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SZA "Love Galore" Official Lyrics & Meaning - Verified". YouTube. June 15, 2017 . Retrieved June 20, 2017. a b Joshi, Tara (June 11, 2017). "SZA: Control review – dreamy and delicious insights into vulnerability". The Observer . Retrieved July 13, 2017. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge.a b c Caulfield, Keith (June 18, 2017). "Katy Perry Scores Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Witness' ". Billboard . Retrieved June 19, 2017. Staff (December 6, 2017). "The 25 Best Albums of 2017". Slant Magazine . Retrieved December 11, 2017. Carroll, Jim (June 28, 2017). "SZA – Ctrl album review: Striking debut release from R&B star". The Irish Times . Retrieved August 30, 2017. Pareles, Jon (June 7, 2017). "SZA's Songs Face Desire In All Its Complications". The New York Times . Retrieved July 13, 2017.

Sam Adams (December 3, 2017). "Drowned in Sound's Favourite Albums of 2017". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on November 23, 2017 . Retrieved December 11, 2017. Jon Pareles (June 7, 2017). "SZA's Songs Face Desire in All Its Complications". New York Times . Retrieved June 23, 2017. a b Voynovskaya, Nastia (June 13, 2017). "SZA: CTRL Review". Paste Magazine . Retrieved June 16, 2017.Brazilian album certifications – SZA – Ctrl" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil . Retrieved April 10, 2023. The 100 Best Albums of the Year". The Sunday Times Magazine. December 3, 2017 . Retrieved December 11, 2017. Contains a sample of the recording "Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get In Da Club)" written by Reggie Noble, John Bowman and Dana Stinson as performed by Redman, published by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI), Dayna's Day Publishing (BMI), WB Music Corp. (ASCAP), Funky Noble Productions, Inc. (ASCAP) & CLR, Inc. (ASCAP). All rights administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI) and WB Music Corp. (ASCAP). Courtesy of Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Under license from Universal Music Enterprises Clash (Magazine) - "On CTRL, SZA is a fully-fledged artiste with things to say and people to say it to, no longer hiding behind the reverb."

Paine, Jake (June 3, 2013). "TDE Reportedly Signs Chattanooga, Tennessee Rapper Isaiah Rashad | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales". HipHop DX. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015 . Retrieved April 12, 2014. The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 22, 2020 . Retrieved September 22, 2020. In July 2022, Rolling Stone ranked Ctrl at number 28 on its list of "100 Best Debut Albums of All Time", claiming that "she came out looking like a hero." [65] Accolades [ edit ] Year-end lists Embodies portions of "West" written by Thomas Paxton-Beesley, Adam Feeney and Ashton Simmons as performed by River Tiber, published by EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP)/EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Nyankingmusic/Arts & Crafts Music, Inc. d/b/a GalleryAC Music (SOCAN)The Loud and Quiet top 40 albums of 2017". Loud and Quiet. December 8, 2017 . Retrieved December 11, 2017. Contains elements of "Set The Mood (Prelude)" written by Justin Timberlake, Timothy Mosley and Floyd Hills as performed by Justin Timberlake. Published by W.B.M. Music Corp. (SESAC). All rights administered by W.B.M. Music Corp. (SESAC)/Universal Music – Z Tunes LLC o/b/o Tenman Tunes (ASCAP)/Ole Virginia Beach Music (ASCAP) NME (Magazine) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Across 45 minutes, she breathlessly leaps between genres, and laments on tired and broken relationships in a stream-of-consciousness style that fans of Frank Ocean's 'Blonde' will adore." Contains an interpolation from "Turn Me Up Some" written by Trevor Smith and James Yancey, published by Universal Polygram International Publishing, Inc. o/b/o itself and E.P.H.C.Y. Publishing (ASCAP)/Kobalt Music Publishing/T'Ziah Music (BMI) Amy Rowe and Spencer Dukoff (November 30, 2017). "The 25 best albums of 2017". New York Daily News . Retrieved December 11, 2017.

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SZA received five nominations at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards (2018) including Best New Artist, Best Urban Contemporary Album for Ctrl, Best R&B Performance for " The Weekend", Best R&B Song "Supermodel" and Best Rap/Sung Performance for " Love Galore" featuring Travis Scott. Contains a sample of the recording "Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get In Da Club)" written by Reggie Noble, John Bowman and Dana Stinson as performed by Redman, published by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI), Dayna's Day Publishing (BMI), WB Music Corp. (ASCAP), Funky Noble Productions, Inc. (ASCAP) & CLR, Inc. (ASCAP). All rights administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI) and WB Music Corp. (ASCAP) courtesy of Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Under license from Universal Music Enterprises. ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart for 2022". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved January 4, 2023. Urban/UAC Future Releases". Archived from the original on September 24, 2017 . Retrieved July 31, 2017. Shachtman, Noah; Browne, David; Dolan, Jon; Freeman, Jon; Hermes, Will; Hoard, Christian; Lopez, Julyssa; Reeves, Mosi; Rosen, Jody; Sheffield, Rob (July 1, 2022). "100 Best Debut Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone . Retrieved July 1, 2022.