Biography

Although he was born in St. Louis, MO, Aliaune Thiam — aka Akon — grew up in Senegal before he and his family (including his father, jazz percussionist Mor Thiam) returned to the United States and settled in New Jersey when he was seven. There he discovered hip-hop for the first time, as well as crime. He was eventually jailed but he used the time — three years, he claimed — to work on his musical ideas. Upon release, Akon began writing and recording tracks in a home studio. The tapes found their way to SRC/Universal, which eventually released Trouble, Akon's debut LP, in June 2004. The album was an interesting hybrid of Akon's silky, West African-styled vocals with East Coast- and Southern-styled beats. The success of the song "Locked Up," a Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 hit, made Akon a star and desired collaborator. After appearing on Young Jeezy's "Soul Survivor," his number of guest appearances seemed to multiply each month. Konvicted, his second album, was released in November 2006. Soon enough, two of the album's singles, "I Wanna Love You" and "Smack That," made their way to the upper regions of the Billboard charts. The surprisingly Europop-flavored Freedom, his third album, followed two years later, and it repeated Konvicted's chart success by peaking within the Top Ten of the Billboard 200. Akon subsequently maintained a relatively low profile but resurfaced in November 2010 with Akonic.

Top Albums
1. Freedom	2. Konvicted	3. Konvicted (E..	4. Trouble	5. Who Dat Girl..
6. Konvicted (D..	7. Trouble	8. Konvicted (D..	9. Can You Beli..	10. Get Low Wit ..
11. Gunshot (Fie..	12. What's Love ..	13. Sucker for L..	14. The Lifestyl..	15. Lonely - Sin..
16. Snitch - Sin..	17. Snitch - Sin..	18. Girls Featur..	19. Girls (Featu..	20. Coulibaly (A..

Top Songs
	Name	Album	Time	Price
1.	Beautiful	Freedom	5:12	$1.29
2.	Right Now (Na Na Na)	Freedom	4:00	$1.29
3.	Sexy Chick (feat. Akon)	One More Love	3:15	$1.29
4.	Smack That (Dirty)	Konvicted	3:32	$1.29
5.	I Wanna Love You	Konvicted	4:06	$1.29
6.	Don't Matter	Konvicted	4:53	$1.29
7.	Crank It Up (feat. Akon)	Nothing But the Beat	3:12	$1.29
8.	I'm So Paid	Freedom	4:24	$1.29
9.	Sorry, Blame It On Me	Sorry, Blame It On Me - Sin..	4:55	$1.29
10.	Lonely (Old Version) [Dirty]	Trouble	3:55	$1.29
11.	Soul Survivor	Let's Get It: Thug Moti..	4:40	$0.99
12.	Locked Up	Trouble	3:55	$1.29
13.	Angel	Angel - Single	3:35	$1.29
14.	Smack That	Konvicted (Exclusive Versio..	3:32	$1.29
15.	I Wanna Love You	Konvicted (Exclusive Versio..	4:06	$1.29
16.	Move That Body	5.0 (Deluxe Version)	3:24	$1.29
17.	Freedom	Freedom	4:13	$1.29
18.	9MM	Greatest Story Ever Told	4:07	$0.99
19.	Lonely (Disney Edit)	Lonely - Single	3:57	$1.29
20.	Be With You	Freedom	3:51	$1.29
21.	Chammak Challo	Chammak Challo - Single	3:47	$0.99
22.	Keep You Much Longer	Freedom	4:20	$1.29
23.	Bananza (Belly Dancer) [12" Vers..	Trouble	3:58	$1.29
24.	Baby, I'm Back	Baby I'm Back - Single	3:41	$0.99
25.	Don't Matter	Konvicted (Exclusive Versio..	4:53	$1.29

Top Music Videos
1. Smack That	2. Soul Survivor	3. I Wanna Love Y..	4. Don't Matter	5. I'm So Paid
6. Right Now (Na ..	7. Still Will	8. Sorry, Blame I..	9. Beautiful	10. Dangerous
11. Ghetto	12. Kush	13. Baby I'm Back	14. Body On Me	15. Ghetto (Memori..
16. I Am Not My Ha..	17. Oh Africa	18. Overtime	19. Kush	20. Move That Body..

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