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Akon

Senegalese-American singer (born 1973)

R&B/Soul

4plays
2tracks
#24 of 442 artists
1% of all airtime

First aired August 26, 2026 Last aired 1 minute ago Started with Be With You 4.8M followers on Deezer

Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam, known professionally as Akon, is a Senegalese-American singer, songwriter, record producer, businessman, and philanthropist. An influential figure in world music, he rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of his single "Locked Up".

From Wikipedia: Akon , available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Airplay by week

Peaked at number 12 on the chart, 1 week on it so far.

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4 Aug 24 #12

Tracks we play

1 Beautiful Freedom / 2008 Full track 2 plays
2 Be With You Freedom / 2008 Full track 2 plays

Recently on air

Beautiful August 27, 2026 11:45 pm
Be With You August 27, 2026 11:02 pm
Beautiful August 26, 2026 4:57 am
Be With You August 26, 2026 4:15 am

Their biggest, elsewhere

The station plays 0 of 5 their biggest tracks.

1 Lonely Not on air
2 Smack That (Clean) Not on air
3 Right Now (Na Na Na) Not on air
4 Locked Up Not on air
5 I Wanna Love You Not on air

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