The official music video for Akon's 2008 hit "Right Now (Na Na Na)" has surpassed one billion views on YouTube.
With this, four of the Senegalese-American singer-songwriter's songs have reached the milestone. The other Akon songs to have crossed the billion view mark on YouTube are 2004's "Lonely," 2006's "Smack That," featuring Eminem, and the 2011 hit "Play Hard," featuring David Guetta and Ne-Yo.
"Right Now (Na Na Na)" was the lead single from Akon's third studio album, Freedom,
Its Anthony Mandler-directed official music video was released on November 6, 2008.
In the video, Akon plays the role of a secret agent who is on a mission. He has to find a girl (the same from his video "Don't Matter") that has secret information.
He remembers the good times that he spent with his ex-girlfriend, played by Jamaican model Cindy Wright, but he sleeps with the girl from "Don't Matter," gets the information and ends the video alone.
The track made waves on multiple Billboard charts shortly after its release.
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