Trouble (Akon album)
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| Studio album by Akon | ||||||||||
| Released | May 29, 2004 | |||||||||
| Recorded | October 2003 – April 2004 at White Room Studio in Detroit, MI | |||||||||
| Genre | R&B, Hip Hop | |||||||||
| Length | 49:57 | |||||||||
| Label | SRC/Universal | |||||||||
| Producer | Akon, Ghulam Sajid, Knobody, Disco D | |||||||||
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Trouble is the debut album by the Senegalese-American hip hop and R&B singer Akon, released in 2004. The singles released from the album are "Locked Up", "Ghetto", "Lonely", "Belly Dancer (Bananza)" and "Pot of Gold", with the biggest of these being "Lonely". The Deluxe Edition was released in 2005 and contains a second disc with 10 bonus tracks.
The release of "Locked Up" propelled Akon to fame. He has since, either solo or as a feature, been topping the charts regularly. The album performed much better in the UK where it peaked at #1 on the UK Album Chart.
Despite peaking low at #29, it held on, and has sold Platinum in the U.S. with sales 1.6 million.
- Note: The track "Ghetto" does not appear on the deluxe edition of the album.
[edit] Recorded Tracks
| # | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Locked Up" | 3:56 |
| 2. | "Trouble Nobody" | 3:23 |
| 3. | "Belly Dancer (Bananza)" | 4:00 |
| 4. | "Gangsta" | 4:15 |
| 5. | "Ghetto" | 3:55 |
| 6. | "Pot Of Gold" | 3:36 |
| 7. | "Show Out" | 3:25 |
| 8. | "Lonely" | 3:57 |
| 9. | "When The Time's Right" | 3:44 |
| 10. | "Journey" | 4:18 |
| 11. | "Don't Let Up" | 4:00 |
| 12. | "I Won't" | 3:16 |
| 13. | "Locked Up (Remix, Feat. Styles P)" | 3:50 |
| 14. | "Gunshot" (UK Bonus Track) | 2:56 |
| 15. | "Locked Up (Remix, Feat Taz & Styles P)" (UK Bonus Track) | 3:48 |
| 16. | "Easy Road" (US Bonus Track) | 3:22 |
| 17. | "Work It Out (Feat. Keyshia Cole)" (US Bonus Track) | 4:10 |
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| 1. | "Belly Dancer (Bananza) (Remix)" (feat. Kardinal Offishall) | 3:27 | |||||||
| 2. | "Gunshot (Fiesta Riddim)" | 2:50 | |||||||
| 3. | "Senegal" | 2:52 | |||||||
| 4. | "Keep on Callin'" (feat. P-Money) | 3:31 | |||||||
| 5. | "Never Gonna Get It" (feat. Topic & Sean Biggs) | 3:36 | |||||||
| 6. | "Miss Melody" (feat. Miri Ben-Ari) | 3:49 | |||||||
| 7. | "Work It Out (Remix)" (feat. Keyshia Cole , Lil Kim & Wynter Gordon) | 4:27 | |||||||
| 8. | "Find Us (In the Back of the Club)" (feat. The Beatnuts) | 3:15 | |||||||
| 9. | "Baby I'm Back" (feat. Baby Bash) | 3:39 | |||||||
| 10. | "Yey' (Konvict Muzik Exclusive)" (feat. Grady Babyz) | 4:31 | |||||||
| 11. | "Kill the Dance (Got Something For Ya)" (feat . Kardinal Offishall) | 2:56 | |||||||
[edit] Chart performance
The final appearance on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart was for the chart dated 11/26/05. The album first appeared on the UK Album Chart on February 12, 2005 it slowly climbed up the chart before finally reaching the summit on April 30, 2009. It spent two non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the UK Album Chart and is by far his most successful album in the UK to date.
| Preceded by The Singles by Basement Jaxx Devils & Dust by Bruce Springsteen |
UK number one album May 1, 2005 – May 7, 2005 May 15, 2005 – May 21, 2005 |
Succeeded by Devils & Dust by Bruce Springsteen Heart and Soul by Steve Brookstein |
