Akon

5.8	Listal rating

Stats

Birth Name: Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam

Age: 40, born 16 April 1973

Born and residing in: United States

Height: 5' 11"

Ethnicity: Black / African descent

Lists

157 votes

Celebrities Who Are Banned From Foreign Countries (33 items)
list by Coby

Published 1 year ago

31 comments

33 votes

The Lonely Island (SNL) (13 items)
list by Lexie

Published 1 year, 10 months ago

12 comments

25 votes

If I never heard your voice again, I wouldn't mind (8 items)
list by Hobbit

Published 2 years, 2 months ago

13 comments

24 votes

An artist, a song (162 items)
list by Drako Z

Published 1 year, 8 months ago

1 comment

21 votes

Most Popular music personality in FB 2012 (28 items)
list by littlemonster

Published 7 months, 1 week ago

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Photos

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Akon Videos

Akon - Smack That ft. Eminem

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Added 2 years ago

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About: Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam (born April 16, 1973), better known as simply Akon, is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist 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 Gra Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam (born April 16, 1973), better known as simply Akon, is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist 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 often sings hooks for other artists and is currently credited with over 300 guest appearances and 35 Billboard Hot 100 songs. He has worked with numerous performers such as Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Dr. Dre, Eminem, R. Kelly, Diddy, Lil Wayne, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Whitney Houston, Gwen Stefani, Lady Gaga 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 and Leona Lewis. Lady Gaga and T-Pain are two artists who were given their chance at fame by Akon.

According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. Forbes ranked Akon as the third highest paid rapper and 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 their list of Top Digital Songs Artists of the decade.

He rose to prominence with the hit single "Locked Up" from his 2004 debut album, Trouble. The album also contains his first worldwide hit single, "Lonely". The album reached number One in the UK and number eighteen in US, and shipped over 1.6 million copies and was certified 2x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His second album, Konvicted, earned him three Grammy Award nominations for the singles "Smack That" featuring Eminem and "I Wanna Love You" featuring Snoop Dogg. The RIAA has certified the album triple platinum status with 3 million units sold in the United States. The album became the second best selling record of the year on the Billboard 200 charts. To date, It is Akon's most successful album. Akon's third album, Freedom, It was released as a download on December 1, 2008, and in stores December 2, 2008. Although there are some vulgarities on Freedom, it does not carry the Parental Advisory warning, making it Akon's first album not to do so. The first single released from the album, "Right Now (Na Na Na)", which peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 was Akon's 12th top 10 hit on the chart. The second single is "I'm So Paid", featuring Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy. "Beautiful", featuring Colby O'Donis and Kardinal Offishall, the third single, debuted and peaked at No. 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100. ... (more)

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TV

1. Saturday Night Live (1975)

Rating:

7.4

871 Watched

2. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)

Rating:

5.5

293 Watched

3. The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)

Rating:

7.5

157 Watched

4. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)

Rating:

6.1

134 Watched

5. The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2010)

Rating:

92 Watched

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Music

1. Konvicted

Rating:

7.3

52 own

2. Trouble

Rating:

7.7

30 own

3. Smack That

Rating:

7.8

17 own

4. I Wanna Love You: Parental Advisory

Rating:

8.1

18 own

5. Freedom

Rating:

15 own

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Movies

1. Kiss and Tail: The Hollywood Jumpoff (2009)

Rating:

8.5

2 want to see

Updates feed

miranda Franco added this to a list 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Inspirational Songs (32 person items)

richard tong voted for 2 images 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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SwtChaos added this to a list 3 months ago

The Birth Names of Singers (87 person items)

"Aliaune Damala Akon Thiam"

FG93 added this to a list 3 months, 4 weeks ago

My Favourite Explicit(and funny) Songs (14 person items)

"I Just Had Sex Artist: The Lonely Island ft. Akon Where's it from? SNL/Turtleneck & Chain "

littlemonster added this to a list 7 months, 1 week ago

Most Popular music personality in FB 2012 (28 person items)

"47,198,866 likes "

Happy Vader added this to a list 10 months ago

100 Greatest Lyrics of All Time! (83 person items)

"Song: Mr. Lonely Album: Trouble Written by: Akon, Bobby Vinton & Gene Allen Lonely I'm Mr Lonely, I have nobody, For my own I'm so lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely I have nobody, For my own I'm so lonely, Yo this one here goes out to all my players out there ya know got that one good girl who's always been there like ya Know took all the bullshit then one day she can't take it no more and decides to leave I woke up in the middle of the night and I noticed my girl wasn't by my side, coulda sworn I was d"

ria2u added this to a list 10 months, 3 weeks ago

BORN 1973 (50 person items)

billycostigan added this to a list 10 months, 3 weeks ago

30 ARTist, 30 song (30 person items)

" "And I don't care what they say I'm gonna be with you I'm gonna be with you I wanna be with you And I don't care what they do I'm gonna be with you" Be With You "

Coby added this to a list 1 year ago

Celebrities Who Are Banned From Foreign Countries (33 person items)

" Country: Sri Lanka Motive: The music video for his song "Sexy Chick"."

Estяɑngèlo added this to a list 1 year, 1 month ago

Music (72 person items)

Leone's girl added this to a list 1 year, 3 months ago

Oh how i wish you were a one hit wonder (12 person items)

"Akon:CAANT SEEM TOA GET AWAUU FROM MISEREEE! Me:Shutup punk, your not even a real convict."

Dan added this to a list 1 year, 7 months ago

Are You Ready to Dance? (12 person items)

"Sexy Bitch - David Guetta (feat. Akon) "

Drako Z added this to a list 1 year, 8 months ago

An artist, a song (162 person items)

Jamie M. added this to a list 1 year, 9 months ago

The Sounds of Music, That I Could Care Less About (30 person items)

"His songs are okay, not great just okay. That being said, Mr. Lonely wasn't exactly one of my favorite songs when it first start being played. "

Lexie added this to a list 1 year, 10 months ago

The Lonely Island (SNL) (13 person items)

"I Just Had Sex (feat. Akon, Jessica Alba, Blake Lively and John McEnroe) I Just Had Sex Live at the Comedy Award (feat. Akon) "

Hobbit added this to a list 2 years, 2 months ago

If I never heard your voice again, I wouldn't mind (8 person items)

" I've only heard about 3 or 4 of his songs, but they are all the same, just him talking about how much he wants to have sex with some girl. He's like a teenage boy who just went through puberty, pervy and annoying. "

billycostigan added this to a list 2 years, 4 months ago