Akon on His Joyful Return to Music with New Hit "Akon's Beautiful Day' and How He Wants to Bring Positive Energy Back with Forth

Akon on His Joyful Return to Music with New Hit "Akon's Beautiful Day' and How He Wants to Bring Positive Energy Back with Forth

,Hitmaker Akon has been dominating the Billboard charts and tearing up the airwaves for two decades.

He just celebrated the 20th anniversary of his debut album, Trouble , which launched him to global fame.

Now, he is taking over TikTok with a new hit, 'Akon's Beautiful Day." The uplifting anthem soared to #1 on TikTok's Top 50 with more than half a billion views and counting and debuted at #38 on Billboard's Pop Airplay--his 26th career entry and first in over a decade.

The star sat down with us in the LifeMinute Studios to talk all about the new track, his Akon The Superfan Tour - Asia, co-producing the documentary Headliners Only with Kevin Hart, looking back on working with Michael Jackson, helping launch Lady Gaga's career, and much more.

This is a LifeMinute with the one and only Akon.