Aliaune Badara Akon Thiam, better known by his middle and stage name Akon (pronounced /���e���ªk���n/),[1] is a Senegalese-American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, businessman, and philanthropist. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up�¢ï¿½ï¿½, the first single from his debut album Trouble. His second album, Konvicted, earned him a Grammy Award nomination of the single "Smack That".

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