ABOUT AKON
One of the most popular persons in the music world Akon net worth is thought to be 80 million dollars. Akon is the son of the
popular percussionist named Mor Thiam. Akon whose real name is Aliaune Thiam was born in Missouri. However, in his childhood
and teenage years, he moved from one place to another. He spent most of his
youth days in the West African country of Senegal and also in America.
When the singer was fifteen years old, he moved to live to New Jersey. In fact, during his youth days, Akon was from time to time
involved in many crimes while finally he decided to be involved into music and pursue for a musician’s career. Obviously, his choice
In addition, Akon has collaborated with many other famous artists such as Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston and Gwen Stefani. Overall,
it has been counted that Akon has had around 300 successful collaborations with many music artists. In addition to his music career,
Akon also tried to be successful in cinema and it went really well. He produced some reality shows and worked in some movie
releases. All these activities for sure have added to the overall amount of Akon net worth. In 2007, he even launched his own
clothing line called “Konvict Clothing”. Talking about rewards for his career, Akon received Artist of the Year award in the Billboard
Music Awards in 2007 and he also got an American Music Award.
Akon as a solo artist reached the number one twice on Billboard charts and as a collaborator with other artists, he hit the Hot 100 list
with 40 song entries. Thus, it is obvious that such a huge star should earn a lot every year. According to Forbes, his annual salary was
21 million in 2010, 20 million in 2009 and 12 million in 2008. As the numbers indicate, his salary is growing each year, which might
also imply that Akon net worth is going to grow, too, with him being involved in many different spheres of the music and cinema
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