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Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam (born April 16, 1973), better known as Akon,
is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, businessman, record producer and actor. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of “Locked Up”, the first single from his debut album Trouble.
He has since founded two successful record labels, Konvict Muzik and Kon Live Distribution. His second album, Konvicted received three nominations for the Grammy Awards in two categories, Best Contemporary R&B Album for Konvicted album and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for “Smack That” and “I Wanna Love You”.
He is the first solo artist to hold both the number one and two spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 charts twice. Akon has had four songs certified as 3× platinum, three songs certified as 2× platinum, more than ten songs certified as 1× platinum and more than ten songs certified as gold in digital sales. Akon has sung songs in other languages including Tamil, Hindi, and Spanish. He was listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the #1 selling artist for master ringtones in the world.
Akon often provides vocals as a featured artist and is currently credited with over 300 guest appearances and more than 35 Billboard Hot 100 songs. He has worked with numerous performers such as Michael Jackson, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Whitney Houston, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and Gwen Stefani. He has had five Grammy Awards nominations and has produced songs for artists such as Lady Gaga, Colby O’Donis, Kardinal Offishall, Leona Lewis, and T-Pain.
Forbes ranked Akon 80th (Power Rank) in Forbes Celebrity 100 in 2010 and 5th in 40 Most Powerful Celebrities in Africa list, in 2011. Billboard ranked Akon No. 6 on the list of Top Digital Songs Artists of the decade.
Their British Hit Singles, years, and top positions are:
- Locked Up – 2004 – 5
- Ghetto – 2004
- Lonely – 2005 – 1
- Belly Dancer – 2005 – 5
- Pot of Gold – 2004 – 77
- Smack That feat. Eminem – 2006 – 1
- I Wanna Love You feat. Snoop Dog – 2006 – 3
- Don’t Matter – 2007 – 3
- Mama Africa – 2007 – 47
- Sorry, Blame It on Me – 2007 – 22
- Never Took the Time – 2007
- Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ 2008 feat. Michael Jackson – 2008 – 57
- I Can’t Wait feat. T-Pain – 2008 – 116
- Right Now (Na Na Na) – 2008 – 6
- I’m So Paid feat. Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy – 2008 – 59
- Beautiful feat. Colby O’Donis and Kardinal Offishall – 2009 – 8
- We Don’t Care – 2009 – 61
- Oh Africa feat. Keri Hilson – 2010 – 56
- Angel – 2010
- So Blue – 2013
- Want Some feat. DJ Choz – 2015
- Hypnotized – 2016
- Good Girls Lie – 2016
Songs That Akon Featured On
- The Beatnuts – Find Us – 2004 – 92
- P-Money – Keep on Calling – 2005
- Baby Bash – Baby I’m Back – 2005
- Young Jeezy – Soul Survivor – 2005 – 16
- Savage – Moonshine – 2005
- India.Arie – I Am Not My Hair – 2006
- Beenie Man – Girls – 2006 – 47
- Obie Trice – Snitch – 2006 – 44
- Styles P – Can You Believe It – 2006
- Gwen Stefani – The Sweet Escape – 2006 – 2
- 40 Cal – Survivor – 2007
- Bone Thugs-n-Harmony – I Tried – 2007 – 69
- DJ Khaled – We Takin’ Over – 2007
- Zion – The Way She Moves – 2007
- T-Pain – Bartender – 2007 – 104
- David Banner – 9mm – 2007
- DJ Felli Fel – Get Buck in Here – 2007
- Wyclef Jean – Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) – 2007 – 66
- Plies – Hypnotized – 2007 – 66
- Glasses Malone – Certified – 2007
- 50 Cent – I’ll Still Kill – 2007
- Kardinal Offishall – Graveyard Shift – 2007
- Colby O’Donis – What You Got – 2008
- L.A. – On My Trail – 2008
- Kardinal Offishall – Dangerous – 2008 – 16
- Tami Chynn – Frozen – 2008
- Romeo – Get Low Wit It – 2008
- Three 6 Mafia – That’s Right – 2008
- DJ Khaled – Out Here Grindin – 2008
- E-40 – Wake It Up – 2008
- Nelly – Body on Me – 2008 – 17
- Crooked I – Dream Big – 2008
- Shaggy – What’s Love – 2008
- Sway – Silver & Gold – 2009 – 61
- Tay Dizm – Dreamgirl – 2009
- DJ Drama – Day Dreaming – 2009
- Fat Joe – One – 2009
- Lionel Richie – Just Go – 2009 – 52
- Shontelle – Stuck with Each Other – 2009 – 23
- Peter Buffett – Blood Into Gold – 2009
- Aventura – All Up 2 You – 2009
- Ace Hood – Overtime – 2009
- Melissa – Yalli Naseeni – 2009
- Twista – On Top – 2009
- David Guetta – Sexy Bitch – 2009
- Cassie – Let’s Get Crazy – 2009
- Pamela Lajoie – Le sang des innocents – 2009
- Pitbull – Shut It Down – 2009 – 33
- Keri Hilson – Change Me – 2009
- Jay-J – Hold on Tight – 2009
- Madonna – Celebration – 2009
- Flo Rida – Available – 2009
- Play-N-Skillz – Angel Eyes – 2009
- Artists for Haiti – We Are the World 25 for Haiti – 2010 – 50
- Quincy Jones – Strawberry Letter 23 – 2010
- Kardinal Offishall – Body Bounce – 2010
- Kat DeLuna – Push Push – 2010
- Matisse – Better Than Her – 2010
- Nelly – Move That Body – 2010 – 71
- Dr. Dre – Kush – 2010 – 57
- Mohombi – Dirty Situation – 2010
- The Lonely Island – I Just Had Sex – 2010 – 68
- Flo Rida – Who Dat Girl – 2011 – 64
- Kylian Mash – Club Certified – 2011
- DJ Felli Fel – Boomerang – 2011
- Ya Boy – Lock Down – 2011
- Nick Cannon – Famous – 2011
- Mook – Freaky – 2011
- Asher Roth – Last Man Standing – 2011
- Redd – I’m Day Dreaming – 2011 – 71
- P-Square – Chop My Money – 2012
- Wonder Girls – Like Money – 2012
- David Guetta – Play Hard – 2013 – 6
- Just Ivy – Paradise – 2013
- Salaam Remi – One In the Chamber – 2013
- Purple Aura and Chris Willis -No One Can Replace You – 2013
- Audé – Electricity & Drums (Bad Boy) – 2013
- Harlee – Dream Warriors – 2014
- Gue Pequeno – Interstellar – 2015
- DJ Antoine – Holiday – 2015
- E.G.O. – Act Like You Know – 2015
- Robin Schulz – Heatwave – 2016
- DJ Greg Street – I Am Somebody – 2016
- Carolina Marquez – Oh La La La – 2016
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