Akon performing at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Charlotte, 2007 Akon started his new record label KonLive Distribution under Interscope Records. His second album, Konvicted, …

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Nov 14, 2025 · Listen to music by Akon on Apple Music. Find top songs and albums by Akon including Bartender (feat. Akon), Smack That (feat. Eminem) and more.

Akon, born Aliaune Thiam, grew up in Senegal before he and his family (including his father, jazz percussionist Mor Thiam) eventually settled in the USA, in the state of New Jersey.

Akon founded the record labels Konvict Muzik in 2004 and KonLive Distribution in 2007, through which he has signed commercially successful acts including Lady Gaga, T-Pain, R. City, …

Konvict Kulture presents the Nektunes Remix of Akon’s global smash hit “Akon’s Beautiful Day” — a fresh, high-energy reimagining that infuses the original wi...

The discography of Akon, a Senegalese American singer, songwriter and music producer, consists of five studio albums, four mixtapes, one extended play, thirty eight singles, eight …

Sep 12, 2025 · Akon’s wife Tomeka Thiam has filed for divorce from the musician, just four days before what would have been their 29th wedding anniversary.

Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam (/ ˈeɪkɒn /; born April 16, 1973), known mononymously as Akon, is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, and entrepreneur.

Akon was born in the US but spent much of childhood in the West African country Senegal. There, he learned to play five instruments including the djembe, guitar and drums.