What makes Sorry, Blame It on Me by Akon notable?

Sorry, Blame It on Me reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. Its apology was tied to controversy over Akon’s onstage conduct with an underage girl in Trinidad, an incident that led Verizon to withdraw sponsorship from a tour featuring him and Gwen Stefani. Released in 2007, this single followed Akon’s second album, Konvicted, which had made him a major pop crossover artist. Its B-side revisits Don’t Matter, one of that album’s biggest hits, in a BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge performance.

How many songs are on Sorry, Blame It on Me?

Sorry, Blame It on Me has 2 tracks, running approximately 8 minutes.

Sorry, Blame It on Me

Akon · 2007

8 min · 2 tracks · contemporary R&B

Akon’s plaintive voice turns public apology into polished pop-R&B, while a live rendition of Don’t Matter offers a more intimate counterpoint.

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Top tracks — play these first

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Sorry, Blame It on Me — Akon sets a sequence of personal and public apologies against a polished R&B backdrop, making the single’s uneasy mix of confession and self-defense central to its appeal.
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Don’t Matter (BBC Radio 1’s live Lounge) — The Live Lounge performance revisits Akon’s chart-topping romance from Konvicted, offering a contrasting setting for the same instantly recognizable vocal phrasing.

Elevation

Our rating, out of 100 — and why.

AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.

54 /100

Lowland

Higher than 3% of albums we've rated

The album features solid melodies and production but lacks depth and cohesion due to its limited tracklist.

What we noticed

The title track features a steady mid-tempo beat with layered vocal harmonies that create a rich texture.

Composition 25% of the score: 6/10
Craft 20% of the score: 7/10
Durability 25% of the score: 5/10
Distinctiveness 18% of the score: 5/10
Sequencing 12% of the score: 4/10

Influence 6/10

Significant within its genre. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.

Where this album fits

In the catalog: Breakthrough — This album solidified Akon's commercial success after his earlier hit, Konvicted.
Themes: personal accountability· dancehall celebration· post-commercial success
Career context: Released in 2007, this single followed Akon’s second album, Konvicted, which had made him a major pop crossover artist. Its B-side revisits Don’t Matter, one of that album’s biggest hits, in a BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge performance.
Stylistic neighbors: Sean Paul· Pitbull· Jason Derulo