International Star Akon Returns to Top
of Radio Charts ‘Right
Now’
Akon’s
New Single “Right
Now (Na Na Na)”
Is #1 Most Added At Rhythm Cross Over Radio
New Album FREEDOM In Stores November 25, 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard Publicity Wire via Business Wire EON) September 25, 2008 --
Upfront/Konvict/SRC/ Universal Motown multi-platinum
singer/songwriter/producer, Akon burst out of the starting gates
with the winningly melodic and compulsively danceable single “Right
Now (Na Na Na).” The song is sparking
up the charts in a record-setting pace that’s
familiar to Akon’s millions of fans
worldwide.
“Right Now (Na Na Na)”
is the lead track from Akon’s 3rd
upcoming album FREEDOM. The
CD is scheduled to be in stores November 25, 2008. The infectious
song is the # 1 Most Added at Rhythm Crossover
radio stations in its first week of release. The digital single
immediately moves into the top 10 of iTunes as the most-downloaded Top
Songs. FREEDOM will feature
collaborations with Hip- Hop’s “man
of the hour” Lil Wayne (“I’m
So Paid”) and Akon’s
platinum artist T-Pain (“Holla
Holla”).
Akon broke out on the music scene in 2004 with the platinum album TROUBLE
that featured singles, “Locked
Up” and “Lonely.”
He returned in 2006 with the triple-platinum-certified KONVICTED
CD. The Senegalese native broke chart history in 2007 as the first
artist to simultaneously hold the #1 (“I
Wanna Love You”) and #2 (“Smack
“That”)
positions on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart twice. He
went on to become Billboard Magazine’s
Top Artist of 2007, the # 2 Hot 100 Producer of the Year, and #
2 Hot 100 Songwriter of the year.
Akon won the 2007 American Music Award for Best Male Soul/R&B
artist and was honored three times at the World Music Awards. He has
achieved gold and platinum certifications in over a dozen countries.
The 5x Grammy nominee’s life story has also
become one of the most inspirational music sagas in recent memory,
turning his life around after a troubled youth by pursuing a career in
music, notching millions in albums sales since his seminal debut album Trouble.
On September 27, 2008 Akon will be on hand at the Think Pink Rock
Concert event to support efforts in raising funds to benefit Memorial
Sloane Kettering in NY, The Women's Center for Breast Care at Boca Raton
Community Hospital in FL, among other organizations.
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