Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas (born October 13, 1980 in Glen Cove, New York), professionally known as Ashanti, is a Grammy Award-winning American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, model, and fashion designer who rose to fame in the early 2000s.

She is most famous for her eponymous debut album Ashanti which featured the hit song “Foolish”, and sold 503,000 copies (Gold) in its first week on release in the USA in April 2002, a record breaking feat. 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, & Always on Time (with Ja Rule)) on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the same week. Ashanti cites Mary J. Blige, Ella Fitzgerald, and Blue Magic as her musical influences.

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