阿肯
Akon

context: zh_tw: Akon 首張個人專輯 Trouble 於 2004 年 6 月 29 日推出。這張專輯造就了兩首熱門單曲《Locked Up》及《Lonely》，並帶熱了 "Belly Dancer (Bananza)"、"Pot Of Gold" 和 "Ghetto"。Akon 因偷竊而於獄中服了三年刑期，這些經驗使他受到啟發，創作出《Locked Up》，這首歌曲曾經登上美國十大及英國五大。於 2005 年《Ghetto》成為一首電臺熱播歌，這首歌由 Green Lantern 混音，歌詞中包含了傳奇饒舌者 2Pac 及 The Notorious B.I.G. 的作品節錄。同年亦推出他的單曲《Lonely》(歌曲以 Bobby Vinton 的《Mr. Lonely》作為藍本)，這首歌曾登上 Billboard Hot 100 頭五位，以及美國、英國和德國每週流行榜中的榜首。他的專輯更於 2005 年 4 月攀上英國榜第 1 位。當音樂頻道 The Box 推出一個由錄影請求的數量來計算的榜──每週十大，Akon 的《Lonely》便成為停留榜首最長時間的單曲，停留時間超越 15 周。接著 Akon 推出其他單曲，並於單曲《Moonshine》中找來紐西蘭饒舌者 Savage 擔任客串，此舉使他於紐西蘭及澳洲取得成功，成為紐西蘭榜中的第 1 位。2005 年，Akon 擔任 Young Jeezy 首張專輯 Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 中的客串後更具名氣，當中客串的歌曲《Soul Survivor》更位列 Billboard Hot 100 的首五位。
en: Akon's three years in jail saw him begin to recognize his music abilities and develop an appreciation for his musical background. Music mogul Devyne Stephens, president of Upfront Megatainment first heard about Akon when the rapper Lil' Zane brought him along to Stephens' rehearsal hall, a place that at the time saw talents such as Usher and TLC being developed. The relationship between Stephens and Akon began as a friendship and mentorship, with the young artist regularly stopping by to ask for advice, with Stephens eventually signing him to his production company and began grooming him professionally.  The songs Akon recorded with Stephens were brought to the attention of Universal's imprint SRC Records. In an interview with HitQuarters SRC A&R Jerome "Knobody" Foster said, "What caught my attention right away was "Lonely", and I said, 'this kid is official – this is a huge record." Foster and SRC CEO Steve Rifkind immediately boarded a private plane to Atlanta to meet the young artist. Akon knew of Foster's work as producer Knobody and so there was a mutual respect for one another and the pair hit it off.Akon's solo debut album, Trouble was released on June 29, 2004. It spawned the singles "Locked Up" and "Lonely", "Belly Dancer (Bananza)", "Pot Of Gold", and "Ghetto". "Locked Up" reached 8th position in the U.S. and 5th in the UK. "Ghetto" became a radio hit when it was remixed by DJ Green Lantern to include verses from rappers 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G.  The album is a hybrid of Akon's silky, West African-styled vocals mixed with East Coast and Southern beats. Most of Akon's songs begin with the sound of the clank of a jail cell's door with him uttering the word "Konvict".In 2005, he released the single "Lonely" (which samples Bobby Vinton's "Mr. Lonely"). The song reached the top five on the Billboard Hot 100, and topped the charts in Australia, the UK and Germany. His album also climbed to number one in the UK in April 2005. When music channel The Box had a top ten weekly chart, which was calculated by the number of video requests, Akon's "Lonely" became the longest running single on the top of the chart, spanning over fifteen weeks. Akon was then featured on two other singles, P-Money's "Keep on Callin'" off the album Magic City, and the other with New Zealandian rapper, Savage with the single "Moonshine", which had become a success in both New Zealand and Australia, becoming number one in the New Zealand charts. A year later in 2005, he made his first critically acclaimed guest appearance on Young Jeezy's debut album, Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101, with the song "Soul Survivor". In December the same year his manager, Robert Montanez was killed in a shooting after a dispute in New Jersey.
qas: question: zh_tw: 在哪一年這個專輯飆升之英國的排行榜榜首？
en: In what year did the album soar to the number one in the United Kingdom?
answers: zh_tw: text: 2005 年
en: text: 2005

question: zh_tw: 誰將歌曲《Ghetto》混音後使之成為熱播歌？
en: Who remixed the song "Ghetto" to make it become a hit?
answers: zh_tw: text: Green Lantern
en: text: DJ Green Lantern