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[CELEBRITY BIO] The Fabulous Life Of Augustine Miles Kelechi AKA Tekno

Augustine Miles Kelechi popularly known by his stage name Tekno Miles or Tekno,
is a Nigerian singer-songwriter, producer, performer and dancer. He is a
descent of Ebonyi state. He was born on December, 17, 1992 in Bauchi,
Bauchi State, Nigeria.
RHEOSTAR247.COM presents you with a biography on Tekno Miles
young days

Born Augustine Miles Kelechi is a descent of Ebonyi State. He was born
in Bauchi State. He grew up in several parts of the country including
Nassarawa, Kaduna and Abuja due to the fact that his father was a member
of the Nigerian Army. At the age of 8, Tekno Miles was enrolled in a
music school where he learnt and mastered the rudiments of playing the
piano and guitar.
Career

Tekno Miles was first signed under K-Money Entertainment. His first
single titled “Holiday” was released under the imprint. With featured
vocals from Davido, “Holiday” was positively accepted and gained massive
airplay.
In 2012 while in Abuja, Tekno Miles was spotted by renowned Nigerian
comedian Julius Agwu at an event after Tekno Miles received a standing
ovation following the performance of a song titled “Onye Ne Kwu”, his
remix of Ice Prince’s “Oleku”. It was at the same event he met Iyanya
and Ubi Franklyn, the manager of Made Men Music Group who he became
friends with. Ubi and Iyanya eventually encouraged Tekno Miles to move
to Lagos to further his music career.
On October 5, 2013, he signed a music contract with Made Men Music
Group under which he released singles like “Dance” and “Anything” which
won him a nomination in the “Best New act of the Year” category at the
2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards. On June 18, 2015, Tekno Miles
released a song titled “Duro” which was positively received. A remix
which featured Phyno and Flavour N’abania was released on November 16,
2015. “Duro” was produced by DJ Coublon. It topped several charts in
Nigeria and on the international scene, it peaked at #5 on Capital XTRA’s
“Afrobeats Chart: Top 10” for September 2015. On November 20, 2015,
Tekno Miles released a single titled “Wash”. The song was produced by DJ
Coublon with the video directed by AJE Films.
Recently, he signed a deal with Sony Entertainment.
Awards & Nominations

In 2014, he was nominated at Nigeria Entertainment Awards as Best New Act of The Year. In 2015, he won 9th Nigeria Music Video Awards for Best Pop Extra Video
His single, ‘Duro’ was nominated as Nigeria Entertainment Awards Hottest Single, Best Music Video of the Year, Afropop Artist of the Year in 2016.
That same year, he won MTV Africa Music Awards for Best New Act and ‘Pana’ was nominated at WatsUp TV Africa Music Video Awards for African Video of the Year, Best African Male Video, Best West African Video and Best Afro Pop Video.
In 2014, he was nominated at Nigeria Entertainment Awards as Best New Act of The Year. In 2015, he won 9th Nigeria Music Video Awards for Best Pop Extra Video
His single, ‘Duro’ was nominated as Nigeria Entertainment Awards Hottest Single, Best Music Video of the Year, Afropop Artist of the Year in 2016.
That same year, he won MTV Africa Music Awards for Best New Act and ‘Pana’ was nominated at WatsUp TV Africa Music Video Awards for African Video of the Year, Best African Male Video, Best West African Video and Best Afro Pop Video.
Endorsements

He bagged an endorsement deal with MTN in 2015.
Controversies

He publicly displayed his displeasure for being nominated under the
Headies Awards category for Next Rated and was later disqualified from
the 2016 Headies Awards. This was as a result of his failure to turn up
for photo-sessions, interviews and other activities in the run-up to the
awards ceremony proper.
Marriage

Tekno is currently single but was once spotted in a photo on Instagram enjoying adorable moment with a baby which he tagged, ‘My Baby’.
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