One Time (AKA song)

"One Time" is a non-album single by South African rapper and songwriter AKA, released on 25 April 2016 through Vth Season with exclusive license from SME Africa.^[1] The single was certified Diamond in South Africa in late 2019,^[2] thus marked AKA the inaugural South African hip hop artist to score the certificate.^[3][4]

"One Time"
Single by AKA
Released	25 April 2016 (2016-04-25)
Genre	Hip hop rap
Length	4:54
Label	SME Africa (on behalf of Vth Season)
Songwriter(s)	Kiernan Forbes
Producer(s)	Kiernan Forbes Mpilo Shabangu
AKA singles chronology
"Dreamwork" (2016) "One Time" (2016) "The World Is Yours" (2016)
Music video
"One Time (Official video)" on YouTube
Official audio
"One Time (Official audio)" on YouTube

In 2019. "Dreamwork" hit 1,700,000 units and over 2,000,000 streams^[5] and was certified 5× Diamond,^[6] making the rapper the first South African artist to reach the Diamond status.^[5] The very same night at a private dinner in Bryanston, Johannesburg it was announced that "One Time" was also certified Diamond, and "Caiphus song" and "The World Is Yours" (from a Platinum studio album Touch My Blood)^[7] were certified 8× Platinum,^[8] Forbes celebrated the success with a tweet posing with the plaques.^[9]

Certification

Region	Certification
South Africa (RISA)[10]	Diamond

References

1. Dark, Yule (26 April 2016). "AKA releases highly anticipated new single, One Time, with a UK Premier". Yule Dark. Archived from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
2. "AKA gets singles certified diamond and platinum". www.iol.co.za. 23 October 2019. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
3. Reporter, Citizen (23 October 2019). "AKA becomes first SA hip hop artist to score Diamond certification". The Citizen. Archived from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
4. "AKA Breaks New Records!". AKA Breaks New Records!. Archived from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
5. "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.
6. Reporter, Entertainment. "AKA gets singles certified diamond and platinum". Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
7. "Certificate Reporting". www.risa.org.za. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
8. "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.
9. "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.
10. "AKA's Diamond status explained". www.yfm.co.za. Archived from the original on 6 September 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.