Ashanti Birthday Feature

Posted by fjgirls in October 13th, 2008

Ashanti has her birthday today and this birthday feature has photos, video, biography and more.

Another one of those multi talented female stars who has the been known by the title of “The Princess of RnB” her talents includue acting and modelling amongst others but its her award winningÂ music that reached fame in the earlier part of this decade that really stands out. Her latest endeavours include starting up her own record label as she is a dab hand at music production as well!

Ashanti photo by lyanasexy

Â Ashanti Bio:

Ashanti photo by major_mikeg1

Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas (born October 13, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, and model who 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 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- Rock Wit U- Video

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 wrote and sang background on the song “Ain’t It Funny” (Murder Remix) sung by Jennifer Lopez 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 the media and capped off her successful debut by winning eight Billboard awards and two American Music Awards. As of 2008, Ashanti had sold more than 9 million albums in the U.S., and nearly 15 million records worldwide.

Ashanti – Baby [MUSIC VIDEO]

Ashanti cites Mary J. Blige, Ella Fitzgerald, Yolanda Adams, the Clark Sisters, 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 record label entitled Written Entertainment. She recently released her fourth studio album entitled The Declaration on June 3, 2008. She also performed the charity tune “Just Stand Up” alongside 14 other female singers for the “Stand Up to Cancer” live television special which helped raise $100 million dollars for cancer research.

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Ashanti News:

Thereâ€™s nothing trivial about Ashantiâ€™s talents
Buffalo News,Â United StatesÂ

The answer is Ashanti, who pulled off the feat back in 2002, when her self-titled debut album ruled the world of R&B. Six years later, the singer is firmly …

Notable/Quotable: Miss New York
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(Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES, CA – JUNE 24: Singer Ashanti poses in the press room at the 2008 BET Awards held at the Shrine …

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