CKay, who is the only Nigerian on the list, secured his global recognition through his 2019 song, \u2018Love Nwantiti,\u2019 which broke out during the pandemic as a viral track with different remixes on social media.<\/p>\n
The song, \u2018Love Nwantiti,\u2019 has garnered almost 2 billion views on TikTok and 500 million more on YouTube, and has charted in six continents, hitting No. 1 in India, Norway, and Switzerland.<\/p>\n
Time described Ckay as one of the most successful African recording artists who, in his way, is turning Afrobeats into a global phenomenon.<\/p>\n
Speaking about one of his most successful songs, \u2018Love Nwatiti,\u2019 in an interview with the magazine, Ckay said, \u201cIf an artist makes something from his soul, people can tell, regardless of how fast or slow it is, or whether or not it fits trends.\u201d<\/p>\n
Later this year, 26-year-old CKay will release his debut album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Singer and music producer Chukwuka Ekweani, popularly referred to as CKay, makes the 2022 list of Time\u2019s Next Generation Leaders. CKay, who is the only Nigerian on the list, secured his global recognition through his 2019 song, \u2018Love Nwantiti,\u2019 which broke out during the pandemic as a viral track with different remixes on social media. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":80798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[7090,8122,7964,12568],"class_list":["post-80789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-ckay","tag-love-nwantiti","tag-time-magazine","tag-times-next-generation-leaders"],"yoast_head":"\n