Akon discography
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{{Infobox artist discography
| Artist = Akon
| Image = Akon 2008.jpg
| Caption = Akon in 2008
| Alt = A black man wearing a green hooded top and white shirt smiles into a camera.
| Studio = 5
| EP = 3
| Singles = 38
| Music videos = 29
| Option = 4
| Option name = Mixtapes
| 1Option = 8
| 1Option name = Promotional singles
}}
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 promotional singles and ninety-two music videos. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Akon lived in Senegal with his family until the age of seven, when they returned to the United States to live in New Jersey. A three-year prison sentence inspired Akon to begin recording songs in his home studio: Universal Records signed him after becoming aware of his music, and his debut album Trouble was released in June 2004.{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/akon-mn0000933458/biography | title=Akon – Biography | work=AllMusic | access-date=October 16, 2013 | author=Loftus, Johnny}} Two of its singles – "Locked Up" and "Lonely" – reached the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100, with the latter topping numerous singles charts worldwide and being certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Trouble also included the singles "Gunshot (Fiesta Riddim)", "Ghetto", "Belly Dancer (Bananza)" and "Pot of Gold", and was eventually certified Platinum by the RIAA and by the British Phonographic Industry in the United Kingdom, where it reached number one on the UK Albums Chart.
Akon's increasing popularity led to him making numerous guest appearances on other artists' songs: in 2005, he appeared on the singles "Baby I'm Back" by Baby Bash and "Soul Survivor" by Young Jeezy, which charted at number 19 and number four on the Billboard Hot 100 respectively. His second studio album, Konvicted, was released the following November to further commercial success, reaching number two on the Billboard 200 and the top twenty of many international albums charts, as well as subsequently being certified triple Platinum by the RIAA. The singles "Smack That", "I Wanna Love You" and "Don't Matter" all achieved commercial success worldwide, with the former reaching number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the New Zealand and UK singles charts, and the latter two becoming his first songs to top the Hot 100. Akon contributed guest vocals to a large number of commercially successful singles throughout 2007 and 2008: "The Sweet Escape" by singer Gwen Stefani, which reached number two on the Australian, New Zealand and UK singles charts as well as in the United States, "I Tried" by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, "Bartender" by T-Pain, "Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)" by Wyclef Jean and "Dangerous" by Kardinal Offishall, among several others.
Akon's third album, Freedom, marked a significant stylistic transition from his first two: it eschewed the hip hop and R&B influences of Trouble and Konvicted for a more dance-pop orientated sound. "Right Now (Na Na Na)", the album's first single, reached number eight on the Hot 100, and the following two singles, "I'm So Paid" and "Beautiful" reached the top forty of the Hot 100, with the latter reaching the top 40 of many singles charts worldwide. Akon continued to frequently appear on singles by other artists following Freedom – in particular the French disc jockey David Guetta single "Sexy Bitch", which topped numerous singles charts worldwide – and his 2010 single, "Angel", reached number 56 on the Hot 100.
Albums
=Studio albums=
Extended plays
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|+ List of EPs ! scope="col" style="width:12em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| EP details |
| scope="row"| Ain't No Peace
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| scope="row"| TT Freak
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| scope="row"| Afro Freak
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Mixtapes
Singles
=As lead artist=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="10" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |
| scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | US {{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/akon/chart-history/hsi/ | title=Akon Chart History: Hot 100 | magazine=Billboard | access-date=August 18, 2020}} ! scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | US ! scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | AUS
|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Akon |title=Discography Akon |publisher=Hung Medien |work=australian-charts.com |access-date=September 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023091526/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Akon |archive-date=October 23, 2012 }}
|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue1014.pdf |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20090804140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20090805-0000/issue1014.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-08-04 |title=The ARIA Report: Issue 1014 (Week Commencing 3 August 2009) |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |access-date=September 17, 2013 |page=4 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue1078.pdf |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20101120130100/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20101121-0001/Issue1078.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-11-20 |title=The ARIA Report: Issue 1078 (Week Commencing 25 October 2010) |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |access-date=September 17, 2013 |page=2 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue948.pdf |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080519140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20080520-0000/issue948.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-05-19 |title=The ARIA Report: Issue 948 (Week Commencing 28 April 2008) |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |access-date=September 17, 2013 |page=2 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue1083.pdf |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20110120130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20110121-0000/Issue1083.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-01-20 |title=The ARIA Report: Issue 1083 (Week Commencing 29 November 2010) |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |access-date=September 17, 2013 |page=2 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue%201240.pdf |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20131216034200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20131216-1442/Issue%201240.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-12-16 |title=The ARIA Report: Issue 1240 (Week Commencing 2 December 2013) |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |access-date=January 3, 2014 |page=4 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} ! scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | CAN ! scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | GER ! scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | IRL ! scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | NZ ! scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | SWE ! scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | SWI ! scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | UK
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| scope="row" | "Operations of Nature"{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/5307922-A-Kon-Operations-Of-Nature|title=A-Kon – Operations Of Nature (1996, CD)|access-date=December 20, 2021|website=Discogs.com|year=1996 }} {{small|(as A-Kon)}} | 1996 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row" | "Locked Up" (featuring Styles P) | rowspan="2" | 2004 | 8 || 6 || 33 || — || 15 || 10 || — || — || 19 || 5 |
| rowspan="5" | Trouble |
| scope="row" | "Ghetto"
| 92 || 53 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row" | "Lonely"
| rowspan="3" | 2005 | 4 || 4 || 1 || — || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 1 |
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| scope="row" | "Belly Dancer (Bananza)"
| 30 || — || 23 || — || 32 || 11 || 12 || — || 40 || 5 | |
| scope="row" | "Pot of Gold"
| — || — || — || — || 95 || 33 || — || — || — || 77 | |
| scope="row" | "Smack That" (featuring Eminem) | rowspan="2" | 2006 | 2 || 34 || 2 || 1 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 3 || 1 |
| rowspan="6" | Konvicted |
| scope="row" | "I Wanna Love You" (featuring Snoop Dogg) | 1 || 3 || 6 || 3 || 14 || 2 || 2 || 17 || 16 || 3 | |
| scope="row" | "Don't Matter"
| rowspan="4" | 2007 | 1 || 5 || 9 || 4 || 29 || 1 || 1 || 23 || 19 || 3 | |
| scope="row" | "Mama Africa"
| — || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Mama Africa" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 8 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.{{cite magazine | url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=akon|chart=Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs}} | title=Akon – Chart History: Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | magazine=Billboard | access-date=September 20, 2013}}}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 47 | |
| scope="row" | "Sorry, Blame It on Me"
| 7 || — || 27 || 17 || — || 9 || 2 || 6 || 46 || 22 | |
| scope="row" | "Never Took the Time"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row" | "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008" (with Michael Jackson) | rowspan="4" | 2008 | 81 || — || 8 || 33 || 63 || — || 4 || 3 || — || 57 |
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| scope="row" | "I Can't Wait" (featuring T-Pain) | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 116 | | Konvicted |
| scope="row" | "Right Now (Na Na Na)"
| 8 || 73 || 17 || 7 || 44 || 18 || 5 || 48 || 15 || 6 |
| rowspan="4" | Freedom |
| scope="row" | "I'm So Paid" (featuring Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy) | 31 || 47 || — || 41 || — || — || — || 21 || — || 59 | |
| scope="row" | "Beautiful" (featuring Colby O'Donis and Kardinal Offishall) | rowspan="2" | 2009 | 19 || 61 || 14 || 16 || 34 || 13 || 13 || 28 || 34 || 8 | |
| scope="row"| "We Don't Care"
| — || — || 91 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 61 |
| scope="row" | "Give It to 'Em"{{Cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/give-it-to-em-feat-rick-ross-single/1445283798|title=Give It to 'Em (feat. Rick Ross) - Single by Akon |website=iTunes Store |access-date=January 1, 2010}} (featuring Rick Ross) | rowspan="4"| 2010 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "Oh Africa" (featuring Keri Hilson) | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 52 || 56 | |
| scope="row"| "Angel"
| 56 || — || 57 || 23 || — || — || 20 || 23 || — || — |
| {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row" | "Hold My Hand" (with Michael Jackson) | 39 || 33 || 37 || 16 || 7 || 21 || 6 || 8 || 9 || 10 |
| Michael |
| scope="row" | "Time Is Money"{{Cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/time-is-money-single/431706050 |title=Time Is Money - Single by Akon |website=iTunes Store |access-date=April 10, 2011}}
| rowspan="2"| 2011 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row" | "Chammak Challo" (with Hamsika Iyer) | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | Ra.One |
| scope="row" | "Hurt Somebody"{{Cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/hurt-somebody-feat-french-montana-single/1445288977|title=Hurt Somebody (feat. French Montana) - Single by Akon |website=iTunes Store |access-date=January 1, 2012}} (featuring French Montana) | 2012 | — || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Hurt Somebody" did not enter the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 6 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.}} || — || 94 || — || — || — || — || — || — | | The Koncrete Mixtape |
| scope="row" | "So Blue"
| 2013 | — || — || 77 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "Stick Around"{{Cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/stick-around-single/1059594839|title=Stick Around – Single by Akon & Matoma |website=iTunes Store |date=November 20, 2015 |access-date=May 20, 2017}} (with Matoma) | rowspan="2"| 2015 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Want Some"{{Cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/want-some-feat-dj-chose-single/1066330126 |title=Want Some (feat. DJ Chose) – Single by Akon |website=iTunes Store |date=December 11, 2015 |access-date=May 20, 2017}} (featuring DJ Chose) | — || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Want Some" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 17 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs chart.{{cite magazine | url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=akon|chart=R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs}} | title=Akon – Chart History: R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | magazine=Billboard | access-date=May 20, 2017}}}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="4" {{Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row" | "Hypnotized"{{Cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/hypnotized-single/1077871924 |title=Hypnotized – Single by Akon |website=iTunes Store |date=January 28, 2016 |access-date=May 20, 2017}}
| rowspan="2"| 2016 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row" | "Good Girls Lie"{{Cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/good-girls-lie-single/1083256321 |title=Good Girls Lie – Single by Akon |date=February 19, 2016 |publisher= Apple Inc. |via=iTunes Store |access-date=May 20, 2017}}
| — || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Good Girls Lie" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 25 on the R&B Digital Songs chart.{{cite magazine | url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=akon|chart=R&B Digital Songs}} | title=Akon – Chart History: R&B Digital Songs | magazine=Billboard | access-date=May 20, 2017}}}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Get Money" (featuring Anuel AA){{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/get-money-single/1466087753|title=GET MONEY - Single by Akon & Anuel AA|date=May 31, 2019|access-date=December 20, 2021|via=Apple Music}} | rowspan="6"| 2019 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Low Key"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="2"| Akonda |
| scope="row"| "Wakonda"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Benjamin"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "Cómo No" (featuring Becky G) | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | El Negreeto |
| scope="row"| "Can't Say No"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "Te Quiero Amar" (featuring Pitbull) | rowspan="2"| 2020 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="2"| El Negreeto |
| scope="row"| "Sólo Tú" (featuring Farruko) | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row" | "Enjoy That"{{Cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/enjoy-that-single/1647035691 |title=Enjoy That - Single by Akon |website=iTunes Store |access-date=October 24, 2022}}
| 2022 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "Akon's Beautiful Day"
| 2024 | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Akon's Beautiful Day" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 18 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | {{TBA}} |
| scope="row"| "Drunk Right Now (Na Na Na)" {{small|(with Josh Ross)}} | 2025 | — || — || — || 67 || — || — || — || — || — || — | | {{Non-album single}} |
| colspan="14" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=As featured artist=
=Promotional singles=
Other charted songs
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="8" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |
| scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | US ! scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | US ! scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | AUS ! scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | CAN ! scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | FRA ! scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | GER ! scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | NOR ! scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | UK
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| scope="row" | "Slow Wind" (Remix) (R. Kelly featuring Sean Paul and Akon) | 2005 | — || 91 || — || — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row" | "Boss' Life" (Snoop Dogg featuring Akon) | 2007 | — || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Boss' Life" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number three on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.}} || — || — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row" | "Keep You Much Longer"
| 2008 | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Keep You Much Longer" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 23 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | Freedom |
| scope="row" | "Like I Never Left" (Whitney Houston featuring Akon) | 2009 | — || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Like I Never Left" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 23 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.}} || — || — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row" | "Crank It Up" (David Guetta featuring Akon) | 2011 | — || — || 49 || 50 || 64 || 43 || — || 96 |
| scope="row" | "Everybody Fucks" (Pitbull featuring Akon and David Rush) | rowspan="2" | 2012 | — || — || — || — || — || — || 19 || — |
| scope="row" | "Let It Go" (Wiz Khalifa featuring Akon) | 87 || 25 || — || 91 || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row" | "Came to Do" (Chris Brown featuring Akon) | 2014 | — || 52 || — || — || 174 || — || — || 105 | X |
| scope="row" | "Unsterblichkeit" (Bushido featuring Akon) | 2018 | — || — || — || — || — || 95 || — || — | Mythos |
| colspan="14" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Guest appearances
Music videos
=As lead artist=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos as lead artist, showing year released and directors ! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Title ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Director(s) |
| scope="row" | "Operations of Nature"
| 1996 |
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| scope="row" | "Locked Up"
| rowspan="3" | 2004 | rowspan="2" | Kai Crawford{{cite web |url= http://www.mtv.com/videos/akon/30711/locked-up.jhtml |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081028093453/http://www.mtv.com/videos/akon/30711/locked-up.jhtml |url-status= dead |archive-date= October 28, 2008 |title=Locked Up {{!}} Akon {{!}} Music Video |publisher=Viacom Media Networks |via= MTV |access-date= October 1, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.vevo.com/artist/akon?source=instantsearch |title=Akon |publisher=Vevo |access-date=October 1, 2013 |archive-date=October 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005024255/http://www.vevo.com/artist/akon?source=instantsearch |url-status=dead }} |
| scope="row" | "Locked Up" (Remix) (featuring Styles P) |
| scope="row" | "Ghetto"
| Little X{{cite web |url=http://www.mtvhive.com/artist/akon/videos/39121/ghetto |title=Akon >> Ghetto |publisher=Viacom Media Networks |work=MTV Hive |access-date=October 1, 2013 |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004220545/http://www.mtvhive.com/artist/akon/videos/39121/ghetto |url-status=dead }} |
| scope="row" | "Lonely"
| rowspan="3" | 2005 |
| scope="row" | "Belly Dancer (Bananza)" |
| scope="row" | "Pot of Gold" |
| scope="row" | "Smack That" (featuring Eminem) | rowspan="2" | 2006 | rowspan="2" | Benny Boom |
| scope="row" | "I Wanna Love You" (featuring Snoop Dogg) |
| scope="row" | "Don't Matter"
| rowspan="2" | 2007 |
| scope="row" | "Sorry, Blame It on Me" |
| scope="row" | "I Can't Wait" (featuring T-Pain) | rowspan="3" | 2008 |
| scope="row" | "Right Now (Na Na Na)" |
| scope="row" | "I'm So Paid" (featuring Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy) |
| scope="row" | "Beautiful" (featuring Colby O'Donis and Kardinal Offishall) | rowspan="2" | 2009 |
| scope="row" | "We Don't Care" |
| scope="row" | "Oh Africa" (featuring Keri Hilson) | rowspan="2" | 2010 |
| scope="row" | "Hold My Hand" (with Michael Jackson) |
| scope="row" | "Hurt Somebody" (featuring French Montana) | 2012 |
| scope="row" | "So Blue"
| 2013 |
| scope="row" | "Shine The Light"
| rowspan="2" | 2016 | |
| scope="row" | "Warrior" (with RedOne) | |
| scope="row" | "Get Money" (featuring Anuel AA) | rowspan="7" | 2019 | |
| scope="row" | "Wakonda" (Unofficial Video)
| Mazi O. |
| scope="row" | "Como No" (featuring Becky G) | |
| scope="row" | "Can't Say No"
| rowspan="2" | Rock Davis |
| scope="row" | "Benjamin" |
| scope="row" | "Low Key"
| rowspan="2"| Mazi O. |
| scope="row"| "Wakonda" (Official Video) |
| scope="row"| "Te Quiero Amar" (featuring Pitbull) | 2020 | Chico Verde, Gil Green |
See also
Notes
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References
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External links
- [http://akon.com/ Official website]
- [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/akon-mn0000933458 Akon] at AllMusic
- {{Discogs artist |artist=Akon |name=Akon}}
- {{MusicBrainz artist |id=1138a764-2212-4d0a-b02d-0dc14df91e08 |name=Akon}}
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