One of last year's biggest songs was a skeletal, bittersweet piano duet between Rihanna and Louisiana-born Mikky Ekko, the kind of mournful, indelible crowd-pleaser that makes you feel really sad and ...

Hotly tipped singer/songwriter Mikky Ekko has revealed the story behind his Top Ten Rihanna duet 'Stay', claiming that the track he wrote relates to her personal life as much as it does to his. Ekko ...

In many ways, Mikky Ekko couldn't have chosen a better title for his debut album than "Time." By Andrew Hampp In many ways, Mikky Ekko couldn’t have chosen a better title for his debut album than Time ...

The original version of Rihanna's mega-hit and duet with rising star Mikky Ekko has been revealed online. It doesn't feature Rihanna. Listen below. The track was originally recorded by Ekko, and later ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Rihanna’s “Stay” with Mikky Ekko just hit 12-times platinum in the ...

Rihanna's "Stay" was one of the most enduring pop singles of 2013, but it started off, as so many pop songs often do, as a solo demo by a Louisiana industry songwriter named MikkyEkko, who would go on ...

The 'Diamonds' singer is back with the emotional video for her latest 'Unapologetic' single. Rihanna has unveiled the long-awaited music video for her new single 'Stay' with Mikky Ekko. The 'We Found ...

Singer-songwriter Mikky Ekko – best known as the male voice on Rihanna’s 2012 song “Stay” – hoped to capture some of what he calls the “raw emotion” of that Top 10 hit on his debut album, Time, which ...

Nashville singer-songwriter Mikky Ekko was catapulted to fame when pop superstar Rihanna recorded his song "Stay" and then performed it with him at the Grammys. Now, with the release of his debut ...

It's hard to believe Rihanna - she of the sexy selfie fame - being self-conscious or anything but self-assured. However, according to Mikky Ekko - who wrote and duetted with her on hit single Stay - ...