Ashanti Douglas
Birth name: Ashanti Douglas or Ashanti Shequoyia Douglas
Born October 13, 1980 (1980-10-13)
Current age: 29
Birthplace: Glen Cove, New York, United States
Genre(s) R&B, pop, hip hop
Occupation(s): Singer-songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, model
Years active 2001–present
Label(s) The Inc. (2001-2009), Universal (2009), Written Entertainment
Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas, as an American singer-songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, and model, she rose to fame in the early 2000s. Ashanti is most famous for her eponymous Grammy Award-winning debut album Ashanti which featured the hit song “Foolish”, and sold over 503,000 copies in its first week of release in 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). She broke records again by having three Top Ten songs Foolish, What’s Luv, and Always on Time, with Ja Rule, on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the same week, being the first female to accomplish this feat and being second only to The Beatles. Ashanti also 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.
Films
Bride and Prejudice (2004)
The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz (2005)
Coach Carter (2005)
John Tucker Must Die (2006)
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
Television
American Dreams (2002)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (2002)
WrestleMania XIX performed America The Beautiful (2003)
The Proud Family (voice) (2003)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (2003)
Pepsi Smash (Commercial)(2003)
Punk’d (2004)
Oxygen: Custom Concert (2004)
Las Vegas (TV series) (2005)
All That (2005)
Oprah Winfrey’s Legends Ball (2006)
2007 World Series (Opening: ‘God Bless America’) (2007)
NFL Thanksgiving Classic CBS (Opening: ‘National Anthem’) (2007)
BET Awards Nomination Special “I Wanna Thank My Mama” (host) (2008)
MANswers (skit) (2009)
Theatre
The Wiz (2009)
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