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- Akon abstract "Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Bongo Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam (born April 16, 1973), known as Akon (pronounced /ˈeɪkɒn/), is an American R&B and hip hop recording artist, songwriter, and record producer. 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 3x platinum, three songs certified as 2x platinum, more than ten songs certified as 1x 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, Gwen Stefani and many more artists. He has had five Grammy Awards nominations and has produced many hits 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.".
- Akon activeYearsStartYear "1996".
- Akon alias "Akon".
- Akon associatedBand Colby_O'Donis.
- Akon associatedBand David_Guetta.
- Akon associatedBand Eminem.
- Akon associatedBand Gwen_Stefani.
- Akon associatedBand Kardinal_Offishall.
- Akon associatedBand Kat_DeLuna.
- Akon associatedBand Lil_Wayne.
- Akon associatedBand Michael_Jackson.
- Akon associatedBand Snoop_Dogg.
- Akon associatedBand T-Pain.
- Akon associatedBand Young_Jeezy.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist Colby_O'Donis.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist David_Guetta.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist Eminem.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist Gwen_Stefani.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist Kardinal_Offishall.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist Kat_DeLuna.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist Lil_Wayne.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist Michael_Jackson.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist Snoop_Dogg.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist T-Pain.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist Young_Jeezy.
- Akon background "solo_singer".
- Akon birthDate "1973-04-16".
- Akon birthPlace St._Louis.
- Akon birthYear "1973".
- Akon genre Contemporary_R&B.
- Akon genre Hip_hop_music.
- Akon occupation Rapping.
- Akon occupation Record_producer.
- Akon occupation Singing.
- Akon occupation Songwriter.
- Akon recordLabel KonLive_Distribution.
- Akon recordLabel Konvict_Muzik.
- Akon recordLabel Republic_Records.
- Akon recordLabel SRC_Records.
- Akon recordLabel Universal_Motown_Republic_Group.
- Akon recordLabel UpFront_Records.
- Akon thumbnail Akon_2008.jpg?width=300.
- Akon viafId "12550896".
- Akon wikiPageExternalLink akon.com.
- Akon wikiPageID "5570621".
- Akon wikiPageRevisionID "644204127".
- Akon alternativeNames "Akon".
- Akon associatedActs "*David Guetta *Lil Wayne *Snoop Dogg *T-Pain *Young Jeezy *Kardinal Offishall *Eminem *Gwen Stefani *Kat DeLuna *Michael Jackson *Colby O'Donis".
- Akon background "solo_singer".
- Akon birthDate "1973-04-16".
- Akon birthName "Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Bongo Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam".
- Akon birthPlace "St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.".
- Akon caption "Akon in 2008".
- Akon dateOfBirth "1973-04-16".
- Akon genre "*R&B *hip hop".
- Akon hasPhotoCollection Akon.
- Akon id "p535592".
- Akon imageSize "210".
- Akon label "*Konvict Muzik *Kon Live Distribution *Republic Records *Universal *SRC *UpFront".
- Akon label "Akon".
- Akon name "Akon".
- Akon name "Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam".
- Akon occupation "*Singer *songwriter *rapper *record producer".
- Akon placeOfBirth "St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.".
- Akon religion "{{Islam".
- Akon shortDescription "Singer-songwriter, record producer".
- Akon title "YouTube Vevo channel".
- Akon user "AkonVEVO".
- Akon wordnet_type synset-musician-noun-1.
- Akon yearsActive "1996".
- Akon description "Singer-songwriter, record producer".
- Akon description "Singer-songwriter, record producer".
- Akon subject Category:1973_births.
- Akon subject Category:African-American_Muslims.
- Akon subject Category:African-American_businesspeople.
- Akon subject Category:African-American_male_rappers.
- Akon subject Category:African-American_record_producers.
- Akon subject Category:African-American_singer-songwriters.
- Akon subject Category:Akon.
- Akon subject Category:American_dance_musicians.
- Akon subject Category:American_hip_hop_record_producers.
- Akon subject Category:American_hip_hop_singers.
- Akon subject Category:American_male_singer-songwriters.
- Akon subject Category:American_people_of_Senegalese_descent.
- Akon subject Category:American_pop_singers.
- Akon subject Category:American_rhythm_and_blues_singer-songwriters.
- Akon subject Category:American_singer-songwriters.
- Akon subject Category:Businesspeople_from_Missouri.
- Akon subject Category:Businesspeople_from_New_Jersey.
- Akon subject Category:Businesspeople_in_mining.
- Akon subject Category:Living_people.
- Akon subject Category:Midwest_hip_hop_musicians.
- Akon subject Category:Musicians_from_Jersey_City,_New_Jersey.
- Akon subject Category:Musicians_from_Newark,_New_Jersey.
- Akon subject Category:People_from_Dakar.
- Akon subject Category:People_from_Union_City,_New_Jersey.
- Akon subject Category:Rappers_from_Atlanta,_Georgia.
- Akon subject Category:Rappers_from_New_Jersey.
- Akon subject Category:Rappers_from_St._Louis,_Missouri.
- Akon subject Category:SRC_Records_artists.