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Ctrl (pronounced "Control") is the debut studio album by American singer SZA.^[1]

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Albums produced by Dave Free
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Album

An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital.

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Album-equivalent unit

The album-equivalent unit, or album equivalent, is a measurement unit in music industry to define the consumption of music that equals the purchase of one album copy.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.

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Alternative R&B (also referred to as alt-R&B, indie R&B, and originally known as PBR&B, hipster R&B, emo R&B or R-Neg-B) is a term used by music journalists to describe a stylistic alternative to contemporary R&B that began in the mid 2000s and came to prominence with musical artists such as Frank Ocean, Drake, the Weeknd, SZA, Khalid, Bryson Tiller, PartyNextDoor, Tory Lanez, 6lack and others.

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Amy Winehouse

Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer and songwriter known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres, including soul, rhythm and blues, reggae and jazz.

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Anti (album)

Anti is the eighth studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna.

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Anxiety

Anxiety is an emotion which is characterised by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil and includes feelings of dread over anticipated events.

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AnyDecentMusic?

AnyDecentMusic? is a website that collates album reviews from magazines, websites, and newspapers.

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Apple Music

Apple Music is an audio and video streaming service developed by Apple Inc. Users select music to stream to their device on-demand, or they can listen to existing playlists.

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Arca (musician)

Alejandra Ghersi Rodríguez (born 14 October 1989), known professionally as Arca, is a Venezuelan musician and record producer based in Barcelona, Spain.

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ARIA Charts

The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Australian Recording Industry Association

The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) which was formed in 1956.

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Bekon

Daniel "Danny" Tannenbaum, known professionally as Bekon (sometimes stylized as Bēkon), previously known as Danny Keyz, is an American record producer, songwriter and musician.

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Best Kept Secret (production team)

Best Kept Secret is an American music production duo, composed of record producers Julian Nixon and Craig Balmoris.

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Beyoncé

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (Knowles; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and businesswoman.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.

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Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer.

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Björk

Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and actress.

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Broken Clocks

"Broken Clocks" is a song by the American singer SZA.

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Bryson Tiller

Bryson Djuan Tiller (born January 2, 1993) is an American singer and songwriter.

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Busta Rhymes

Trevor George Smith Jr. (born May 20, 1972), known professionally as Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper and actor.

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Cam O'bi

Cameron Osteen, better known by his stage name Cam O'bi, is an American record producer, singer-songwriter and audio engineer.

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Carson, California

Carson is a city in the South Bay and the Harbor regions of Los Angeles County, California, located south of downtown Los Angeles and approximately away from Los Angeles International Airport.

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Carter Lang

Carter Lang is an American producer, songwriter, and musician, best known for his work on SZA's acclaimed 2017 album ''Ctrl'', as well as his contributions to Chicago's burgeoning R&B/Hip-Hop scene.

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CMJ

CMJ Holdings Corp. is a music events, online media company and a distributor of up and coming music CDs, originally founded in 1978, which ran a website, hosted an annual festival in New York City, and published two magazines, CMJ New Music Monthly and CMJ New Music Report.

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Come and See Me

"Come and See Me" is a song by Canadian singer PartyNextDoor featuring Canadian rapper Drake, released as the lead single from the former's second studio album, PartyNextDoor 3 on March 23, 2016.

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Complex Networks

Complex Networks is an American media and entertainment company for youth culture, based in New York City.

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Consequence (publication)

Consequence (previously Consequence of Sound) is an independently owned New York–based online magazine featuring news, editorials, and reviews of music, movies, and television.

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Consideration (song)

"Consideration" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna from her eighth studio album Anti (2016).

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Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music.

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Controlla

"Controlla" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake, recorded for his fourth studio album Views.

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Crack (magazine)

Crack is a monthly independent music and culture magazine distributed across Europe.

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Craig Brockman

Craig Xavier Brockman is a hip hop and R&B record producer, arranger, keyboardist, and instrumentalist.

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Ctrl the Tour

Ctrl the Tour was the debut concert tour by the American singer-songwriter SZA.

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Cymbal

A cymbal is a common percussion instrument.

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Daniel Caesar

Ashton Dumar Norwill Simmonds (born April 5, 1995), known professionally as Daniel Caesar, is a Canadian singer and songwriter.

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Danja (record producer)

Floyd Nathaniel Hills (born February 22, 1982), known professionally known as Danja, is a producer from Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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Dazed

Dazed (Dazed & Confused until February 2014) is a bi-monthly British lifestyle magazine founded in 1991.

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DJ Kool

John W. Bowman Jr. (born March 20, 1958), better known by his stage name DJ Kool, is an American rapper who produced several popular rap singles in the late 1980s.

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Donna Summer

Donna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter.

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Drake (musician)

Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986), known mononymously as Drake, is a Canadian rapper, singer, and actor.

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Drew Barrymore

Drew Blythe Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress, producer, talk show host and author.

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Drew Barrymore (SZA song)

"Drew Barrymore" is a song by American singer SZA, released as the lead single from her debut major-label album, Ctrl.

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Drowned in Sound

Drowned in Sound, sometimes abbreviated to DiS, was a UK-based music webzine financed by artist management company Silentway.

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Eldridge Industries

Eldridge Industries, LLC is an American holding company headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, with offices in New York City, London, and Beverly Hills.

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Electronic music

Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation.

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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture.

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Exclaim!

Exclaim! is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists.

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Financial Times

The Financial Times (FT) is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs.

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Forrest Gump (character)

Forrest Alexander Gump is the title protagonist of the 1986 novel by Winston Groom, Robert Zemeckis' 1994 film of the same name, and Gump and Co., the written sequel to Groom's novel.

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Frank Dukes

Adam King Feeney (born September 12, 1983), better known as Ging and by his former stage name Frank Dukes, is a Canadian musician, record producer, and songwriter.

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Freestyle rap

Freestyle is a style of hip hop music where an artist improvises an unwritten verse from the head, with or without instrumental beats, in which lyrics are recited with no particular subject or structure.

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Fuse (magazine)

Fuse (stylized in all caps) was a Toronto-based Canadian non-profit arts and culture periodical published by Artons Cultural Affairs Society and Publishing Inc.

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FutureSex/LoveSounds

FutureSex/LoveSounds is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake, released on September 8, 2006, by Jive Records and Zomba.

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Garden (Say It like Dat)

"Garden (Say It like Dat)" is a song by American singer SZA.

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Genius (company)

Genius is an American digital media company founded on August 27, 2009, by Tom Lehman, Ilan Zechory, and Mahbod Moghadam.

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Giorgio Moroder

Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (born 26 April 1940) is an Italian composer and music producer.

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Gorilla vs. Bear

Gorilla vs.

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Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance (awarded as Best Rap/Sung Collaboration until 2017, and Best Rap/Sung Performance from 2018 to 2020) is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality songs on which rappers and singers collaborate.

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Grammy Award for Best New Artist

The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1960, but was not presented in 1967.

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Grammy Award for Best Progressive R&B Album

The Grammy Award for Best Progressive R&B Album is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards to recording artists for quality works on albums in the urban contemporary subgenre within the R&B field.

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Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance

The Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.

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Grammy Award for Best R&B Song

The Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (sometimes known as the R&B Songwriter's Award) has been awarded since 1969.

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Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in the music industry.

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Hi-hat

A hi-hat (hihat, high-hat, etc.) is a combination of two cymbals and a pedal, all mounted on a metal stand.

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Hip hop music

Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.

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Hit-Boy

Chauncey Alexander Hollis Jr. (born May 21, 1987), known professionally as Hit-Boy, is an American record producer, rapper, singer, and songwriter from Fontana, California.

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Indie rock

Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s.

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Isaiah Rashad

Isaiah Rashad Joel McClain (born May 16, 1991) is an American rapper.

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J Dilla

James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006), better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer and rapper.

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James Fauntleroy

James Edward Fauntleroy II (born May 16, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Inglewood, California.

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Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!, sometimes shortened to JKL, is an American late-night political satire talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, and broadcast on ABC.

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Jon Pareles

Jon Pareles (born October 25, 1953) is an American journalist who is the chief popular music critic in the arts section of The New York Times.

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Justin Timberlake

Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor.

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Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper and songwriter.

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Kids These Days (band)

Kids These Days was a hip hop band from Chicago, Illinois.

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Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Noelle Hill (born May 26, 1975) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress.

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Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get in da Club)

"Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get in da Club)" is a hip hop song by American rapper Redman featuring guest vocals from DJ Kool.

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List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2017

This page lists the albums that reached number-one on the overall Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, the R&B Albums chart (which was re-created in 2013), and the Rap Albums chart in 2017.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Loud and Quiet

Loud and Quiet is a British bi-monthly music magazine that focuses on new music from underground indie, alternative, electronic and hip hop artists.

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Love Galore

"Love Galore" is a song by American singer SZA featuring American rapper Travis Scott.

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Marrow (band)

Marrow is an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois.

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Martin (TV series)

Martin is an American television sitcom that aired for five seasons on Fox from August 27, 1992, to May 1, 1997.

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Mashable

Mashable is a news website, digital media platform and entertainment company founded by Pete Cashmore in 2004.

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Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books.

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Michael Uzowuru

Michael Uzowuru (born November 10, 1991) is an American record producer.

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Mike Bozzi

Mike Bozzi is an American mastering engineer at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood, California.

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Mistress (lover)

A mistress is a woman who is in a relatively long-term sexual and romantic relationship with someone who is married to a different person.

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MTV

MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television channel.

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Music video

A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes.

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Neo soul

Neo soul (sometimes called progressive soul) is a genre of popular music.

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New York Daily News

The New York Daily News, officially titled the Daily News, is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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Nicki Minaj

Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (Maraj; born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj, is a Trinidadian-born rapper and singer based in the United States.

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Nisan Stewart

Nisan Cumming Stewart is a drummer, Lead Pastor of Greater Emmanuel Temple Church of Lynwood, CA, record producer and songwriter.

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NME

New Musical Express (NME) is a British music, film, gaming, and culture website and brand.

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Now (newspaper)

Now (styled as NOW), also known as NOW Magazine is an online publication based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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NPR

National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.

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PartyNextDoor

Jahron Anthony Brathwaite (born July 3, 1993), known professionally as PartyNextDoor (stylized in all caps), is a Canadian R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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Paste (magazine)

Paste is an American monthly music and entertainment digital magazine, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with studios in Atlanta and Manhattan, and owned by Paste Media Group.

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People (magazine)

People is an American weekly magazine that specializes in celebrity news and human-interest stories.

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Pete Bellotte

Peter John Bellotte (born 28 August 1943)Ancestry.com.

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Pharrell Williams

Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (born April 5, 1973), often known mononymously as Pharrell, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and fashion designer.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Pitchfork (website)

Pitchfork (formerly Pitchfork Media) is an American online music publication founded in 1996 by Ryan Schreiber in Minneapolis.

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Poison Ivy (1992 film)

Poison Ivy is a 1992 American erotic thriller film directed by Katt Shea.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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PopMatters

PopMatters is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers aspects of popular culture.

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Providence, Rhode Island

Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island.

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Punch (rapper)

Terrence Louis Henderson Jr., better known by his stage name Punch, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer and record executive from Carson, California.

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Purity Ring (band)

Purity Ring is a Canadian electronic pop band from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, formed in 2010.

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Q (magazine)

Q was a popular music magazine.

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Rap-Up

Rap-Up is a magazine launched in 2001 by founder Devin Lazerine.

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RCA Records

RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

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Record label

"Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it.

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Recorded Music NZ

Recorded Music NZ (formerly the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ)) is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell recorded music in New Zealand.

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Recording contract

A recording contract (commonly called a record contract or record deal) is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording act (artist or group), where the act makes an audio recording (or series of recordings) for the label to sell and promote.

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Recording Industry Association of America

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States.

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Redman (rapper)

Reginald Noble (born April 17, 1970), better known by his stage name Redman, is an American rapper, DJ, record producer, and actor.

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Resident (magazine)

Resident (styled as resident) was an Austrian music magazine with a strong focus on the German-speaking drum-and-bass industry.

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Rick Rubin

Frederick Jay Rubin (born March 10, 1963) is an American record executive and record producer.

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Rihanna

Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian singer and businesswoman.

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River Tiber (musician)

Tommy Paxton-Beesley (born 1990/1991), also known as River Tiber, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer.

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Rockwilder

Dana Stinson a.k.a. Rockwilder is an American hip hop producer and songwriter best known for his work with Redman, Jay-Z, LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes, Xzibit, and Janet Jackson.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.

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Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

"The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" is a recurring opinion survey and music ranking of the finest albums in history, compiled by the American magazine Rolling Stone.

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RZA

Robert Fitzgerald Diggs (born July 5, 1969), better known by his stage name RZA, is an American rapper, record producer, composer, actor, and filmmaker.

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S (EP)

S is the second extended play (EP) by American singer SZA; it was self-released on April 10, 2013.

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Sade (band)

Sade are an English band, formed in London in 1982 and named after their lead singer, Sade Adu.

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Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and streams on Peacock.

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Single (music)

In music, a single is a type of release of a song recording of fewer tracks than an album or LP record, typically one or two tracks.

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Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine is an American online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, DVDs, theater, and video games, as well as interviews with actors, directors, and musicians.

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Snare drum

The snare drum (or side drum) is a percussion instrument that produces a sharp staccato sound when the head is struck with a drum stick, due to the use of a series of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin.

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Solange Knowles

Solange Piaget Knowles (born June 24, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter and actress.

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SOS (SZA album)

SOS is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter SZA. Ctrl (SZA album) and SOS (SZA album) are albums produced by Michael Uzowuru and top Dawg Entertainment albums.

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Soul music

Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in the African-American community throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Spring Affair

"Spring Affair" is a song by American singer and songwriter Donna Summer from her 1976 album Four Seasons of Love.

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Stereogum

Stereogum is a daily Internet publication that focuses on music news, reviews, interviews, and commentary.

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SZA

Solána Imani Rowe (born November 8, 1989), known professionally as SZA, is an American singer-songwriter.

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ThankGod4Cody

Cody Jordan "ThankGod4Cody" Fayne is an American producer, songwriter, and musician, most known for his production work on SZA's acclaimed albums ''Ctrl'' and ''SOS'', as well as his 2019 debut album Cody of Nazareth.

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The A.V. Club

The A.V. Club is an online newspaper and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of pop-culture media.

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The Atlantic

The Atlantic is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher.

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The Fader

The Fader is a magazine established in 1999 as an outlet for Cornerstone Agency, a marketing and public relations firm established by Rob Stone and Jon Cohen.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Irish Times

The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The New Zealand Herald

The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand.

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The Observer

The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays.

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The Police

The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977.

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The Quietus

The Quietus is a British online music and pop culture magazine founded by John Doran and Luke Turner.

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The Skinny (magazine)

The Skinny is a monthly free magazine distributed in venues throughout the cities of Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland.

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The Stranger (newspaper)

The Stranger is an alternative biweekly newspaper in Seattle, Washington, U.S. It has a progressive orientation and as founded in 1991.

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The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category.

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The Sunday Times Magazine

The Sunday Times Magazine is a magazine included with The Sunday Times.

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The Weekend (SZA song)

"The Weekend" is a song by American singer SZA from her debut studio album, Ctrl (2017).

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Timbaland

Timothy Zachery Mosley (born March 10, 1972), known professionally as Timbaland, is an American record producer, rapper, and singer.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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Time Out (magazine)

Time Out is a global magazine published by Time Out Group.

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Tisha Campbell

Tisha Michelle Campbell (born October 13, 1968) is an American actress and singer.

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Top Dawg Entertainment

Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) is an American independent record label.

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Trap music

Trap is a subgenre of hip hop music pioneered by Atlanta rappers T.I., Jeezy, and Gucci Mane, which originated in the Southern United States, with lyrical references to trap starting in 1991 but the modern sound of trap appearing in 1999.

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Travis Scott

Jacques Bermon Webster II (born April 30, 1991), known professionally as Travis Scott (stylized as Travis $cott), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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True to Self

True to Self is the second studio album by American singer Bryson Tiller. Ctrl (SZA album) and True to Self are albums produced by Frank Dukes.

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Tweet (singer)

Charlene Keys (born January 21, 1971), better known by the stage name Tweet, is an American singer-songwriter.

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TwoAM

"TwoAM" is a song by American singer-songwriter SZA.

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Tyler, the Creator

Tyler Gregory Okonma (born March 6, 1991), known professionally as Tyler, the Creator, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, and fashion designer.

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Tyran Donaldson

Tyran Donaldson II, also known as Scum, Pete Nebula and The Antydote, is an American songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with Rihanna ("Consideration"), SZA ("Love Galore"), Kendrick Lamar ("Complexion (A Zulu Love)"), and Isaiah Rashad ("Rope // rosegold"), among many others.

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Uncut (magazine)

Uncut is a monthly magazine based in London.

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Until the End of Time (Justin Timberlake and Beyoncé song)

"Until the End of Time" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake from his second studio album, FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006), written and produced by Timberlake, Timbaland, and Nate "Danja" Hills.

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Uproxx

Uproxx (stylized in all caps) is an entertainment and popular culture news website.

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USA Today

USA Today (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.

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USA Today (magazine)

USA Today magazine is a periodical published since 1978 by the Society for the Advancement of Education.

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Vevo

Vevo LLC (an abbreviation for "Video Evolution", stylized in all caps until 2013) is an American multinational video hosting service, best known for providing music videos to YouTube.

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Vibe (magazine)

Vibe is an American music and entertainment magazine founded by producers David Salzman and Quincy Jones.

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Vice (magazine)

Vice (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian-American magazine focused on lifestyle, arts, culture, and news/politics.

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Vogue (magazine)

Vogue U.S., also known as American Vogue, or simply Vogue, (stylized in all caps) is a monthly fashion and lifestyle magazine that covers style news, including haute couture fashion, beauty, culture, living, and runway.

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Weighted arithmetic mean

The weighted arithmetic mean is similar to an ordinary arithmetic mean (the most common type of average), except that instead of each of the data points contributing equally to the final average, some data points contribute more than others.

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YouTube

YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.

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Z (EP)

Z is the third extended play (EP) by American R&B singer SZA. Ctrl (SZA album) and z (EP) are top Dawg Entertainment albums.

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40 (record producer)

Noah James Shebib (born March 31, 1983), better known as 40, is a Canadian record producer, songwriter, record executive, and former child actor from Toronto, Ontario.

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60th Annual Grammy Awards

The 60th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on January 28, 2018.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctrl_(SZA_album)

Also known as 2 AM (SZA song), 20 Something, 20 Something (song), A (SZA album), Anything (SZA song), Awkward (SZA song), CTRL (album), Doves in the Wind, Go Gina, Jodie (SZA song), Miles (SZA song), Normal Girl, Normal Girl (song), Percolator (SZA song), Percolator (song), Pretty Little Birds, Prom (SZA song), Supermodel (SZA song), Tread Carefully, Wavy (Interlude).

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