{"id":5178,"date":"2023-02-10T23:01:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T23:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/10\/sza-wins-billboards-woman-of-the-year-award\/"},"modified":"2023-02-10T23:01:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T23:01:45","slug":"sza-wins-billboards-woman-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/10\/sza-wins-billboards-woman-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"SZA wins Billboard&#8217;s Woman of the Year award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2023-02-10\" datetime=\"1676070105\" pubdate=\"\">10 February 2023<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p>SZA will receive the Woman of the Year accolade at the Billboard Women in Music Awards.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">SZA has been named Billboard&#8217;s Woman of the Year<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old singer &#8211; who released her second album, &#8216;SOS &#8216;, in 2022 &#8211; will receive the gong at the awards show on March 1.<\/p>\n<p>Hannah Karp, Billboard&#8217;s editorial director, said: &#8220;Since she burst onto the scene in 2017, SZA has defied genres and continually released raw, powerful songs which have landed her music on the Billboard charts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The release of her latest album, &#8216;SOS&#8217;, has solidified her as a distinct force in contemporary RnB, and catapulted her into superstardom. We can\u2019t wait to honour her as Woman of the Year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SZA released her critically acclaimed debut album, &#8216;Ctrl&#8217;, back in 2017, while she&#8217;s also written for the likes of Nicki Minaj and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/beyonce\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,beyonce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyonce<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\nElsewhere, Becky G will receive the Impact Award, while rapper Doechii is set to win the Rising Star Award.<\/p>\n<p>\nMeanwhile, SZA previously claimed that &#8216;SOS&#8217; showcased a &#8220;different&#8221; side to her personality.<\/p>\n<p>\nSpeaking ahead of her album release, she explained: &#8220;It&#8217;s my first album in five years, so I&#8217;m ready to be a different person and step into this new part of my life.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Really exemplify who this character is and get to know myself better while everyone else gets to know me live at the same time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nSZA &#8211; whose real name is Solana Rowe &#8211; also admitted that the album was a &#8220;little angry&#8221; in places.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe explained: &#8220;The sound is a little bit of literally everything.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;It&#8217;s a little angry as an overview, but some of it is really beautiful and soft and heartfelt. It&#8217;s about heartbreak, it&#8217;s about being lost, it&#8217;s about being p*****.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/sza-wins-billboards-woman-year-award-1373320.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 February 2023 SZA will receive the Woman of the Year accolade at the Billboard Women in Music Awards. SZA has been named Billboard&#8217;s Woman of the Year The 33-year-old singer &#8211; who released her second album, &#8216;SOS &#8216;, in 2022 &#8211; will receive the gong at the awards show on March 1. 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