Performer description
Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam, known professionally as Akon, is a Senegalese-American singer, songwriter, record producer, businessman, and philanthropist. An influential figure in world music, he rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of his single "Locked Up". Styled in hip-hop, it preceded the release of his debut studio album Trouble (2004), which became his commercial breakthrough and spawned the R&B-styled follow-up, "Lonely", the following year.
Discography
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The Score
Year: 1996
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Trouble
Year: 2004
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Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
Year: 2006
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Konvicted
Year: 2006
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The Sweet Escape
Year: 2006
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Second Round's on Me
Year: 2006
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Colby O
Year: 2008
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
Year: 2008
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Freedom
Year: 2008
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Category F5
Year: 2009
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I Look to You
Year: 2009
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UGK 4 Life
Year: 2009
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5.0
Year: 2010
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Only One Flo (Part 1)
Year: 2010
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Perfectionist
Year: 2011
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Perfectionist
Year: 2011
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This Time
Year: 2012
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O.N.I.F.C.
Year: 2012
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Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head
Year: 2012
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Reincarnated
Year: 2013
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X
Year: 2014
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El Negreeto
Year: 2019
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10 Til' Midnight
Year: 2026