Trouble (Akon album) - Composition

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Trouble is the debut album by American singer Akon, released in on June 29, 2004. The album contains Akon's worldwide hit single, "Lonely", which was his commercial breakthrough. However, the release of "Locked Up" propelled Akon to sign a record deal. "Gunshot (Fiesta Riddim)" was released as promotional single on May 11, 2004.[9] The album performed well in the United Kingdom where it peaked at No. 1 on the UK Album Chart. Trouble sold 25,000 copies in the first week,[10] and certified Platinum by the RIAA in the United States and has sold 1.6 million copies.[11]

Trouble

Studio album by

Akon

Released

June 29, 2004

Recorded

October 2003 – April 2004

Studio

White Room Studio, Detroit, Michigan

Genre

R&B
hip hop soul
world

Length

42:28

Label

UpFront, SRC, Universal

Producer

Akon, Benny-D, Knobody, Shakim Williams, Disco D

Akon chronology

Trouble
(2004)

Konvicted
(2006)

Singles from Trouble

"Locked Up"
Released: April 5, 2004[1]
"Ghetto"
Released: December 21, 2004
"Lonely"
Released: February 22, 2005[2]
"Belly Dancer (Bananza)"
Released: June 27, 2005[3]
"Pot of Gold"
Released: November 15, 2005

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
musicOMH	(mixed)[5]
RapReviews	(6.5/10)[6]
Robert Christgau	[7]
Spin	A−[8]

Background

Although "Lonely" offered the album's best option in terms of commercial breakthrough, SRC Records A&R Jerome Foster told HitQuarters that "Locked Up" was chosen because he wanted to break Akon in the streets first and work towards a cross-over. "Locked Up" is a street record. I thought that was the place for us to start to get a fan-base, knowing that we had a record like "Lonely", which was more commercial, to follow it."[12] The final appearance on the Billboard 200 was for the chart dated November 26, 2005. 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, 2005. It then spent two non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the UK Album Chart. Trouble is by far Akon's most successful album in the United Kingdom to date.

Release

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When originally released in 2004, the UK version of the album contained thirteen tracks, whilst US versions of the album only contained twelve, omitting the song "Ghetto". The digital version of the US album includes the bonus track "Kill The Dance". In 2005, the UK version of the album was re-issued with additional bonus tracks "Gunshot" and a remix of "Locked Up". In Japan, the bonus tracks were the same, however, the track "Ghetto" was once again omitted. For its release across Europe in late 2004, the album was completely altered, with remixes of "Belly Dancer", "Lonely" and "Don't Let Up" replacing the original versions, issued in the US and UK. The European version also removes the track "I Wont" and replaces it with a brand new track, "Easy Road". In 2005, the album was reissued, this time with a bonus disc containing two brand new tracks, two remixes and six collaborations between Akon and other artists. In Europe, the bonus disc contained eleven tracks, adding another remix of "Ghetto" as track one. In 2006, all US versions of the album were removed from iTunes, replacing them with the European version. However, the European edition loses the track "Easy Road" and replaces it with the original track "I Wont", and also includes the US digital bonus track "Kill The Dance", instead of the remix of "Locked Up".

Track listing

Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Locked Up"	Aliaune Thiam	Akon	3:56
2.	"Trouble Nobody"	Thiam Dwight Grant Ricardo Thomas	Akon	3:23
3.	"Bananza (Belly Dancer)"	Thiam Lynval Golding Terence Hall Neville Staples	Akon	4:00
4.	"Gangsta" (featuring Daddy T, Picklehead and Devyne)	Thiam Torrey Pettigrew Jonathan Mann Darrick Stephens	Akon	4:15
5.	"Ghetto"	Thiam Benny Darius	Akon Benny-D	3:55
6.	"Pot of Gold"	Thiam Shakim Williams	Akon Shakim Williams	3:36
7.	"Show Out"	Thiam	Akon	3:25
8.	"Lonely"	Thiam Bobby Vinton Gene Allan	Akon Disco D	3:57
9.	"When The Time's Right"	Thiam	Akon	3:44
10.	"Journey"	Thiam	Akon	4:18
11.	"Don't Let Up"	Thiam Bryan Boylai	Akon Benny D	4:04
Total length:				42:33

European edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
12.	"I Won't"	Thiam Shawn Williams	Akon	3:16
13.	"Locked Up" (Remix) (featuring Styles P)	Thiam David Styles	Akon Knobody	3:50

German Edition Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"Locked Up" (Remix) (featuring Azad)	Thiam Styles Azad Azadpour	Akon Knobody	3:42
Total length:				54:21

British/Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"Gunshot"	Thiam Dave Kelly	Akon	2:56
15.	"Locked Up" (Remix) (featuring Styles P and Taz)	Thiam Styles	Akon Knobody	3:48

French edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Locked Up" (Remix) (featuring Booba)	Thiam David Styles Elie Yaffa	Akon Knobody	4:24
Total length:				54:21

iTunes Store edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Kill the Dance (Got Something for Ya)" (featuring Kardinal Offishall)	Thiam Jason Harrow Dwayne Chin-Quee	Akon Supa-Dups	2:58

AlbumHunt special edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
12.	"A.T.L. to L.A. to N.Y.C." (featuring G-Unit and The Game)	Thiam Curtis Jackson Tony Yayo Lloyd Banks Jayceon Taylor	Akon	3:17
13.	"Pot of Gold" (Remix)	Thiam Shakim Allah	Akon Shakim Williams	3:52
14.	"Show Out" (Remix) (featuring Dru Hill)	Thiam Mark Andrews Larry Anthony Tamir Ruffin James Green	Akon	3:12
15.	"Ghetto" (Remix) (featuring Ali-B and Yes-R)	Thiam Darius	Akon Benny-D	3:57
16.	"Gunshot"	Thiam Dave Kelly	Akon	2:56
17.	"Locked Up" (Remix) (featuring Styles P)	Thiam David Styles	Akon Knobody	3:50
18.	"I Won't"	Thiam	Akon	3:16

American edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
12.	"Easy Road"	Thiam Shakim Allah	Akon Shakim Williams	3:22
13.	"Locked Up" (Remix) (featuring Styles P)	Thiam David Styles	Akon Knobody	3:50
Total length:				49:57

European enhanced edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
12.	"Easy Road"	Thiam Shakim Allah	Akon Shakim Williams	3:22
13.	"Locked Up" (featuring Styles P)	Thiam David Styles	Akon Knobody	3:50
14.	"Locked Up" (Remix) (featuring Booba)	Thiam Styles Elie Yaffa	Akon Knobody	3:42
15.	"Locked Up" (music video)
16.	"Ghetto" (music video)
17.	"Lonely" (music video)

Deluxe edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Bananza (Belly Dancer)" (Remix) (featuring Kardinal Offishall)	Aliaune Thiam Jason Harrow	Akon	3:28
2.	"Gunshot"	Thiam Dave Kelly	Akon	2:56
3.	"Senegal"	Thiam Anthony Hamilton Mark Batson	Akon	2:53
4.	"Keep on Callin'" (P-Money featuring Akon)	Thiam Peter Waddams	Akon P-Money	3:34
5.	"Never Gonna Get It" (Sean Biggs featuring Akon)	Thiam Ron Feemster Sean Biggs	Akon Feemster	3:37
6.	"Miss Melody" (Miri Ben-Ari featuring Akon)	Thiam Miri Ben-Ari	Akon Ben-Ari	3:50
7.	"Kill the Dance (Got Something for Ya)" (featuring Kardinal Offishall)	Thiam Harrow Dwayne Quin-Chee	Akon Supa-Dups	2:58
8.	"Find Us (In the Back of the Club)" (The Beatnuts featuring Akon)	Thiam Jerry Tineo Lester Fernandez	Akon The Beatnuts	3:15
9.	"Baby, I'm Back" (Baby Bash featuring Akon)	Thiam Ron Bryant Taylor Dow	Akon Bryan Stanley	3:48
10.	"Yey" (Grady Babyz featuring Akon)	Thiam Torrey Pettigrew Jonathan Mann	Akon	4:32

Netherlands edition bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
11.	"Ghetto" (Remix) (featuring Ali-B and Yes-R)	Thiam Benny Darius	Akon Benny-D	3:57

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2004–05)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13]	12
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[14]	32
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15]	54
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16]	34
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[17]	5
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[18]	36
French Albums (SNEP)[19]	11
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20]	24
Irish Albums (IRMA)[21]	3
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[22]	2
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[23]	6
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[24]	49
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25]	31
UK Albums (OCC)[26]	1
US Billboard 200[27]	18
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[28]	11

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)	Position
US Billboard 200[29]	192
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[30]	67

Chart (2005)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[31]	90
French Albums (SNEP)[32]	64
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[33]	15
UK Albums (OCC)[34]	33
US Billboard 200[35]	66
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[36]	41

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[37]	Gold	35,000^{^}
Canada (Music Canada)[38]	Gold	50,000^{^}
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[39]	Platinum	20,000
France (SNEP)[40]	Gold	100,000^*
New Zealand (RMNZ)[41]	2× Platinum	30,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)[42]	Platinum	300,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)[43]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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v t e Akon
Discography Awards and nominations
Trouble	"Locked Up" "Ghetto" "Lonely" "Belly Dancer (Bananza)" "Pot of Gold"
Konvicted	"Smack That" "I Wanna Love You" "Don't Matter" "Mama Africa" "Sorry, Blame It on Me" "I Can't Wait"
Freedom	"Right Now (Na Na Na)" "I'm So Paid" "Beautiful" "We Don't Care"
El Negreeto	"Cómo No"
Featured singles	"Find Us" "Moonshine" "Slow Wind" (Remix) "Soul Survivor" "Snitch" "I Am Not My Hair" "Girls" "The Sweet Escape" "I Tried" "We Takin' Over" "Bartender" "The Way She Moves" "Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)" "Am I Dreaming" "Hypnotized" "Get Buck in Here" "I'll Still Kill" "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008" "What You Got" "Dangerous" "Frozen" "Out Here Grindin" "Wake It Up" "Body on Me" "What's Love" "Day Dreaming" "Stuck with Each Other" "Silver & Gold" "One" "Just Go" "Overtime" "All Up 2 You" "Sexy Bitch" "Let's Get Crazy" "On Top" "Shut It Down" "Push Push" "Body Bounce" "Move That Body" "Hold My Hand" "Kush" "I Just Had Sex" "Who Dat Girl" "Boomerang" "Chop My Money" "Like Money" "Play Hard" "Heatwave"
Promotional singles	"Holla Holla" "Troublemaker"
Other songs	"Crank It Up" "Oh Africa" "Angel" "Chammak Challo" "Let It Go"
Related articles	Akon City, Senegal Akon Lighting Africa
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- [en] Trouble (Akon album)

[es] Trouble (álbum de Akon)

Trouble es el álbum debut publicado por el cantante de R&B Akon en el año 2004. El álbum contiene el tema "Lonely", uno de los más conocidos del cantante.

[ru] Trouble (альбом Эйкона)

Trouble — дебютный альбом сенегальско-американского ритм-энд-блюз- и рэп-исполнителя Эйкона, выпущенный в 2004 году. Диск включает в себя такие хиты как «Locked Up», «Lonely», а также «Belly Dancer (Bananza)», «Pot Of Gold» и «Ghetto».

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