SZA‘s “Snooze” has been a massive hit since its release in late 2022, but the singer has now celebrated a new milestone for the track — it’s the only song to spend the entirety of 2023 on the Billboard Hot 100.
“Snooze” is No. 20 on the chart for the week of December 30. This marks the song’s 54th week on the chart, which includes the final two weeks of 2022 and all 52 weeks of 2023.
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On Thursday (December 28), The Shade Room posted on Instagram to commemorate that accomplishment, noting that “Snooze” was the only song to hit the benchmark of remaining on the singles chart for the entire calendar year.
SZA hopped in the comments section to show gratitude to her fans.
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“I’m so grateful to everyone in this comment section that streamed and supported me !! GOD BLESS YOU ! Thank you so much,” she wrote.
You can see the post below.
“Snooze” peaked at No. 2 back in October. It is SZA’s second-highest charting song, behind No. 1 smash (and HipHopDX‘s Best R&B Song of 2023) “Kill Bill.”
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The song’s longevity was bolstered by its music video, released in August.
The visual features multiple notable guest stars, including Justin Bieber, Power Book II: Ghost star Woody McClain, Beef actor Young Mazino and producer Benny Blanco.
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The latter is the lucky person who got to eat french fries off the singer’s backside. He did not produce the track, however. “Snooze” was produced by Babyface, BLK, and the duo The Rascals.
The massive success of both “Snooze” and the album it appears on, SOS, has not always been easy for SZA.
During a recent sit down with Zane Lowe ahead of her Apple Music Live performance at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, the TDE singer explained how outside pressures combined with the power of perception have impacted her interactions with others.
“I realized as of recent a lot of this shit is not normal,” she admitted. “I didn’t know how to process that experience and I was having a lot of lashing out and a lot of frustration — a lot of opinions, a lot of entitlement to your space, a lot of entitlement to your time, a lot of expectation and no one is understanding, in the realm of being like ‘Why?’
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“It actually makes me on edge and not a kind person because of the anxiety of wondering like how people — there’s so much perceiving going on. But these people don’t know you.”
She added: “They say you’re in a vacuum in your most high-pressure moment. But, it’s like, it’s scary. So, it’s like, oh my God, I’m not the person I want to be right now. Because I’m not kind, calm, and like relaxed, and patient.”
