Konvicted

Konvicted
Studio album by Akon
Released	November 14, 2006
Recorded	Late 2006 at White Room Studios (Detroit, MI)
Genre	Hip-hop, R&B, reggae fusion
Length	63:00
Label	Konvict Muzik/UpFront/SRC/Universal Motown
Producer	Akon, Giorgio Tuinfort, Eminem, Rune Rask, Troo.L.S, Ghulam Sajid, SuperVillain Beats, T-Pain
Akon chronology
Trouble (2004) Konvicted (2006) Freedom (2008)
Singles from Konvicted
"Smack That" Released: September 28, 2006 "I Wanna Love You" Released: October 5, 2006 "Don't Matter" Released: January 18, 2007 "Mama Africa" Released: May 15, 2007 "Sorry, Blame It on Me" Released: June 27, 2007 "Never Took the Time" Released: October 16, 2007 "I Can't Wait" Released: March 31, 2008

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Entertainment Weekly	(B) link
Robert Christgau	[1]
Rolling Stone	link
Spin Magazine	link
USA Today	link
DJBooth.net	link
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Konvicted is the second studio album by hip hop and R&B Senegalese-American singer and rapper Akon. It was originally released in November 2006. The album features tracks recorded with Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Styles P (who previously collaborated with Akon on "Locked Up") and T-Pain (who later recorded "Bartender" with Akon). To date, it is Akon's most successful album and was nominated for a Grammy Award.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Shake Down"	Aliaune "Akon" Thiam, Giorgio Tuinfort	Giorgio Tuinfort & Akon	3:52
2.	"Blown Away" (featuring Styles P)	Akon, Giorgio Tuinfort, David "Styles P" Styles	Giorgio Tuinfort & Akon	3:29
3.	"Smack That" (featuring Eminem)	Akon, Marshall "Eminem" Mathers, Luis Resto, Mike Strange	Eminem	3:37
4.	"I Wanna Love You" (featuring Snoop Dogg)	Akon, Cordozar "Snoop Dogg" Broadus Jr.	Akon	4:07
5.	"The Rain"	Akon, Dwight "Skrapp" Reynolds, Theron Thomas, Timothy Thomas	Akon	3:27
6.	"Never Took the Time"	Akon, Keon Bryce, Steve Skinner	Akon	3:57
7.	"Mama Africa"	Akon, Hakim Abdulsamad, D. Browne, Bobby Dixon, E. Dwyer, P. Elton, B. Alp	Akon	4:26
8.	"I Can't Wait" (featuring T-Pain)	Akon, Faheem "T-Pain" Najm	Akon & T-Pain	3:46
9.	"Gangsta Bop"	Akon, T. Nielsen, Rune Rask	Akon, Troo.L.S. & Rask	4:07
10.	"Tired of Runnin'"	Akon, H. Banks, C. Hampton, R. Jackson	Akon	4:33
11.	"Once In a While"	Akon, Brian "Benny Demus" Boulai, S. Crocker, Skip Prokop	Benny-D & Akon	3:57
12.	"Don't Matter"	Akon, Bob Marley, R. Kelly, A. Lawson	Akon	4:52
Total length:				63:00

Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Sorry, Blame It on Me"	Akon, Clinton Sparks, S. Patrone	Clinton Sparks	4:57
14.	"Rush" (featuring Kardinal Offishall)	Akon, Jason "Kardinal Offishall" Harrow, Andrew Joel Thompson	Akon	4:02
15.	"Don't Matter (Calypso Remix)"	Akon, Bob Marley, Robert Kelly, A. Lawson	Akon	5:30
16.	"Gringo"	Akon	Akon	4:30

Brazil Bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
17.	"Lonely"	Aliaune "Akon" Thiam, Bobby Vinton, Gene Allen		3:57

US Walmart Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
18.	"Struggle Everyday"			4:16
19.	"I Wanna Love You (Remix)"			4:35
20.	"Fair To You"			3:21
21.	"Still Alone"			2:46
22.	"Mama Africa (Live)"			4:45
23.	"I Wanna Love You (Live)"			4:37

Samples

• "Mama Africa" samples Gentleman's "Dem Gone"
• "Tired of Runnin'" samples Bobby Bland's "(If Loving You Is wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right"
• "Once in a While" samples 3 Dog Night's "I'd Be So Happy"
• "Don't Matter" interpolates the melody of R. Kelly's "Ignition (Remix)"
• "Don't Matter" interpolates lyrics from Bob Marley and the Wailers's "Zimbabwe"

Credits

• Executive Producer: Devyne Stephens and Akon
• A&R Direction: Devyne Stephens and Akon
• A&R Administration: Tashia Stafford and Jason "Chyld" Kpana
• Creative Direction: Devyne Stephens
• Mastered: Eddy Schreyer
• Marketing: Elise Wright and Jason "Chyld" Kpana
• Art Direction & Design: Joe Spix
• Photographer: Jonathan Mannion
• Wardrobe Stylist: Fiskani
• Legal: Sandra L. Brown
• Corrdinator: Cragg Brown

Chart performance

Konvicted debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart, selling over 284,000 copies.^[2] The album was able to stay within the top twenty for 28 consecutive weeks, but eventually started to drop slowly. On its sixth week, it broke the one million mark,^[3] though it was certified platinum two weeks later. In its tenth week it had a total of 1.3 million copies. The album was officially certified double platinum on its sixteenth week. 2 million records were sold after twenty weeks. After thirty weeks on the chart it had moved 2.4 million units. On November 19, 2007, the RIAA has certified the Konvicted album triple platinum status with 3 million units sold in the United States. The album became the second best selling record of the year on the Billboard 200 charts.^[4]

Peak position and certification

Chart[5]	Providers	Peak position	Certification	Sales
The Billboard 200	Billboard	2[6]	3x Platinum	2,830,000+
Billboard Comprehensive Albums	Billboard	2[7]
Billboard Internet Albums	Billboard	2[6]
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	Billboard	2[6]
The Official UK Album Chart	BPI/The Official UK Charts Company	16[8]	Platinum	410,000[9]
Australian Album Chart	ARIA	16[10]	Platinum	70,000+
Australian Urban Album Chart	ARIA	3[10]	Platinum
Belgian Album Chart	Ultratop / Nielsen	33[11]
Brazilian Albums Chart	ABPD		Platinum[12]	250,000
Canadian Albums Chart	Nielsen Soundscan	4[6]	2x Platinum[13]	200,000+
Czech Album Chart	IFPI	23[14]	-	-
Danish Album Chart	IFPI / Nielsen	31[15]	-	-
French Album Chart	SNEP/IFOP	7[16]	-	118,000[17]
Irish Album Chart	IRMA	12[18]	Platinum[19]	-
Japanese Album Chart	Oricon	18[20]	Gold[21]	58,600[20]
New Zealand Album Chart	RIANZ	1[22]	2x Platinum[23]	30,000
Swedish Album Chart	GLF	41[24]
Swiss Album Chart	Media Control Europe	23[25]	Gold[26]	15,000

Preceded by Because of the Times by Kings of Leon

RIANZ New Zealand number one album April 16, 2007 - April 23, 2007

Succeeded by Treasure by Hayley Westenra

References

Note: All citations to magazine articles lead to a website where scans of these magazines can be viewed free of charge

1. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Akon". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=Akon. 
2. ^ Top 200 SoundScan Album Sales 11/22/2006
3. ^ Top 200 SoundScan Album Sales 12/27/2006
4. ^ "'Daughtry' Named Billboard Top Seller in '07". ew.com. December 14, 2007. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20166398,00.html. Retrieved 2010-01-13. 
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7. ^ "Billboard Comprehensive Albums". Billboard tymagazine. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Albums&f=Billboard+Comprehensive+Albums. Retrieved 2007-03-02. 
8. ^ Konvicted UK Sales Archive
9. ^ Total UK Sales So Far
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11. ^ "Belgian Album Chart". Entertainment.Skynet.be. http://entertainment.skynet.be/index.html?l1=entertainment&l2=ultratop&l3=charts&chartid=5&new_lang=fr. Retrieved 2007-03-02. 
12. ^ http://www.abpd.org.br/certificados_interna.asp
13. ^ Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum
14. ^ "Czech Albums Chart". IFPIcr.cz. http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?hitp=P. Retrieved 2007-03-02. 
15. ^ "Danish Album Chart". DanishCharts.com. http://danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Akon&titel=Konvicted&cat=a. Retrieved 2007-03-02. 
16. ^ "French Albums Chart". LesCharts.com. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Akon&titel=Konvicted&cat=a. Retrieved 2007-03-02. 
17. ^ French Sales
18. ^ "Irish Album Chart". IRMA.ie. http://www.irma.ie/aucharts.asp#albums. Retrieved 2007-03-02. 
19. ^ The Irish Charts - All there is to know
20. ^ ^{a b} "Japanese Album Chart". Jbbs.LiveDoor.jp. http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi/music/3914/1044805378/375. Retrieved 2007-03-02. 
21. ^ "ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2011年05月 [Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (May 2011)]" (in Japanese). RIAJ. June 10, 2011. http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201105.html. Retrieved June 13, 2011. 
22. ^ "New Zealand Albums Chart". Charts.org.nz. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Akon&titel=Konvicted&cat=a. Retrieved 2007-03-02. 
23. ^ "Recording Industry Association of New Zealand". RIANZ.org.nz. http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp. Retrieved 2007-03-02. 
24. ^ "Swedish Album Chart". SwedishCharts.com. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Akon&titel=Konvicted&cat=a. Retrieved 2007-03-02. 
25. ^ "Swiss Album Chart". HitParade.ch. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Akon&titel=Konvicted&cat=a. Retrieved 2007-04-20. 
26. ^ The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community