Black Women in Entertainment
SZA, The Grammys’ Most-Nominated Woman, Didn’t Win Anything
SZA has had a breakout year, releasing acclaimed debut album Ctrl and developing a passionate following for her brand of honest, melodic R&B. So fans were excited when she was nominated in five different categories at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist, Best Urban Contemporary Album, Best R&B Performance, Best R&B Song and Best Rap/Sung Performance.
Unfortunately—despite the fact that she was the most-nominated woman of the year—SZA did not win any of the awards she was up for, losing out to Alessia Cara as new artist, The Weeknd for urban contemporary album, Bruno Mars for both R&B categories and Kendrick Lamar and Rihanna’s “Loyalty.” for rap/sung performance.
Her losses were not overlooked by fans and supporters online, including her label head Punch of Top Dawg Entertainment.
Hmmm. I seen this before. A few years ago. Then I also seen what happened after ?.
— Punch TDE (@iamstillpunch) January 29, 2018
How the hell did SZA not win—okay.
— Morgan Jerkins (@MorganJerkins) January 29, 2018
SZA ain’t win Best New Artist? pic.twitter.com/SyKIiy8Smr
— Ira Madison III (@ira) January 29, 2018
sza was this year's top female nominee with five nominations. gotta say i'm sad to see her go home with no #grammys ?
— Genius (@Genius) January 29, 2018
There’s an icky irony to SZA being shutout her first Grammy go round, the same night Kendrick’s getting his due. She’ll be back there. The goal is to have a long career, not just a shorty and flashy one.
— Jas Waters (@JasFly) January 29, 2018
In the meantime, fans can see SZA starring in the latest Gap commercials—and expect much more to come from the rising star. “This is just my prerequisite, honestly,” SZA …