R&B singer Akon is an unlikely superstar. He was born in St. Louis to Senegalese immigrant parents, and it’s a safe bet that no previous Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper is a native Wolof speaker with a ...

You're all dying to hear the latest on Akon's testosterone-fuelled stage antics, we know, so here it is. "Given the information that we have reviewed to date, it does not appear to us that Akon was ...

Akon and Michael Jackson to collaborate? Nothing is official just yet but Akon has confirmed that the possibility is being explored and it could happen in another few months or sooner. Shortly after ...

Akon is facing criminal charges after a fan said she suffered a concussion when the hip-hop star tossed a teenager off the stage and onto her in the concert crowd. Akon, 34, is scheduled to appear in ...

Akon is set for an entanglement with the legal apparatus of the town of Fishkill, New York, having been charged with offences relating to his alleged hurling of a fan from the stage during a concert ...

Los Angeles: 'King of Pop' Michael Jackson's "incredibly beautiful" duet with Akon recorded in 2007 will be released on Monday as the first official single from the late singer's next album, it was ...

Akon is facing criminal charges after a fan said she suffered a concussion when the hip-hop star tossed a teenager off the stage at a concert in upstate New York and onto her in the crowd. Akon, 34, ...

Even though the smash hit "Konvicted" is only his second CD, Akon feels he has achieved one of his main career goals. "I didn't want people to put me in one (niche), trapped in one box where I could ...

BALTIMORE -- Forget record sales. Pop stars are now measured by their omnipresence, and few have mastered that art as well as Akon. Akon on your radio. Akon on your ring tone. Akon on "American Idol." ...

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Three years ago he debuted on the charts with the single "Locked Up." This year, Akon locks up Billboard's top pop artist honor. Sign up ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Pop stardom is a ...

There are four names from the international pop scene that always cross my daughter’s lips: Christina Aguilera (unfortunately, we missed her concert), Beyoncé (we watched that one!), Avril Lavigne ...