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Guinness Book of World Records She is most famous for her eponymous debut album Ashanti which featured the hit song " Foolish ", and sold 503,000 copies in its first week of release in the US in April 2002, a record-breaking feat.
As of March 2014, American pop and R&B singer Ashanti has released six studio albums, twenty-four singles, and twenty-one music videos on her record labels Murder Inc., Def Jam, and Motown. Ashanti's eponymous debut album was released in April 2002, and sold over three million copies in the United States. [ 1 ]
It was released to digital retailers in March 2008 and to Rhythmic radio in April 2008. It reached number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number thirty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Ashanti's first song to reach the top forty since "Only U" in 2004. "Good Good" was released to urban radio stations on July 16, 2008. [6]
The song spent ten consecutive weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming Ashanti's second number one and third top ten on both charts. It is Ashanti's highest charting single as a lead artist. Elsewhere, "Foolish" became a top ten hit in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
Released in June 2004, the original music video was filmed in a narrative fashion, and is based on the film A Bronx Tale (1993). In addition to fellow labelmate Ja Rule making a cameo appearance, the video for "Southside" stars label producer Irv Gotti portraying a flashy, wealthy "father-figure" to Lloyd's character, and Ashanti as his crush, with whom he only communicates via cellphone.
Ashanti and Nelly, who rekindled their longtime, on-again, off-again romance last year after calling it quits in 2013, have become inseparable since they sent the R&B world into a frenzy after ...
Nelly got tongues wagging when a video of the pair went viral; in the video, Ashanti seemingly places her hands on her belly, prompting Nelly to rub the singer's stomach and grin at the crowd.
Ashanti's debut album earned her many awards, including eight Billboard Music Awards, two American Music Awards, and a Grammy Award in 2003 for Best Contemporary R&B Album. Ashanti was the first artist to win Best Contemporary R&B Album before the category was last awarded in 2011. [ 25 ]