''El Negreeto'' is the fourth studio album by Senegalese American singer, songwriter and record producer Akon, released on October 4, 2019, under his new independent record label Akonik Label Group, in association with

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. It is his first studio album in 11 years since ''

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'' (2008). The album serves as his first Spanish-language album and features a small amount of guest appearances from Farruko, Becky G, Anitta, and

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, while the production was led by Akon himself, alongside a variety of producers such as

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, Jimmy Joker, IAmChino, Mau y Ricky, Jon Leone and Maffio. All songs mixed by Matt Weiss, A&R Hiro "HirOshima" Oshima. The album is one of the three part series of albums by Akon. His fifth album ''Akonda'' was released on October 25, and his upcoming sixth album ''

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'' will be released sometime in the future.

Background

Akon announced that he had founded his new independent record label Akonik Label Group, comprising four distinct labels: Akonda (

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), Akonik ( United States), Ke Lo Ke ( Latin America), and Jamakon (

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) and that he was to release four albums later in the year. He started off by releasing a Latin album ''El Negreeto'', an

album ''Akonda'', and a hip hop and R&B album ''

''. He will finish this off by releasing a collaborative album ''The Konnection'', which will include guest artists such as Nicki Minaj,

and Ty Dolla Sign, among others. ''El Negreeto'' was scheduled for release on August 31, 2019, but was delayed to October 4, 2019. The album's track listing was revealed by ''Billboard'' on October 2, 2019.

Singles

The album's first and only promotional single, "Get Money", featuring guest vocals from Puerto Rican rapper Anuel AA, was released on May 24, 2019. An accompanying music video was released on that same date, and has garnered 11.5 million views as of May 2020. The album's lead single, "

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", featuring guest vocals from Mexican-American singer Becky G, was released on September 6, 2019, with an accompanying music video being broadcast in Time Square. The music video has since garnered over 45 million views as of May 2020. They performed the song live for the first time at the

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. The album's second single, "Te Quiero Amar" featuring Cuban-American rapper

, was released on April 2, 2020. An accompanying music video was released that same date, and has garnered over 10.5 million views as of May 2020. A radio version of the single with different vocals from Akon was sent to radios on that same date as well. The album's third single, "Sólo Tú" featuring Puerto Rican singer Farruko, was released on June 17, 2020, with an accompanying music video with over 8.8 million views as of August 2020, the music video switches Akon's and Farruko's verses from the original audio.

Track listing

Credits adopted from Tidal.

Charts

References

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