SZA's "CTRL" Surpasses 2.3B Streams: "I Love You All For Pressing Play At Any Time"

SZA's debut studio album reaches a new milestone.

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SZA's had one hell of a come up. While she joined the Top Dawg Entertainment family around the same time as Isaiah Rashad, she's currently the second biggest artist on the roster behind Kendrick Lamar. It's been over a year since she released CTRL but within the year of its release, the project earned her several Grammy nominations and put her high-up on many year end lists. Today, she revealed that her album reached another huge milestone.

SZA took to Instagram to announce that her debut album, CTRL has surpassed 2.3B streams. The singer shared a set of photos on Instagram flexing her new neon green hair while holding up the platinum plaque and thanking her fans, her label and God. 

"Today I found out we 2.3 billion streams deep and a bunch a other cool stuff๐Ÿ˜ฐ . I love my family . I love you all for pressing play at any time . Thank you for this journey ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ @dangerookipawaa@iamstillpunch @rcarecords Thank you God for this existence. Amen ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ’—#TDE," she captioned the post.

Although the project has reached a major milestone in the streaming world, fans are eagerly waiting for her follow-up. SZA teased a deluxe edition of CTRL nearly a year a go and in March, she said that the deluxe version has "6 bonus tracks so far." It's unsure when we'll receive that but we're definitely due for some new tunes from SZA.


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Aron A. is a features editor for HotNewHipHop. Beginning his tenure at HotNewHipHop in July 2017, he has comprehensively documented the biggest stories in the culture over the past few years. Throughout his time, Aronโ€™s helped introduce a number of buzzing up-and-coming artists to our audience, identifying regional trends and highlighting hip-hop from across the globe. As a Canadian-based music journalist, he has also made a concerted effort to put spotlights on artists hailing from North of the border as part of Rise & Grind, the weekly interview series that he created and launched in 2021. Aron also broke a number of stories through his extensive interviews with beloved figures in the culture. These include industry vets (Quality Control co-founder Kevin "Coach K" Lee, Wayno Clark), definitive producers (DJ Paul, Hit-Boy, Zaytoven), cultural disruptors (Soulja Boy), lyrical heavyweights (Pusha T, Styles P, Danny Brown), cultural pioneers (Dapper Dan, Big Daddy Kane), and the next generation of stars (Lil Durk, Latto, Fivio Foreign, Denzel Curry). Aron also penned cover stories with the likes of Rick Ross, Central Cee, Moneybagg Yo, Vince Staples, and Bobby Shmurda.