Akon shares the screen with models, Colby O’Donis, and Kardinal Offishall in his video for “Beautiful,” which also features cameos from Tyrese and Slumdog Millionaire composer A.R. Rahman.

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Akon brought along his fellow Konvicts Colby O’Donis and Kardinal Offishall to perform “Beautiful” on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on Monday.

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Chris Brown, The Pussycat Dolls, Akon, Colby O’Donis, David Banner, Christina Milian, and Estelle jingle bell rocked the West Coast at 102.7 KIIS FM’s 2008 Jingle Ball concert in Anaheim, Calif. on Saturday.

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Akon is going for a Euro-club sound on his third album Freedom as indicated by a new cut called “Beautiful” featuring his Konlive cohorts Colby O’Donis and Kardinal Offishall. The beat reminds us of Alice DeeJay’s 1999 dance hit “Better Off Alone.”

If you haven’t seen the official tracklisting for Freedom, peep it here and listen to the song below.

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Watch the video for “Don’t Turn Back,” the second single off Colby O’Donis’ debut album Colby O, below.

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Akon’s protégé Colby O’Donis shot the video for his second single, “Don’t Turn Back,” in Los Angeles with director Erik White. The Clinton Sparks-produced track will appear on the 19-year-old’s debut album Colby O (Sept. 16). Listen to the song and see more photos from the video set below.

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Colby O’Donis teams up with his fellow Konvict labelmate T-Pain for a new banger called “Natural High” produced by Akon. Colby will release his debut album Colby O on September 16th.

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Colby O’Donis will release his debut album Colby O on August 12th. It features the hit single “What You Got” with Akon, which is currently No. 19 on The Billboard Hot 100. Peep the official album cover above and listen to two new tracks, “Don’t Turn Back” and “Just Dance.”

UPDATE: The album’s release date has been moved to September 16th.