Artist profile
Akon is a Senegalese-American R&B and hip-hop artist known for his work in dance and pop music. He gained prominence in the mid-2000s with hit singles and collaborations that blended electronic production with vocal hooks, establishing himself as a major figure in club and mainstream music.
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Akon is a moderate-energy with strong groove and a balanced bright/warm production — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Dance pocket.
Across 19 analysed tracks, Akon averages 48% energy — gentler than 76% of individual Dance tracks — and 62% groove, straighter than 72%.
Measured against 14,418 Dance tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 84–138 BPM with a median of 113 · predominantly minor keys (58% minor) · most common key: 6A (G Minor) with 5 tracks.
How Akon’s production has shifted across their catalog. The radar overlays earlier and recent eras as one shape, the year-by-year chart shows every metric move, and the tempo trend tracks the BPM migration against the typical Dance tempo.
Across Akon's catalog, tempos have climbed from ~107 to ~113 BPM; groove has thinned.
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We scored every transition between Akon’s 19 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 10 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 8 with the widest margin over chance are below.
Chance is measured, not assumed: 0.573% of transitions between two randomly drawn tracks by different artists in this catalogue reach 80. Listed alphabetically — the set is reproducible, the order inside it is not.
11 of the 760 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.4. They come from 4 different Akon tracks.
Picky - Remix → Bichiyal · 4B → 3A · +1 BPM · 87 chemistry
17 of the 760 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.4. They come from 8 different Akon tracks.
Bananza (Belly Dancer) → Sensational · 3A → 3B · −5 BPM · 86 chemistry
14 of the 760 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.4. They come from 5 different Akon tracks.
Picky - Remix → Dura · 4B → 3B · +2 BPM · 87 chemistry
12 of the 304 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.7. They come from 5 different Akon tracks.
Soul Survivor → The Way I Am · 8A → 8A · +3 BPM · 83 chemistry
11 of the 760 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.4. They come from 4 different Akon tracks.
Everybody Fucks → 8 Days - Wuki Remix · 1A → 1A · +2 BPM · 88 chemistry
12 of the 684 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.9. They come from 5 different Akon tracks.
Hay Amores De Más → J Balvin: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 62/66 · 7B → 7B · −2 BPM · 89 chemistry
12 of the 589 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.4. They come from 4 different Akon tracks.
Everybody Fucks → Sorry - Extended Mix · 1A → 1A · −3 BPM · 91 chemistry
Chemistry weighs harmonic, rhythmic, energy, groove, mood and vocal compatibility. Tempos are as analysed from the recording — where a genre is habitually detected an octave down, this is how we handle it. Different measurement from the audience-overlap list further down the page.
DJs and producers closest to Akon by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around Akon, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.
Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
Akon's tracks in our catalog range from 84 to 138 BPM, with a median of 113 BPM. Across 19 tracks, the most common range falls in the 115–120 BPM bucket.
Akon's tracks are mostly in minor keys (58% minor across 19 tracks). The most common single key is 6A (G Minor) with 5 tracks.
We scored every transition between Akon's 19 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 10 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Bad Bunny, Chris Brown, Daddy Yankee are three of them — listed alphabetically, because the set is reproducible and the order inside it is not. A transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number shown on a track page. One measured example: Picky - Remix into Bichiyal, 4B to 3A, 87 chemistry.
Akon sits closest to Kardinal Offishall, Sean Kingston, Nelly in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.
Our catalog has Akon releases spanning 2003 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2000s.
