This is the list of awards and nominations received by Senegalese American singer, rapper and record producer, Akon.
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|-|rowspan="3"| ||rowspan="3"| Akon || Artist of the Year || |-| Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist || |-| Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist ||
|-| || "Smack That" (with Eminem) || rowspan="2"| Best Rap/Sung Collaboration || |-|rowspan="4"| || "I Wanna Love You" (with Snoop Dogg) || |-|"The Sweet Escape" (with Gwen Stefani) || Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals || |-| "Bartender" (with T-Pain) || Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group || |-| Konvicted || Best Contemporary R&B Album ||
Made the Top Artists of the Year Chart in 2009 and 2011.
Made the Billboard 200 Albums of the Year Chart in: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.
Made the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Year Chart in: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010.
|-|rowspan=1|2006|Soul Survivor|Hot Rap Track||-|rowspan=1|2007|rowspan=1|Akon|Artist of the Year awards||-|rowspan=2|2011|rowspan=2|Akon|Top Social Artist ||-|Top Digital Media Artist ||-
|-|rowspan=1|2011|rowspan=1|All Up 2 You|Hot Latin Song of the Year||-
|-|rowspan=1|2005|rowspan=1|Akon|World's Best Selling New Male Artist ||-|rowspan=3|2007|rowspan=3|Akon|World's Best Selling Internet Artist ||-|World's Best Selling African Artist ||-|World's Best Selling R&B Artist ||-|2008|Akon|World's Best Selling African Artist ||-|rowspan=3|2010|rowspan=2|Akon|World's Best R&B Artist ||-|World's Best Selling African Artist ||-|Sexy Chick|World's Best Single|
|-|2008|Akon|Producer of the Year ||-|2008|We Takin' Over|Best Hip Hop Collaboration|
|-|rowspan=3|2007|rowspan=1|Akon|Best Male R&B Artist||-||I Wanna Love You|Best Collaboration||-||I Wanna Love You|Video of the Year|
|-|2012|Akon – Chammak Challo|Best Male Playback Singer |
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|rowspan=4|2007|rowspan=2|Akon|Breakout Artist – Male ||-|R&B Artist ||-||Don't Matter
|Love Song||-||The Sweet Escape|Single |
The MTV Video Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony established in 1984 by MTV. Akon has the record for most nominations in the Most Earthshattering Collaboration category.
|-| || "Locked Up" || MTV2 Award || |-|rowspan="3"| || Akon || Male Artist of the Year || |-| "Smack That" (with Eminem) || Most Earthshattering Collaboration || |-| "The Sweet Escape" (with Gwen Stefani) || Most Earthshattering Collaboration || |-| || "Sexy Chick" || Best Dance Video ||
|-||2005||Akon|Best Hip Hop Act ||-||2007|Konvicted|Album|
|-|2007|Smack That|Best Collaboration Video|
|-|rowspan=3|2007|Smack That|Best Hip Hop Act ||-|Smack That|Best Hip Hop Video ||-|Smack That|Best Hook Up |
|-|rowspan=2|2007|rowspan=4|Akon|Best R&B||-|Best International Act ||-||2008|Best International Act ||-||2009|Best International Act |
|-|2009|Dangerous|Single of the Year |
|-|rowspan=4|2007|"Bartender"|rowspan=5|Most Performed Songs||-|"Don't Matter"||-|"I Wanna Love You"||- |"Smack That" (Shared with Eminem)||- |rowspan=2|2008|"The Sweet Escape"||- |"The Sweet Escape"|Song of the Year||- |rowspan=2|2009|"Dangerous"|rowspan=6|Most Performed Songs||- |"What You Got"||- |rowspan=3|2010|"Just Dance"||- |"What You Got"||- |"Right Now (Na Na Na)"||- |rowspan=1|2011|"Sexy Chick"|
|-|2007|Konvicted|Best Album||-|rowspan=9|2009|rowspan=2|Akon|Artist of the Year 2009 (USA)||-|Artist of the Year 2009 (UK) ||-|rowspan=2|Freedom|Best Album 2009 (USA)||-|Best Album 2009 (UK)||-|rowspan=2|Akon|Best Music Video 2009 (USA)||-|Best Music Video 2009 (UK)|
|-|rowspan=3|2007|We Takin' Over|Best video||-|I Wanna Love You|Best Rap/R&B Collaboration||-|Konvicted|Best R&B Album||-|rowspan=3|2009|rowspan=1|Akon|Artist of the Year 2009 (USA & UK) ||-|Freedom|Best Album 2009 (USA & UK)||-|Akon|Best Music Video 2009 (USA & UK)|
|-|rowspan=2|2006|Lonely|National/International Hit of the Year||-|Akon|International Hip-Hop/R&B Artist |
|-|rowspan=4|2007|Lonely|Best International Artist||-|Akon|People's Choice: Favorite International Artist ||-|rowspan=2|The Sweet Escape|Best International Video||-|People's Choice: Favourite International Artist|
|-|rowspan="2"| 2010 || "All Up 2 You" (with Aventura and Wisin & Yandel) || Urban Song of the Year || |-| "All Up 2 You" (with Aventura and Wisin & Yandel) || Video Collaboration of the Year || |-
|-|2005|Soul Survivor|Hottest Hook ||-|2007|Locked Up|Hottest Hook ||-|2008|We Takin' Over|Best Collabobation|
|-|2007|Sweet Escape|MTV Hits Best Music Video||-|2008|Don't Matter|Favorite Song |
|-|2006|Lonely|Best International Song||-|2006|Akon|New International Artist of The Year||-|2008|Akon|International Male Artist of the Year ||-|2009|Akon|International Male Artist of the Year |
|-|2012|Chop My Money|Most Gifted Duo,Group or Featuring Video|
|-|2007|Don't Matter|Viral Woodie||-|2012|Locked Up |International Woodie (Favorite International Artist Award)|
|-|2008|The Sweet Escape|Pop Songs|
|-|2011|I Just Had Sex|Funniest Music Short|