Who's Ken?

AKON, born in Senegal, Africa, is an American singer. During the World Cup, she joined hands with keri hilson, a famous American female singer, to sing the popular football song "Come on, Africa! (Oh, Africa! ) becomes 20 10 waka waka. AKON also sang many songs with Michael Jackson, such as "Hold my hand" and "What do you want to start", which we are all familiar with.

Chinese name: Akon

Aken Mbth

Nationality: USA

Ethnic group: Muslim

Place of birth: Dakar, Senegal.

Date of birth: 1977.04. 16

Occupation: singer

Introduction to major albums

Trouble was published on June 29th, 2004.

Ken.-Trouble

Under the banner of the big record company Universal, Akon released the single "Bananza Belly Dance" in April 2003, and did not release his first album "Trouble" until June 29th, 2004. In the album selection, most of them prefer songs that can arouse people's hearts, and there are some emotional hip-hop in the singing part skillfully. Akon will attack you with his unique personal style and very dynamic representative works, and let you see what kind of man he is. Akon's life is full of struggles, struggles and opportunities, and the name of his first album Trouble reflects his situation. Akon accepted many different musical elements, including hip-hop music and his African style. This album reflects the obsession with black soul songs. The first song in the album, Locked Up, was sung by Akon and Styles P. This song has a smooth melody and a rap style, which is very suitable for Akon's charming high-pitched voice with a slight African accent. Won the eighth single on the American bulletin board.

Release date of Konvicted: 2006.11.14.

Aken-Conwitt

In 2003, with the album Trouble Love Trouble sold 4 million copies worldwide, he touched the world with the song Mr. Loneliness. Aken from Senegal proved that good music is never lonely. He was not only invited to cooperate with first-line superstars such as gwen stefani gwen stefani and elton john elton john, but also found rappers Eminem, Snoopy Dog Snoopy Dog and stiles P in his latest album. To tell fans around the world that Konvicted is lonely and guilty. Akon admits that his favorite is soul music, but he prefers to mix and match various genres. This new album is the best proof. The first single "Smack That", in the remake of hip-hop, with the help of rapper Eminem's horizontal knife, soared to the top of the billboard pop singles list, setting a new record of climbing 88 places in a single week and going straight to TOP 2; Plus chain mail by Zeng * *.

The song "Blow Away" by Styles P. and "I Want to Love You" by Snoopy won the American championship for two weeks in a row. At the beginning of the album, the trilogy of Unity of the Kings was presented. The melodious "Running Tired" Akon confided in a spiritual voice that he did not want to continue to escape from this world, which is the last confession of street life. In "I can't wait" with fellow countryman T-Pain, Akon successfully blended lyric jazz and hip-hop remake, bringing the two styles of music, which also originated from soul music, together again. In the lyric masterpiece "Never Spend Time", the piano and violin rarely seen in hip-hop are boldly used, bringing a smooth melody with an accent; In mama africa, Akon joined a lot of West African drum music, devoted himself to African culture and expressed his homesickness for his people. The songwriting and production of the whole album were completed by Akon, which not only vividly demonstrated Akon's extraordinary songwriting talent and unique and elegant voice, but also proved that Akon was a skilled music producer and attracted many superstars to cooperate. In addition to setting up his own music production company and hoping to run for the presidency of Senegal in the future, Akon recently made a guest appearance at the CSI crime scene across Hollywood, and began to shoot autobiographical films, determined to become an all-round artist. Before that, we might as well learn about his wonderful life from his music.

Freedom: 2008.438+02.2

Akon-Freedom

"Freedom" is the name of Akon's latest solo album, which stems from his "repentance" for his behavior at the Fishkill open-air concert in new york. From his "repentance" for the behavior of Trinidad Zen Club; From the reverence for the blood of the martyrs who fought for independence and freedom on the national flag of the motherland; It also stems from his own dream: to wash away original sin and original sin and really get rid of the brand of "sin". I'm sorry, it was my fault two years ago, which is also a prelude to his repentance trip. For this "freedom trip", Akon started the propaganda work very early. Before releasing the album, he performed in the city of 12, and held a competition on the internet to let fans express their opinions and explain the meaning of "freedom" to them. Akon's attention to this album is obvious. In the album, Akon still maintains his unique voice and sweet melody as expected, but in music production, it is different from his previous two R &；; B, Hip-hop and reggae mixed albums are very different, and more European party music elements are introduced into the album. Judging from many mainstream hip-hop albums in 2008, this change will also become the general trend of the development of the whole hip-hop music circle, and the new genre of rave is slowly paying off. The synthesizer sound effect in the first single "Na Na Na" clearly verified Akon's idea of moving closer to European electronic dance music. This experimental single also reached 18 on the Billboard Top 100 list in the first week after its release. Besides Right Now (Na Na Na), there are many similar dance music in the album, such as Keep You Much Longer, T-Pain's Holla Holla, Troublemaker and Beautiful. Ken completely changed his previous style for the crowd on the dance floor. Of course, Akon will not forget to satisfy the tastes of Hiphop fans. The second hit song with Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy, "I am such a good match", is a typical street style single, showing his rich pocket. Akon once again "dresses up" as a pimp here, announcing that he is a big boss in the music industry, and even the old man himself can't move: "God only needs a phone call to make an artist rise or fall. I don't have to worry, I have plenty of money, and I control him with money! " Compared with the previous two albums full of crime stories and street legendary songs, Freedom is more like a "free journey" for a sinner to find a quiet life, with many warm and sincere feelings. Sunny Days tells the perfect feeling when the clouds are light and the wind is light, while With You, Akon continues the best-selling single "It doesn't matter" in 2007.

Akon (20 photos), he confessed to his lover and vowed that nothing could separate them. Other songs worth listening to are "Over the Edge", which tells the story of "Stand up bravely when you fall down", and "Birthmark", a love song that makes a fuss about a woman's birthmark. Aside from those temporary troubles, whether it is the troubles encountered by his family in the process of immigrating to the United States or the troubles of his own growth, Akon relies on freedom to continue to reap the fruits of his previous success. He hopes that all these unfortunate stories will end in this album. Between continuing to be depressed and forgetting everything and fully enjoying life, Akon chose the latter. After being imprisoned and pleading guilty, Akon decided to bid farewell to his gray past completely through this album. Through freedom, Akon began to reach the second peak of his career, and the direction he chose also ensured that this "trip" would not be another parabola.

Release date of Konkrete: 20 1 1.06.30

After another year, Akon came back with his brand-new concept album "KONKRETE".

Just like his singing skills, I still remember that when he cooperated with Michael Jackson three years ago, Michael Jackson praised his great voice. He often says that he has long been used to me writing a new song once a month. This is not just singing with music, but singing with his soul. Many people say that Akon is very popular in America because he has finished singing this song (Na Na Na) now. There is a song in this album called Time or Money. The melody and rhythm of this song are hard to make people confident, so a good singer is slowly honed by time. "To Em" sings the mystery of a song. "Keep up" sings that he is very confident in his music, just like his own optimism. "Long gone", a song similar to oratorio, is elegant, and so on ... This album is proof that it is a brand-new Akon. Year after year, he has been changing, and it is not difficult for him to increase the difficulty of singing. Just give the listener a pleasure and encourage him! As for the word "freshness", the listener will find it different after listening. Bring you different musical elements, different musical melodies and different musical vocals. As long as it is a "Akon" song, it will always change. The best song is Come on Ken.