{"id":11278,"date":"2020-12-18T20:56:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T18:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=11278"},"modified":"2020-12-18T20:56:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T18:56:15","slug":"its-elaines-world-and-we-just-live-in-it-as-she-skyrockets-to-stardom-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2020\/12\/18\/its-elaines-world-and-we-just-live-in-it-as-she-skyrockets-to-stardom-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Elaine\u2019s World And We Just Live In It As She Skyrockets To Stardom In 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Elain.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Elain.jpg?resize=450%2C300\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Elain.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Elain.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At 21 years old, South African R&amp;B singer and songwriter, Elaine, is a bonafide risk-taker and history-maker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With her debut EP, Elements, that follows her journey through love, heartbreak and renewal, Elaine became the first independent female artist to reach #1 on the Apple Music Sub-Saharan African charts, and the EP was deservedly certified platinum not long after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EP\u2019s breakout single \u201cYou\u2019re The One\u201d was also certified 3x platinum, enjoying airplay on The Joe Budden Podcast and Ebro in the Morning, and her follow-up sultry single and debut video for \u201cRisky\u201d has notched over 1.5 million views on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elaine - You&#039;re The One (Official Music Video)\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gEWCJc1atvc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the most-streamed female artist in South Africa in 2020, Elaine cemented her status as a rising star by officially signing to Columbia Records earlier this year, and being announced as Spotify\u2019s first South African RADAR artist soon after, helping her deepen her connection to new and existing global audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elaine - Risky (Official Video)\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dX4TRokw78E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As a home-grown talent poised to do big things on a global stage, Elaine\u2019s journey to superstardom has only just begun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 21 years old, South African R&amp;B singer and songwriter, Elaine, is a bonafide risk-taker and history-maker. With her debut EP, Elements, that follows her journey through love, heartbreak and renewal, Elaine became the first independent female artist to reach #1 on the Apple Music Sub-Saharan African charts, and the EP was deservedly certified platinum&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2020\/12\/18\/its-elaines-world-and-we-just-live-in-it-as-she-skyrockets-to-stardom-in-2020\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">It\u2019s Elaine\u2019s World And We Just Live In It As She Skyrockets To Stardom In 2020<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}