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- Akon abstract "Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam (born April 16, 1973) (pronounced /ˈeɪkɒn/), 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 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, 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.".
- Akon activeYearsStartYear "1996".
- Akon associatedBand Ash_King.
- Akon associatedBand Colby_ODonis.
- Akon associatedBand David_Guetta.
- Akon associatedBand Dr._Dre.
- Akon associatedBand Eminem.
- Akon associatedBand Gwen_Stefani.
- Akon associatedBand Kardinal_Offishall.
- Akon associatedBand Kat_DeLuna.
- Akon associatedBand Lil_Wayne.
- Akon associatedBand Mariah_Carey.
- Akon associatedBand Michael_Jackson.
- Akon associatedBand Rihanna.
- Akon associatedBand Snoop_Dogg.
- Akon associatedBand T-Pain.
- Akon associatedBand Young_Jeezy.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist Ash_King.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist Colby_ODonis.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist David_Guetta.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist Dr._Dre.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist Eminem.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist Gwen_Stefani.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist Kardinal_Offishall.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist Kat_DeLuna.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist Lil_Wayne.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist Mariah_Carey.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist Michael_Jackson.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist Rihanna.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist Snoop_Dogg.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist T-Pain.
- Akon associatedMusicalArtist Young_Jeezy.
- Akon background "solo_singer".
- Akon birthDate "1973-04-16".
- Akon birthPlace Missouri.
- Akon birthPlace St._Louis.
- Akon genre Contemporary_R&B.
- Akon genre Hip_hop_music.
- Akon genre Soul_music.
- Akon occupation Actor.
- Akon occupation Rapping.
- Akon occupation Record_producer.
- Akon occupation Singing.
- Akon occupation Songwriter.
- Akon recordLabel Atlantic_Records.
- 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.
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