CKay

Ckay

mmádu

ụdịekere	nwoke
mba o sị	Naijiria
aha n'asụsụ obodo	Chukwuka Ekweani
Aha ọmụmụ	Chukwuka Ekweani
aha enyere	Chukwuka
aha ezinụlọ ya	Ekweani
aha pseudonym	CKay
ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya	16 Julaị 1995
Ebe ọmụmụ	Kaduna
Asụsụ obodo	Asụ̀sụ̀ Ìgbò
asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye aka	Bekee, Asụsụ Yoruba, Asụ̀sụ̀ Ìgbò
Asụsụ ọ na-ede	Asụsụ Yoruba, Bekee
ọrụ ọ na-arụ	singer-songwriter, onye na-emeputa ihe ndeko
ụdị ọrụ ya	music industry, onye na-ede ihe
oge ọrụ ya (mmalite)	2016
ngwa egwu	Piano
diskografi	CKay discography
Ọrụ ama ama	Love Nwantiti
ụdị	Afrobeat
akara ndekọ	Warner Music Africa
ahọpụtara maka	Brit Award for International Song
webụsaịtị	https://www.ckay-music.com/
nnọchiaha nkeonwe	L485

  Chukwuka Ekweani (a mụrụ n'ụbọchị nke 16 n'ọnwa Julaị n'afọ 1995), nke a maara nke ọma site na aha ya bụ Ckay (SEE-kay), bụ onye Naijiria na-agụ egwu na onye na-emepụta ihe ndekọ bịanyere aka na Warner Music South Afrika. Ọ bịanyere aka na Chocolate City, onye otu Warner Music Group onwe ya na-arụ ọrụ ADA. Egwu ya na mba ụwa "Love Nwantiti", nke a makwaara dị ka "Love Nwantiti (Ah Ah Ah)," bụ nke Chocolate City wepụtara n'afọ 2019. Na 29 Machị na afọ 2022, egwu ahụ malitere na nọmba otu, na-esote mmalite nke chaatị Billboard Afrobeats.^[1] Na 9 Mee na afọ 2022, ọ ghọrọ abụ Afrịka mbụ n'akụkọ ihe mere eme iji gafere otu ijeri iyi na Spotify.^[2]

Mmalite ndụ

A mụrụ Chukwuka Ekweani na Kaduna, steeti dị na mpaghara ugwu ọdịda anyanwụ nke Naịjirịa. Ọ bụ onye Igbo sitere na Anambra Steeti dị na ndịda ọwụwa anyanwụ Naịjirịa. Ọ bụ nna ya, onye bụ onye na-eduzi ukwe na chọọchị ha kpaliri ịhụnanya ya maka egwu.^[3] Mgbe ọ na-etolite, ngwá egwu kpaliri ya, nke kpaliri ya ịmụta piano site n'aka nna ya.^[3][4] Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, otu enyi ya kpọbatara ya na ngwanrọ mmepụta Fruity Loops.^[4] Chukwuka Ekweani malitere ọrụ egwu ya dị ka onye otu egwu, nke ya na ndị otu egwu abụọ ndị ọzọ mejupụtara, tupu ọ malite ọrụ ya dị ka CKay.^[3]

Ọrụ

N'afọ 2014, ọ kwagara Legos, mgbe achọpụtara ya. Mgbe ọ bịanyere aka na Loopy Music, ọ malitere ịrụ ọrụ na Chocolate City, na mbido afọ 2015.^[5] N'ịgbaso njikọta nke Loopy Music na afo 2016, ọ sonyeere ndị na-ese ihe na Chocolate City.^[6] Ọ bụ onye egwu nke mere egwu n'ụdị dị iche iche gụnyere Afrobeats, R&B na dancehall.^[7] Na 11 Septemba afọ 2017, ọ wepụtara egwu mbụ ya bụ Who the Fuck Is CKay?, site na Chocolate City .^[8] Na 30 Ọgọstụ afọ 2019, ọ wepụtara egwu ya nke abụọ CKay the First site na Chocolate City, na 11 Febụwarị afọ 2021, ọ wepụtara egwu ya nke atọ Boyfriend site na Warner Music South Africa.^[9][10] Na 4 Mee afọ 2021, ọ kwadoro na Twitter na ọ bịaghịzi aka na Chocolate City, kama ọ bịanyere aka na Warner Music South Afrika.^[11][12]

Na 2 Machị afọ 2018 ọ wepụtara "Container", ihe ndekọ Afrobeat nke ụdị ịgba egwu gwara gwara nke South Afrika metụtara. Egwu a ghọrọ ihe ndekọ ọganihu, ma mee ka ọ nweta nnukwu ikuku na Naịjirịa. E wepụtara ya site na Chocolate City, Tempoe mepụtara ya.^[13] Na 6 Julaị afọ 2018, o wepụtara vidiyo egwu ahụ, nke Myth duziri ma gbaa na ebe dị iche iche na Legos.^[14]

N'afọ 2019, mgbe a tọhapụrụ CKay the First, "Love Nwantiti" ghọrọ nnukwu ndekọ na Naịjirịa. Na 14 Febụwarị afọ 2020, CKay wepụtara remix akpọrọ "Love Nwantiti (Ah Ah Ah) nke gosipụtara Joeboy na Kuami Eugene. N'afọ 2021, ọ gara n'ihu na TikTok^[15] wee bụrụ ihe egwu mba ụwa, na-ese ihe nkiri na Europe, Africa, Australia na New Zealand, na-erukwa nọmba 23 na UK ma mee ka ọ banye na US <i id="mwUQ">Billboard</i> Hot 100.^[16] Remix nke North Africa nke gosipụtara ElGrande Toto ghọrọ ihe a ma ama na mba Maghreb na Germany. Remix French gosipụtara Franglish, remix German nke gosipụtara Frizzo, Joeboy na Kuami Eugene, nsụgharị Spanish na De La Ghetto, remix nke East Africa nke gosipụtara Rayvanny na remix South Africa nke gosipụtara Tshego na Gemini Major.

E gosipụtara ya na egwu "La La" site na abọm studio nke Davido A Better Time, nke ewepụtara na 13 Nọvemba afọ 2020, site na Davido Music Worldwide, RCA Records, na Sony Music. na "Beggie Beggie" site na abọm studio mbụ nke Ayra Starr 19 & Dangerous, nke ewepụtara na 6 Ọgọst 2021, site na Mavin Records. Na 28 Julaị afọ 2021, ọ natara akara YouTube mbụ ya maka iru ndị debanyere aha 100k.^[17] Na 8 Ọktọba afọ 2021, Ckay ghọrọ onye mbụ na-ese ihe n'Afrịka kụru nde irí abụọ Spotify Listeners, na ihe karịrị nde mmadụ iri abụọ na otu na-ege ntị kwa ọnwa na peeji Spotify ya.^[18]

Nkà ihe

Na 4 June afo 2019, n'ajụjụ ọnụ ya na Ayo Onikoyi nke Vanguard Nigeria, CKay kọwara ụdị egwu ya dị ka Afro-pop si n'ọdịnihu (2056 AD kpọmkwem).^[19] Na 24 Septemba afọ 2021, Helen Ainsley nke Official Charts Company na-akọwa egwu CKay dị ka ijikọta Afrobeats na pop, egwu elektrọnik, na ọbụna itinye egwu oge ochie.^[20]

Discography

EPs

Ndepụta nke egwuregwu agbatị, na nkọwa ahọpụtara na ọnọdụ chaatị

Aha	Nkọwa	Ọnọdụ chaatị kachasị elu
		CAN [21]	DEN [22]	FRA [23]	NLD [24]	US [25]	USWorld<br id="mwkA"><br><br><br> [26]
Who the Fuck Is CKay?	A tọhapụrụ ya: 11 Septemba 2017 Label: Chocolate City Formats: Digital download, streaming	-	-	-	-	-	-
CKay nke Mbụ	A tọhapụrụ ya: 30 Ọgọstụ 2019 Label: Chocolate City Formats: Digital download, streaming	20	24	35	12	117	4
Enyi nwoke	A tọhapụrụ ya: 12 Febụwarị 2021 Label: Warner Music South Africa Formats: Digital download, streaming	-	-	-	-	-	-

Single

Ndepụta nke egwu, na-egosi aha na afọ ewepụtara na ọnọdụ chaatị ahọpụtara

Aha	Afọ	Ọnọdụ chaatị										Asambodo	Abọm
		AUS [27]	FRA [28]	GER [29]	NLD [30]	NOR [31]	NZ [32]	SWE [33]	SWI [34]	UK [35]	US [36]
"Container"[37]	2017	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		Templeeti:Non-album single
"Ụzọ"	2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		CKay nke Mbụ
"Love Nwantiti"		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MC: 2× Platinum[38] IFPI DEN: Gold[39] PROMUSICAE: Gold
"Felony"	2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		Enyi nwoke
"Skoin Skoin", nke gosipụtara Bianca Costa )	2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
"Love Nwantiti (Ah Ah Ah) nke gosipụtara Joeboy na Kuami Eugene)		8	1	6	1	1	2	4	1	3	26	ARIA: Gold BPI: Platinum BVMI: Gold RIAA: Gold RMNZ: Platinum IFPI Austria: Platinum[40] FIMI: Platinum[41] AFP: 2× Platinum[42] PROMUSICAE: Gold	rowspan="5" Templeeti:TBA
"Kiss Me Like You Miss Me" na Payal Dev) [43]		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
"Emiliana"		-	9 [44]	-	21	-	-	90 [45]	27	-	-
"By Your Side" (featuring Blxckie )		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
"Maria"(featuring Silly Walks Movement)	2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Ihe nrite

Afọ	Emume onyinye	Nkọwa onyinye (s)	Ọrụ a họpụtara	Nsonaazụ
2018	City People Music Award	Best New Act of the Year	Ya onwe ya[46]	Ahọpụtara
2020	City People Music Award	Best Collabo nke Afọ	Love Nwantiti (na. Joeboy, & Kuami Eugene)[47]	Ahọpụtara
2021	All Africa Music Awards	Onye na-ese ihe n'Afrịka kachasị mma	Ya onwe ya "Felony"[48]	Ahọpụtara
	Ihe nrite Mobo	Best African Music Act	Ya onwe ya[49]	Ahọpụtara
2022	Brit Awards	Abụ kacha mma nke mba ụwa	"Love Nwantiti"	Ahọpụtara
	The Future Awards Africa	Nrite maka egwu (nke Infinix nyere)	Ya onwe ya	Ahọpụtara
	Isi	Mmekọrịta kacha mma	"Beggie Beggie" (na.	Pending

Edensibia

1. Frankenberg (29 March 2022). CKay’s ‘Love Nwantiti’ Is No. 1 on First Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs Chart. Billboard. Retrieved on 5 April 2022.
2. Courage (2022-05-10). CKay's 'Love Nwantiti' surpasses 1 billion streams on Spotify across all versions (en). Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved on 2022-05-21.
3. Mbendeni. Nigerian star CKay speaks to us about being 'Africa's boyfriend' and new music. Drum. Retrieved on 1 October 2021.
4. Ckay Wants to Be Your Boyfriend: Interview (en). DJBooth. Retrieved on 2 October 2021.
5. Olorunsola (9 June 2017). Chocolate City's CKay discusses His New Single, Coming Projects & More on Exclusive Interview with BN Music (en-US). BellaNaija. Retrieved on 12 August 2020.
6. Ckay Signs To Chocolate City Music. Nigerian Voice. Retrieved on 12 August 2020.
7. I'm the future of Afrobeat music – CKay. Vanguard News (4 June 2019). Retrieved on 12 August 2020.
8. Idowu (8 September 2017). Ckay Leverages The Publicity With Release of 'Who The Fuck Is Ckay EP'. The Culture Custodian (Est. 2014). Retrieved on 12 August 2020.
9. BellaNaija.com (6 September 2019). Ckay Releases new EP "Ckay the First" | Stream on BN (en-US). BellaNaija. Retrieved on 12 August 2020.
10. Ckay releases new EP, 'Boyfriend'. Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved on 1 October 2021.
11. Daramola. Ckay: I'm signed to WMG South Africa NOT Chocolate City. TheCable. Retrieved on 1 October 2021.
12. CKay. Warner Music South Africa. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved on 1 October 2021.
13. New Music: CKay – Container. BellaNaija (2 March 2018). Retrieved on 2 October 2021.
14. New Video: CKay – Container. BellaNaija (9 July 2018). Retrieved on 2 October 2021.
15. C.J (24 September 2021). CKay's 'Love Nwantinti' Took Over TikTok -- But He's Only Now Getting Full Credit. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2 October 2021.
16. Ckay's 'Love Nwantiti' charts at No. 23 on the official UK top 40 (en). Pulse Nigeria (21 September 2021). Retrieved on 2 October 2021.
17. CKay Receives Youtube Plaque for Crossing New Milestone. NotjustOk (28 July 2021). Retrieved on 1 October 2021.
18. CKay Makes History As First African Artist to Hit 20 Million Spotify Listeners (en). OkayAfrica (8 October 2021). Retrieved on 11 October 2021.
19. I'm the future of Afrobeat music – CKay. Vanguard News (4 June 2019). Retrieved on 2 October 2021.
20. Ainsley. Who is CKay? The Emo-Afrobeat artist flying up the charts with Love Nwantiti. Official Charts Company. Retrieved on 1 October 2021.
21. Billboard Canadian Albums Chart: October 16, 2021. Billboard. Retrieved on 12 October 2021.
22. Album Top-40 Uge 41, 2021. Hitlisten. Retrieved on 20 October 2021.
23. CKay discography. lescharts.com. Retrieved on 17 October 2021.
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25. Billboard 200 Chart: Week of October 16, 2021. Billboard. Retrieved on 12 October 2021.
26. World Albums Chart: Week of October 9, 2021. Billboard. Retrieved on 9 October 2021.
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28. CKay discography. lescharts.com. Retrieved on 25 September 2021.
29. Discographie CKay. offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved on 8 October 2021.
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32. Discography CKay. charts.nz. Retrieved on 27 September 2021.
33. CKay discography. swedishcharts.com. Retrieved on 25 September 2021.
34. CKay discography. hitparade.ch. Retrieved on 26 September 2021.
35. CKay | full Official Chart History. Official Charts Company. Retrieved on 8 October 2021.
36. The Hot 100 Chart: February 5, 2022. Billboard. Retrieved on 1 February 2022.
37. New Music: CKay – Container. BellaNaija (2 March 2018). Retrieved on 12 August 2020.
38. Gold/Platinum (en-US). Music Canada. Retrieved on 2022-01-23.
39. Ckay Feat. ElGrande Toto "love nwantiti" | IFPI. ifpi.dk. Retrieved on 2022-01-23.
40. Auszeichnungen Archiv (de-DE). IFPI Austria - Verband der österreichischen Musikwirtschaft. Retrieved on 2022-01-23.
41. Richiedi targhetta (it-IT). www.fimi.it. Retrieved on 2022-01-23.
42. http://www.audiogest.pt/uploads/files/file_2022-01-06-12-27-03. Audiogest. Retrieved on 2022-01-23.
43. Payal Dev collaborates with international artiste CKay for a romantic track. The Tribune. Retrieved on 1 October 2021.
44. Top Singles (Week 18, 2022) (French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved on 10 May 2022.
45. Veckolista Singlar, vecka 4. Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved on 29 January 2022.
46. #CPMA2018: City People Music Awards Nominees' List Out. City People Magazine (17 October 2018). Retrieved on 15 October 2021.
47. #CPMA2020: Citypeople releases nominations for 2020 Music Awards. City People Magazine (30 November 2020). Retrieved on 15 October 2021.
48. FULL LIST: Wizkid earns six AFRIMA 2021 nominations. TheCable Lifestyle (22 September 2021). Retrieved on 11 October 2021.
49. FULL LIST: Rema, Ayra Starr, CKay nominated for 2021 MOBO Awards. TheCable Lifestyle (11 November 2021). Retrieved on 17 November 2021.

Njikọ mpụga

• CKay Official YouTube channel
• CKay Facebook peeji nke