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Thanks. And now, please enjoy part one of this hit parade episode. Welcome to Hit Parade, a podcast of Pop Chart History from Slate magazine about the hits from

Coast to Coast.

I'm Chris Malamphi, Chart Analysts, critic, and writer of Slates Why Is This Song Number One series?

On today's show, in a little over three weeks, this song and the album it comes from will be competing for prizes on the 66th annual edition of the Grammy Awards.

The artist is Solana Imani Rowe, better known as Siza.

Her song, a number one smash on Billboard's Hot 100 last spring, is Kill Bill. and it's from her blockbuster number one album S.O.S.

And if by some chance Sizah sweeps all nine prizes she's up for, she will set a new record for most Grammys won in a single night. I might kill my less not the best idea

his new girlfriends makes out like it here

Now that's a tall order, especially given Grammy history. A certain type of artist and

recording tends to sweep the Recording Academy's prizes.

Something espousing traditional pop values,

a little less hip.

In case you're curious, the album that won the most Grammys in a single night was from this smooth act Santana featuring Rob Thomas, a 12-week number one on Billboard's Hot 100 that took home record and song of the year at the 42nd edition of the Grammy Awards in 2000

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