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Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam (born April 16, 1973), better known as Akon (), is an American singer, songwriter, businessman, record producer and actor of Senegalese descent. 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.

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Albums

2013

Criminal Mind Single

2012

Play Hard Single

2012

Play Hard (new edit) Single

2012

Like Money Single

2011

I'm Day Dreaming Single

Chammak Challo lyrics
2011

Chammak Challo Single

2011

Just a Man

2011

El Product Single

Time Is Money lyrics
2011

Time Is Money Single

2010

Body Bounce Single

2010

Who Dat Girl Single

2009

All Up 2 You Single

Beautiful lyrics
2009

Beautiful Single

Freedom lyrics
2008

Freedom

2008

Body On Me Single

Dangerous lyrics
2008

Dangerous Single

Mama Africa lyrics
2007

Mama Africa Single

2007

Dream Big Single

2006

Snitch Single

Locked Up lyrics
2003

Locked Up Single

Rock Single

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