--- title: "Akon on Hits Radio Canada | Airplay & Songs | Hits Radio Canada" description: "Alioune Badara Akon Thiam, born April 16, 1977 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, known simply as Akon, is a Senegalese-American singer-songwriter, record producer, businessman, and philanthropist. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of the singles \"Locked Up\" and \"Lonely\", from his debut album \"Trouble\". His second album, \"Konvicted\", earned him a Grammy Award nomination for the single Smack That featuring Eminem. His latest album, \"Freedom\", was released in 2008." canonical_url: "https://myhitsradio.ca/artists/akon" meta: "og:description": "Alioune Badara Akon Thiam, born April 16, 1977 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, known simply as Akon, is a Senegalese-American singer-songwriter, record producer, businessman, and philanthropist. 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His latest album, \"Freedom\", was released in 2008." "twitter:image": "https://cdn-images.dzcdn.net/images/artist/2b0f21d5b1c6d7a674d9a60d4a6207b2/1000x1000-000000-80-0-0.jpg" "twitter:title": "Akon on Hits Radio Canada | Airplay & Songs" --- > Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://myhitsradio.ca/llms.txt) # **Akon** Alioune Badara Akon Thiam, born April 16, 1977 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, known simply as Akon, is a Senegalese-American singer-songwriter, record producer, businessman, and philanthropist. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of the singles "Locked Up" and "Lonely", from his debut album "Trouble". His second album, "Konvicted", earned him a Grammy Award nomination for the single Smack That featuring Eminem. His latest album, "Freedom", was released in 2008. **Songs in Rotation****3** **Last Played On-Air** **Oct 25****10:57 PM** ## Songs in Rotation(3) **#1** ![Don't Matter by Akon](https://media.radio.co/artwork/saa5b8fb4d/b47252b3f61bd48bb543-600.jpeg) ### **Don't Matter** **1 play**•Last played Oct 25, 10:57 PM [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Akon%20Don't%20Matter) [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/search?term=Akon%20Don't%20Matter) [YouTube](https://music.youtube.com/search?q=Akon%20Don't%20Matter) **#2** ![Play Hard (feat. Ne-Yo \& Akon) by Akon](https://media.radio.co/artwork/saa5b8fb4d/759df33086c370b3bcec-600.jpeg) ### **Play Hard (feat. Ne-Yo & Akon)** **1 play**•Last played Oct 25, 3:29 PM [Spotify]() [Apple Music]() [YouTube]() **#3** ![Sexy Chick (feat. Akon) by Akon](https://media.radio.co/artwork/saa5b8fb4d/c8f2e6199e9ec64f328c-600.jpeg) ### **Sexy Chick (feat. 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