Some artists in the music industry are known for their extravagance in spending time and money to create music that is nothing more than a waste of space or an incredibly disappointing album. Akon is not one of those artists. Akon hit his pinnacle when he released his first international album, “Trouble” in 2002. This album generated good reviews and was well appreciated by many, earning Akon his spot on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at number 9. Since then, he has released way too many albums to even name them all! Regardless of the quality, every song is free for download on his website which you can go to here: akonsite.com/freedom/. It doesn't get much easier than that! The songs are categorized according to their status, meaning whether they're available for free via his website or if you can buy them on iTunes. Some songs are not available on these locations, but the majority of songs are there for you to download. If anyone wants to, they can visit the website and take a look at all the songs that are available. The biggest hit off this album was “Lonely” featuring Mariah Carey which was released in late 2005 and spent four weeks in the top spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. The song reached #1 in Canada, Germany, America and Australia. It also peaked at #9 in the United Kingdom and #9 in New Zealand. The song sold four million copies internationally and was nominated for a 2006 Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. In 2006, Akon jumped from being a solo artist to being a member of the group, “Akon with the Konferencing” which also includes his brother, Bimbo Jetele. In 2007, Akon released yet another album entitled "Konvicted". The album features ten tracks and reached #4 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart making it his worst sales week to date. When you go to download these songs off of akonsite. com, you will come across an “enter your email address” bar. You must put in your email address in order to download any of the songs on his website. Some people may be wary about putting their email addresses on the internet, however, Akon will not spam you or sell your information to anyone else. He truly wants you to listen to his music and enjoy it, therefore he is only using this method as a way for others to listen to his music without having to pay for it. After visiting the website countless times, I have never received an email from Akon or his crew. I can assure you that your email address is not being used for anything other than to get you the music. The website also allows for Akon to have an idea of how many people are listening to his music so he knows whether or not he should continue to produce more. This allows him to know which songs are his “hits” and which songs aren’t quite doing well enough. He can then release another album with the top hits on it while leaving behind the ones that didn’t do so well. 8eeb4e9f32 19
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