RIKA
about the artist
RIKA is signed to Warner Music India for a global deal and is releasing her own singles and global collaborations with big artists. RIKA is a UK born and raised artist and her management and herself are based in the UK. She is a fast rising UK popstar, making her global mark. RIKA has achieved 75+ million streams across all streaming platforms to date.
Her EP 'Conversations I've Never Had' released on the 19th of January 2024 with 3M+ streams in the first week across all platforms. It garnered huge global Spotify editorial support across Asia, US and UK. She…
MoreRIKA is signed to Warner Music India for a global deal and is releasing her own singles and global collaborations with big artists. RIKA is a UK born and raised artist and her management and herself are based in the UK. She is a fast rising UK popstar, making her global mark. RIKA has achieved 75+ million streams across all streaming platforms to date.
Her EP 'Conversations I've Never Had' released on the 19th of January 2024 with 3M+ streams in the first week across all platforms. It garnered huge global Spotify editorial support across Asia, US and UK. She had partnered with Meta UK to organise her sold out headline show in London to over 150 people. 'Long Shot' with Jamie Miller was played twice on Mollie King's BBC Radio 1 show. The single has crossed almost 2 million views on Youtube. She will be opening for Jamie Miller on his upcoming EU/UK tour in April.
She has been hand selected to be supported by Meta and Instagram UK, and pioneered as a Next Gen Artist on their platform. They will provide full support to RIKA's music on their platform.
RIKA was featured by MTV PUSH "Get to Know" artist.
RIKA released her first single from the EP called 'All I Need' in September. The song was supported by Meta and Instagram with a banner on their platform, and the song trended in both India and the UK for over 3 weeks, with over 35k reels made to the song. The song has also been streamed more than 3 million times in a month across all streaming platforms. It was #52 on the Viral Chart in India on Spotify.
Her second single from her EP called 'My Fellow Showman' came out in early November and has already been picked up by BBC Radio 2 as well as being on Sunday Brunch's playlist. The video, which was co-directed by RIKA, has already crossed 1 million views on YouTube.
RIKA was invited by the British High Commissioner in Delhi to perform at the King's Birthday Party (#KBP2023). The celebration of King Charles' Birthday had a couple of 1000s people in attendance. British High Commission celebrates King's Birthday – GOV.UK
RIKA collaborated with Galantis in 2023 who themselves have over 4 billion streams across all platforms and 1 billion video views to date. Her collaboration song with Galantis interlopes the iconic hook from Hot Stuff by Donna Summer. It is called Hooked (Hot Stuff).
Hooked (Hot Stuff) was released under Warner Music India with the co-label of Galantis' label Big Beat Records/Atlantic US. The song was featured on Spotify's New Music Friday playlist in 22 countries worldwide. RIKA was on the cover of the Pop Shots playlist on Spotify and her and Galantis were on the cover of many playlists on multiple platform DSP's. The song in less than 2 weeks has crossed over 2 million streams and over 4.5 million views on YouTube. The song was played on BBC Radio 1's 'Party Anthem' show and has been played on a lot of other radio stations in the UK and worldwide. The song got played on the very popular show Love Island UK twice, which is a rare occurrence. The song also charted on the Apple Music Dance charts in Sweden at #37. On YouTube Music in Copenhagen the song peaked at #17. She was #5 in the Music Week Commercial Pop charts and the song was in the top 75 of the UK Shazam Dance Charts.
RIKA's release in 2022, was with Kranium, a US based artist signed to Atlantic Records, who features in RIKA's song called "Payroll." Written by RIKA, Kranium, produced by Platinum awarded producer Steve Manovski. Payroll reached No.1 in Amsterdam and its Official Dance video has over 4 million views on YouTube.