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"Don't Matter" is a reggae fusion–R&B song by Senegalese-American singer Akon from his second studio album, Konvicted (2006). [1] The song was released as the album's third single in January 2007. In April of that year, it became Akon's second U.S. number-one single.
[1] [4] The singles "Smack That", "I Wanna Love You" and "Don't Matter" all achieved commercial success worldwide, with the former reaching number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the New Zealand and UK singles charts, [6] [7] and the latter two becoming his first songs to top the Hot 100.
The songs simultaneously peaked at numbers one and two on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively, along with two of his singles released the following year: "Don't Matter" and his guest performance on Gwen Stefani's "The Sweet Escape"; this made Akon the first solo artist to concurrently hold the top two positions on the chart twice.
Akon produced most tracks on Konvicted. The album's title refers to Akon supposedly spending three years in prison from 1999 to 2002 for being part of an auto-theft ring. [3] Akon discussed the making of the album in a 2022 track-by-track video. Talking about its music he said: “When I first started in the music business I started as a producer.
"Smack That" is a song by Senegalese-American singer Akon featuring American rapper Eminem from the former's second studio album Konvicted (2006). Produced by Eminem, it was written by the artists alongside Mike Strange and Luis Resto.
In the video, Akon plays an agent that is on a mission, he has to find a girl (the same from his video "Don't Matter") that has secret information. He remembers the good times that he spent with his ex-girlfriend, played by Jamaican model Cindy Wright, but he sleeps with the girl from "Don't Matter", gets the information and ends the video alone.
Due to the leak, the song was subsequently pulled from Akon's track listing for his 2008 album, Freedom. Akon regretted the decision after Jackson died the next year and decided to finish the song in his honor. [4] [5] Akon commented, "The world was not ready to hear 'Hold My Hand' when it leaked a couple years ago. We were devastated about it.
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