SZA has been tapped to perform at the annual celebration of the music industry on February 4.
She is the most nominated artist at this year’s Grammy Awards with nine nods for her sophomore album SOS.
The star is the nominee for album of the year, record of the year, and song of the year (for Kill Bill).
Other performers include Joni Mitchell in her first ever appearance at the Grammys as well as U2 performing remotely from Las Vegas’ Sphere, Billie Eilish, Billy Joel, Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo, Luke Combs and Travis Scott.
Her album SOS spent 10 weeks on the top of the Billboard 200 and is up for both progressive R&B album and album of the year.
In addition to the song and record of the year nods for Kill Bill, SZA’s songs Snooze, Love Language and Low are nominated for best R&B song, best traditional R&B performance and best melodic rap performance.
She is also nominated for best pop duo/group performance for Ghost in the Machine with Phoebe Bridgers.
SZA is the most nominated artist at this year’s Grammy Awards with nine nods for her sophomore album SOS
Now the nominee for album of the year, record of the year, and song of the year (for Kill Bill) has been tapped to perform at the annual celebration of the music industry on February 4
SZA, 34, has said she does not have her hopes up to win.
That is because she has been snubbed in the past.
‘I’ve lost enough times to know that investing in this moment is not wise,’ she told Variety in November.
‘And not because it’s not important – I’m so happy for it – but because you have to place your importance on who you are as an artist and as a person,’ she added.
‘It’s my first time being this popular, and I saw a huge uptick in negativity at the exact same time.’
In 2018, the Love Galore singer was nominated for five Grammys for her debut album Ctrl and didn’t win any.
In 2022, she won for Kiss Me More, her collab with Doja Cat. But by and large she hasn’t been taken seriously by the Recording Academy.
SZA sat down with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe last month and admitted she’s already achieved most of the career goals she laid out for herself when she was just starting out.
SZA, 34, isn’t putting any high hopes into walking away with one, let alone several Grammys as she’s been snubbed by the Recording Academy in the past
‘I’ve lost enough times to know that investing in this moment is not wise,’ she told Variety in November
‘And not because it’s not important – I’m so happy for it – but because you have to place your importance on who you are as an artist and as a person,’ she added
‘I don’t have any more goals, and that sounds terrible, but career-wise … I keep saying that — nobody believes me — but it’s just like, you don’t understand. These are my goals,’ she told Lowe.
‘I have already gone platinum. I didn’t think I would ever go platinum. I sold a bunch of records. I got to meet Stevie Wonder, I got to meet Beyoncé and work with her, I got to meet Frank Ocean. My mom came and my dad came to all these cool countries to see me perform. I’ve had sold out shows, I got to headline a festival,’ she said.
SZA continued: ‘Like, what else do I want? I’m nominated for Grammys. I’ve won a Grammy. I’m done, for me, personally.’
‘Anything past this is so much more than I wanted, thought of, dreamed of,’ she added.
