Skepta

Skepta (2014)

Skepta (* 19th September 1982 , real name Joseph Junior Adenuga ) is a British Grime - musician and music producer .

biography

In the 2000s, Skepta started as a rapper on the radio and in MC battles. In 2005 he founded the collective Boy Better Know and the label of the same name with Wiley , his brother Jme and others . In 2006 he also became a member of Roll Deep .

His first album Greatest Hits (2007) did not receive much attention, it was only with the song Rolex Sweep in September 2008 that he had a respectable success. Six months later he had his first hit in the UK Top 75 with Sunglasses at Night . Nevertheless, his second album Microphone Champion did not make it into the charts either.

Skepta's breakthrough came in 2010 when she switched to the All Around the World label . With Bad Boy , Rescue Me and Cross My Heart (with the Indian-born singer Preeya Kalidas) he had three top 40 hits in a row. The album Doin 'It Again reached number 19 the following year.

After a break, the single That's Not Me followed in 2014 , a collaboration with his brother Jme that earned him his first platinum award. The second platinum followed the following year with shutdown . With the album Konnichiwa , he finally made it to the top in 2016. With place 2 and 32 chart weeks it was his most successful publication and for the first time he was able to place himself in the charts internationally. B. in the USA , Australia and Western Europe. The album was awarded the Mercury Prize . The biggest international hit single had Skepta two years later as a guest with Praise the Lord of ASAP Rocky . The song got platinum in England and double platinum in the USA.

In 2019 Skepta released his fifth album Ignorance Is Bliss . Although he again achieved second place in his home country and further placements in Europe and Australia, overall it lagged behind the success of its predecessor. The same Old Story track became the soundtrack of Electronic Arts' FIFA 20 game .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2011	Doin 'it again	-	-	-	UK19 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 31, 2011
2016	Konnichiwa	-	-	CH38 (1 week) CH	UK2 gold (32 weeks)UK	US160 (1 week) US	First published: May 6, 2016 Sales: + 100,000
2019	Ignorance Is Bliss	DE68 (1 week) DE	AT67 (1 week) AT	CH26 (2 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (12 weeks)UK	-	First published: May 31, 2019 Sales: + 60,000

More albums

2007: Greatest Hits
2009: Microphone Champion

Collab albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2020	Insomnia	-	-	CH81 (1 week) CH	UK3 (... weeks) UK	-	First published: March 27, 2020 with Chip & Young Adz

Mix tapes

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2012	Blacklisted	-	-	-	UK72 (1 week) UK	-	First published: December 2, 2012

More mix tapes

2006: Joseph Junior Adenuga
2010: Been There Done That
2011: Community Payback
2015: The Tim Westwood Mix

EPs

2017: Vicious

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
year	Title album	UK	Remarks
2008	Rolex Sweep Microphone Champion	UK86 (1 week) UK
2009	Sunglasses at Night Microphone Champion	UK64 (2 weeks) UK
2010	Bad Boy Doin 'It Again	UK26 (7 weeks) UK
	Rescue Me Doin 'It Again	UK14 (8 weeks) UK
	Cross My Heart Doin 'It Again	UK31 (3 weeks) UK	feat. Preeya Kalidas
	So Alive Doin 'It Again	UK99 (1 week) UK	vs. N-Dubz
2012	Hold on	UK31 (5 weeks) UK
2012	Make Peace Not War	UK29 (2 weeks) UK
2014	That's Not Me Konnichiwa	UK21st platinum (3 weeks)UK	feat. Jme
2015	Shutdown Konnichiwa	UK39 platinum (5 weeks)UK
2016	Ladies Hit Squad Konnichiwa	UK89 (1 week) UK	feat. D Double E & ASAP Nast
2016	Man Konnichiwa	UK34 silver (8 weeks)UK
2017	Ding-A-Ling Hurtin 'Me - The EP	UK64 (1 week) UK	Stefflon Don & Skepta
2018	Pure Water Ignorance Is Bliss	UK78 (1 week) UK
2018	Energy (Stay Far Away)	UK59 silver (15 weeks)UK	Skepta & Wizkid
2019	Bullet from a Gun Ignorance Is Bliss	UK32 (6 weeks) UK
	Greaze Mode Ignorance Is Bliss	UK18th silver (9 weeks)UK	Skepta & Nafe Smallz
	Kiss and Tell	UK31 (3 weeks) UK	AJ Tracey & Skepta
2020	Papi Chulo	UK37 (... weeks) UK	with Octavian
2020	Waze Insomnia	UK18 (... weeks) UK	with Chip & Young Adz
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2007	I Spy Greatest Hits	UK- silver UK	feat. Pity
2016	Konnichiwa Konnichiwa	UK41 (2 weeks) UK
	Lyrics Konnichiwa	UK62 (1 week) UK	feat. Novelist
	Numbers Konnichiwa	UK69 (1 week) UK	feat. Pharrell Williams
	Corn on the Curb Konnichiwa	UK73 (1 week) UK	feat. Wiley & Chip
	Crime Riddim Konnichiwa	UK88 (1 week) UK
2019	What Do You Mean Ignorance Is Bliss	UK14th silver (8 weeks)UK	feat. J Hus
2020	Mains Insomnia	UK32 (... weeks) UK	with Chip & Young Adz

More singles

2009: Too Many Man (feat.Boy Better Know )
2009: Lush (feat. Jay Sean )
2011: Amnesia
2017: No Security
2017: Hypocrisy
2018: Stay with It (feat.Suspect & Shailan)
2018: Neighborhood Watch (feat. LD)
2018: The Answer (with Daisy Maybe)
2019: Wish You Were Here
2019: Loe Me Not (feat.Ceb Ragi & B Live)

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2012	Can You Hear Me (Ayayaya) The Ascent	-	-	-	UK3 gold (19 weeks)UK	-	Wiley feat. Skepta, Jme & Ms D
2018	Praise the Lord (Da Shine) Testing	DE59 (11 weeks) DE	AT38 (6 weeks) AT	CH14th gold (20 weeks)CH	UK18th platinum (21 weeks)UK	US45 × 2 Double platinum (8 weeks)US	ASAP Rocky feat. Skepta
	Jumpy (Remix)	-	-	-	UK81 (4 weeks) UK	-	Ambush Buzzworl feat. Skepta & Chip
	Money Right Don't Gas Me	-	-	-	UK68 (2 weeks) UK	-	Dizzee Rascal feat. Skepta
2019	Bet endorphins	-	-	-	UK44 silver (12 weeks)UK	-	Octavian feat. Skepta & Michael Phantom
2019	Back to Basics Music x Road	-	-	-	UK42 (4 weeks) UK	-	Headie One feat. Skepta
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2017	Skepta Interlude More Life	-	-	-	UK35 (4 weeks) UK	US76 (1 week) US	Drake feat. Skepta
2019	Inglorious Nothing Great About Britain	-	-	-	UK50 (2 weeks) UK	-	Slowthai feat. Skepta

swell

↑ FIFA 20 soundtrack with Major Lazer, Diplo, Skepta and more In: Electronic Arts (accessed December 1, 2019)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
↑ Awards for Music Sales: CH UK
↑ Ladies hit Sqad (Skepta / D Double E / Asap Nast) in the British charts
↑ Lyrics (Skepta ft Novelist) in the UK charts
↑ Jumpy (Ambush Buzzworl / Skepta / chip) in the British charts
↑ Bet (Octavian ft Michael Phantom) in the UK charts
↑ Skepta Interlude (Drake / Skepta) in the British charts

Web links

personal data
SURNAME	Skepta
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Adenuga, Joseph Junior (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English rapper
DATE OF BIRTH	September 19, 1982

[1] FIFA 20 soundtrack with Major Lazer, Diplo, Skepta and more In: Electronic Arts (accessed December 1, 2019)

[charts-2] Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

[ausz-3] Awards for Music Sales: CH UK

[UKchartsLHS-4] Ladies hit Sqad (Skepta / D Double E / Asap Nast) in the British charts

[UKchartsLYR-5] Lyrics (Skepta ft Novelist) in the UK charts

[UKchartsJMP-6] Jumpy (Ambush Buzzworl / Skepta / chip) in the British charts

[UKchartsBET-7] Bet (Octavian ft Michael Phantom) in the UK charts

[UKchartsINT-8] Skepta Interlude (Drake / Skepta) in the British charts