Her fifth studio album, Joanne (2016), which had Mark Ronson as the executive producer, is a more personal album, with family influences. In 2014, Gaga and Tony Bennett released a collaborative album titled Cheek to Cheek, which consists of jazz standards and swing classics from composers such as George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Duke Ellington and Irving Berlin. Described as "a celebration and a poetic musical journey", the album revolves around her personal views of fame, love, sex, feminism, self-empowerment, overcoming addiction, and reactions to media scrutiny. As executive producer, she enlisted longtime collaborators DJ White Shadow and RedOne, and for the first time Zedd and Madeon. Gaga's third album Artpop, released in 2013, included the singles " Applause" and " Do What U Want". " Americano" and " Scheiße" included Spanish and faux-German lyrics, respectively. Primarily influenced by synthpop and dance-pop, it incorporated musical genres which had not been previously explored by Gaga, such as electronic rock and techno. The album's themes include sexuality, religion, freedom, feminism and individualism. She reunited with RedOne and Garibay, and sought new collaborators, including DJ Snake, DJ White Shadow, Jeppe Laursen, and Robert John "Mutt" Lange, this last one producing the country rock song " You and I" written solely by Gaga. Gaga's second full-length album, Born This Way, was released in 2011. Its tracks include " Speechless", written solely by Gaga, as well as " Alejandro", " Telephone" and " Bad Romance". Initially intended to be a re-release of her first album, an EP titled The Fame Monster (2009) included eight newly recorded tracks. The album has influences of the 1980s pop music and discusses Gaga's love for fame while also dealing with subjects such as love, sexuality, money and drugs. She collaborated with different producers, primarily RedOne, Fernando Garibay, Martin Kierszenbaum, and Rob Fusari.
It produced the global chart-topping singles " Just Dance" and " Poker Face". Īfter signing with Interscope, Gaga began working on her debut album The Fame, which was released in 2008. After being dropped from a solo contract with Def Jam Recordings, Gaga worked as a songwriter for Sony/ATV Music Publishing, where Akon helped her sign a joint deal with Interscope Records and his own label KonLive Distribution. 6 on the list of Top Digital Songs Artists of the decade.Gaga performing at the Joanne World Tour, 2017Īmerican singer Lady Gaga has recorded material for seven studio albums and three extended plays (EP), and has been featured on songs on other artists' respective albums. He has had five Grammy Awards nominations and has produced many hits for artists such as Lady Gaga, Colby O'Donis, Kardinal Offishall, Leona Lewis and T-Pain.įorbes ranked Akon 80th (Power Rank) in Forbes Celebrity 100 in 2010 and 5th in 40 Most Powerful Celebrities in Africa list, in 2011. He has worked with numerous performers such as Michael Jackson, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Whitney Houston, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Gwen Stefani and many more artists. He was listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the #1 selling artist for master ringtones in the world.Īkon often provides vocals as a featured artist and is currently credited with over 300 guest appearances and more than 35 Billboard Hot 100 songs. Akon has sung songs in other languages including Tamil, Hindi and Spanish. Akon has had four songs certified as 3x platinum, three songs certified as 2x platinum, more than ten songs certified as 1x platinum and more than ten songs certified as gold in digital sales.
He is the first solo artist to hold both the number one and two spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 charts twice. His second album, Konvicted received three nominations for the Grammy Awards in two categories, Best Contemporary R&B Album for Konvicted album and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for 'Smack That' and 'I Wanna Love You'. He has since founded two successful record labels, Konvict Muzik and Kon Live Distribution. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of 'Locked Up', the first single from his debut album Trouble. Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Bongo Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam (born April 16, 1973), known as Akon, is a American R&B and hip hop recording artist, songwriter, and record producer.
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