The Songs canon
Sourced and sung.
Every song chosen by hand, with the recording to play it.
Browse all 2,393 songs or filter by genre, subject, artist, and year.
Browse all 2,393 songs or filter by genre, subject, artist, and year.
Don't Matter
2007
Ten weeks climbing from number seventy-nine to the top, with a chorus built partly on Marley's Zimbabwe.
★ 3.5
Smack That
2006
Akon met Eminem at an Obie Trice session, flew to Detroit's 54 Sound, and left with five weeks at number two.
★ 3.5
I Wanna Love You
Akon and Snoop Dogg
2006
Plies cut the original verses; Akon swapped in Snoop Dogg, cleaned the title, and landed his first number one.
★ 3.1
Right Now (Na Na Na)
2008
A deliberate Euro-club record from Akon and Giorgio Tuinfort, with a video now past a billion views.
★ 3.0
Dangerous
2008
Under an hour, beat to finished verse, by Kardinal's account; the Junos named it Single of the Year.
★ 2.6
Sexy Chick
David Guetta and Akon
2009
A chance meeting, a rented London studio, one night's work, and Guetta's first American top five.
★ 1.8
I'm So Paid
2008
Coogi paid the entire million-dollar bill for the Miami video, and Detail's beat still outshines it.
★ 1.1