Akon Thiam

First Name: Akon
Last Name: Thiam
Body Build: Bodybuilder
Occupation: Singer
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Skin Color: Dark
Religion: Muslim
Nationality: American
Height: 180 cm

Aliaune Badara Akon Thiam (Akon) is a famous singer, businessman and celebrity. His date of birth is unknown but it but sources oscilate between October 14, 1981 and April 30, 1973. He is known as one of the most successful R&B singers of the 21st century, racking in more than 30 million dollars a year (according to Forbes). Akon has 40 Bilboard top 100 songs and was the only singer to ever occupy both first and second place in the Bilboard, twice.

Akon's career was launched when the Devye Stephens, a talent seeker and experienced person in music started sending the youngster's demo to various major labels, and immediately received tempting offers. "We decided to go with Steve Rifkind's Universal Music, Motown company representative had the best perception of what we wanted to get. "Together we achieved everything we wanted Akon and more," said Stephens.

From his debut until now, Akon has traveled all around the world and worked as an artist or producer, with names like Young Jeezy, R. Kelly, Obie Trice, Elton John, Daddy Yankee, Gwen Stefani and Lady Black Mambazo. Own label "Konvict Music artist T-Pain produces or Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas (formerly part of TLC).

While Akon's lyrics are extremely tough at times, like a hip-hop heaven rigors he proves he can be an innovator in the production work and is not afraid to incorporate elements of pop with pianos and violins. "When composing, I try to be more on the left side of the musical spectrum.... I have a passion to try to create different sounds. In today's music, depends on the manufacturer to promote styles as different." Artist working in his own studio, Koncast, in Atlanta, where he wrote and produced the album Konvicted.