Awards:
** Indicates a Win
2002 BILLBOARD AWARDS (December 2002)
**Female Artist of the Year
**Top New Pop Artist of the Year
**Hot 100 Singles Artist of the Year
**R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
**R&B/Hip-Hop Female Artist of the year
**New R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
**R&B/Hip-Hop Single of the Year (“Foolish”)
2002 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS (August 2002)
Best Female Video (“Foolish”)
Best R&B Video (“Foolish”)
Best New Artist In A Video (“Foolish”)
Best Hip-Hop Video (“What’s Luv?”)
Best Hip-Hop Video (“Always On Time”)
2002 MuchMusic Video Awards
Best International Video (“Always On Time”)
2002 MOBO Awards
**Best R&B Act
**Best Hip Hop Act (Ashanti with Ja Rule)
Best Newcomer
Best Video (“Always On Time”)
Best Album (“Ashanti”)
Best Single (“Always On Time”)
Best Single (“What’s Luv”)
VH1 Big in 2002 Awards
Lolita Ford Award
2002 LADY OF SOUL AWARDS (August 2002)
**Best R&B/Soul New Artist
**Aretha Franklin Entertainer Of The Year
Best R&B/Soul Single (“Foolish”)
R&B/Soul Album of the Year (“Ashanti”)
R&B/Soul Song of the Year (“Foolish”)
Best R&B/Soul Music Video (“Foolish”)
2002 TEEN CHOICE AWARDS (August 2002)
**Choice Breakout Artist
**Best new artist
Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Single (“Foolish”)
Choice Music Collaborations (“Always On Time”)
Choice Music Collaborations (“What’s Luv?”)
2002 BET AWARDS (July 2002)
Best New Artist
Viewer’s Choice Award (“Always On Time”)
2003 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS (January 2003)
Fans Choice Award
**Favorite New Artist in Pop/Rock
**Favorite New Artist in Hip-Hop/R&B
Favorite Female Artist in Hip-Hop/R&B
Favorite Album – Pop or Rock ‘n Roll Music (“Ashanti”)
Favorite Album – Hip-Hop / Rhythm & Blues Music (“Ashanti”)
2003 NAAP IMAGE AWARDS (March 2003)
Outstanding Female Artist
**Outstanding New Artist
2003 GRAMMY AWARDS (February 2003)
Best New Artist
Best Female R&B Vocal Preformance (“Foolish”)
**Best Contemporary R&B Album (“Ashanti”)
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (Fat Joe, “What’s Luv?”)
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (Ja Rule, “Always On Time”)
2003 ASCAP Pop Music Awards
**Award-Winning Pop Songs (“Foolish”)
2003 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards
**Top R&B/HIP-HOP Song (“Foolish”)
**Award-Winning R&B/HIP-HOP Songs (“Baby”)
**Award-Winning Rap Songs (“Down 4 U”)
2003 SOUL TRAIN AWARDS (March 2003)
**Best R&B/Soul Single, Female (“Foolish”)
**Best R&b/Soul Album, Female (“Ashanti”)
R&B/Soul or Rap Album of the Year (“Ashanti”)
2003 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards
**Best New Artist
2003 DoSomething.org
**Celebrity Service Award
2004 GRAMMY AWARDS (February 2003)
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (“Rain On Me”)
Best R&B Song (“Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)”)
Best Contemporary R&B Album (“Chapter II”)
2004 ASCAP Pop Music Awards
**Award-Winning Pop Songs (“Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)”)
2004 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards
**Award-Winning R&B/HIP-HOP Songs (“Rain On Me”)
2004 Do Something Brick Awards
**“Do Something” Brick Award (“Rain on Me”)
2004 Source Awards
R&B Artist of the Year
2004 Billboard Music Awards
Best R&B/Hip-Hop Female Artist
2004 First Annual Book Awards
Songwriter of the year (“Foolish/Unfoolish”/ “Chapter II”)
2004 Soul Train Awards
Best R&B/Soul Single (Female) (“Rain On Me”)
2005 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
**Special Category: Style Award
2005 Black Reel Awards
Best Breakthrough Performance (Coach Carter)
2005 MTV Movie Awards
Breakthrough Female Performance (Coach Carter)
2005 Image Awards
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Coach Carter)
2008 BET Awards
Video of the Year (“The Way That I Love You”)
2008 Music Choice Awards
Breakup Video of the Year (“The Way That I Love You”)
2010 20th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards
**NAACP Theatre Spirit Award
Accomplishments:
Was offered a track scholarship to Hampton University but turned it down to pursue her career as a recording artist.
In 2002, became the first artist since the Beatles to have three singles on the Billboard Top 10 chart at the same time.
Fastest selling debut album, which sold 503,000 copies in it's first week in the USA in April 2002.
Her single “Rain on Me” helped raise Awareness and Funds to prevent Domestic Violence.
Received a key to the city of Glen Cove, NY, and May 3, 2003, was declared Ashanti Douglas Day by Nassau County.
First African-American spokeswoman for Herbal Essences shampoo.
Launched a perfume line in 2005 called Precious Jewel.
Involved in many charities such as: Just Stand Up, Johnson & Johnson's Body Care Charity Party, Cartier Charity Love Bracelet.
She started the “I Declare Me” campaign to create a safe and inclusive on-line space to for women to share testimonies.
Took lead role as Dorothy for "The Wiz" on broadway.
The 2011 National Youth Of The Year Ambassador.
Ashanti was inducted into the Hall of Fam by the Boys & Girls Club of America.
CEO and founder of her own record label Written Entertainment.
Also in 2009, she made her stage debut when she joined the cast of The Wiz. She portrayed Dorothy.
E!'s 25 Sexiest Women in Entertainment (Ranked: 23)
FHM-Singapore's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 95)
Lycos' Top 10 Female Searches (Ranked: 17)
Lycos' Top 10 Musician Searches for the First Half of 2002 (Ranked: 10)
Rolling Stone magazine readers picked Ashanti as Best R&B Artist.
She was one Askmen.com's singers of the week Ashanti.
Maxim's (2003) 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 21)
E!'s 25 (2003) Young Hollywood Stars (Ranked: 14)
FHM-US's (2003) 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 76)
FHM-France's (2003) 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 82)
FHM-Netherlands' (2003) 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 71)
FHM-Singapore's (2003) 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 99)
Status World's (2003)Top 100 Female Celebrities (Ranked: 57)
Spike/TNN (2003)100 Most Irresistible Women (Ranked: 82)
VH-1's (2003) 25 Greatest Rock Star Cameos (Ranked: 18)
Ashanti was ranked at #63 on VH1’s 2004 list of The Greatest: 100 Hottest Hotties.
Ashanti ranked at #13 on the Maxim Hot 100 List of 2005.
Ashanti ranked #81 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005."
BET's All Shades of Fine - 25 Hottest Women of the Past 25 Years (Ranked 14)
Billboard's Top 100 Selling CD's (Ranked: 76)
2008's Maxim's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 37)
E!'s 25 Sexiest Pop Stars (Ranked: 19)
#3 Billboard's Top Female's of the Decade (00')
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