Pana (song)

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"Pana"
Single by Tekno
Released22 July 2016 (2016-07-22)
Genre Afropop
Length3:07
Label Made Men Music Group
Songwriter(s) Augustine Miles Kelechi
Producer(s) Krizbeatz
Tekno singles chronology
"Duro"
(2015)		"Pana"
(2016)		"Diana"
(2017)
Music video
”Pana” on YouTube

"Pana" is a song recorded by Nigerian singer-songwriter Tekno, [1] which was released in July 22, 2016, by Made Men Music Group, it was written by Tekno and produced by Krizbeatz. [2] The song received mostly positive reviews from music critics [3] [4] and tops the MTV Base's hottest track of 2016 at number 2, [5] [6] it also debuted at the top 10 Soundcity TV count down. [7]

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"Pana" won song of the year award at the 2016 Soundcity MVP Awards Festival [8] and was nominated at the 2017 Nigeria Entertainment Awards for Best Single of the year. [9]

Background and reception

Krizbeatz revealed that the beat produced for "Pana" was not originally for Tekno. [10] The song is characterized as an Afropop song with elements of R&B. OkayAfrica included the song in the 10 Best Nigerian Songs of 2016 and describe it as a slow soother, much like "Duro" and "Diana" [11]

Commercial performance

The song became a continental hit [12] and was the second most searched Nigerian song on Google in 2016. [13] [14] It also charted at number one on Apple Music in several countries including Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana [15] and it went on to become Tekno's most popular record with over 50 million Spotify streams as of April 2022. [16]

Music video

The music video was released on 22 August 2016, directed by Clarence Peters. It became the third music video by a Nigerian artiste to surpass the 100 million views milestone on Youtube, [17] and the top five most viewed Nigerian music video of all time [18] as of 2021.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
Various22 July 2016
  • Made Men Music Group

Awards and nominations

YearEventAwardResultRef(s)
2016 WatsUp TV Africa Music Video Awards Best West African VideoNominated [20]
Best African Male Video
African Video of the Year
Best Afro Pop Video
Soundcity MVP Awards Festival Song of the YearWon [21] [22] [23]
2017 Nigeria Entertainment Awards Best Single of the YearNominated [24]

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References

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  2. ↑ "How Krizbeatz Changed African Sound With Tekno's Pana Beat". 26 February 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Tekno has made 'Pana' and 'Diana' hit songs but will he find global success?". 25 October 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
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  14. ↑ "Kiss Daniel & Tekno Top The List Of Most Searched Nigerian Songs On Google Of 2016 (See Full List)". 14 December 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
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