Akon's new album, Beautiful Day, bridges cultures, genres and generations with a wide range of collaborators, including R&B ...

Akon said the music video for one of Michael Jackson’s songs was a huge inspiration to him. The “Don’t Matter” singer revealed he became very close to Jackson toward the end of the King of Pop’s life.

It’s a Beautiful Day, as Akon has just released his new studio album. It marks his first full-length project since 2008, ...

AKON was honored with the W.E.B. DuBois Freedom & Justice Award (Photo credit: Raquelle “Rocki” Harris for rolling out Akon has been able to include “more of an African influence” in his work because ...

Discover how Akon turns jokes about his hair into hit songs. Learn about his hair journey and his response to online trolls in this exclusive interview. Akon will take the jokes about his hair and ...

From So Sick to Smack That, this double-headliner provides major millennial nostalgia – but goes to show how varied their respective careers were at their peak ...

Ne‑Yo and Akon’s Nights Like This tour delivers more than two hours of nostalgia, showmanship and pure early‑2000s euphoria.

Go ahead and add Akon to the ever-growing list of artists outside of country music who are clamoring to be a part of the genre. The hip-hop artist has shared his master plan to move into the country ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. For about five ...

Up-and-coming singer-songwriter Claude Kelly wrote the recently leaked Akon song "Hold My Hand" featuring Michael Jackson, but he confesses that hearing the legendary singer's voice on the track the ...

Firstly, a little background. Stefani became famous through the band No Doubt but she established herself as a solo artist with the album L.A.M.B. MTV News reports Stefani wrote songs for L.A.M.B.