Erakah Explained

Erakah
Genre:	R&B, soul
Label:	Illegal Musik
Associated Acts:	J.Williams

Erakah is a New Zealand R&B and soul singer. In 2009, she featured on R&B singer J.Williams single "Your Style" of his album Young Love.Inspired by Soul music Erakah states Alicia Keys, Lily Allen, Beyoncé and Brandy as influences on her musical style.^[1] She released her debut album, Infatuated, on 21 March 2011.^[2] Erakah is now a regular backup singer for Stan Walker. In 2011, she performed at Mika's Aroha Mardi Gras TV Special.

Discography

Singles

Year	Title	Album
2009	"Infatuated" (featuring Temple Jones)^[3]	Infatuated
	"Wonderful"^[4]
2010	"Day & Night" (featuring JR)^[5]
	"In Or Out" (featuring K.One)^[6]
2011	"Hold You Near"^[7]

Featured singles

Year	Title	NZ chart ^[8]	Album
2009	"Your Style" (J.Williams featuring Erakah)	16	Young Love
2010	"Natural" (DJ CXL featuring Erakah and K.One)	—	non-album single

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
2009	"Infatuated"	Ivan Slavov^[9] ^[10]
	"Wonderful"
2010	"Day & Night"	Liam Williams^[11]

Awards and nominations

Pacific Music Awards|-|2010^[12] |"Wonderful"|Best Pacific Female Artist|

Notes and References

1. Web site: Erakah . muzic.org.nz . 11 July 2010.
2. Web site: Infatuated . . 29 May 2011.
3. Web site: Infatuated (feat. Temple Jones) - Single . iTunes Store. Apple Inc . 29 May 2011.
4. Web site: Wonderful - Single . iTunes Store. Apple Inc . 29 May 2011.
5. Web site: Day & Night (feat. JR) - Single . iTunes Store. Apple Inc . 29 May 2011.
6. Web site: In or Out (Radio Mix) [feat. K.One] - Single ]. iTunes Store. Apple Inc . 29 May 2011.
7. Web site: Hold You Near (Radio Edit) - Single . iTunes Store. Apple Inc . 29 May 2011.
8. Web site: Erakah in New Zealand charts . Hung Medien . charts.nz . 11 July 2010.
9. Web site: Erakah feat. Temple Jones  - Infatuated video. NME. 11 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212956/http://www.nme.com/awards/video/id/G-uWlvmU7sU/search/infatuated. 3 March 2016. dead.
10. Web site: Erakah  - Wonderful video. NME. 11 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093832/http://www.nme.com/awards/video/id/Zff6l6guBJw. 4 March 2016. dead.
11. Erakah 'Day & Night' feat. JR  - Official Video. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/4bZ_mYUSUGo . 2021-12-15 . live. YouTube. 16 June 2010. 11 July 2010.
12. S3 Pacific Music Award Winners Announced. Pacific Music Awards. 30 May 2010. 11 July 2010.