Tekno
Birth nameAugustine Miles Kelechi Okechukwu
Also known as
  • Golden Boy of Africa
  • Slim Daddy
  • Alhaji Tekno
Born (1990-12-17) 17 December 1990 (age 33)
Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • producer
Instrument(s)
Years active2012–present
Labels
  • Island (Former)
  • Universal (Former)
  • Cartel (Current)
  • Made Men Music Group (Former)
  • K-Money Entertainment (Former)

Augustine Miles Kelechi Okechukwu (born 17 December 1990), popularly known as Tekno, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter and Record producer.[1] His song “Enjoy” was the closing song in an episode of the Emmy-winning TV series Ted Lasso (Season Three, Episode Seven).

Background and early life

Kelechi is from Ivo Local Government Area, Ebonyi State,Nigeria.[2] He was born in Bauchi State into a family of six — five boys and one girl.[3][4] He was raised in several parts of the country including Nassarawa, Kaduna and Abuja due to the fact that his father was a member of the Nigerian Army.[5] At the age of 8, Tekno Miles was enrolled in a music school where he learned and mastered the rudiments of playing the piano and guitar.[5] He is the elder brother to another Nigerian musical act, Spotless.[6]

Musical career

Tekno Miles was first signed under K-Money Entertainment. His breakout single titled "Holiday", was released under the imprint. With featured vocals from Davido, "Holiday" was positively accepted and gained massive airplay.[7]

In 2012, Tekno Miles was spotted by renowned Nigerian comedian Julius Agwu at an event in Abuja, after Tekno Miles received a standing ovation following the performance of a song titled "Onye Ne Kwu", his remix of Ice Prince's "Oleku". It was at the same event he met Iyanya and Ubi Franklin, the manager of Made Men Music Group and they became friends. Ubi and Iyanya eventually encouraged Tekno Miles to move to Lagos to further his music career.

On 5 October 2013, he signed a recording contract with Made Men Music Group (MMMG),[8] under which he released singles like "Dance" and "Anything". These singles earned him a nomination in the "Best New act of the Year" category at the 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards.[9] On 18 June 2015, Tekno Miles released his hit single titled "Duro", which was produced by DJ Coublon. "Duro" was positively received both in Africa and in the US.[10] A remix which featured Phyno and Flavour N'abania was released on 16 November 2015.[11][12] It topped several charts in Nigeria and on the international scene, it peaked at number 5 on Capital XTRA's Afrobeats Chart: Top 10 for September 2015.[13] On 20 November 2015, Tekno Miles released a single titled "Wash". The song was produced by DJ Coublon with the video directed by AJE Filmworks.[14] On 27 December 2016, Tekno was named one of the top ten hip-hop and R&B talents to watch in the United States in 2017 by Billboard.[15] tekno also known as the Pana master has changed his name to Big Tek

In 2016, Elton John played Tekno song titled 'Diana' on one of his episode of Rocket Hour radio show on Apple Music.[16]

However, On 13 October 2017, Tekno was featured by DJ Cuppy on a song titled Green Light, which was officially DJ Cuppy's first single.[17]

On 12 December 2017,[18] Canadian rapper Drake posted images of himself with Tekno to his Instagram page, captioning them, "Tekkk time."[19][20]

On 10 August 2018,[21] American singer Ciara, has teamed up with Tekno, for a collaboration titled "Freak Me."[22] Tekno announced the song's release and revealed the cover art on his Instagram account @teknoofficial on Friday.[23]

On 15 August 2019,[24] Tekno was announced as one of the producers of ‘Won't Be Late’ by Swae Lee featuring Drake

In June 2018, Tekno signed a distribution deal with Universal Music Group Nigeria (UMGN), a division of Universal Music Group in charge of West Africa, as well as the UK-based Island Records.[25] In July 2019, Tekno was featured on Beyoncé's The Lion King: The Gift soundtrack on the song "Don't Jealous Me".[26]

On 6 December 2020, Tekno released the tracklist for his long-awaited debut album, Old Romance.[27] In 2022, he featured in Kizz Daniel's 'Buga', a track that became the No. 1 shazamed tune within the same year.[28] Also, within the same year, Davido revealed how Tekno had assisted in reviving his career at a very crucial moment when he needed fresh inspiration.[29]

Afro-pop singer Tekno has released the music video for his latest single "Puttin".[30]

Discography

Albums

Singles

Year Track Album
2013 "Holiday" Non-album single
"Onye Ne Kwu"(featuring Ice Prince)
2014 "Dance"
"Shoki"(featuring B-Red)
"Go Low"
"Mess"
"Zima"
"Jonzing"
"Anything" [31]
2015 "Duro"
"Maria" [32]
"Wash"
2016 "Where"
"Pana" [33]
"Rara"
"Diana"
2017 "Yawa"
"Be"
"Samantha"
"Go"[34]
"Mama"(featuring Wizkid)
"Only One"
2018 "Your Luv"
"Jogodo" [35]
"Choko" [36]
"On You" [37]
2019 "Woman" [38]
"Uptempo" [39]
"Skeletun"
"Surulere"
"Agege"(featuring Zlatan Ibile)
2020 "Beh Beh"(featuring Masterkraft)
"PuTTin" [40]
"Enjoy" [41]
2022 "Mufasa"
"JINJA" [42]
"Pay" [43]

Records produced

Year Title Album
2014 "Show" (Victoria Kimani) Non-album single
2015 "Feeling You" (Rima featuring Tekno)
"Pray For You" (Lynxxx featuring Tekno)
"Boss" (Ice Prince) Jos to the World
2016 "Last Station" (Stonebwoy featuring Tekno) Non-album single
2017 "If" (Davido) A Good Time
"Catch You" (Flavour) Ijele the Traveler
"Silika" (Madee featuring Tekno) Non-album single
"Go" (Tekno)
"Green Light" (DJ Cuppy featuring Tekno)
2018 "Jogodo"
2019 "Agege" (Zlatan Ibile featuring Tekno)
"Won't Be Late" (Swae Lee featuring Drake)

"Nigeria Student Center[44]" (Tekno)

Awards and nominations

Year Award ceremony Prize Recipient/Nominated work Result Ref
2014 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards Best New Act of The Year Himself Nominated [45]
2015 9th Nigeria Music Video Awards Best Pop Extra Video "Duro" Won [46]
2016 2016 Nigeria Entertainment Awards Hottest Single Nominated [47]
Best Music Video of the Year Nominated [47]
Afropop Artist of the Year Himself Nominated [47]
2016 MTV Africa Music Awards 2016 Best New Act Himself Won [48][49]
WatsUp TV Africa Music Video Awards African Video of the Year

Best African Male Video
Best West African Video
Best Afro Pop Video

Pana Himself Nominated [50]
2016 Soundcity MVP Awards Festival Song of the Year Himself Won [51][52][53]
2017 BET Award 2017 Best International Act Africa Himself Nominated [54]
Nigeria Entertainment Awards Best Single of the Year Himself Nominated [55]

Personal life

In May 2018, Tekno welcomed a baby girl.[56]

In 2020, Tekno announced that he has relocated to the United States till further.[57] This was a reaction to the news of the proposal presented at the Nigerian National Assembly for the change of the country's name to UAR, which was an acronym for United African Republic or United Alkebulan Republic on 2 June.

In 2017, Tekno made it known to the public that he has acid reflux. The condition had gotten complicated and had ultimately affected his vocal cords. He had to undergo surgery to tackle the issue.[58]

See also

References

Tekno drops a new Album on AUG 2023 Titled "The More The Better"(Album)

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