In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. For about five ...

Weeks before Whitney Houston's death, Grammy-nominated songwriter Claude Kelly stopped by the Forbes headquarters in New York and shared his thoughts on mashups, Miley Cyrus, Notorious B.I.G. and the ...

Up-and-coming singer-songwriter Claude Kelly wrote the recently leaked Akon song "Hold My Hand" featuring Michael Jackson, but he confesses that hearing the legendary singer's voice on the track the ...

Akon said the music video for one of Michael Jackson’s songs was a huge inspiration to him. The “Don’t Matter” singer revealed he became very close to Jackson toward the end of the King of Pop’s life.

6ix9ine took to social media on June 7 to share a clip of himself rapping new lyrics over the beat of Akon's 2004 song "Locked Up." By Mitchell Peters 6ix9ine is hard at work on his next album, and he ...

Holding a brick red velvet cupcake with white frosting and colored sprinkles in his hands, Akon stands atop an extended conference room table at Universal Records' New York headquarters. He's… By ...

Josh Ross joins Akon in his quest to re-record his classic songs with different genres, including Country and Dance. Akon has been assembling the biggest names in other genre like Country's Josh Ross ...

Akon is coming to Ireland this October with the Konvict Muzik Tour. Akon co-founded the Konvict Muzik record label with Melvin Brown in 2005, and now he will visit Dublin's O2 with labelmates Colby ...

Akon will take the jokes about his hair and turn it into hit songs. The mogul opened up about his hair journey in a recent interview, humorously addressing his once-beloved hairpiece. Akon didn’t shy ...

“I can remember singing this song as a kid growing up in Senegal. I would be walking home from school, just singing this song to myself. Even now, it’s a song that takes me right back to my childhood.