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The singer's "Konvicted" album (Konvict/Upfront/SRC/Universal Motown/UMRG), released in November 2006, may not have reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200, but its sturdy performance aided Akon's rise to the top of the pop heap.
"Konvicted" spent its first 30 weeks lodged in the top 30 of the Billboard 200 after its bow at No. 2. While Akon ends the year at No. 1 on the Top Artists recap, "Konvicted" ranks just behind Daughtry's self-titled album at the peak of the Top Billboard 200 tally.
Akon is also a heavyweight on the year-end Billboard Hot 100 Songs recap, where he earns six rungs on the tally: as a guest on Gwen Stefani's "The Sweet Escape" (No. 3), T-Pain's "Bartender" (No. 33) and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's "I Tried" (No. 58), and with three of his own songs: "I Wanna Love You" (No. 8, featuring Snoop Dogg), "Don't Matter" (No. 11) and "Smack That" (No. 15, featuring Eminem).
It's a feat for one artist to place three singles on the year-end Hot 100 chart. It's another ballgame entirely when you can snag four (Timbaland), six (Akon) or seven (Timberlake and T-Pain). All told, if we add up the number of singles those four men racked up on the Hot 100 Songs recap, they own a whopping 21 titles, including hits with shared credit.
It shouldn't be much of a surprise that the ubiquitous Timbaland reigns as the No. 1 Hot 100 producer of 2007. He helmed 20 singles that reached the tally this year, from the obvious (Timberlake's numerous hits) to the not-so-obvious (Bjork's "Earth Intruders"). Akon is in the runner-up position on the Hot 100 Producers tally, with T-Pain at No. 8.
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New Orleans rapper C-Murder continues to build on his successes in the literary world as the rapper announced today (March 11) that he has signed R&B superstar Akon to a book deal with TRU Publishing. 
