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Zack Knight (born 22 November 1991) is a British-Pakistani singer and songwriter. Zack Knight readies debut single. Music-News.com (5 February 2012). Retrieved 22 May 2016. Initially known by the stage name Zeekay (before 2011), Knight is recognized for songs such as "", "", "Galtiyan", "Nakhre" and "Enemy".


Life and career
Knight was born in , , England, to a Punjabi Mother and a Father of descent. He moved to in 1999, studying at Oathall Community College, and was present during the visit to the school by the then-Prince Charles. He describes his music as R&B infused style with a crossover sound, with and Middle-Eastern influences. Knight cites , Boyz II Men and Usher as the main inspirations behind his music. He also produces, composes and engineers his own music. Knight is a artist, chaining together lyrics in , and , and , as well as elements of and .


2007–10: The Zeekay Years
Operating under the stage name 'Zeekay'/'Zee Kay', Knight began his career primarily as a songwriter, writing songs for artists such as , , , and various X Factor contestants. His first major success came with writing the hit single "Baby (Dil Deewana)", for US R&B artist , released in 2007. Shortly after, he started producing several R&B/Hip-hop singles himself; his debut single My Moment(Produced by Pcru, Flipnotez), released in 2008, reaching third in the Myspace R&B charts, which consequently led to him landing a production deal with "Mr Skills, creator of Big Brova's, with whom he had been working on his debut album. From here, Knight produced several other singles across the span of 2 years, including "In Denial (which he performed at various Live shows), Love U Right ft , Save It and Inspiration.

Knight supported the likes of , Mario and in live concerts and shows. Simultaneously, he was studying for a degree in , which he had to put on hold in order to concentrate on his musical aspirations. He eventually graduated; however, after 2010, he had to re-brand his music from under his stage name/alias, Zeekay, to under his real name, Zack Knight, as he is still known by now.


2011–14: Re-branding, Covers and Albums
After 2010, Knight, now operating without his stage name/alias, produced several singles and albums. As a result of this re-branding, he was now working with different artists and producers, therefore his style of music changed, with less of a focus on mainstream music and more focus on sound. He received regional and national support from his debut single "All Over Again" in 2012, and his second single "Who I Am" was also featured as one of "New & Noteworthy" picks of the month, which was followed by his third single "When I'm Gone". (although these three singles later become incorporated into his 2016-released album On Repeat). He was also active in producing his own covers, as well as remixes of popular songs, on his YouTube channel. As well as this, he produced two albums: "Poison In My Sleep" (2014) and "On Repeat" (released 2016, although the songs dated back to 2011-12).


2014–present
In 2014, Knight signed a deal with T-Series. Under this record label, he produced several popular singles, including songs like "Dheere", "Nakhre", "Enemy", "Looking For Love", and "Tere Naam", most of which topped the BBC Asian Network Charts. He collaborated with various high-profile artists within the BBC Asian Network Industry, including the likes of and amongst others. He has also collaborated with artists outside the United Kingdom, such as rapper Badshah, playback singer Mohammad Irfan, and American YouTube personality . After being appointed BBC Music Ambassador in 2017, he successfully sold out both of his own UK headline tours in the following year.

During this period, Knight also wrote and produced "", featuring , amassing over 1.1 billion views on YouTube (as of April 2021). This track also appeared in the Bollywood comedy Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety (2018), albeit it being a re-make. This was accompanied by 2 Top 5 peaking singles in the UK R&B iTunes charts ("Ya Baba", "Tears"), 1 Top 10 UK Dance iTunes chart ("Love Controller"), three Consecutive Number ones on the BBC Asian Network Download Chart ("Nakhre", "Lamhe", "Enemy"), and 10 top five singles in the World/Asian Charts.

He createz remixes, mashups and medleys. His remixes typically follow the style of compiling several Bollywood songs and mixing them with English R&B fusion, or making acoustic-type covers and remixes of popular songs or his own songs.

On 28 February 2021, Knight released a new song named "Para Rum Pa", in collaboration with Jernade Miah and Kayes Rashid, on , reaching over 200k+ views on its release day, and over 1M views within 2 weeks.

On 14 October 2021, Knight released a 3-track album titled 'Dear Dad', in memory of his beloved father, who died in August 2021. He is currently working on another album, which is due to be released in December 2021 named 'iamzackknight'. His latest cover is Kahani Suno 2.0 and Bollywood Medley 9.

In 2022, Knight collaborated with for the song "Dirty Little Secret".


Discography

Singles
"Runaway Now"2013 Prestige Records
"Smoke & Mirrors"
"Pyaas"2014KhizaHi-Tech Music Ltd
"Tere Naal"Khiza, Soni J
"Dheere"Khiza, T-Series
"Makin 'em Mad"Shad Star?
"Who You Are"?
"Superhuman Lovers"Juvey, ErlandoQuantize Music
"Women"2015Shide BossMerci Records
"Lamhe" Hi-Tech Music Ltd
"Green Eyes"SCALESMixmash Records
"Snap" Quantize Music
"MVP"Jernade Miah?
"Looking for Love (Main Dhoondne)"T-Series
"Nakhre"
"Main Aur Tum"
"Queen"
"Your Name (Tujhe Bhula Diya)"?
"Tears"Naz Promotions
"Dum Dee Dum"2016T-Series
"Ishq Mubarak (Refix)"
(for Tum Bin II)
"Enemy"
"Tere Naam"
"BomBae", BadshahOff Da Ground
""Rami BeatzQuantize Music
"Chahat"
"Love Controller"Dayne SRevolve Records
"General"2017Joe KillingtonRevolve Records
"Cry for Me"
"Bom Diggy"
"Gimme That"Naz Promotions
"Galtiyan" Quantize Music
"Bom Diggy Diggy"
(for Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety)
2018T-Series
"Till I Met You" Revolve Records
"Need Your Love"Nicolina?
"Instagram Famous"Naz Promotions
"Thumka"Ayesha MughalRevolve Records
"Bills"
"Gotta Go"2019 Revolve Records
"Angel"
"Tumhari Jagga"
"Dua"2020 Revolve Records
"Dil Diya Laya"
"Crash and Burn"
"Beautiful To Me"
"Adhura"
"Para Rum Pa"2021Jernade MiahRevolve Records
"Armani"
"Ego"
"Stand With You"
"Yaar Tu"2022 Revolve Records
"Dirty Little Secret"Nora Fatehi


Awards

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2018Best Music Director, International Indian Film Academy
2018Album of the Year, Mirchi Music Awards, IN


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