claim: Akon has had three songs certified as 2 × platinum.
evidence: Alfredo il grande -LRB- Alfred the Great -RRB- is a melodramma serio or serious opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti .. melodramma. melodramma. opera. opera. Gaetano Donizetti. Gaetano Donizetti. Alfred the Great. Alfred the Great. Andrea Leone Tottola wrote the Italian libretto , which may have been derived from Johann Simon Mayr 's 1818 opera of the same name .. opera. opera. Andrea Leone Tottola. Andrea Leone Tottola. Italian libretto. Italian language. Johann Simon Mayr. Johann Simon Mayr. The opera tells the story of the Anglo-Saxon king Alfred the Great .. opera. opera. Alfred the Great. Alfred the Great. This opera , with its `` highly Rossini-influenced score '' was Donizetti 's first exploration into British history , but it turned out to be a spectacular failure .. opera. opera. It received its premiere on 2 July 1823 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples , and this also became its last performance .. Teatro San Carlo. Teatro San Carlo