Akon / discography

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Akon in 2015

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American rapper Akon . According to sources and record awards, he has sold more than 65.2 million records in his career, including over 49.5 million in his home country alone. Akon's most successful release is the single Don't Matter with over 5.7 million units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2004 Trouble DE24 (18 weeks)
DE 		AT32 (13 weeks)
AT 		CH31 (21 weeks)
CH 		UK1
platinum
platinum

(33 weeks)UK 		US18th
platinum
platinum

(72 weeks)US
Initial Release: June 29, 2004
Sales: 1,515,000
2006 Convicted DE69 (6 weeks)
DE 		- CH23
gold
gold

(26 weeks)CH 		UK16
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(58 weeks)UK 		US2
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(68 weeks)US
First published: November 14, 2006
Sales: 4,200,000
2008 Freedom DE82 (3 weeks)
DE 		AT75 (1 week)
AT 		CH22 (28 weeks)
CH 		UK6th
platinum
platinum

(50 weeks)UK 		US7 (38 weeks)
US
Initial Publication: December 2, 2008
Sales US: 762,000

More albums

  • 2009: Lockdown Impulz, Part 1 (download album)
  • 2010: Lockdown Impulz, Part 2 (download album)
  • 2012: I'm Still Ballin '
  • 2019: Konnect

Mix tapes

  • 2005: Illegal Alien, Vol. 1
  • 2009: The Freedom Mixtape
  • 2012: The Koncrete Mixtape
  • 2012: Concrete jungle

Singles

Chart placements

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2004 Locked up
trouble 		DE15 * (14 weeks)
DE 		AT64 * (2 weeks)
AT 		CH19 * (19 weeks)
CH 		UK5
silver
silver

(25 weeks)UK 		US8th
gold
gold

(27 weeks)US
First published: April 13, 2004
feat. Styles P. / * Azad
2005 Ghetto
Trouble 		- - - - US92 (5 weeks)
US
First published: December 21, 2004
Lonely
Trouble 		DE1
gold
gold

(18 weeks)DE 		AT1
gold
gold

(20 weeks)AT 		CH1
gold
gold

(25 weeks)CH 		UK1
platinum
platinum

(22 weeks)UK 		US4th
Double platinum + platinum (mastertone)
× 2
Double platinum + platinum (mastertone)
Double platinum + platinum (mastertone)

(20 weeks)US
First published: February 21, 2005
Belly Dancer (Bananza)
Trouble 		DE32 (9 weeks)
DE 		AT54 (7 weeks)
AT 		CH40 (15 weeks)
CH 		UK5 (12 weeks)
UK 		US30th
gold
gold

(20 weeks)US
First published: June 21, 2005
2006 Smack That
Convicted 		DE5
gold
gold

(21 weeks)DE 		AT9 (20 weeks)
AT 		CH3 (28 weeks)
CH 		UK1
platinum
platinum

(29 weeks)UK 		US2
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(30 weeks)US
First release: September 28, 2006
feat. Eminem
I Wanna Fuck / Love You
Konvicted 		DE14 (13 weeks)
DE 		AT29 (17 weeks)
AT 		CH16 (18 weeks)
CH 		UK3
silver
silver

(21 weeks)UK 		US1
Platinum + triple platinum (mastertone)
Platinum + triple platinum (mastertone)
× 3
Platinum + triple platinum (mastertone)

(29 weeks)US
First release: September 14, 2006
feat. Snoop Dogg
2007 Don't Matter
Convicted 		DE29 (9 weeks)
DE 		AT31 (11 weeks)
AT 		CH19 (21 weeks)
CH 		UK3
gold
gold

(20 weeks)UK 		US1
Platinum + triple platinum (mastertone)
Platinum + triple platinum (mastertone)
× 3
Platinum + triple platinum (mastertone)

(23 weeks)US
First published
: Jan 18, 2007 Sales: 5,700,000
Mama Africa
Konvicted 		- - - UK47 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: May 15, 2007
Sorry, Blame It on Me
Konvicted 		- - CH46 (8 weeks)
CH 		UK22nd
silver
silver

(13 weeks)UK 		US7th
platinum
platinum

(19 weeks)US
First published: July 17, 2007
2008 Right Now (Na Na Na)
Freedom 		DE44 (11 weeks)
DE 		AT38 (13 weeks)
AT 		CH15 (27 weeks)
CH 		UK6th
gold
gold

(31 weeks)UK 		US8th
Double platinum + platinum (mastertone)
× 2
Double platinum + platinum (mastertone)
Double platinum + platinum (mastertone)

(22 weeks)US
First release: September 23, 2008
Remix feat. Kat DeLuna
I'm So Paid
Freedom 		- - - UK59 (9 weeks)
UK 		US31
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)US
First release: October 4th, 2008
feat. Lil Wayne
Troublemaker
Freedom 		- - - - US97 (1 week)
US
First release: January 6th, 2009
feat. Sweet Rush
Beautiful
Freedom 		DE34 (9 weeks)
DE 		AT42 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH34 (26 weeks)
CH 		UK8th
platinum
platinum

(35 weeks)UK 		US19th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(22 weeks)US
First release: January 6th, 2009
feat. Colby O'Donis & Cardinal Offishall
2009 We Don't Care
Freedom 		- - - UK61 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: July 6, 2009
2010 Oh Africa
Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA Album 		- - CH52 (2 weeks)
CH 		UK56 (7 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: January 31, 2010
feat. Keri Hilson
fishing rod - - - - US56
gold
gold

(10 weeks)US
First published: September 17, 2010

Chart placements as a guest musician

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2005 Baby I'm Back
Super Saucy 		- - - - US19th
gold
gold

(25 weeks)US
Baby Bash feat. Akon
Soul Survivor
Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 		DE74 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - UK16 (5 weeks)
UK 		US4th
Double platinum + platinum (mastertone)
× 2
Double platinum + platinum (mastertone)
Double platinum + platinum (mastertone)

(24 weeks)US
Young Jeezy feat. Akon
2006 Girls
Undisputed 		- - - UK47 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
Beenie Man feat. Akon
Snitch
Second Round's on Me 		- - - UK44 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
Obie Trice feat. Akon
I Am Not My Hair
Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship 		- - - UK65 (4 weeks)
UK 		US97 (1 week)
US
India.Arie feat. Akon
2007 The Sweet Escape
The Sweet Escape 		DE6th
gold
gold

(20 weeks)DE 		AT6 (26 weeks)
AT 		CH10 (37 weeks)
CH 		UK2
platinum
platinum

(32 weeks)UK 		US2 (40 weeks)
US
Gwen Stefani feat. Akon
I Tried
Strength & Loyalty 		- - - UK69 (5 weeks)
UK 		US6th
Platinum (mastertone)
Platinum (mastertone)

(18 weeks)US
We Takin 'Over
We the Best 		- - - - US28
platinum
platinum

(17 weeks)US
Bartender
Epiphany 		- - - - US5
platinum
platinum

(22 weeks)US
T-Pain feat. Akon
Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)
Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant 		DE30 (7 weeks)
DE 		AT64 (3 weeks)
AT 		CH51 (4 weeks)
CH 		UK66 (3 weeks)
UK 		US12
Platinum + Gold (Mastertone)
Platinum + Gold (Mastertone)
Platinum + Gold (Mastertone)

(28 weeks)US
Wyclef Jean feat. Akon, Niia & Lil Wayne
Hypnotized
The Real Testament 		- - - UK66 (6 weeks)
UK 		US14th
platinum
platinum

(23 weeks)US
Plies feat. Akon
Get Buck in Here
Go DJ! 		- - - - US41
gold
gold

(18 weeks)US
DJ Felli Fel feat. Diddy , Akon, Ludacris & Lil Jon
Still Will
Curtis 		- - - - US95 (1 week)
US
50 Cent feat. Akon
2008 Wanna Be Startin 'Somethin' 2008
Thriller (25th Anniversary Edition) 		DE63 (11 weeks)
DE 		- CH30 (7 weeks)
CH 		UK69 (3 weeks)
UK 		US81 (3 weeks)
US
Michael Jackson feat. Akon
What You Got
Colby O 		- - - - US14 (25 weeks)
US
Colby O'Donis feat. Akon
Dangerous
Not 4 Sale 		DE18 (13 weeks)
DE 		AT41 (15 weeks)
AT 		CH44 (28 weeks)
CH 		UK16
silver
silver

(26 weeks)UK 		US5 (27 weeks)
US
Kardinal Offishall feat. Akon
What's Love
Intoxication 		DE52 (3 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
Shaggy feat. Akon
Out Here Grindin
We Global 		- - - - US38
gold
gold

(15 weeks)US
DJ Khaled feat. Akon, Rick Ross , Young Jeezy, Lil Boosie , Trick Daddy , Ace Hood and Plies
Body On Me
Brass Knuckles 		- - - UK17 (9 weeks)
UK 		US42 (15 weeks)
US
Nelly feat. Akon & Ashanti
2009 Silver & Gold - - - UK61 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
Sway feat. Akon
Stuck with Each Other
Shontelligence 		- - - UK23 (14 weeks)
UK 		-
Shontelle feat. Akon
Just go,
just go 		- - CH75 (1 week)
CH 		UK52 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
Lionel Richie feat. Akon
Sexy Bitch
One Love 		DE1
platinum
platinum

(60 weeks)DE 		AT1
platinum
platinum

(55 weeks)AT 		CH2
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(77 weeks)CH 		UK1
platinum
platinum

(40 weeks)UK 		US5
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(40 weeks)US
David Guetta feat. Akon
Shut It Down
Rebelution 		DE30 (8 weeks)
DE 		AT35 (6 weeks)
AT 		CH41 (8 weeks)
CH 		UK33 (6 weeks)
UK 		US42 (14 weeks)
US
Pitbull feat. Akon
2010 Move That Body
Nelly 5.0 		- - - UK71 (4 weeks)
UK 		US54 (1 week)
US
Nelly feat. T-Pain & Akon
Hold my hand
Michael 		DE7 (15 weeks)
DE 		AT9 (10 weeks)
AT 		CH9 (11 weeks)
CH 		UK10
silver
silver

(8 weeks)UK 		US39
gold
gold

(9 weeks)US
Michael Jackson feat. Akon
Kush - - CH59 (6 weeks)
CH 		UK57 (3 weeks)
UK 		US34 (17 weeks)
US
Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg & Akon
Who Dat Girl
Only One Flo (Part 1) 		- AT45 (3 weeks)
AT 		- UK64 (3 weeks)
UK 		US29 (15 weeks)
US
Flo Rida feat. Akon
I Just Had Sex
The Lonely Island II 		- AT55 (2 weeks)
AT 		- UK68
silver
silver

(5 weeks)UK 		US30th
platinum
platinum

(11 weeks)US
The Lonely Island feat. Akon
2011 Crank It Up
Nothing but the Beat 		DE43 (3 weeks)
DE 		- - - US64 (1 week)
US
David Guetta feat. Akon
I'm Day Dreaming DE53 (13 weeks)
DE 		AT41 (3 weeks)
AT 		CH60 (4 weeks)
CH 		UK71 (1 week)
UK 		-
REDD feat. Akon & Snoop Dogg
2012 Play hard
nothing but the beat 		DE8th
platinum
platinum

(39 weeks)DE 		AT10
gold
gold

(31 weeks)AT 		CH3
gold
gold

(35 weeks)CH 		UK6th
platinum
platinum

(29 weeks)UK 		US64 (9 weeks)
US
David Guetta feat. Akon & Ne-Yo
2015 Holiday
Provocateur 		DE18th
gold
gold

(16 weeks)DE 		AT9 (16 weeks)
AT 		CH8 (13 weeks)
CH 		- -
DJ Antoine feat. Akon
2016 Heatwave
Sugar 		DE30th
gold
gold

(22 weeks)DE 		AT24 (16 weeks)
AT 		- - -
Robin Schulz feat. Akon
2018 Immortality
myth 		DE95 (1 week)
DE 		- - - -
Bushido feat. Akon

More singles

  • 2009: Nosy Neighbor (feat.David Guetta )
  • 2009: Rock (feat. Filapine)
  • 2010: Party Animal (feat. David Guetta )
  • 2010: Life of a Superstar (feat.David Guetta )
  • 2010: Celebration (Remix) (with Madonna )
  • 2010: Once Radio
  • 2010: DJ
  • 2010: Better Than Her (feat.Matisse)
  • 2011: Drop Drown ( feat.Ludacris )
  • 2011: Plenty Mo ( feat.Massiv and Joe Young )
  • 2011: Love Handles (feat. David Guetta & Afrojack )
  • 2011: Give It to Em (feat. Rick Ross )
  • 2011: Oh La La (feat. J Randell)
  • 2011: Club Certified (feat.Kylian Mash)
  • 2011: Chammak Challo (feat.Hamsika Iyer)
  • 2012: Hurt Somebody (feat. French Montana)
  • 2012: America's Most Wanted
  • 2012: Angel Eyes (with Waterfall & Play'n'Skillz)
  • 2012: Calling (with Tune, Raquel & P. ​​Money)
  • 2013: Change Comes (feat. David Guetta )
  • 2013: breakdown
  • 2013: Dirty Work (feat. Wiz Khalifa )
  • 2013: Iceland (feat. Don Omar )
  • 2013: Light Switch (feat.Sarah Kalume)
  • 2013: My Conclusion (feat. Steven Marley & Buju Banton)
  • 2013: Up & Away (feat. Innoss'B)
  • 2013: Electricity & Drums (feat. Luciana & Dave Audé)
  • 2013: So Blue

Video albums

  • 2007: His Story

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK1UK US-US
Top 10 albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK2UK US2US
Albums in the charts DE3DE AT2AT CH3CH UK3UK US3US
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
Number one singles DE2DE AT2AT CH1CH UK3UK US2US
Top 10 singles DE6thDE AT6thAT CH7thCH UK12UK US13US
Singles in the charts DE23DE AT20thAT CH21stCH UK37UK US38US

Awards for music sales

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Diamond record icon.svg diamond Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 6 × gold6th Platinum record icon.svg 19 × platinum19th 0! D.- 1,540,000 aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA) Belgium (BEA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 5 × gold5 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 0! D.- 135,000 ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB) Brazil (PMB) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 7 × platinum7th 0! D.- 675,000 pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI) Denmark (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 6 × gold6th Platinum record icon.svg 5 × platinum5 0! D.- 115,500 ifpi.dk DK2
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 7 × gold7th Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 0! D.- 1,750,000 musikindustrie.de
Finland (IFPI) Finland (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 0! D.- 6,735 ifpi.fi
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 0! P- Diamond record icon.svg diamond1 675,000 infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Golf Cooperation Council (IFPI) Golf Cooperation Council (IFPI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 0! D.- 12,000 ifpi.org ( Memento from October 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Ireland (IRMA) Ireland (IRMA) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 0! D.- 15,000 irishcharts.ie
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum4th 0! D.- 210,000 fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ) Japan (RIAJ) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 0! P- 0! D.- 300,000 riaj.or.jp JP2
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg 25 × platinum25th 0! D.- 1,690,000 musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 9 × gold9 Platinum record icon.svg 11 × platinum11 0! D.- 232,500 nztop40.co.nz
Norway (IFPI) Norway (IFPI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 0! D.- 20,000 ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 0! D.- 60,000 ifpi.at
Russia (NFPF) Russia (NFPF) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 0! D.- 20,000 2m-online.ru ( Memento from January 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Sweden (IFPI) Sweden (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg 5 × platinum5 0! D.- 170,000 sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg 6 × platinum6th 0! D.- 230,000 hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae) Spain (Promusicae) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 0! D.- 80,000 promusicae.es
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 8 × gold8th Platinum record icon.svg 45 × platinum45 0! D.- 49,507,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 6 × silver6th Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg 12 × platinum12 0! D.- 7,759,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 6 × silver6th Gold record icon.svg 65 × gold65 Platinum record icon.svg 151 × platinum151 Diamond record icon.svg diamond1

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  1. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  2. ↑ Jason Lipshutz: Akon Previews 'Akonic' Album at NY Listening. Billboard , September 22, 2010, accessed November 10, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Digital Music Report 2008. (PDF; 2.1 MB) International Federation of the Phonographic Industry , p. 6 , accessed on October 30, 2014 (English).
  4. ↑ I Am Not My Hair (India.Arie) in the British charts
  5. ↑ Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) (Wyclef Jean) in the UK charts