During a podcast appearance in April 2026, Akon confirmed his plans to dip his toe into country music. The R&B icon shared the news on Won of One: A PLLRS Podcast , and has previously mentioned plans to re-imagine his biggest hits with country stylings. Akon explained that the decision to release original music in the genre wasn’t something he’d thought a lot about until recently. But he’s always had an interest in country music, he said, with his R&B hits rooted in the genre. Akon said that he didn’t realize people had an interest in a full-length country album from him until he did some in-depth research. Videos by VICE Akon Plans To Release countrified Greatest Hits Album After Original Music “Now, I’m making original country songs,” he said. “We got to the point where we did real research. I didn’t realize how many country music fans wanted to hear an Akon album.…