This Week On Billboard: Akon - Don't Matter

This Week On Billboard is where I unabashedly critique the current no. 1 hit on Billboard.com, the major yardstick for what's "hot" in music today. In order to simplify the review for those who don't want to read the whole article, each song is given a "!" rating, in which the finest grabs five of them.

Weeks in No. 1: 2

Weeks in Chart: 11

From the Konvicted LP

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Akon's lovelorn gangsta persona has gone through slight alterations throughout his radio existence, from "Mr. Lonely" to that-smacker to stripper suitor. What's consistent from each character, though, is the cornea-scratchingly annoying singles they deliver.

This week witnesses his newest character, this weary love rebel, reach the singles pinnacle with "Don't Matter". The production, with its slight resemblance to "No Woman, No Cry" and the delivery, with its strong resemblance to "Ignition (Remix)", is a welcoming recess from his past work. Still, it doesn't change the fact that Akon's chipmunk voice is extremely bad.

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