Akon Scores Big with New Single ''Smack That''; ''Smack That,'' Featuring Eminem is the #1 Most Added at Rhytmic and Crossover Radio.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Multi-platinum selling singer/songwriter/producer Akon scores big with his new single, "Smack That," featuring Eminem with the #1 Most Added song at Rhythmic and Crossover this week at radio. In addition to the #1 status, on Akon's myspace page (myspace.com/akon), "Smack That" has been listened to over 1 Million times in two weeks. His sophomore release, Konvicted, is set to be in stores on November 21. Konvicted, almost entirely produced by Akon, features guest appearances by aforementioned Eminem (Em produced "Smack That"), Akon's artist T. Pain, Snoop Dogg and Styles P. Akon scored unprecedented success, both here and abroad with his multi-format smash hit singles "Locked Up" and "Lonely" off of his multi-platinum debut release of Trouble in 2004. "Lonely" stayed on the Billboard "Hot 100" chart for 3 months and was the #1 song in the UK along with his album (it also scored well in territories as diverse as Japan and Australia). "Locked Up" was a Top 5 single throughout the world. The talented singer/songwriter/producer established himself as the premiere production and writing wizard over the past couple of years. He has produced, written, and/or appeared on hit songs for Young Jeezy Jay Jenkins (born September 28, 1977 in Columbia, South Carolina) better known by his stage name Young Jeezy, is an American rapper. He was formerly known as "Lil' J" in his early rap career. ("Soul Survivor Soul Survivor is a Christian charity based in Watford, London. It runs Christian youth festivals in the UK. The biggest of these festivals occurs every August at the Royal Bath and West Showground, near Shepton Mallet. " was also written by Akon), Elton John Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March, 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. , R. Kelly, Gwen Stephani, Beenie Man and T. Pain. With the success of a multi-platinum record under his belt with his artist T. Pain on Jive Records This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , Akon recently secured a label deal through Interscope Records called Konlive Records where one of his acts include Chili (language) CHILI - D.L. Abt. A language for systems programming, based on ALGOL 60 with extensions for structures and type declarations. ["CHILI, An Algorithmic Language for Systems Programming", CHI-1014, Chi Corp, Sep 1975] from super girl group, TLC TLC total lung capacity; thin-layer chromatography. TLC abbr. 1. thin-layer chromatography 2. . His 1st release on Konlive is due early 2007. Not one to put all of his eggs in the music basket, the Senegalese-born star, has also established a diamond supply and mining company called Aliaune that supplies diamonds to dealers across the world. He is also working on a movie project based on his own inspirational story and a clothing line. |
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