Information coming in has it that, US-based Senegalese R&B Star, Akon is in Ghana to promote his (2) albums released late this year, AKONDA (Afrobeat) album and El Negreeto (Latin) album, which both debuted number1 on their perspective album charts.
Hype Lens is a photography company that has partnered a lot of companies and big events in Ghana including the just ended Ghana Meets Naija and the ongoing AfroNation, revealed that Akon has a good mission and he intends to execute it well on his arrival. Secondly, he is here to talk about his upcoming music releases for 2020, including his Urban/Pop album, “Konnect”.
And lastly, the social impact projects that he has been actively working on, the Akon Lighting Africa Solar Project and AKOIN, his cryptocurrency that he is launching to assist with the development of Africa.
Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam is a Senegalese-American singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist and actor. 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 KonLive Distribution. The labels served as a stepping stone for many soon-to-be successful acts, such as Lady Gaga, T-Pain, R. City, Kardinall Offishall, and Red Café. 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 has had four songs certified as 3× platinum, three songs certified as 2× platinum, more than ten songs certified as 1× platinum and more than ten songs certified as gold in digital sales. Akon has sung songs in other languages including Tamil, Hindi, and Spanish. He was listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the #1 selling artist for master ringtones in the world.
Akon often provides vocals as a featured artist and is currently credited with over 300 guest appearances and more than 35 Billboard Hot 100 songs, resulting in five Grammy Awards nominations. He has released 6 solo albums and has handled the majority of production on his solo work and guest features. Alongside this, he also produced records mainly for artists on his respective labels, as well as for other artists such as Michael Jackson, Snoop Dogg, Lionel Richie, Leona Lewis, Sean Paul and Whitney Houston.
(Source: GHKasa.com)
