SZA Secures Four Wins At 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards
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SZA scored four of her eight potential wins at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Monday (Apr. 1).
The New Jersey native took home Best R&B Song for her hit single, “Snooze,” R&B Album Of The Year for SOS, R&B Artist of the Year, and Song Of The Year for “Kill Bill.” She was also crowned as R&B Artist of the Year in 2023.
“THANK YOU SO MUCH @iheartradio for playing my music and turning this normal girl into a legit RADIO ARTIST,” wrote the Grammy winner in a condensed version of her acceptance speech on Instagram. “For so long everyone told me I just didn’t make radio records and had no radio history so they couldn’t take the risk on me . THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT TOOK A RISK AND BELIEVED IN THIS ALBUM AND THESE SONGS . I love and appreciate everyone.”
During the ceremony, she reflected on seeing her best friend Lizzo’s iHeartRadio Music Awards and now, she has her own. She thanked her team, loved ones, and even her ex-fiancé for serving as her muse.
“I wish you the best! But genuinely, I’m so grateful,” SZA concluded.
When presented by T-Pain and Meghan Trainor with the “triple crown”— R&B Artist, Song, and Album of the Year—SZA recalled being once afraid of songwriting. “That’s been really frustrating. I just want to knock everything over the table and start from scratch,” she voiced in the narration of a video montage.
Her biggest goal now is to “enjoy myself and be happy.”
In regards to the triple crown win, SZA teased, “I always saw other people winning these awards and I was like, ‘Man, that’s that big stuff. That’s that radio stuff.’ And I never had a radio record. I wasn’t a ‘radio artist.’ I’m honored to be here […] I got here with everyone that I started with, doing it our own way. We didn’t succumb to the pressure and that’s a blessing.”
Watch her full speech below.
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