ruined" if published online without her permission. According to her, they therefore are unworthy of an official release and she will not be "bull[ied] into dropping music". However, on March 27, 2024, in response to the leaking of three of her unreleased songs intended for SOS, SZA eventually admitted keeping track of and worrying about leaks was draining and decided officially releasing those leaks was better for her and her fans.
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| "Tender" | Song teased in the outro of the "Julia" music video. |
| "Comethru" | Back in 2018, several songs, some featuring Kendrick Lamar, appeared on the streaming service Spotify under the name Sister Solana, with Lamar credited as King Kenny. The release was called Comethru and consisted of eight outtakes, six of which were solo tracks. SZA said its leaking was "creative and scary". Her manager and label's president, Punch, clarified the songs were "stolen", and the songs were quickly removed from streaming. |
| "Bed" | |
| "Heroin" | |
| "Back Together" | |
| "Writer's Block – Interlude" | |
| "Passport" | |
| "Lack of Better Words" | SZA's collaborations with Lamar that were released under Comethru. |
| "Loved Ones" | |
| "Inside Man" | An unreleased track that appears as a snippet at the end of SZA's "TwoAM" (2016). |
| "Brace Urself" | First teased in December 2018; music video teased in May 2019. Had its live debut during an Australian tour in July 2019. |
| "Nightbird" | Uploaded on SoundCloud by SZA under an anonymous account in 2021, alongside "Joni" and the SOS single "I Hate U". |
| "Joni" | Uploaded on SoundCloud alongside "Nightbird" and "I Hate U". Excluded from SOS because the song had been on the Internet for too long. |
| "Die for You" remix | A scrapped collaboration with Canadian artist the Weeknd. The two have taken interest in re-recording SZA's verse. Premiered on the 18th episode of the Weeknd's Apple Music 1 radio show Memento Mori in October 2021, following a streaming surge the song received during the previous month. |
| "Seasonal Depression" | Teased by SZA on Twitter in 2022. |
| "Boy from South Detroit" | Excluded from SOS because Punch did not find it "interesting enough" for the tracklist. Features American singer and rapper Lizzo and was first performed at a surprise concert in Brooklyn, New York. |
| "Guard Down" | An outtake from SOS that SZA teased online through a brief snippet. |
| "Calling My Phone" verse | "Calling My Phone", by Lil Tjay and 6lack, had a SZA verse that leaked online in June 2023. She felt that her verse was not good enough to be included in the song's final version. |
| "DTM" | Teased on Instagram alongside the music video for "Snooze" (2023), and teased again at the end of the video itself. First performed at the SOS Tour and the Brooklyn surprise concert. |