Romeo – Get Low Wit It video featuring Akon

Akon – I Can’t Wait video featuring T-Pain (Behind The Scenes) from the album Freedom

Sway – Silver & Gold video featuring Akon from The Signature LP

With the release of Akon’s newest album Freedom (SRC/UniversalMotown), in stores now, you will get to interact with this superstar in a whole new way! GoAnimate.com announces a partnership with international singer-songwriter, record producer, Akon. On Goanimate.com, users can create custom, movie-style animations with Saturday morning cartoon characters, politicians and celebrities, and now- Akon is added to the list!

GoAnimate.com users can create their own animations and music videos featuring hits from Akon’s newly released and highly anticipated album, Freedom. GoAnimate.com will provide all the necessary tools to create your own unique Akon animations. The fun characters, music sets, emotions, actions, and songs can be easily accessed in the Akon Channel on the website’s homepage.

The news doesn’t stop there! Akon fans will have the chance to win an autographed copy of Freedom by creating an animation using Akon’s hit songs, characters, and assets. Your video will automatically be entered in a contest, and the winning animations will be posted on Akononline.com, MySpace.com/Akon, Loud.com and UniversalMotown.com. For more contest details log on to http://www.goanimate.com/.

“We are thrilled to have found an innovative partner that gives Akon fans a creative way to interact with their favorite artist and each other,” said Ayal Kleinman, VP Marketing and New Media. “The GoAnimate software is the perfect tool to enable all music fans to express themselves on the web without extensive internet knowledge and skills.”

“We are very pleased to announce this partnership with music superstar Akon,” says Stone Newman, Senior VP of Licensing and Business Development for GoAnimate.com. This partnership marks our first music license and allows us to reach a completely different fan base. “GoAnimate.com gives Akon fans the chance to actively interact with one another.”
About GoAnimate, Inc.
GoAnimate was created by a bunch of guys who love animation and want to enable everyone with the ability to animate! Our world is made up of great stories and GoAnimate provides an outlet for everyone and anyone to share their sentiments, sagas and satires with the universe. Headquartered in New York, GoAnimate has offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and Hong Kong. The creators of GoAnimate have a wide range of expertise spanning from animation and programming to marketing and web solutions.
About Akon
In 2007, Akon became the first artist in music history to hold simultaneous No.1 and No. 2 positions on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart twice. Akon also won the 2007 American Music Award for Best Male Soul/R&B Artist and was honored three times at the World Music Awards. He has achieved gold and platinum certifications in twenty-three countries with the album KONVICTED and its singles — the No. 1 hits “Don’t Matter,” and Grammy nominee “I Wanna Love You;” along with the No. 2 Grammy-nominated “Smack That” featuring Eminem. Akon’s first album was the two-million-selling SRC/Universal Motown 2004 release TROUBLE, which included the worldwide smashes “Locked Up” and “Lonely.”

About SRC Records
SRC Records (Street Records Corporation), founded in 2002, is a record label created by former Loud Records CEO Steve Rifkind, and is distributed by the Universal Motown Records Group. The label broke four artists in its first three years with the multi-platinum David Banner, Terror Squad, Remy Ma, and Akon. SRC’s first release, David Banner’s “Mississippi: The Album”, spawned the top 10 hit “Like a Pimp,” which went on to Gold status worldwide. SRC also showed immediate success in 2002, with Terror Squad’s gold selling album “True Story,” which featured the number one single “Lean Back.” Akon’s debut album “Trouble,” sold four million copies world-wide, paired by the top single “Lonely.” His sophomore album “Konvicted,” had instant success when it debuted on November 14, 2006, which spawned the top singles “I Wanna Love,” and “Smack That.” Within weeks after the release, the album reached double platinum status worldwide, and received 2 Grammy nominations for “Smack That.” SRC Records albums released in 2008 include David Banner The Greatest Story Ever Told, Shontelle’s Shontelligence, and Akon’s Freedom. New artist releases slated for 2009 include the web phenomenon Asher Roth, Tami Chynn, Melanie Fiona, O’neal McKnight, and Corte.

Behind The Scenes Look at Busta Rhymes “Arab Money Remix” Featuring Ron Browz, Diddy, Swizz Beatz, T-Pain, Akon and Lil Wayne. Directed By Rik Cordero. Video Coming Soon.

Tami Chynn – Frozen video featuring Akon from the album Primadonna

Exclusive Footage!

Busta Rhymes in the studio with Diddy talking smack to T-Pain and Akon about their verses on the “Arab Money Remix”

“Arab Money Remix” features Diddy, Ron Browz, Swizz Beatz, Akon, T-Pain, and Lil Wayne!

AKON TO PERFORM MYSPACE MUSIC RELEASE SHOW AT CHINA CLUB IN NEW YORK CITY ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008

NEW ALBUM “FREEDOM” IN STORES, ONLINE, AND ON SLOTMUSIC CARDS AND PLAYERS ON DECEMBER 2nd VIA UPFRONT/SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN RECORDS

MySpace Music is proud to announce that Akon will be performing a free show for his MySpace friends at China Club in New York City on Monday, December 1, 2008 – a show being powered by AT&T. Doors for the 21+ Release show will be at 8 p.m., and admittance will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis with a printout of each person’s profile displaying Akon in their top eight.

An internationally recognized, Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum selling artist, producer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Akon is one of the most influential voices in music today. In addition to having two multi-platinum albums, 21 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, Gold or Platinum status in over 23 countries, and over 145 guest appearances with artists such as Michael Jackson and Gwen Stefani to his credit, Akon is the only artist to ever accomplish the feat of holding both the number one and two spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 charts twice.

In addition to his accolades, on November 19, 2008 Akon announced that his third album, “Freedom,” will be available on “slotMusic™, a new form of DRM-free MP3 music on a microSD card beginning Tuesday, December 2nd – the same date his album will be released digitally and on CD. The new slotMusic card will give fans a chance to enjoy Akon’s album in a variety of ways and on a host of devices – from their microSD-enabled mobile phones to their computers and MP3 players. Going beyond the original thirteen songs that are on the CD version of the album, the slotMusic “Freedom” card will carry a mini-documentary video on Akon’s life and influences, the new video for “Right Now (Na Na Na),” and exclusive hi-res images and songs including fellow SRC artist Tami Chynn’s debut single “Frozen” featuring Akon.

Please visit Akon’s MySpace page to preview his new album “Freedom” before it hits stores 12/2 starting this Friday 11/28:
http://www.myspace.com/akon

Sweet Rush is getting ready to take the crown as the hottest new pop group of 2009!

Check out their debut video “Hot Sauce”

Sweet Rush – Hot Sauce (video)

Who is Sweet Rush?

- Singer/songwriter sister due group born in Somalia. Now currently reside in Atlanta, GA.

- Siham is 21 years old and Iman is 20.

- Featured on Akon new single, “Troublemaker” off his upcoming album FREEDOM

- Performed on MTV’s My Super Sweet 16 for former NFL player Ray Buchanan’s daughter Destinee.

- Sound of the music is: FUN, ANIMATED, and ENERGETIC!

- Loves fashion! They have a very keen sense of “Sweet Rush Style”. Think a younger version of Kelis.

Sweet Rush
Debut Album Coming 2009
Universal Motown

Akon to Release New Album FREEDOM Available on slotMusic cards on December 2nd SRC’s Multi-platinum Artist will make His Music Available via DRM-Free MP3 Music on microSD cards

Upfront/Konvict/SRC/Universal Motown multi-platinum selling artist, producer and entrepreneur, Akon, announced today that his third album – Freedom – will be available on “slotMusic™, a new form of DRM-free MP3 music on a microSD card beginning Tuesday, December 2nd – the same date his album will be released digitally and on CD. The new slotMusic card will give fans a chance to enjoy Akon’s album in a variety of ways and on a host of devices – from their microSD-enabled mobile phones to their computers and MP3 players.

Going beyond the original thirteen songs that are on the CD version of the album, the slotMusic Freedom card will carry a mini-documentary video on Akon’s life and influences, the new video for “Right Now (Na Na Na),” and exclusive hi-res images and songs including fellow SRC artist Tami Chynn’s debut single “Frozen” featuring Akon.

“When I went into the studio to put together Freedom, I focused on making more than just a collection of songs; I made an album that tells a story from the first track to the last,” said Akon. “To me, slotMusic is the return of the album in all its glory, but updated for today’s mobile world.”

Steve Rifkind, Chairman of SRC Records and SRC Marketing, who was instrumental in establishing the slotMusic and Akon partnership stated “SRC has always offered its artists the freedom to share their music through new technology. slotMusic will allow Akon’s fans to listen to his new record on their phones, MP3 players and PCs that support the microSD format,” he added.

“The release of Freedom on the slotMusic card is a chance for me to give my fans a full entertainment experience using devices they already have in hand,” added Akon.

slotMusic is an innovative physical format for music with a pre-existing install base for DRM-free music. The plug-and-play slotMusic card eliminates the compatibility questions and the hassles of managing files, downloading here, transferring there by offering music in a physical format that is simple to use, works well with many different devices.

The near ubiquity of microSD slots makes slotMusic cards the ultimate format for creating a true portable music experience. SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), inventor of the microSD format, is leading the technology development and standardization behind slotMusic.

To preorder Akon’s slotMusic card and for more information please visit www.slotmusic.org.

About Akon
An internationally recognized Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum selling artist, producer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Akon is one of the most influential voices in music today. In addition to having two multi-platinum albums, 21 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 and over 145 guest appearances with artists such as Michael Jackson and Gwen Stefani to his credit, Akon is the only artist to ever accomplish the feat of holding both the number one and two spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 charts twice.

In addition to the anticipated December 2nd release of his third album Freedom, 2009 is shaping up to be the biggest year of Akon’s career as the Konvict CEO is prepping releases for T-Pain, Lady Gaga, Kardinal Offishal, Flipsyde Dolla and Colby O’Donis. His fashion line, Konvict Clothing is set to launch in January with an upscale line, aptly named Aliuane, is set for release in the Fall. Finally, Konfidence Foundation, the charity Akon has personally funded for four years, has teamed up with songwriter/philanthropist Peter Buffett to launch IsThereSomethingICanDo.com, a Google of sorts for charitable foundations. For more information, please visit: www.akononline.com.

About SRC Group

SRC (Street Records Corporation) is a division of Universal Music Group, the world’s leading music company with wholly owned record operations or licensees in 77 countries. UMG’s businesses also include Universal Music Publishing Group, the industry’s leading global music publishing operation.