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Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam (born April 16, 1973), professionally known as simply Akon , is a Senegalese American R&B and hip hop recording artist, songwriter, record producer and businessman. 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 Spanish and Hindi. He was listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the #1 selling artists 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, 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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Criminal Mind Single 2013 itunes amazon
Like Money Single 2012-07-09 itunes amazon
Konkrete Jungle Album 2012-06-29 itunes amazon
Hurt Somebody Single 2012-05-01 itunes amazon
The Koncrete Mixtape Album 2012-04-14 itunes amazon
I'm Day Dreaming Single 2011-12-02 itunes amazon
Last Man Standing Single 2011-07-19 itunes amazon
Chammak Challo Single 2011-06-03 itunes amazon
Just a Man Album 2011-06-01 itunes amazon
El Product Single 2011-04-20 itunes amazon
Time Is Money Single 2011-04-10 itunes amazon
Who Dat Girl (Remixes) Remix 2011-01-11 itunes amazon
Kush Single 2010-11-19 itunes amazon
Hold My Hand Single 2010-11-15 itunes amazon
Body Bounce Single 2010-04-06 itunes amazon
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