Ckay is a Nigerian singer-songwriter and record producer signed to Warner Music South Africa. He was formerly signed to Chocolate City, a member of Warner Music Group independentservices ADA. His international hit single “Love Nwantiti”, also known as “Love Nwantiti (Ah Ah Ah)”, was released in 2019 by Chocolate City.
Chukwuka Ekweani was born in Kaduna, a state in the north-western region of Nigeria. He is from Anambra State in Southeastern Nigeria. His love for music was driven by his father, who was a choir conductor at their local church.
While growing up, he was moved by musical instruments, which prompted him to learn the piano from his father.
Thereafter, a friend introduced him to the production software Fruity Loops. Chukwuka Ekweani started off his music career as a member of a band, made up of him and two other band mates, before beginning his solo career as CKay.
Full Name: Chukwuka Ekweani
Date of Birth: 16 July 1995
Age: 26
Nationality: Nigerian
Place Of Birth: Anambra, Nigeria
Profession: Singer, Songwriter, Producer
Genre: Afrobeats, R&B, Pop, Rap
Relationship: N/A
Record Label: Warner Music South Africa
Net-worth: $400,000
Career:
In 2014, he relocated to Lagos, after he got discovered. While signed to Loopy Music, he began working with Chocolate City, in early 2015.
Following the merger of Loopy Music in 2016, he officially joined Chocolate City artist roster.
He is a musician who has made tracks in a variety of genres including Afrobeats, R&B and dancehall.
On 11 September 2017, he released his first extended play Who the Fuck Is CKay?, through Chocolate City.
On 30 August 2019, he released his second extended play CKay the First through Chocolate City, and on 11 February 2021, he released his third extended play Boyfriend through Warner Music South Africa.
On 4 May 2021, he confirmed on Twitter that he is no longer signed to Chocolate City, but signed to Warner Music South Africa.
On 2 March 2018 he released “Container”, an Afrobeat record influenced by the South African gwara gwara dance style. The song became a breakthrough record, and earned him substantial airplay in Nigeria. It was released through Chocolate City, and was produced by Tempoe.
On 6 July 2018, he released the music video, directed and shot by the Myth in various locations in Lagos.
He was featured on the song “La La” from Davido’s studio album A Better Time, released on 13 November 2020, through Davido Music Worldwide, RCA Records, and Sony Music. and “Beggie Beggie” from Ayra Starr’s debut studio album 19 & Dangerous, released on 6 August 2021, through Mavin Records.
On 28 July 2021, he received his first YouTube plaque for reaching 100k subscribers.
On 8 October 2021, Ckay became the first African artist to hit 20 Million Spotify Listeners, with over 21 million monthly listeners on his Spotify page.
EPs:
Who the Fuck Is CKay?
CKay the First
Boyfriend
Singles:
“Container”
“Way”
“Love Nwantiti”
“Felony”
“Skoin Skoin”
“Emiliana”
“By Your Side”
Facts:
His Facebook page has over 717k followers.
Currently, he has over 6.6 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
All of his Love Nwantiti remixes combined gained 75 million streams on Spotify.
His YouTube channel has over 450k subscribers with 74 million total video views.
In 2020, he has earned over 8.6 million streams on Spotify.
Joined in November 2010, he has more than 61k followers with 33k+ tweets on Twitter.
Awards: Ckay has been nominated for numerous awards which include:
City People Music Award
City People Music Award
All Africa Music Awards
Mobo Awards
Brit Awards