Akon

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Akon
Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam (/ˈeɪkɒn/; born April 16,
1973), known mononymously as Akon, is a Senegalese-American Akon
singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist and
actor from New Jersey. 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
KonLive Distribution. The labels served as a stepping stone for many
soon-to-be successful acts, such as Lady Gaga, T-Pain, R. City,
Kardinall Offishall, and Red Café. 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.[3] 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 Akon in July 2015
ringtones in the world. Born Aliaume Damala
Akon often provides vocals as a featured artist and is currently credited Badara Akon
with over 300 guest appearances and more than 35 Billboard Hot 100 Thiam
songs, resulting in five Grammy Awards nominations. He has released 6 April 16, 1973
solo albums and has handled the majority of production on his solo St. Louis,
work and guest features. Alongside this, he also produced records Missouri, US
mainly for artists on his respective labels, as well as for other artists
Other names A-Kon · El
such as Michael Jackson, Snoop Dogg, Lionel Richie, Leona Lewis,
Negreeto
Sean Paul and Whitney Houston.
Occupation Singer ·
Forbes ranked Akon 80th (Power Rank) in Forbes Celebrity 100 in songwriter ·
2010[4] and 5th in 40 Most Powerful Celebrities in Africa list, in rapper · record
2011.[5] Billboard ranked Akon No. 6 on the list of Top Digital Songs producer · actor ·
Artists of the decade.[6] entrepreneur ·
philanthropist
Years active 1996–present
Contents Organization Akon Lighting
Early life Africa
Music career Children 6
2003–05: Discovery and Trouble Parent(s) Mor Thiam
2006–08: Konvicted (father)[1][2]
2008–09: Freedom Kine Gueye
2010–18: Stadium and hiatus Thiam (nèe.
2019–present: Return to music, Akonik Label Group, El
Negreeto, Akonda and Konnect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akon 1/14
Philanthropy Gueye,
mother)[1][2]
Television and film
Awards List of awards
Personal life
and nominations
Legal difficulties
Musical career
Awards and nominations
Genres R&B · pop · hip
Discography
hop · dancehall
Filmography Instruments Vocals ·
Tours keyboards ·
See also synthesizer ·
References drums
External links Labels Akonik · Atlantic ·

Konvict · KonLive
· Republic ·
Early life Universal
Motown · SRC ·
Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam was born on April 16, 1973, in UpFront
St. Louis to a Muslim family.[7][8][9] He spent a significant part of his Associated acts Colby O'Donis ·
childhood in Senegal, which he described as his "hometown". A child Giorgio Tuinfort ·
of a dancer mother—Kine Gueye Thiam (nèe. Gueye), and a Gwen Stefani ·
percussionist father, Mor Thiam,[1][2] Akon learned to play five Jeezy · Kardinal
instruments, including drums, guitar and djembe.[10] At age seven, he
Offishall · Lady
moved with his family to Union City, New Jersey,[11] splitting his time
Gaga · OG Boo
between the United States and Senegal until settling in Newark, New
Dirty · RedOne ·
Jersey.[10] Growing up in New Jersey, Akon had difficulties getting
along with other children. When he and his older brother reached high R. City · Styles P
school, his parents left them on their own in Jersey City and moved the · Sean Paul ·
rest of the family to Atlanta, Georgia.[12] Akon attended William L. Snoop Dogg · T-
Dickinson High School in Jersey City.[13] Through his father Mor Pain
Thiam, he is part part Dogon, an ethnic group of Mali.[1][2] Website akon.com (http://
akon.com)
Music career
2003–05: Discovery and Trouble
Akon's three years in jail saw him begin to recognize his music abilities and develop an appreciation for his
musical background. Music mogul Devyne Stephens, president of Upfront Megatainment first heard about
Akon when the rapper Lil' Zane brought him along to Stephens' rehearsal hall, a place that at the time saw
talents such as Usher and TLC being developed. The relationship between Stephens and Akon began as a
friendship and mentorship, with the young artist regularly stopping by to ask for advice, with Stephens
eventually signing him to his production company and began grooming him professionally.[14] The songs Akon
recorded with Stephens were brought to the attention of Universal's imprint SRC Records.[14] In an interview
with HitQuarters SRC A&R Jerome "Knobody" Foster said, "What caught my attention right away was
"Lonely", and I said, 'this kid is official – this is a huge record."[14] Foster and SRC CEO Steve Rifkind
immediately boarded a private plane to Atlanta to meet the young artist.[14] Akon knew of Foster's work as
producer Knobody and so there was a mutual respect for one another and the pair hit it off.[14]
Akon's solo debut album, Trouble was released on June 29, 2004. It spawned the singles "Locked Up",
"Lonely", "Belly Dancer (Bananza)", "Pot of Gold" and "Ghetto". "Locked Up" reached the number 8 position
in the U.S. and number 5 in the UK. "Ghetto" became a radio hit when it was remixed by DJ Green Lantern to
include verses from rappers 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G. The album is a hybrid of Akon's silky, West
African-styled vocals mixed with East Coast and Southern beats. Most of Akon's songs begin with the sound of
the clank of a jail cell's door with him uttering the word "Konvict".[15]
In 2005, he released the single "Lonely" (which samples Bobby Vinton's "Mr. Lonely"). The song reached the
top five on the Billboard Hot 100, and topped the charts in Australia, the UK and Germany. His album also
climbed to number one in the UK in April 2005. When music channel The Box had a top ten weekly chart,
which was calculated by the number of video requests, Akon's "Lonely" became the longest running single on
the top of the chart, spanning over fifteen weeks. Akon was then featured on two other singles, P-Money's
"Keep on Callin'" off the album Magic City, and the other with New Zealand rapper Savage with the single
"Moonshine", which had become a success in both New Zealand and Australia, reaching number one in the
New Zealand charts. A year later in 2005, he made his first critically acclaimed guest appearance on Young
Jeezy's debut album, Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101, with the song "Soul Survivor". In December the same
year his manager, Robert Montanez was killed in a shooting after a dispute in New Jersey.
In 2006, Akon and Young Jeezy suggested plans for a collaborative album.[16][17]
2006–08: Konvicted
Akon started his new record label Kon Live Distribution under Interscope
Records. His second album, Konvicted was released in November 2006 and
debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, selling 286,000 copies in its first
week. After only six weeks, Konvicted sold more than one million records in
the U.S. The album was a certified platinum after seven weeks, and after
sixteen weeks it was certified double platinum. It stayed in the top twenty of the
Billboard 200 for 28 consecutive weeks and peaked at number two on four
occasions. On November 20, 2007, the RIAA certified the album 'triple
platinum' with 3 million units sold in the US.
The album included collaborations with Eminem, Snoop Dogg and Styles P.
The first single "Smack That" (featuring Eminem) was released in August 2006
and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks.
Akon performing at the On October 5, 2006, Akon broke a record on the Hot 100, as he achieved the
Verizon Wireless largest climb in the chart's 48-year-history with "Smack That" jumping from
Amphitheatre in Charlotte,
number 95 to 7. The leap was fueled by its number six debut on Hot Digital
2007.
Songs with 67,000 downloads. The record has since been broken several times.
"Smack That" was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 49th
Annual Grammy Awards, but lost to Justin Timberlake and T.I.'s "My
Love".[18]
"I Wanna Love You", (featuring Snoop Dogg) was the second single released in September, it would go on to
earn Akon his first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, and Snoop's second. "I Wanna Love You"
topped the U.S. charts for two consecutive weeks. In January 2007, a third single "Don't Matter" which earned
him his first solo number one and second consecutive Hot 100 chart topper was released. "Mama Africa" was
released as a European single in July 2007, making it the fourth overall single from the album. To coincide with
the release of the deluxe edition of the album "Sorry, Blame It on Me" debuted in August 2007 on the Hot 100
at number seven.
In February 2007, Akon launched his clothing line, Konvict Clothing. It features urban streetwear including
denim jeans, hoodies, T-shirts and hats. Aliaune is the upscale version, or high-end line, for males and females,
which includes blazers, denim jeans and other items.[19]
He produced and featured on Gwen Stefani's "The Sweet Escape" which

has reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Akon performed at the
American leg of Live Earth. He later recorded a remix of "Wanna Be
Startin' Somethin'" by Michael Jackson for the 25th anniversary rerelease
of Jackson's Thriller. He also worked with bachata group Aventura and
Reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel on All Up 2 You. The song received two
nominations at the Premios Lo Nuestro 2010 for "Urban Song of the Year"
and "Video Collaboration of the Year". He signed Jayko, a Hispanic R&B
and Reggaeton artist, to his label.
Akon performing with Gwen
Stefani on The Sweet Escape
2008–09: Freedom Tour.
Akon released his third album Freedom on December 2, 2008, which

spawned four singles: "Right Now (Na Na Na)", "I'm So Paid" (featuring Lil
Wayne and Young Jeezy), "Beautiful" (featuring Colby O'Donis and Kardinal
Offishall) and "We Don't Care". Freedom was certified platinum in the US. Rap
singer Nelly suggested that Akon, Pharrell, and T-Pain had talked about
forming a rap supergroup in 2009.[20] Akon and Konvict Muzik produced hip
hop/rock group Flipsyde's 2009 release, State of Survival, released via Kon
Live Distribution and Cherrytree Records.[21] He was also the executive
producer of Kardinal Offishall's fourth solo album Not 4 Sale. The first single
"Dangerous", which featured Akon peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.
He co-wrote Kon Live artist Lady Gaga's hit "Just Dance", and which earned a
Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording at the 51st Grammy Awards.
After the unexpected death of Michael Jackson, who Akon was working with,
Akon at Mumbai airport.
Akon released a tribute song called "Cry Out Of Joy". Akon claimed to be close
friend with Jackson near the end of Jackson's life in an interview UK R&B
writer Pete Lewis of the award-winning 'Blues & Soul' in October 2008[22] In
July 2008, a song called "Hold My Hand", an R&B duet/collaboration between Michael Jackson and Akon,
circulated the internet. It was not included in the track list for Freedom as Akon previously stated. During an
interview with Tavis Smiley, Akon said that Jackson had planned on a high-profile release including a music
video until the track had leaked. This is Jackson's last known song before he died on June 25, 2009. Akon
finished work on the song for Jackson's posthumous album, Michael and it was released as a single in
November 2010.
Akon co-wrote and recorded "Put It on My Tab" with New Kids on the Block for their 2008 reunion album The
Block.[23] He also co-wrote and produced Leona Lewis' single "Forgive Me" and worked with X Factor 2008
winner Alexandra Burke on her debut album. He later worked with Whitney Houston for her 2009 comeback
album I Look to You, appearing on the track "Like I Never Left".[24] Akon collaborated with Pitbull on the
single "Shut It Down" from the album "Rebelution" and worked with Matisyahu to remix his single "One Day"
on his album Light.[25] He also co-produced singer Natalia Kills' debut single, "Mirrors", from her debut
album, Perfectionist. IsThereSomethingICanDo.com, launched On March 25, 2009, The social action
collaboration project between the artists Peter Buffett and Akon has partnered with DoSomething.org, to
coincide with the release of "Blood Into Gold". The song focused on human trafficking and featured both
artists.[26]
David Guetta collaborated with Akon in "Sexy Bitch", the first house track by Akon. The song reached number
1 in more than six countries and charted at 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. He produced and recorded "Oh Africa"
for the 2010 World Cup with Pepsi.
According to Forbes, Akon grossed $13 million in 2011, $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12
million in 2008.
2010–18: Stadium and hiatus
A single, "Angel", produced by Guetta, was released in September 2010, which peaked at number 56 on the US
Billboard charts, significantly lower than his previous outings.[27] Akon performed the song during the 2010
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.[28] Akon travelled to Jamaica to work with Damian, Juliam and Stephen
Marley.[29] Around the same time, Akon collaborated with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg on "Kush", charting on
number 36 on the Billboard charts. The single was first intended to from Dr. Dre's forthcoming album Detox;
however, it was removed from the final album track list, with the album eventually being unreleased. He also
contributed "We Are the World: 25 for Haiti", a charity single in aid of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. After an
almost 3-year hiatus from solo work, Akon released the promotional single "Dirty Work", featuring Wiz
Khalifa, which was released in February 2013, peaked at number 31 on the Rhythmic Billboard charts.[30]
Later that year, on November 11, 2013, Akon released a standalone single titled "So Blue".[31]
On January 1, 2015, Akon released five singles from Stadium. He also announced that the album would be a
quintuple album, broken up into five genres (Euro, Pop, Urban, Island & World).[32] All singles failed to chart.
In November 2015, Akon announced via his official website that he was planning to release his fourth album
Stadium in four versions: Stadium- Island, Stadium- Urban, Stadium- World and Stadium- House.[33] These
editions of the album will be available exclusively via the Stadium mobile app which is supported by ads but
allows fans to stream the albums.[34] The album was indefinitely postponed, and might get released in the near
future.[35]
In late 2015 and early 2016, Akon released the singles "Want Some", "Hypnotized" and "Good Girls Lie", upon
striking a new record deal with Atlantic Records.[36] In April 2016, Akon appeared in the Chinese reality TV
show I Am a Singer along with the Taiwanese singer Jeff Chang.[37] Later that year, he was featured on the
remix of Joey Montana's single, "Picky", and featured alongside Chris Brown on Gucci Mane's Michael
Jackson tribute single, "Moonwalk".
In late 2017, he released a collaborative mixtape with Konvict signees entitled Konvict Kartel Vol. 2.[38]
2019–present: Return to music, Akonik Label Group, El Negreeto, Akonda and

Konnect
Akon has announced his new record label Akonik Label Group and will release four studio albums in different
genres. In May 2019, Akon released his first Latin single "Get Money", featuring Puerto Rican rapper Anuel
AA.[39][40] It was intended to be the lead single for his fourth album El Negreeto but didn't appear on the final
version of the album. The album was expected to be released on August 30, 2019, but was pushed back and
released on October 4, 2019. On September 6, 2019, Akon released "Cómo No" featuring Mexican-American
singer Becky G, as the lead single from El Negreeto.[41]. After that album, Akonda was released on October 25,
2019, serving as his fifth album and contain Afrobeats music.[42] The album's singles are "Low Key" and
"Wakonda". Furthermore, Konnect will be released sometime in 2020, which will serve as his sixth album and
will contain Hip hop and R&B music like his previous albums.[43] The album's singles are "Benjamin" and
"Can't Say No". On March 22, 2020, Akon released a song called "Girls Like U (The Akon Self-Isloation
Remix)", which is a remix version of the Maroon 5 song of the same name.[44]
Philanthropy
Akon also started a project Akon Lighting Africa in 2014 which provides electricity in 15 countries of
Africa.[45][46][47]
He also launched his own charity for underprivileged children in Africa called Konfidence Foundation.
In 2018, Akon announced he was working with the Senegalese government to build a tourist-city with a
cryptocurrency-based economy named Akon City. At the time, it was said that three square miles of land
minutes from the Blaise Diagne International Airport and around 50 kilometres from the capital of Dakar was
given to Akon by Senegal president Macky Sall. It is said to be currently under development, and will be the
first 100% crypto-based city with Akon's own cryptocurrency, Akoin, at the transactional center.[48]
Most recently, on January 13, 2020 , Akon shared on Twitter that the agreements for his city in Senegal have
been finalized and the project is underway. He captioned a photo of himself with Senegal president Macky Sall
"Looking forward to hosting you there in the future." [49] Akon had been planning the crypto-city since 2018.
The city plans on trading exclusively in Akon's digital cash, known as Akoin.[50] The city is five minutes away
from the Senegal International Airport.[51]
Television and film

Akon has confirmed that a reality television show is in the works. It will be called My Brother's Keeper, and the
point is that Akon's two nearly identical brothers will go around in Atlanta posing as him fooling people into
thinking that it is in fact Akon. They will try to get VIP treatment and freebies. Akon has claimed that people
have mistaken his brothers for him many times in Atlanta, which is what the show is based on.[52]
In 2006, it was announced that Akon is planning to work on a full-length movie titled Illegal Alien, which will
be based on his life.[53] Several sources have reported that actor Mekhi Phifer will portray Akon in the film.[54]
Besides, Akon confirmed in August 2007, in an interview with Polish website INTERIA.PL, that he works on a
movie, "Cocaine Cowboys", which tells the story of Jon Roberts, the main pilot of the Medellín Cartel.[55]
On November 30, 2007, Akon entered the Big Brother house in Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition 2 as a
guest. He also appeared on edition of November 17, 2008 of WWE Raw, with Santino Marella citing him in his
speech.
He collaborated with music director duo Vishal-Shekhar and the English and Hindi lyrics of "Chammak
Challo" as a part of the soundtrack for the 2011 Bollywood film Ra.One.[56]
Akon made his acting debut appearing alongside an ensemble cast in the 2012 Nigerian-American film Black
November. In 2014, he starred alongside Hayden Christensen and Adrien Brody in the action movie, American
Heist,[57] directed by Sarik Andreasyan.
Personal life
Akon claims that he has six children with three women in an interview with Blender,[58] all of whom he has
great relationships with. He says he wishes to keep his family protected from the public eye.[59]
Akon owns a diamond mine in South Africa and denies the existence of blood diamonds (also known as
"conflict diamonds") saying, "I don't believe in conflict diamonds. That's just a movie. Think about it. Nobody
thought or cared about conflict diamonds until Blood Diamond was released."[60] However, he has since stated
that he does accept that blood diamonds exist, and that he is partial-owner of an African mine that is dedicated
to avoiding use of blood diamonds while also donating profits to local communities.[61]
Akon appeared on the ITV2 show The Hot Desk. He stated on the show that he is a fan of English Premier
League club Chelsea F.C.
In October 2018, Akon received some media coverage for his "serious consideration" in running for President
of the United States in the U.S. 2020 Election.
Legal difficulties
Akon has stated that he was part of an auto-theft ring and spent four years in prison from 1999 to 2002.
However, in April 2008, The Smoking Gun website challenged his claim with court records and interviews
with detectives involved in Akon's case, concluding that he was not convicted of any crime and did not serve
time in prison.[62][63][64] Akon responded to the report by saying that he never spent 3 years in prison, but had
many shorter sentences that add up to three years.[65]
In April 2007, Akon drew criticism for an onstage act which included simulated sex with Danah Alleyne — a
15-year-old girl at the time who is the daughter of a pastor and sister of Crime Watch host Ian Alleyne — at the
Zen Nightclub in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, as part of a fake contest, despite the club's claim to have
a 21 years and over age requirement.[66][67] The incident was filmed by Akon's crew and later uploaded to the
Internet. On April 20, 2007 local media, channel CCN TV6, aired the video clip publicly. Amid criticism on the
radio, television, and from the blogosphere, Verizon Wireless removed ringtones featuring Akon's songs.
Verizon also decided not to sponsor The Sweet Escape Tour where Akon was to be the opening act for Gwen
Stefani.[68] However, Universal Music Group did not take action against Akon, but rather simply ordered the
video clip be removed from video-sharing site YouTube due to copyright infringement. Conservative
commentator and Parents Television Council founder Brent Bozell called this "corporate irresponsibility".[69]
Political commentators Michelle Malkin, Laura Ingraham, and Bill O'Reilly criticized Akon for "degrading
women".[70][71] Malkin uploaded commentary about Akon to YouTube, using footage from music videos and
the Trinidad concert, and Universal Music Group then forced its removal by issuing a DMCA takedown
notice.[72] The Electronic Frontier Foundation joined Malkin in contesting the removal as a misuse of copyright
law, citing fair use.[73] In May 2007, UMG rescinded its claim to the video, and the video returned to YouTube.
On June 3, 2007, at WSPK's KFEST concert at the Dutchess Stadium in Fishkill, New York, a concert attendee
threw an object towards Akon on stage. Akon asked the crowd to identify who threw the object and that he be
brought on stage. Security staff grabbed the young man and took him up to the stage. Akon then pulled him up
from the crowd and hoisted him across his shoulders. The singer then tossed the attendee back into the crowd
from his shoulders. Video of the incident was reviewed by Fishkill police.[74] Akon has claimed that the
incident was staged and that he in fact used the act to set up for the next record.[52] Charges of endangering the
welfare of a minor, a misdemeanor, and second-degree harassment, a violation, were filed, according to police
Chief Donald F. Williams, and Akon was arraigned on the two charges on December 3, 2007 in the town of
Fishkill Court.[75]
In 2010, Buddhist groups in Sri Lanka vehemently protested a planned concert by Akon, claiming his music
video with Guetta for "Sexy Chick" insulted Buddhism because of the Buddha statue that can be seen several
times in the background. Considering the allegations against Akon, the Sri Lankan Government decided not to
issue him a visa to enter into Sri Lanka.[76]
Awards and nominations
Discography
Trouble (2004)
Konvicted (2006)
Freedom (2008)
El Negreeto (2019)
Akonda (2019) Akon's general marketing logo, used
from 2003 to 2007
Konnect (TBC)[77]
The Konnection (TBC)[77]
Filmography
Black November (2012)
American Heist (2014)
Akon's general marketing logo, used
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) since 2008
Tours
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania One-off Concert (2006).[78]
Konvicted Tour (July to September 2007, then additional dates in 2008)
The Sweet Escape Tour with Gwen Stefani (April to July 2007)
Good Girl Gone Bad Tour with Rihanna (Canadian-leg only, September – December 2008)
Konvict Muzik Tour with T-Pain (Australia only, October 26–27, 2009)
Summer Tour, (Brazil-leg only, January to February 2010)
OMG Tour with Usher (North America Second Leg, April – June 2011)
See also
Music portal
List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones
List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart
List of artists who have had number-one singles on the UK Official Download Chart
List of artists who reached number one in the United States
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External links Labels Akonik · Atlantic ·

2003–05: Discovery and Trouble

He produced and featured on Gwen Stefani's "The Sweet Escape" which

Akon released his third album Freedom on December 2, 2008, which

2010–18: Stadium and hiatus

2019–present: Return to music, Akonik Label Group, El Negreeto, Akonda and

Television and film

Awards and nominations

7. "Akon – Music Producer, Songwriter, Singer – Biography.com" (http://www.biography.com/people/

34. "Archived copy" (https://web.archive.org/web/20151224180608/http://www.akon.com/archives/33

63. "Report: Akon Embellished Criminal History" (https://web.archive.org/web/20130630223833/htt

77. "Archived copy" (https://hiphop-n-more.com/2019/10/akon-talks-4-albums-collaborations-secret-p

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