music · 16 April 1973 · 52 years ago
birth Akon, (Aliaune Thiam), US singer, (2005 UK No.1 album Trouble, 2005 UK No.1 and US No.4 single Lonely, (which samples Bobby Vinton's Mr. Lonely). Akon is the first solo artist to hold both the No.1 and No.2 spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 charts twice. He was listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the No.1 selling artist for master ringtones in the world.
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