Ckay’s Emiliana receives Gold Certification in France
Recently, Emiliana by Ckay has received a Gold certified plaque for selling over 15,000,000 units in France. Ckay took to his official social media handles to share the news.
The success of Ckay’s Emiliana was shortly preceded by the certification of Love Nwantiti to be Multi-platinum after which it sold over 20,000,000 units in the United States.
Emiliana is the next hit single after Ckay’s Love Nwantiti went global and has spent almost thirty weeks on Billboard Hot 100!
Recently, the music video for Emiliana by Ckay was released and it had a million views in a single day and close to ten million views in twelve days.
What makes Ckay’s Emiliana special?
Emiliana has the sound sample of Love Nwantiti, and this might have propelled its huge success. On Emiliana, Ckay shows that he is totally in love with Emiliana and he doesn’t want to hide this.
He constantly repeats her name to show that he knows what he wants and it’s Emiliana.
Lyricism
Emiliana by Ckay has the most appropriate lyrics for the song; although not as intoxicating as Love Nwantiti, but it still has that sizzling lyrics.
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On Emiliana, Ckay pleads with Emiliana to see reason with him and be with him. Ckay asks Emiliana:
“Can’t you see that I’m in love?”
Ckay assures her that not only does he love her, he is willing to do anything possible to be with her. But that is not the only thing he desires.
Ckay wants physical affection to complement the love he has for Emiliana.
Ckay constantly asks Emiliana to kiss him in all the possible places because he is madly in love with Emiliana.
The lyrics of Emiliana by Ckay are indeed suitable for the song.
Relatability
Like Love Nwantiti, Emiliana is very relatable, especially with the lyrics.
We all have someone we like so much, or even love that doesn’t seem to believe it yet. In this case, such person is Emiliana and he she doesn’t seem to realize that Ckay is in love with her.
Ckay assures Emiliana constantly and this seems to remind listeners that they have to remind those they are in love with constantly.
On Ckay’s part, Emiliana is his heart wish and he is not done loving her or adoring her, so he calls her name repeatedly to show her he is into it full time.
Delivery
There is something about Ckay’s calm, yet very passionate delivery. He delivers a song as calmly as possible but you still feel the passion in his voice.
This is what he does on Emiliana. Emiliana is as song about wooing. Ckay woos Emiliana constantly throughout the song. This is why he calls her name almost throughout the song.
Ckay’s delivery on Emiliana is repeatedly persuasive, which is the kind of delivery needed for a song like Emiliana.
He doesn’t seem to rest on persuading Emiliana and he shows that he is so in love with her that he doesn’t want to relax his efforts.
Replay Value
The delivery, relatability and lyricism of Emiliana by Ckay contributes highly to its replay value. Emiliana has a high replay value and the reason for this is not far-fetched.
The beats are calm but percussive enough.
Ckay’s delivery on Emiliana is calm but very passionate and the song literally speaks to millions of people in the world.
Lyrics
All because of you, I be on the phone, all night long, oh
No be small ting way you do it to me, oh no, no, no
I be on my business, shawty
But you be on my mind, shawty
Ebelebe oloma, my honey, oh oh
Kiss me through the cellular, kiss me through the phone
Can’t you see I’m into ya? Can’t you see I’m in love?
Kiss me through the cellular, kiss me through the phone
You’re messin’ with my medulla, highkey, I don kolo, oh no, no
Emiliana, oh, Emiliana, oh, Emiliana, oh no
Emiliana, oh, Emiliana, oh, Emiliana, oh no
You’re one in a million, oh, in a million, oh, in a million, oh no
My Emiliana, oh, Emiliana, oh, Emiliana, oh no
Girl, I wanna, wanna know what it feel like
What it feel like
Make I know as e bе for real life
For real lifе
Inna my condo
Lovin’ up your body in fast and slow mo’
If I hit you with my combo
Girl, you will never ever let me go, hold on to me, oh no, oh
Kiss me through the cellular, kiss me through the phone
Can’t you see I’m into ya? Can’t you see I’m in love?
Kiss me through the cellular, kiss me through the phone
You’re messin’ with my medulla, highkey, I don kolo, oh no, no
Emiliana, oh, Emiliana, oh, Emiliana, oh no
Emiliana, oh, Emiliana, oh, Emiliana, oh no
You’re one in a million, oh, in a million, oh, in a million, oh
Go to home
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.
In 2019, following the release of CKay the First, “Love Nwantiti” became a major record in Nigeria. On 14 February 2020, CKay released a remix titled “Love Nwantiti (Ah Ah Ah)” featuring Joeboy and Kuami Eugene.
In 2021, it went viral on TikTok and became an international hit, charting across Europe, Africa, Australia and New Zealand, also reaching number 23 in the UK and earned him his first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100.
A North African remix featuring ElGrande Toto became popular in the Maghreb countries and in Germany.
A French remix featured Franglish, a German remix featuring Frizzo, Joeboy and Kuami Eugene, the Spanish version with De La Ghetto, the East African remix featuring Rayvanny and a South African remix featuring Tshego and Gemini Major.
