It’s the season of win for burgeoning talent Chukwuka Ekweani, profoundly called by his stage name ‘CKay’.
CKay sets brand new record on global music and video streaming platform, YouTube, after he successfully garnered over 1.44 billion streams in the last 12 months.
The fresh talent edges acclaimed musicians like Wizkid, Burna Boy, Davido, Yemi Alade, and other notable African musicians, according to YouTube’s statistics for the last one year.
Other African artistes like Egyptian singers, Amr Diab has 936 million views, Mohamed Ramadan with 890 million streams, Hassan Shakosh earns 856 million, and Tamer Hosny secured 775 million, follow the Nigerian singer on the list.
Ckay has been on winning streaks in the past one year. Just recently, he scored a groundbreaking Platinum Certification in the United States of America two months after emerging the first Nigerian to earn a Platinum Certification in France.
Also, his newest track, ‘Emiliana’, debuted on the Billboard top 200 chart at number 190. This makes the music the first Afrobeats song to make the Billboard chart without an official video.