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Ashanti

Ashanti is a r&b artist formed in 1994. 46 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

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46
Releases
2002–2025
Active years
1994
Formed

Discography

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Ashanti's Christmas cover4.2

Most popular

Ashanti's Christmas

2003 · 10 tracks

Singles & EPs

36

Credits

1

Records Ashanti worked on for other artists — the roles are as credited on each release.

Appears on

9

Releases by other artists featuring Ashanti.

Featured tracks

8

Videos

4

Collaborators

15

Upcoming shows

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Past shows

  • Wind Creek Casino and Hotel - Atmore

    Atmore, Alabama, United States Of America

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  • The Venue at Thunder Valley Casino Resort

    Lincoln, California, United States Of America

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Ashanti at a glance

Born in
Glen Cove
From
United States
Active since
1992
Voice
soprano
Labels
Def Jam Recordings, The Island Def Jam Music Group, MNRK Music Group, Murder Inc. Records
Educated at
Glen Cove High School

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Children listed are those with their own public record, so the list may be incomplete.

About

Ashanti (born Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas; October 13, 1980) is an American Singer-songwriter, Record producer, model and Actress. She rose to fame in the early 2000s. 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?" (with Fat Joe). 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 2009, Ashanti has over three multi-platinum studio albums and one gold.

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During her appearance on NBC's The Biggest Loser, it was reported she has sold over 27 Million Albums as of 2009. Ashanti ended the decade (2000-09) 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 ranked #17, with Foolish selling more than 7.4 million copies in the U.S. Ashanti has an estimate Net Worth of $40 Million. Ashanti sang background vocals for Jennifer Lopez on "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" and wrote and sang background on the song "Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)" sung by Jennifer Lopez, both reaching number one on Billboard Hot 100, which was also in the top 10 charts at the same time as "Foolish", "Always on Time" (with Ja Rule), and "What's Luv" (with Fat Joe). Later that year, she was acclaimed as the "Princess Of Hip-Hop & R&B" by her label and capped off her successful debut by winning eight Billboard awards and two American Music Awards. Within seven years of Ashanti's career, she has scored 16 top 40 hits on the Hot 100. Ashanti has endorsed numerous products including Gap, Herbal Essences and Mudd Jeans. Ashanti cites Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Prince, Madonna, Tupac Shakur, Mary J. Blige, Ella Fitzgerald, Smokey Robinson, Donna Summer, and Blue Magic as her musical influences. Praised as a gifted songwriter by her peers and critics alike, Ashanti has written/co-written the bulk of all her music. She is currently working on her own publishing company entitled Written Entertainment. She released her fourth studio album entitled The Declaration on June 3, 2008 and is currently in the studio working on her fifth. She also performed the charity tune "Just Stand Up" alongside 15 other female singers for the "Stand Up to Cancer" live television special which helped raise $100 million dollars for cancer research.

On screen

35

Acting roles

As themselves

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Ashanti in brief

How many Ashanti releases are on Riffiter?
46 releases are catalogued, spanning 2002 to 2025.
When was Ashanti formed?
Ashanti formed in 1994.
What genre is Ashanti?
Ashanti is catalogued under R&B.
What is the most recent Ashanti release on Riffiter?
Bonafide Survivor (From "No Address"), released in 2025.

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