Dreamwork (song)

"Dreamwork" is a single by South African rapper AKA and features guest appearance from Yanga with production from Los Angeles based producer KJ Conteh.^[1] The single was released on 22 April 2016 through Vth Season under exclusive license from SME Africa.^[2]

"Dreamwork"
Single by AKA featuring Yanga
Released	22 April 2016 (2016-04-22)
Genre	Hip hop Rap
Length	4:41
Label	SME Africa (on behalf of Vth Season)
Songwriter(s)	Kiernan Forbes Yanga Ntshakaza
Producer(s)	KJ Conteh
AKA singles chronology
"Make me Sing" (2016) "Dreamwork" (2016) "One Time" (2016)
Yanga singles chronology
"Vesu Yeke" (2016) "Dreamwork" (2016) "Neighborhood Genius" (2017)
Music video
"Dreamwork (Official video)" on YouTube
Animated video
"Dreamwork (Animated pseudo video)" on YouTube
Official audio
"Dreamwork (Official audio)" on YouTube
Behind the Scenes
"Dreamwork (Before the Scenes)" on YouTube

In 2019, the single hit over 1,700,000 units, and over 2,000,000 stream^[3] and was certified 5× Diamond^[4] making the rapper the first South African artist to reach the Diamond status.^[3] The very same night at a private dinner in Bryanston, Johannesburg it was announced that his single "One Time" was also certified Diamond, and "Caiphus song" and "The World Is Yours" (from a Platinum studio album Touch My Blood)^[5] were certified 8× Platinum,^[6] the rapper celebrated his success with a tweet posing with the plaques.^[7][8]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award ceremony	Category	Results	Ref.
2016	South African Hip Hop Awards	Best Collabo	Nominated	[9]

Certification and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
South Africa (RISA)[4]	5× Diamond	1,700,000[3]

References

1. "GQ&A with AKA". www.gq.co.za. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
2. Mag, SA Hip Hop (23 April 2016). "AKA Launches His Website With The Release Of Dreamwork". SA Hip Hop Mag. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
3. "AKA becomes first SA hip hop artist to score Diamond certification - LNN". Benoni City Times. 23 October 2019. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
4. Reporter, Entertainment. "AKA gets singles certified diamond and platinum". Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
5. "Certificate Reporting". www.risa.org.za. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
6. "AKA's 2016 Single 'Dreamwork' Has Gone 5 Times Diamond - OkayAfrica". www.okayafrica.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
7. "Thank You. I am beyond blessed to receive this amount of LOVE ❤️ AND APPRECIATION. I don't actually have the words to explain how it feels. GOD is great. The greatest of all time. #1 on my list of hottest MC's". Twitter. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
8. "AKA's Diamond status explained". www.yfm.co.za. Archived from the original on 6 September 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
9. "Here's the Full List of South African Hip Hop Awards 2016 Nominees - OkayAfrica". www.okayafrica.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.

External links

• Dreamwork (Official video) on YouTube