Akon ndi woyimba waku Senegal-America, wolemba nyimbo, rapper, wopanga ma rekodi, wosewera, komanso wamalonda. Chuma chake chikuyerekeza $80 miliyoni.
Zaka zoyambirira za Aliaune Thiam
Akon (dzina lenileni - Aliaune Thiam) anabadwira ku St. Louis (Missouri) April 16, 1973 m'banja la Africa. Bambo ake, Mor Thaim, anali woyimba nyimbo za jazi. Mayi, a Kine Thaim, anali wovina komanso woimba. Chifukwa cha majini ake, wojambulayo ankaimba zida monga gitala, percussion ndi djembe kuyambira ali wamng'ono.
Makolo anasamukira kumudzi kwawo ku Dakar (Senegal, West Africa) Akon atabadwa ndipo amakhala kumeneko kwa zaka 7. Banjali linabwerera ku United States ndi banja lawo n’kukakhala ku New Jersey.
Pamene anali wachinyamata, anayamba sukulu ya sekondale. Makolo ake adamusiya ndi mchimwene wake wamkulu ku Jersey City. Ndipo anasamukira ku Atlanta (Georgia) ndi banja lonse.
Akon anali wachinyamata wankhanza yemwe ankachita chilichonse motsutsana ndi malamulo a sukulu. Iye sankagwirizana ndi ana ena ndipo analowa m’gulu loipa.
Koma chifukwa cha nyimbo za banja la Akon, anayamba kukonda nyimbo kuyambira ali wamng'ono. Ngakhale mavuto mu unyamata wake, chifukwa cha chikondi chake pa nyimbo, iye anakhala pa njira yowona. Anayamba kuimba komanso kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi ali wachinyamata.
Pambuyo pake adaphunzira ku yunivesite ya Clark ku Atlanta, Georgia. Anasiya semester yoyamba itangotha. Atachoka ku yunivesite, adasinthiratu bizinesi yanyimbo. Anayamba kupanga nyimbo zapanyumba ndipo panthawiyi anakhala bwenzi ndi Wyclef Jahn (Fugees). Mu 2003, Akon adasaina rekodi.
Ntchito yanyimbo ya Akon
Ntchito yanyimbo ya rapperyo idayamba m'ma 2000. Anayang'ana kwambiri polemba mawu akeake ndi zojambula zowonera. Adakumana ndi Purezidenti wa Upfront Megatainment Devina Steven. Kenako anayamba kugwirizana, nyimbo zake zinatchuka kwambiri.
Stephen analinso ndi udindo pa ntchito zoyambirira za oimba monga Usher. Imodzi mwa nyimbo zake zojambulidwa ndi Steven idafika ku SRC/Universal Records. Adasaina contract yojambulira ndi label mu 2003. Mu 2004, wojambulayo adatulutsa chimbale chake choyamba Vuto.
Nyimboyi idatsogolera nyimbo zingapo zopambana kuphatikiza Locked Up, Lonely ndi Belly Dancer. Idafika pa nambala 1 pa UK Albums Chart, kugulitsa makope 24 mu sabata yake yoyamba kutulutsidwa. Nyimboyi pambuyo pake idatsimikiziridwa ndi platinamu ku US ndi malonda opitilira 1,6 miliyoni.
Chimbale chachiwiri ndi chachitatu cha Akon
Nyimbo yachiwiri Konvicted (2006) idakhala yotchuka. Yotulutsidwa pansi pa chizindikiro cha KonLive Distribution (yopangidwa pansi pa Universal Music Group), chimbalecho chinayamba kukhala nambala 2 pa Billboard 200 ndipo chinagulitsa makope oposa 286 sabata yake yoyamba.
Pafupifupi chaka chitatha kutulutsidwa koyambirira, RIAA idatulutsa chimbalecho. Yagulitsa makope opitilira 3 miliyoni ku US kokha.
Single Smack That (feat. Eminem) inayamba pa nambala 2 pa Hot 100. I Wanna Love You (feat. Snoop Dogg) inafika pachimake pa nambala 1 pa Hot 100. Nyimbo yake yachitatu, Don't Care, inafika pa nambala wani pa Hot 100, kukhala yachiwiri. motsatizana nambala wani.
Chimbale chachitatu cha studio Freedom chidatulutsidwa pa Disembala 2, 2008. Idayamba pa nambala 7 pa Billboard 200 ndi makope 110 omwe adagulitsidwa sabata yake yoyamba. Pambuyo pake idagulitsa makope 600 miliyoni ku US, ndikupeza mphotho ya platinamu. Freedom label idatulutsa nyimbo za ojambula: Right Now (Na Na Na) ndi Beautiful (ndi Colby O'Donis ndi Kardinal Offishall).
Unyamata wa Akon komanso kukula kwake kunali kovuta kwambiri. Koma magwero odalirika adanenanso kuti woimbayo ayenera kuti adakokomeza zochitika zakale zaupandu. Akon nthawi ina adanena kuti adakhala zaka 3 m'ndende chifukwa choba galimoto. Koma mu 1998, anakhala m’ndende kwa miyezi ingapo chifukwa chokhala ndi galimoto yobedwa.
Ntchito zina zanyimbo
Asanakhazikitse KonLive Distribution, Akon poyamba anali membala woyambitsa nyimbo ina, Konvict Muzik. Pansi pa zilembo izi, Akon wapanga ndikulemba nyimbo zotchuka za Lady Gaga, Gwen Stefani, T-Pain, Whitney Houston, Leona Lewis ndi Pitbull. Young Berg, Kardinal Offishall ndi ojambula aku Nigerian (P-Square, Davido, Wiz Kid) adasainidwa ku chizindikiro chake.
Akon adagwiranso ntchito ndi nthano yotchuka Michael Jackson. Zolemba zophatikizana Hold My Hand zimawerengedwa kuti ndi ntchito yomaliza ya Jackson asanamwalire.
Woimbayo adalandira mayina a Grammy 5 ndipo adapambana The World Music Awards.
Bizinesi ina osati nyimbo
Akon ali ndi mizere iwiri ya zovala - zovala za Konvict komanso mtundu wapamwamba wa Aliaune. Mizereyo imaphatikizapo jeans, T-shirts, sweatshirts ndi jekete za mzere wapamwamba wamakono okha. Akon alinso ndi mgodi wa diamondi ku South Africa.
Akon Kuunikira Africa
Woyimba waku America waku Senegal adayang'ana kwambiri ntchito yamalonda ya Akon Lighting Africa. Idapangidwa mu 2014 pamodzi ndi waku Senegal waku America Thione Niang. Ntchito yolimbikitsa anthu akumidzi aku Africa idalandira ndalama kuchokera ku China Jiangsu International.
Pofika m’chaka cha 2016, nyale zoyendera dzuwa zokwana 100 komanso ma microgrid okwana 1200 aikidwa ngati mbali ya ntchitoyi. Ndipo ntchito 5500 zosalunjika zapangidwa, makamaka kwa achinyamata, m'mayiko 15 a ku Africa, kuphatikizapo Senegal, Benin, Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone ndi Niger.
Akon sanamvedwe m'malo oimba. Ndipo mu Seputembala 2016, Akon adasankhidwa kukhala director director of tech-up Royole.
Ndalama ndi ndalama
Forbes akuyerekeza kuti Akon adapeza $66 miliyoni chifukwa cha zoyeserera zake zoimba (kuyambira 2008 mpaka 2011). Mu 2008 - $ 12 miliyoni; mu 2009 - $20 miliyoni. Ndipo mu 2010 - $ 21 miliyoni ndipo mu 2011 - 13 miliyoni kuchokera ku Tione Niangom. Komabe, pambali pa nyimbo, mabizinesi ake opindulitsa adapeza $80 miliyoni.
Ali ndi nyumba ziwiri zokongola, zonse zili ku Atlanta, Georgia. Imodzi mwa nyumbazi ndi yamtengo wa $1,65 miliyoni ndipo ina ndiyofunika $2,685 miliyoni.
Banja, mkazi, ana ndi abale
Ngakhale Akon adatha kuteteza banja lake kuti lisamawonekere. Pali zinthu zina zomwe sakanatha kuzibisa mpaka kalekale. Kwa Msilamu wochita (zololedwa kukhala ndi akazi oposa mmodzi), ali ndi mkazi mmodzi amene adamkwatira. Dzina lake ndi Tomeka Thiam. Komabe, pali akazi ena awiri amene ankakondana nawo.
Onse pamodzi, mwamunayo ali ndi ana 6 kuchokera kwa akazi atatu osiyana. Mayina a anawo ndi Aliwan, Mohammed, Javor, Tyler, Alena ndi Arma.
Akon ali ndi abale awiri - Omar ndi Abu. Mwa abale awiriwa, woyimbayo ali pafupi kwambiri ndi wamng'ono (Abu Thiam). Abu ndi CEO wa Bu Vision komanso CEO wa Konvict Muzik. Ali unyamata, asanakhale wotchuka m'munda wa nyimbo, Akon adaba magalimoto. Ndipo Abu anali kugulitsa udzu kuti apulumuke.
Kuonjezera apo, panali maganizo olakwika akuti Akon ndi Abu anali mapasa. Abale onsewa ndi ofanana kwambiri kwa wina ndi mzake. Panthawi ina, "mafani" ankaganiza kuti Akon atha kukhala akusungitsa malo kuti azisewera m'malo angapo nthawi imodzi. Adzachita pa mmodzi, ndi mbale wake pa mzake. Abu alinso ndi mwana wamkazi, Khadija, ndi mabizinesi ku Africa.
