Citizen Kay

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Citizen Kay
Birth nameKojo Owusu-Ansah
BornKoforidua, Ghana

Citizen Kay is an Australian Canberra-based hip hop artist.[1]

Citizen Kay's EP Demokracy was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Urban Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2015.[2]

Citizen Kay's debut album, With the People, was nominated the next year.[3]

Biography[]

Kojo Owusu-Ansah was born in Ghana and moved to Australia when he was six.[4] He is the brother of Genesis Owusu.[5]

He released this single, "YES!" in 2013 and followed it up the next year with an EP called Demokracy, released in November 2014.[6] The EP was nominated for Best Urban Album at the ARIAs and Best Independent Hip-Hop Album Release at the AIR Awards of 2015.

In October 2015 he released his debut album With the People[7]

Citizen Kay released Belly of the Beast in August 2017.[8]

Discography[]

Albums[]

Title Album details
With the People
  • Released: 16 October 2015[9]
  • Format: CD, Digital download
  • Label: Asphalt Records (ASR003)
Belly of the Beast
  • Released: 25 August 2017[10]
  • Format: CD, Digital download, streaming
  • Label: OneTwo (Onetwo006)

Extended plays[]

Title EP details
High Evolution Funk
  • Released: June 2005[11]
  • Format: LP, Digital download
  • Label: Sensei (SNS020)
All About the Drums
  • Released: May 2007[12]
  • Format: LP, Digital download
  • Label: Sensei (SNS027)
Demokracy
  • Released: November 2014[13]
  • Format: CD, Digital download
  • Label: Asphalt Records (ASR001)

Singles[]

List of singles, showing year
Title Year EP
"Yes!"[14] 2013 Demokracy
"Raise a Glass" (featuring BKBB)[15]
"Alive Again" (with Kilter)[16] 2014 non album single
"Freedoom"[17] Demokracy
"Wax On Wax Off"[18] 2015 With the People
"MyoMy" (with Kirklandd)[19] non album single
"Life Gives You Lemons"[20] With the People
"Hey Did You Know?" (with Oliver Sol)[21] 2017 non album single
"These Kicks" (featuring Georgia B)[22] Belly of the Beast
"Static" (featuring Mondescreen)[23]
"Ego"[24] 2019 TBA
"Funny Business" (featuring Genesis Owusu)[25] 2020

Awards[]

AIR Awards[]

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
AIR Awards of 2015[26] Demokracy Best Independent Hip Hop/Urban Album Nominated

ARIA Music Awards[]

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2015 Demokracy Best Urban Album Nominated
2016 With The People Best Urban Album Nominated

National Live Music Awards[]

The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live scene. The awards commenced in 2016.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
National Live Music Awards of 2016[27] themselves ACT Live Voice of the Year Won
National Live Music Awards of 2017[28][29] themselves Live Hip Hop Act of the Year Nominated
National Live Music Awards of 2020[30] themselves ACT Act Voice of the Year Nominated

References[]

  1. ^ "Update: Citizen Kay is getting With The People for national album tour", Triple J, 12 October 2015
  2. ^ "ARIA Awards 2015: Courtney Barnett, Vance Joy dominate nominations", The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 October 2015
  3. ^ Zuel, Bernard (5 October 2016), "ARIA Award nominations have a hairy surprise among the Flumes and Avalanches", Sydney Morning Herald
  4. ^ Rae, Harvey (3 December 2015), "Demokracy at work for Citizen Kay", The West Australian
  5. ^ Bloul, Scherry (12 August 2015), "Rapper Genesis Owusu hits right beat to make Triple j Unearthed High top five", Canberra Times
  6. ^ Staff Writer (4 November 2014), "streams", themusic.com.au
  7. ^ Fuamoli, Sosefina (15 October 2015), "Citizen Kay takes us through new album With The People track-by-track!", The AU Review
  8. ^ D’Apice, James (24 April 2017), "Album Reviews", The Music
  9. ^ "With the People(EP)". Apple Music. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Belly of the Beast (EP)". Apple Music. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  11. ^ "High Evolution Funk (EP)". Apple Music. June 2005. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  12. ^ "All About The Drums (EP)". Apple Music. May 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Demokracy (EP)". Apple Music. November 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  14. ^ "California - single". Apple Music. March 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Raise a Glass - single". Apple Music. November 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  16. ^ "Alive Again - single". Apple Music. July 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  17. ^ "Citizen Kay - Freedoom". YouTube. September 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  18. ^ "Wax On Wax Off - single". Apple Music. August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  19. ^ "MyoMy - single". Apple Music. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  20. ^ "Citizen Kay - Life Gives You Lemons". YouTube. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  21. ^ "Hey Did You Know? - single". Apple Music. February 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  22. ^ "These Kicks - single". Apple Music. May 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  23. ^ "Static - single". Apple Music. November 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  24. ^ "Ego - single". Apple Music. July 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  25. ^ "Funny People - single". Apple Music. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  26. ^ "1 Dads, Courtney Barnett Lead This Year's Independent Music Award Nominations". MusicFeeds. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  27. ^ "Nominees 2016". NLMA. 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  28. ^ "NLMA reveal 2017 Nominees". NLMA. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  29. ^ "Winners 2017". NLMA. December 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  30. ^ "Nominees announced for 2020 National Live Music Awards". NLMAs. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.

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