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SZA has an estimated net worth of $25 million, built through record-breaking album sales, an unprecedented run on the Billboard charts, high-profile collaborations, and the highest-grossing co-headlining concert tour in history. Born Solána Imani Rowe, she is an American singer-songwriter who reshaped contemporary R&B with her diaristic lyricism and genre-blending approach.
Updated March 2026: According to Forbes, Sza’s net worth is estimated at $25 million.
Solána Imani Rowe was born on November 8, 1989, in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in Maplewood, New Jersey. She grew up in a Muslim household; her father, Abdul Mubarak-Rowe, worked as the chairman of MTV Networks, which introduced her to the entertainment industry at a young age. She attended Columbia High School in Maplewood, where she was a member of the gymnastics team and developed early interests in music and performance.
After high school, SZA briefly attended Delaware State University before returning to New Jersey to pursue music independently. She began releasing self-produced music online, crafting a bedroom-pop and lo-fi R&B sound that attracted attention on music blogs and social media platforms. Her two self-released EPs — See.SZA.Run (2012) and S (2012) — demonstrated a raw vulnerability and genre fluency that distinguished her from peers. By 2013, Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) had signed her, making her the first female artist on the label’s roster.
SZA’s debut under TDE was the EP Z, released in 2014. The project, produced with contributions from Thundercat, Active Child, and Emile Haynie, positioned her as a lo-fi and psychedelic voice in alternative R&B. Her major-label debut album, Ctrl, arrived in June 2017 and immediately cemented her critical standing. The album earned five Grammy nominations and appeared on countless year-end lists, praised for its candid explorations of relationships, self-worth, and identity. Songs like “Love Galore” (featuring Travis Scott), “Drew Barrymore,” and “The Weekend” became cultural touchstones for a generation of R&B listeners.
Between 2017 and 2022, SZA maintained her profile through high-profile collaborations rather than a follow-up album. Her feature on Kendrick Lamar’s “All the Stars” (2018), the lead single for the Black Panther soundtrack, earned Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. Her collaboration with Doja Cat, “Kiss Me More” (2021), won her first Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. During this period she also co-wrote for Beyoncé, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Travis Scott, and Schoolboy Q.
Her second album, SOS, released December 9, 2022, broke records at a pace rarely seen in modern chart history. It became the first album by a woman to spend 100 weeks in the Billboard 200’s top-ten. The record also broke the prior record for the longest-running US top-ten by a Black musician — a record that had stood for 24 years. Its fifth single, “Kill Bill,” peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100 and was the third best-selling song of 2023. The deluxe reissue, Lana (December 2024), spawned additional top-ten hits including “Saturn” and “30 for 30.” Her collaboration with Kendrick Lamar, “Luther,” reached number one on the Hot 100 in February 2025, marking her third chart-topper and Lamar’s sixth.
The 2025 Grand National Tour with Kendrick Lamar became the highest-grossing co-headlining tour in music history. According to Billboard year-end data, the tour grossed $369.6 million worldwide across the tracking period of October 2024 through September 2025, selling over 1.1 million tickets across 23 North American stadium dates.
SZA has earned seven Grammy Awards throughout her career, along with a Brit Award, three American Music Awards, and two Billboard Women in Music honors, including the 2024 Woman of the Year award. In 2024 she received the Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
SZA has been deliberately private about her romantic life, though her music draws extensively on personal relationships and emotional experience. She has spoken publicly about growing up Muslim and navigating identity within mainstream entertainment. She lives between Los Angeles and New York. SZA has been open about her struggles with anxiety and her relationship with her body, themes that appear throughout Ctrl and SOS. She is known for her close creative partnerships within the TDE and Black Hippy network. She has no publicly confirmed children.
SZA has been involved in various charitable causes, including mental health awareness and support for young women in music. She was a vocal advocate for the Black Lives Matter movement and has used her platform consistently for social commentary.
SZA’s net worth is estimated at $25 million as of 2026. This figure reflects income from album sales and streaming, her share of the $369.6 million Grand National Tour, songwriting royalties, and brand deals accumulated since her 2017 breakthrough with Ctrl.
SZA built her wealth primarily through music. Her album SOS (2022) spent more than 100 weeks in the Billboard 200 top-ten, generating sustained streaming revenue. The 2025 Grand National Tour with Kendrick Lamar grossed $369.6 million globally. She also earns songwriting royalties from tracks she has written for Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Nicki Minaj, among others.
SZA has not publicly confirmed a marriage or children as of 2026. She has kept her personal relationships largely private, channeling her romantic and emotional experiences into her music rather than public disclosures.
As of March 2026, SZA is 36 years old. SZA was born on November 8, 1989 in St. Louis, Missouri, US.
SZA stands 5 ft 4 in tall (163 cm).
SZA lives in Los Angeles, California. The Grammy-winning singer has kept the details of her residence private.