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Konvict Muzik is a record label founded by R&B singer Akon in 2004. Artists including T-Pain, Kat DeLuna, Mali Music, Red Café, Dolla, Ya Boy, and Costa Titch have signed to and released singles or albums by the label.
Konvict Muzik é um selo discográfico fundado pelo cantor de R&B de origem senegalesa Akon. Além do próprio Akon, T-Pain, Ray Lavender e Kardinal Offishall são outros artistas firmados com a Konvict Muzik.
Konvict Muzik is a record label founded by R&B singer Akon. Other than Akon, popular artists such as T-Pain, Kardinal Offishall, Kat DeLuna, Red Cafe, Dolla and Verse Simmonds have.
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Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam was born on April 16, 1973, in St. Louis, Missouri, to a Muslim family. His mother is dancer Kine Gueye Thiam (née Gueye), and his father is percussionist Mor Thiam. Mor Thiam was born to a Toucouleur family of Quranic scholars in Kaolack, Senegal. Akon spent a significant part of his ...
2003–2005: Discovery and Trouble
Music mogul Devyne Stephens, the president of Upfront Megatainment, first heard about Akon when rapper Lil Zane brought him along to Stephens' rehearsal hall, a place that at the time saw talents such as Usher and TLC being developed. The relationship between Stephens and Akon began as a friendship and mentorship, with the young artist regularly stopping by to ask for advice, with Stephens eventually signing him to his production company and began grooming him professionally. The songs Akon r...
2006–2008: Konvicted
Akon started his new record label KonLive Distribution under Interscope Records. His second album, Konvicted, was released in November 2006 and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, selling 286,000 copies in its first week. After only six weeks, Konvicted sold more than one million records in the US. The album was certified platinum after seven weeks, and after sixteen weeks it was certified double platinum. It stayed in the top twenty of the Billboard200 for 28 consecutive weeks and pe...
2008–2009: Freedom
Akon released his third album Freedom on December 2, 2008, which spawned four singles: "Right Now (Na Na Na)", "I'm So Paid" (featuring Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy), "Beautiful" (featuring Colby O'Donis and Kardinal Offishall) and "We Don't Care". Freedom was certified platinum in the US. Rap singer Nelly suggested that Akon, Pharrell, and T-Pain had talked about forming a rap supergroup in 2009. Akon and Konvict Muzik produced hip hop/rock group Flipsyde's 2009 release, State of Survival, rele...
Akon also started a project Akon Lighting Africa in 2014 which provides electricity in 15 countries of Africa. He also launched his own charity for underprivileged children in Africa called Konfidence Foundation. Akon was included as a guest appearance in Pitbull's "I Believe That We Will Win (World Anthem)" official music video, in which all proce...
In 2018, Akon announced he was working with the Senegalese government to build a tourist city with a cryptocurrency-based economy named Akon City, using Akon's own cryptocurrency, Akoin, at the transactional center. On January 13, 2020, Akon shared on Twitter that the agreements for the city have been finalized and the project is underway. He capti...
Akon has confirmed that a reality television show is in the works. It will be called My Brother's Keeper, and the point is that Akon's two nearly identical brothers will go around in Atlanta posing as him fooling people into thinking that it is in fact, Akon. They will try to get VIP treatment and freebies. Akon has said that people have mistaken h...
In 2007, Akon claims that he has six children with three women in an interview with Blender,all of whom he has great relationships with. He says he wishes to keep his family protected from the public eye. Akon is a Muslim and a teetotaler. Akon owns a diamond mine in South Africa and denies the existence of blood diamonds (also known as "conflict d...
Studio albums 1. Trouble(2004) 2. Konvicted(2006) 3. Freedom(2008) 4. El Negreeto(2019) 5. Akonda(2019)
Konvicted Tour (July to September 2007, then additional dates in 2008)The Sweet Escape Tour with Gwen Stefani(April to July 2007)Good Girl Gone Bad Tour with Rihanna(Canadian-leg only, September – December 2008)Akon discusses the making of the 'Konvicted' album in this exclusive track-by-track video. Check out the full 'Konvicted' Track-By-Track enhanced playlist wi...
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Konvicted is Akon's most successful album worldwide. The album received three nominations for the Grammy Awards in two categories, Best Contemporary R&B Album and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. On November 20, 2007, the RIAA certified the album ‘triple platinum’ with 3 million units sold in the US. It has sold more than 5 million ...
31 de mar. de 2024 · Konvict Muzik is a record label founded by R&B singer Akon in 2004. Artists including T-Pain, Kat DeLuna, Mali Music, Red Café, Dolla, Ya Boy, and Costa Titch have signed to and released singles or albums by the label.
