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- 8
Top works
- Mountain Mover
- Study Buddy
- Outrageous Courage
- Grit and Grace
- Conduit of Power
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Acting · Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA
Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas born October 13, 1980 is an American recording artist, record producer and actress who 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…
Known for
- No Address — Violet2025
- It's Dorothy! — Self2025
- Hollywood Demons — Self - Singer & Songwriter2025
- A Motown Christmas — Self2024
- Hot Ones Versus — Self2024
- The Plus One — Lizzie2023
- A New Diva's Christmas Carol — Aphrodite2022
- Honey Girls — Fancy G2021
- VERZUZ — Self2020
- I Can See Your Voice2020
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1980
Discography
- Ashanti2002
- Baby2002
- Foolish2002
- Foolish and Unfoolish:Reflections on Love2002
- Foolish (Remixes)2002
- Happy2002
- Unfoolish2002
- Ashanti’s Christmas2003
- Chapter II2003
- Rain on Me2003
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,456,985
- Total plays
- 15,665,745
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Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas (born October 13, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was discovered as a teenager by record producer Irv Gotti and signed with his label Murder Inc. Records, an imprint of Def Jam Recordings, in 2002. That year, she featured on the singles "What's Luv?" by Fat Joe and "Always on Time" by Ja Rule, which reached numbers two and one on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. Along with her debut single "Foolish" (2002) <a href="https://www.last.fm/music
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Key facts
- Born
- Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas , ( 1980-10-13 ) October 13, 1980 (age 45) , Glen Cove, New York , U.S.
- Genres
- R&B pop hip hop soul
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter actress
- Works
- Ashanti discography
- Years active
- 1992–present
- Labels
- Written eOne AJM Murder Inc. Def Jam Island Def Jam
- Spouse
- Nelly ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2023 )
- Website
- ashantithisisme .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- ashantithisisme.com
- Image
- Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas, 2023 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- date of birth
- 1980-10-13
- birth name
- Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas
- start of work period
- 1989-00-00
- social media followers
- 1170000
- Commons category
- Ashanti (vocalist)
- name in native language
- Ashanti
- end of work period
- 2009-00-00
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Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas (born October 13, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She was discovered as a teenager by record producer Irv Gotti, and signed with his label Murder Inc. Records, an imprint of Def Jam Recordings in 2002. That same year, Ashanti guest appeared on the singles "What's Luv?" by Fat Joe, and "Always on Time" by Ja Rule, which peaked at numbers two and one on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively; the latter, with her 2002 debut single "Foolish", made her the first female artist to occupy the top two positions the chart simultaneously.
"Foolish" served as lead single for Ashanti's eponymous debut album (2002). Despite mixed reviews, it debuted atop the Billboard 200, received triple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), won Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards, and spawned the Billboard Hot 100-top 40 singles "Happy" and "Baby". She then co-wrote and provided background vocals for Jennifer Lopez's 2002 single "Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)", which peaked the Billboard Hot 100. Her second album, Chapter II (2003), became her second to peak the Billboard 200 and received platinum certification by the RIAA. It received three nominations at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards, while its lead singles, "Rock wit U (Awww Baby)" and "Rain on Me", peaked at numbers two and seven on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. Her third album, Ashanti's Christmas, was released that same year as a Christmas album; it was met with a steep critical and commercial decline.