December 2022

SZA released 'SOS,' which spent weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 and became the longest-charting album by any woman in the chart's history at that time, surpassing records held by Adele and others. The album's genre-blending success — spanning R&B, pop, and alternative — demonstrated the expansive commercial and artistic reach of Black women in contemporary music.

SZA released 'SOS,' which spent ten consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 — the longest run for any album by a Black woman in the chart's history. The album's commercial dominance and emotional depth across R&B, pop, and alternative genres made it one of the defining records of the decade.

Reverend Raphael Warnock defeated Republican Herschel Walker in a Georgia Senate runoff, winning his first full six-year Senate term. The victory confirmed the durability of Georgia's new political landscape and Warnock's historic status as the state's first elected Black senator.