Dakar, Senegal (3rd January 2011) – International super star Akon headlined two free concerts in St Louis on New Years Eve and then on the 1st of January in Dakar Senegal for the closing of the Black Arts and Culture Festival, which is the largest gathering to date of black artists, writers, film makers, intellectuals, scientists and other luminaries and has been held twice before, in 1966 and 1977. The theme of the 2010 festival is African Renaissance.
His home coming message was AFRICAN UNITY; over 500000 fans attended the Dakar free concert breaking all records for a live show in Senegal.
ABOUT AKON
With over 40 Billboard Hot 100 songs and over 300 guest appearances with artists from icons Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Quincy Jones, Gwen Stefani, David Guetta and Leona Lewis, Akon is one of the most popular artists in music today. He is the first solo artist to hold both the No. 1 & No. 2 spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts twice. Having traveled the globe performing for millions of fans, Akon solidified his superstar status in 2010 – landing on Forbes Celebrity Magazine’s Celebrity 100 List and being tapped to perform “Angel” the first single off his upcoming album Stadium on the Victoria’s Secret Fashion show, which garnered its highest ratings to date. Additionally, his duet with Michael Jackson “ Hold My Hand” was selected as the first single on the Michael album, which debuted globally at No 1 in its first week of sales and his music video with Saturday Night Live comedy group The Lonely Island ( Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone & Akiva Schaffer) called “ I Just Had Sex” had become an internet sensation with over 20 million views in less than two weeks.
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