  Akon, Alianue Thiam, was born in
Africa and came to the US with his family in
1986. Akon's musical influence first came
from his father, African percussionist Mor
Thiam.
 # 85
Singles Artist of the Year
Akon released Trouble.
Akon hit the Top 40 with "Locked Up." The track was
an account of Akon's time being jailed for
auto theft.
 Trouble was certified gold.
 # 11
Singles Artist of the Year
Akon hit the Top 40 with "Lonely."
 Akon hit the Top 10 with "Lonely."
Akon topped the UK LP charts
with Trouble.
Trouble was certified
platinum.
Akon topped the UK singles chart
with "Lonely."
The single "Lonely" was certified
gold.
 The single "Lonely" was certified
platinum.
Akon hit the Top 40 with "Belly Dancer (Bananza)."
The video for "Locked Up" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for the MTV2
Award.
 Akon hit the Top 10 with "Belly Dancer (Bananza)."
Akon hit the Top 40 helping out Young
Jeezy with "Soul Survivor"
from Young Jeezy's LP Let's
Get It: Thug Motivation 101.
The single "Lonely" was certified 2x
platinum.
Akon could be heard on The Notorious
B.I.G. posthumous creation - Duets:
The Final Chapter.
 Akon could be heard on T-Pain's LP Rappa
Ternt Sanga on the tracks "U Got
Me," "Going Thru A Lot," and
"Ur Not The Same."
 # 52
Singles Artist of the Year
Akon hit the Top 40 with help
from Eminem with
"Smack That."
 Akon topped the Billboard Hot
Digital Songs chart with "Smack That."
Akon hit the Top 10 with help from Eminem with
"Smack That."
Akon released Konvicted.
Akon hit the Top 40 with help
from Snoop
Dogg with "I Wanna Love You."
Akon performed at the American Music
Awards.
Akon topped the UK singles chart
with help from Eminem with
"Smack That."
Akon topped the Billboard
Rhythmic Airplay chart with help from Snoop
Dogg with "I Wanna Love You."
 Akon topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart, Pop 100 chart, and Hot Digital
Songs chart with help from Snoop
Dogg with "I Wanna Love You."
Akon hit the Top 10 with help from Snoop
Dogg with "I Wanna Love You."
Akon topped the Billboard Pop
100 chart and Rhythmic Airplay chart with
help from Eminem with
"Smack That."
Akon could be heard on Gwen Stefani's LP The
Sweet Escape on the track "The
Sweet Escape."
 # 2
Singles Artist of the Year
 Akon hit the Top 40 helping out Gwen Stefani with
"The Sweet Escape."
The singles "I Wanna Love You" were certified
platinum and "Smack That" was certified 2x
platinum.
Konvicted was certified
platinum.
Akon hit the Top 10 helping out Gwen Stefani with
"The Sweet Escape."
Akon was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Smack That" with Eminem).
 Akon hit the Top 40 with "Don't Matter."
Akon hit the Top 10 with "Don't Matter."
Konvicted was certified 2x
platinum.
The single "I Wanna Love You" was certified 2x
platinum.
Akon topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart, Hot 100 Airplay chart, and
Rhythmic Airplay chart with "Don't Matter."
Akon hit #1 for 4 weeks helping out Gwen Stefani with
"The Sweet Escape."
 Akon hit the Top 40 helping out Bone
Thugs-N-Harmony with
"I Tried."
The single "Smack That" was certified 3x
platinum and the single "Don't Matter" was certified 2x
platinum.
Akon could be heard on the Bone
Thugs-N-Harmony LP Strength
And Loyalty on the tracks "I Tried" and "Never
Forget Me."
Akon could be heard on T-Pain's LP Epiphany on the track "Bartender."
Akon could be heard on Fabolous' LP From
Nothin' To Somethin' on the track
"Change Up."
Akon hit the Top 40 helping out T-Pain with "Bartender."
On July 7th, Akon performed at
the Live
Earth
concert in the US. The 7-continent concert
organized by Al Gore brought together over
100 artists to perform and raise the world's
awareness about the climate crisis and how to
make a difference to help the environment and
the world.
 Akon hit the Top 40 with "Sorry, Blame It On Me."
Akon topped the Billboard Rhymic
Airplay chart helping out T-Pain with "Bartender."
Akon released a deluxe
edition of Konvicted which included the hit
"Sorry, Blame It On Me," 2 other new
tracks, and a DVD with videos and footage of
Akon's trip to Africa.
Akon hit the Top 10 helping out T-Pain with "Bartender."
Akon was nominated for 3 MTV Video Music
Awards including Male Artist of the Year and Most
Earthshattering Collaboration ("Smack That" with Eminem) and "The Sweet Escape" with Gwen
Stefani).
 Akon hit the Top 40 with Wyclef Jean, Niaa Bertino
and Lil Wayne with
"Sweetest Girl (Dollar
Bill)."
Akon won an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist
and was nominated for Artist of the Year and Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.
Konvicted was certified 3x
platinum.
Akon could be heard on the Shaggy LP Intoxication on the track
"What's Love."
 Akon hit the Top 40 helping out Plies
with "Hypnotized."
Akon hit the Top 40 helping out DJ
Felli Fel and featuring Diddy, Ludacris, and Lil Jon
with "Get Buck In Here."
The single "Don't Matter" was certified 3x
platinum and "Lonely" was certified
platinum.
Akon topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as
the Top Pop Artist (singles & albums),
Top Pop Artist - Male (singles & albums),
Top Billboard 200 Album Artist - Male, Top
Hot 100 Singles Artist, Top Hot 100 Singles
Artist - Male, and Top Hot Rhythmic Artist.
The singles "I Tried" and "Bartender" were platinum.
 # 12
Singles Artist of the Year
 Akon hit the Top 10 with Wyclef Jean, Niaa Bertino
and Lil Wayne with
"Sweetest Girl (Dollar
Bill)."
Akon could be heard on the Michael Jackson LP 25th
Anniversary Of Thriller.
Akon was nominated for 4 Grammy Awards including Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
( "The Sweet Escape" with Gwen
Stefani), Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Bartender" with T-Pain), Best Contemporary R&B Album (Konvicted), and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("I Wanna Love You" with Snoop
Dogg).
 Akon hit the Top 40 helping out Colby O'Donis with "What You Got."
Akon hit the Top 40 helping out Kardinal
Offishall with "Dangerous."
 Akon hit the Top 10 helping out Colby O'Donis with "What You Got."
Akon hit the Top 10 helping out Kardinal
Offishall with "Dangerous."
 Akon topped the Billboard
Rhythmic chart helping out Kardinal
Offishall with "Dangerous."
Akon could be heard on the Nelly LP Brass
Knuckles on the track "Body On
Me."
Akon hit the Top 40 with "Right Now (Na Na Na)."
 Akon could be heard on the T-Pain LP Thr33
Ringz on the tracks "It
Ain't Me" and "Change."
Akon hit the Top 10 with "Right Now (Na Na Na)."
Akon released his next LP Freedom.
 # 23
Singles Artist of the Year
 Flo Rida hit the Top 40 with
help from Colby O'Donis and Kardinal
Offishall with "Beautiful."
Akon could be heard on the Flo Rida LP R.o.o.t.s.
(Route Of Overcoming The Struggle) on the track
"Available."
Akon could be heard on the Keri Hilson LP In
A Perfect World on the track "Change
Me."
Akon hit the Top 10 with help from Colby O'Donis and Kardinal
Offishall with "Beautiful."
Akon could be heard on the David Guetta LP One
Love on the track "Sexy Bitch", on the Whitney Houston LP I
Look To You on the track "Like I Never
Left" and on the Pitbull LP Rebelution on the track
"Shut It Down."
 Akon hit the Top 40 helping out David Guetta with "Sexy Bitch.
Akon could be heard on the Fat Joe LP Jealous
Ones Still Envy 2 (J.O.S.E. 2) on the track
"One."
Akon topped the Billboard Top
Dance Club Play Songs chart helping out David Guetta with "Sexy Bitch."
Akon topped the Canadian singles
chart helping out David Guetta with "Sexy Bitch."
 Akon hit the Top 10 helping out David Guetta with "Sexy Bitch."
 # 42
Singles Artist of the Year
Akon hit the Top 40 helping out Pitbull with "Shut It Down."
Akon could be heard on the Enrique
Iglesias LP Euphoria on the track "One
Day At A Time."
 The video for "Sexy Bitch" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Dance Video.
Akon hit the Top 40 with "Angel."
 Akon could be heard on the Nelly LP 5.0 on the track
"Move That Body."
Akon hit the Top 40 helping out
the late Michael Jackson with "Hold My Hand" and helping out Flo Rida with "Who Dat Girl."
 # 98
Singles Artist of the Year
 Akon could be heard on the T.I.
LP Trouble
Man: Heavy Is The Head on the track
"Wonderful Life."
 Akon could be heard on the Snoop Lion LP Reincarnated on the track
"Tired Of Running."
Akon hit the Top 40 helping out David Guetta and Ne-Yo with "Play Hard."
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Trouble
Released: June, 2004
US: Platinum
Tracks: "Locked Up" -
"Trouble Nobody" - "Belly Dancer
(Bananza)" - "Gangsta"
- "Ghetto" - "Pot Of
Gold" - "Show Out" -
"Lonely" - "When
The Time's Right" -
"Journey" - "Don't Let
Up" - "Easy Road" |
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Konvicted
Released: November, 2006
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Shake
Down" - "Blown Away" -
"Smack That" (with
Eminem) - "I Wanna Love You"
(with Snoop Dogg) - "Rain" -
"Never Took The Time" -
"Mama Africa" - "I Can't
Wait" - "Gangsta Bop" -
"Tired Of Runnin'" - "Once
In A While" - "Don't Matter" |
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Freedom
Released: December, 2008
Billboard
peak:
# 7
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: C-
Tracks: "Right Now (Na Na
Na)"
- "Beautiful" (featuring
Colby O'Donis & Kardinal Offishall) -
"Keep You Much Longer" -
"Troublemaker" (featuring Sweet
Rush) - "We Don't Care" -
"I'm So Paid" (featuring Young
Jeezy & Lil Wayne) - "Holla
Holla" (featuring T-Pain) -
"Against The Grain" (featuring
Ray Lavender) - "Be With You" -
"Sunny Day" (featuring Wyclef
Jean) - "Birthmark" -
"Over The Edge" -
"Freedom" |
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