Ashanti

Hip hop soul, Musical Artist

1980 –

50

Who is Ashanti?

Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. Ashanti is most famous for her eponymous debut album, which featured the hit song "Foolish", and sold over 503,000 copies in its first week of release throughout the U.S. in April 2002. The album set a Soundscan record as the biggest opening week sales for a new female artist, outselling debuts by Alicia Keys and Lauryn Hill. In the same week, she became the first female performer to simultaneously hold the top two places on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with "Foolish", and "What's Luv?". Ashanti broke records again by having three top ten songs, "Foolish," "What's Luv?" and "Always on Time", on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the same week, being the first woman to accomplish this feat and being second only to the Beatles. In 2003, the self-titled debut album won Ashanti her first Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B album. As of 2008, Ashanti has sold over 12 million records worldwide. Ashanti ended the decade as the third top new R&B artist behind Alicia Keys and Beyoncé. She also ended the decade at number 38 on the Top Artist of the Decade list. She is currently on the list of The Twenty Best Selling Music Singles Since 1990 for her single Foolish for selling 7.2 million copies to-date.

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Born
Oct 13, 1980
Glen Cove
Also known as
  • A. Douglas
  • Ashanti Douglas
  • Ashanti Shequoyia Douglas
  • Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas
  • Shani
  • Shany
  • Shany Bonnie
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Ethnicity
  • African American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Glen Cove

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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