Billboard Lists Tekno As One Of The 10 Hip-hop And R&B Artists To Watch In 2017

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Thursday, 29 December 2016

Tekno has been listed as one of
10 hip- hop and R&B artists to
watch out for in 2017 by
American entertainment
publication Billboard.
The ‘Pana’ crooner was the only
Nigerian listed alongside foreign
musicians like Kehlani, Khalid,
Princess Nokia and others.
Billboard contributor Elias
Leight wrote this about the pop
star in his article: “Tekno
already has a number of hits in
Nigeria, and Columbia Records
took note throwing its weight
behind this
agile, elastic-voiced singer.
Tekno’s “Pana,” which has
already accumulated more than
13 million views on YouTube and
inspired a minor version of a
video challenge, is romantic and
light on its feet with little more
than a nagging
guitar line and squirts of bass,
everything pegged to a
serpentine
forward march.
There’s clearly a demand in the
mainstream for feathery dance
cuts like this one: close your eyes
and imagine a smart radio
programmer cueing this up after
Drake’s “Too Good.””
2016 was a good year for the
Made Men Music Group
(TripleMG) , his song ‘Pana’ was
the number one song on
Nigerian radio for several
weeks. In just four months, the
music video for his single
gathered over 14 million views
on YouTube. He won the award
for Best Breakthrough Act at the
MTV Africa Music Awards
(MAMA) 2016 on October 22,
2016, beating Falz (Nigeria) Simi
(Nigeria), Emtee (South Africa),
Babes Wodumo (South Africa),
Franko (Cameroon), Nasty C
(South Africa), Nathi (South
Africa) and Raymond (Tanzania).
In November 2016, it was
revealed that Tekno was set to
sign a deal with Sony Music.

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