Erakah is a New Zealand R&B

Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...

 and soul

Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

 singer. In 2009 she featured on R&B singer J.Williams single "Your Style

Your Style

"Your Style" is the fifth single from J.Williams' debut album, Young Love. The song features Erakah. The official remix also features Tyree., and is on the Collector's Edition of Williams' album.-Music video:...

" of his album Young Love

Young Love

Young Love may refer to:Music*Young Love, Mat Kearney's fourth studio album*Young Love , the debut album of J.Williams, a New Zealand R&B artist...

.
Inspired by Soul music Erakah states Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys

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, Lily Allen

Lily Allen

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, Beyoncé

Beyoncé Knowles

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 and Brandy

Brandy Norwood

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 as influences on her musical style.
She released her debut album, Infatuated, on 21 March 2011.

Studio albums

Year

Album details

2011

Infatuated Released: 21 March 2011 Label: Illegal Musik Illegal Musik Illegal Musik is a New Zealand Lifestyle Company - with a primary focus on Music & Entertainment. It's success started via it's development of R&B sensation J.Williams and has grown to include a wide range of artists from various genres. It currently has a partnership with Warner Music NZ and... Formats: CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...

Singles

Year	Title	Album
2009	"Infatuated" (featuring Temple Jones)	Infatuated
	"Wonderful Wonderful (Erakah song) "Wonderful" is the second single by New Zealand pop and R&B singer Erakah. It was released by Illegal Musik on 21 September 2009.Erakah won the Best Pacific Female Artist award at the 2010 Pacific Music Awards for "Wonderful".-Music video:... "
2010	"Day & Night" (featuring JR)
	"In Or Out" (featuring K.One K.One - Studio albums :-Singles:-Featured singles:-References:... )
2011	"Hold You Near"

Featured singles

Year	Title	NZ chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	Album
2009	"Your Style Your Style "Your Style" is the fifth single from J.Williams' debut album, Young Love. The song features Erakah. The official remix also features Tyree., and is on the Collector's Edition of Williams' album.-Music video:... " (J.Williams featuring Erakah)	16	Young Love Young Love (J.Williams album) Young Love is the debut album by New Zealand R&B singer J.Williams, released on 13 July 2009 by Illegal Musik. It was a success, certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand...
2010	"Natural" (DJ CXL featuring Erakah and K.One)	—	non-album single

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
2009	"Infatuated"	Ivan Slavov
	"Wonderful"
2010	"Day & Night"	Liam Williams

Awards and nominations

Pacific Music Awards

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|2010
|"Wonderful"
|Best Pacific Female Artist
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