The Akon Connection

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5. T-Pain - T-Pain's much-imitated robotic Auto-Tune was seemingly on every hip hop and R&B hit for a while, from Kanye West's "Good Life" to Chris Brown's "Kiss Kiss" to Flo-Rida's "Low."  (Photo: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)
Leona Lewis - When it came time for Leona Lewis to reamp her image for her American debut, her people called on Akon to do some producing for her, and well, his golden touch worked and took Leona into the realm of international superstardom. (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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T-Pain - Before Akon signed Lady Gaga, he saw the potential in the king of autotune, T-Pain and signed the rapper turned singer to his label. The rest is history.(Photo: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

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