SZA wins 4 Billboard Music Awards, beating out Drake & Beyoncé. Delaware State alum shined

Delaware State University alum SZA had a very busy Sunday night at the Billboard Music Awards, winning four awards after nabbing 17 nominations in 16 categories.

R&B singer SZA (Solana Imani Rowe) won in four categories: Top R&B Artist, Top R&B Female Artist, Top R&B Song ("Kill Bill") and Top R&B Album ("SOS").

She bested Beyoncé in three of the four categories (Queen Bey wasn't nominated in the Top R&B Song category.)

SZA also beat out heavy hitters Drake (Top R&B Album); Chris Brown, Rihanna and The Weeknd (Top R&B Artist); Metro Boomin, The Weeknd and 21 Savage (Top R&B Song), plus The Weekend and Ariana Grande (Top R&B Song).

The singer-songwriter from Maplewood, New Jersey's stiffest competition Sunday was against the new billionaire Taylor Swift. T-Swift received 10 awards, six of which were in categories that included SZA, such as Top Female Artist and Top Artist.

Earlier this month, the former Del State Hornet made headlines when she led the 2024 Grammy Awards nominations. The recording industry's big night is slated for Sunday, Feb. 4 in Los Angeles.

The Grammy-winning artist's next concert is at the iHeart Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden featuring Olivia Rodrigo, One Republic, Sabrina Carpenter, Jelly Roll, Big Time Rush, Doechii, Pentatonix, David Kushner and Melanie Martinez.

Madison Square Garden (4 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, New York) at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8. Tickets are $250 to over $1,229. Visit szasos.com. 

SZA's Billboard Music Award 2023 wins & nominations

Here's a list of the four Billboard Awards SZA won, along with all 16 of her nominations from this year's ceremony:

Top R&B Artist: SZA

Top R&B Female Artist: SZA

Top R&B Song: SZA, "Kill Bill" / (SZA was also nominated in this category for her song "Snooze")

Top R&B Album: SZA, "SOS"

Top Artist: Taylor Swift

Top Female Artist: Taylor Swift

Top Billboard 200 Artist: Taylor Swift

Top Hot 100 Artist: Morgan Wallen

Top Hot 100 Songwriter (NEW): Taylor Swift

Top Streaming Songs Artist: Morgan Wallen

Top Radio Songs Artist: Taylor Swift

Top Billboard Global 200 Artist: Taylor Swift

Top Billboard 200 Album: Morgan Wallen, "One Thing at a Time"

Top Hot 100 Song: Morgan Wallen, "Last Night" / SZA was nominated for "Kill Bill"

Top Streaming Song: Morgan Wallen, “Last Night” / SZA was nominated for "Kill Bill"

Top Billboard Global 200 Song: Miley Cyrus, “Flowers” / SZA was nominated for "Kill Bill"

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