Multi-platinum artist AKON arrives in Bangkok for an exclusive one night only concert brought to you by Bangkok's newest event organizer O&P Worldwide.

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After winning music fans over with his 2003 multi-platinum debut Trouble, US singer Akon returns with more stories from his personal journey via his sophomore CD Konvicted. If Trouble was Akon's ode to redemption, Konvicted picks up at rebirth.

Now at rebirth, O&P Worldwide with Chang Light bring you a one night only VIP concert from the multi-platinum and five times Grammy nominated artist - Akon. Akon Live In Bangkok will be held at Central World in the on Friday July 25, 2008.

Recently open its base in Bangkok, the company is taking a fresh and hip approach to organizing concerts and events in Thailand changing the faces of the concert promotion industry.

Aliaune Thiam aka Akon was born in St. Louis, Missouri but grew up in Senegal. Akon returned to the United States and settled in New Jersey when he was seven. There he discovered hip-hop for the first time, as well as crime. He was eventually jailed, but he used the time to work on his musical ideas. Upon release, Akon began writing and recording tracks in a home studio. The tapes found their way to SRC/Universal, which eventually released Trouble, Akon's debut LP, in June 2004. The album was an interesting hybrid of Akon's raps and silky, West African-styled vocals with East Coast- and Southern-styled beats. The success of the song "Locked Up" raised Akon's profile, and he followed up in the fall of 2006 with Konvicted. Soon enough, two of the album's singles, "I Wanna Love You" and "Smack That," had made their way to the upper regions of the Billboard charts.