Akon Awards

                                                    Awards and nominations

Akon received four Grammy Award nominations in 2008, including Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for "The Sweet Escape" with Gwen Stefani, Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for "Bartender" with T-Pain, Best Contemporary R&B Album for Konvicted, and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration with "I Wanna Love You" with Snoop Dogg. The only award that Akon has received is Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist from the American Music Awards in 2007. Overall, Akon has received one award from twelve nominations.

American Music Awards

The American Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony created by Dick Clark in 1973. Akon has received one award from three nominations.

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2007	Akon	Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist	Won
		Artist of the Year	Nominated
		Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist	Nominated

Billboard Music Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2007	Akon	Artist of The Year	Won

World Music Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2007	Akon	Best Selling R&B Male Artist	Won
		Best Selling African Artist	Won
		Best Selling Internet Artist	Won
2008	Akon	Best Selling African Artist	Won

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States. Akon has received five nominations.^[57][59]

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2007	"Smack That" (with Eminem)	Best Rap/Sung Collaboration	Nominated
2008	"The Sweet Escape" (with Gwen Stefani)	Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals	Nominated
	"Bartender" (with T-Pain)	Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group	Nominated
	Konvicted	Best Contemporary R&B Album	Nominated
	"I Wanna Love You" (with Snoop Dogg)	Best Rap/Sung Collaboration	Nominated

MTV Video Music Awards

The MTV Video Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony established in 1984 by MTV. Akon has received four nominations.^[57][60][61] Akon has the record for most nominations in the Most Earthshattering Collaboration category.

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2005	"Locked Up"	MTV2 Award	Nominated
2007	Akon	Male Artist of the Year	Nominated
	"Smack That" (with Eminem)	Most Earthshattering Collaboration	Nominated
	"The Sweet Escape" (with Gwen Stefani)	Most Earthshattering Collaboration	Nominated

Billboard Legacy

Made the Top Artists of the Year Chart in: 2009
Made the Billboard 200 Albums of the Year Chart in: 2009, 2007, 2005, 2004
Made the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Year Chart in: 2005, 2004

Premios Lo Nuestro

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2010	"All Up 2 You" (with Aventura and Wisin & Yandel)	Urban Song of the Year	Nominated
	"All Up 2 You" (with Aventura and Wisin & Yandel)	Video Collaboration of the Year	Nominated

Tours

• Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania One-off Concert (2006).^[62]
• Konvicted Tour (July to September 2007, then additional dates in 2008)
• The Sweet Escape Tour with Gwen Stefani (April to July 2007)
• The Good Girl Gone Bad Tour with Rihanna (Canadian-leg only, September – December 2008)
• Konvict Muzik Tour with T-Pain (Australia only, October 26–27, 2009)
• Brazilian Mini-Tour, (Brazil, January 2010)
• OMG Tour with Usher (North America Second Leg, April - June 2011)