singer/songwriter/producer, Akon burst out of the starting gates with the winningly melodic and compulsively danceable single "Right Now (Na Na Na)." The song is sparking up the charts in a record-setting pace that's familiar to Akon's millions of fans worldwide. "Right Now (Na Na Na)" is the lead track from Akon's 3rd upcoming album FREEDOM. The infectious song is the #1 Most Added at Rhythm Crossover radio stations in its first week of release. FREEDOM features collaborations with Hip- Hop's "man of the hour" Lil Wayne ("I'm So Paid") and Akon's platinum artist T-Pain ("Holla Holla"). Akon broke out on the music scene in 2004 with the platinum album TROUBLE that featured singles, "Locked Up" and "Lonely." He returned in 2006 with the triple-platinumcertified KONVICTED CD. The Senegalese native broke chart history in 2007 as the first artist to simultaneously hold the #1 ("I Wanna Love You") and #2 ("Smack "That") positions on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart twice. He went on to become Billboard Magazine's Top Artist of 2007, the #2 Hot 100 Producer of the Year, and #2 Hot 100 Songwriter of the year.

AKON KONVICTED

The deluxe edition of Konvicted includes 3 bonus tracks including "Sorry (Blame it on Me)" and a 30 minute DVD of Akon's journey to his homeland of Africa and his road to global multi-platinum success. The DVD also includes the videos for "Smack That", "I Wanna Love You" and "Don't Matter".

MICHAEL JACKSON featuring AKON Hold My Hand (2010 UK 4-track CD single - Taken from Michaels first posthumous album Hold My Hand is a duet with Akon originally recorded in 2007 and scheduled to have been the first single from Akons 2008 album but was pulled from the tracklisting due to a leak of the track in its unfinished state. Akon finally finished recording his vocals for the track this year. Includes the album and instrumental versions alongside Vocals & Orchestraand alternate mixes)