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Akon

Akon is a person from SN, active since 1973.

Person SN since 1973 hip hop r&b contemporary r&b

TOTAL PLAYS

1,668

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-06-18 07:54 · 1Xtra — "Ghetto (1X Biggie/Pac Edit)"

LAST PLAYED

2 weeks ago · 1Xtra — "Smack That (feat. Eminem)"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

300 225 150 75 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

1Xtra 1,059 63%

Radio 1 580 35%

Radio 2 25 1%

6 Music 4 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 11:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Locked Up 252 2026-08-25

2 Mama Africa 151 2023-09-12

3 I Wanna Love You (feat. Snoop Dogg) 143 2026-08-16

4 Right Now (Na Na Na) 133 2021-08-31

5 Don't Matter 114 2020-03-29

6 Right Now (Na, Na, Na) 95 2026-05-05

7 Lonely 74 2026-08-07

8 Smack That 74 2024-01-25

9 Locked Up (feat. Styles P) 64 2024-11-16

10 Beautiful 62 2019-12-18

11 Smack That (feat. Eminem) 52 2026-08-26

12 Beautiful (Feat. Kardinal Offishall & Colby O'Donis) 34 2014-04-24

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-26 11:31 Smack That (feat. Eminem) 1Xtra

2026-08-25 04:28 Locked Up 1Xtra

2026-08-20 10:13 Locked Up (remix) (feat. Styles P) 1Xtra

2026-08-16 11:15 I Wanna Love You (feat. Snoop Dogg) 1Xtra

2026-08-16 00:58 Locked Up 1Xtra

2026-08-15 19:25 Locked Up Radio 1

2026-08-12 04:28 Locked Up 1Xtra

2026-08-07 05:32 Lonely 1Xtra

2026-08-05 23:58 Locked Up 1Xtra

2026-07-28 02:14 I Wanna Love You (feat. Snoop Dogg) Radio 1

2026-07-21 08:07 Locked Up Radio 1

2026-07-17 13:42 Smack That (feat. Eminem) 1Xtra

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

92 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

1XTRA LOVES NOTORIOUS B.I.G —

1 2009-02-12 ▶

Akon at Power Summit : Ghetto —

1 2006-10-06 ▶

Akon's Beautiful Day —

1 2024-12-26 ▶

Angel —

1 2010-10-31 ▶

Bananza (Belly Dancer) —

5 2026-05-08 ▶

Bananza (Richastic Remix) —

1 2019-07-11 ▶

Beautiful —

62 2019-12-18 ▶

Beautiful (feat. Colby O'Donis & Kardinal Offishall) —

2 2015-04-29 ▶

Beautiful (feat. Colby O’Donis & Kardinal Offishall) —

1 2023-02-22 ▶

Beautiful (Feat. Kardinal Offishall & Colby O'Donis) —

34 2014-04-24 ▶

Beautiful (feat. Kardinal Offishall & Colby O’donis) —

1 2017-04-17 ▶

Beautiful (Feat. Kardinal Offishall and Colby O'Donis) —

8 2011-10-16 ▶

Beautiful Day —

1 2024-11-01 ▶

BED: Ghetto Instrumental —

1 2009-05-03 ▶

Belly Dancer —

2 2026-04-10 ▶

Belly Dancer (Bananza) —

11 2020-06-21 ▶

Belly Dancer (Bananza) (LI) —

1 2019-05-01 ▶

Belly Dancer (Sham Steel x Ekany Remix) —

2 2024-11-30 ▶

Belly Dancer <Bed> —

1 2007-07-15 ▶

Belly Dancer Live —

3 2007-08-18 ▶

Chammak Challo —

3 2012-01-03 ▶

Chammak Challo (feat. Hamsika Iyer) —

1 2012-02-29 ▶

Don't Matter —

114 2020-03-29 ▶

Don't Matter (Calypso Remix) —

6 2009-02-03 ▶

Don't Matter (Sian Daytime Clean) —

2 2021-07-05 ▶

Don't matter <live lounge 07> —

1 2007-07-27 ▶

Enjoy That —

1 2022-09-30 ▶

Freedom —

1 2021-04-20 ▶

Ghetto —

27 2026-03-29 ▶

Ghetto (1X Biggie/Pac Edit) —

7 2005-09-06 ▶

Ghetto (Remix) (Feat. 2Pac & The Notorious B.I.G.) —

2 2015-04-25 ▶

Ghetto (Remix) (feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & 2Pac) —

2 2015-02-21 ▶

Hurt Somebody —

4 2012-05-29 ▶

I Can't Wait —

19 2008-04-16 ▶

I Can't Wait (Feat. T-Pain) —

17 2014-11-22 ▶

I Can't Wait (feat. T‐Pain) —

19 2024-11-10 ▶

I Wanna Love You —

21 2008-03-06 ▶

I Wanna Love You (1Xtra Live 2008) —

2 2019-10-05 ▶

I Wanna Love You (feat. Snoop Dogg) —

143 2026-08-16 ▶

I Wanna Love You <1Xtra Live> —

1 2008-03-23 ▶

I Wanna Love You Live —

5 2009-06-16 ▶

I'm So Paid (feat. Lil Wayne & Jeezy) —

3 2020-02-08 ▶

I'm So Paid (Feat. Lil Wayne & Young Jeezy) —

1 2012-10-06 ▶

I'm So Paid (Feat. Lil Wayne) —

1 2024-04-28 ▶

It Don't Matter Live —

3 2008-06-25 ▶

Locked Up —

252 2026-08-25 ▶

Locked Up (1Xtra Live) —

11 2010-08-03 ▶

Locked Up (Feat Styles P) —

2 2005-09-09 ▶

Locked Up (Feat Styles P) (feat. Styles P) —

27 2014-06-22 ▶

Locked Up (feat. Styles P) —

64 2024-11-16 ▶

Locked Up (feat. Styles P) (feat. Styles P) —

26 2019-05-01 ▶

Locked Up (Instrumental) —

5 2026-04-14 ▶

Locked Up (remix featuring Taz) —

1 2005-08-23 ▶

Locked Up (remix) (feat. Styles P) —

22 2026-08-20 ▶

Locked Up <Bed> —

3 2009-05-03 ▶

Lonely —

74 2026-08-07 ▶

Lonely (UK Radio Edit) —

1 2025-06-15 ▶

Lonely Live —

1 2007-07-22 ▶

Mama Africa —

151 2023-09-12 ▶

Mama Africa (MOBO Nominee) —

1 2007-09-19 ▶

Mama Africa Live —

9 2011-02-15 ▶

Pretty Girls (feat. Afro B) —

3 2019-11-04 ▶

Ride Daddy (feat. O.T. Genasis) —

2 2017-01-22 ▶

Right Now (Na Na Na) —

133 2021-08-31 ▶

Right Now (Na Na Na) (Live at Maida Vale) —

1 2009-10-30 ▶

Right Now (Na Na Na) <Live Lounge> —

6 2008-11-09 ▶

Right Now (Na Na) —

2 2008-10-19 ▶

Right Now (Na, Na, Na) —

95 2026-05-05 ▶

Shake Down —

4 2024-09-15 ▶

Shakedown Live (clean) —

1 2008-06-24 ▶

Slow Wind (Remix) —

1 2013-07-16 ▶

Smack That —

74 2024-01-25 ▶

Smack That Live —

5 2008-06-27 ▶

Smack That (1Xtra Live) —

10 2012-08-23 ▶

Smack That (Askher & RAD Remix) —

1 2020-08-20 ▶

Smack That (Bed) —

1 2006-11-28 ▶

Smack That (BRLLNT Edit) —

1 2024-10-04 ▶

Smack That (ETX & Fresco Remix) —

2 2020-05-25 ▶

Smack That (feat. Eminem) —

52 2026-08-26 ▶

Smack That (Live from 1Xtra Live) —

1 2008-03-23 ▶

Smack That (Radio 1's Big Weekend, 10 May 2009) —

2 2018-05-10 ▶

Smack That (Remix) —

1 2020-10-22 ▶

Smack That (Remix) (Feat. Stat Quo & Bobby Creekwater) —

1 2023-05-21 ▶

Sorry Blame It On Me —

3 2007-12-15 ▶

Sorry, Blame It On Me —

16 2023-01-23 ▶

The take over the breaks over <Live Lounge> —

1 2008-02-28 ▶

The Take Over, The Break's Over <live lounge> —

2 2007-07-23 ▶

The Takes Over, The Breaks Over <Live Lounge> —

1 2007-12-22 ▶

Trouble Nobody —

1 2015-03-13 ▶

Wanna be Starting Something —

16 2016-05-02 ▶

We Don't Care —

31 2009-08-01 ▶

You Make It Real <Live Lounge> —

2 2008-11-04 ▶