The following article documents the awards, nominations and accolades received by American singer, songwriter and actress Ashanti .
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Ashanti awards and nominations Wins 35 Nominations 89 Note
^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
American Music Awards
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ASCAP Pop Music Awards
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Billboard Music Awards
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Breckenridge Festival of Film
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MTV Europe Music Awards
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MTV Video Music Awards
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MTV Video Music Awards Japan
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MuchMusic Video Awards
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Various wins and nominations
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Listed by year, wins are indicated in Bold
Lady of Soul Awards
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")
Teen Choice Awards
Choice Breakout Artist Choice R&B/Hip-Hip Single ("Foolish")
Choice Music Collaborations ("Always On Time")
Choice Music Collaborations ("What's Luv") 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") MTV Video Music Awards
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") Fannies (KISS 92 FM)
Favourite New Artist
Favourite CD ("Ashanti")
Favourite Video ("Always On Time")
Favourite Collaboration ("Always On Time")
Favourite Collaboration ("What's Luv")
Favourite Collaboration ("Down 4 U")
Billboard Music Awards
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 ") R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Artist of the Year VH1 Big in 2002 Awards
The Z Awards (Z100 New York)
BET Awards
Video of the Year ("The Way That I Love You") Music Choice Awards
Breakup Video of the Year ("The Way That I Love You")
MCP 2008 Year End Award Winners
Best MCP Interview of 2008
Brandy (25.1%)
Michelle Williams (7.5%)
Ashanti (55.5%) John Legend (6.4%) Video of the Year
Erykah Badu - Honey (10.4%)
Ashanti - The Way That I Love You (63.0%) Solange - T.O.N.Y (6.1%)
T-Pain - Can't Believe It (16.3%) Affiliate of the Year
LeToyaOnline (5.1%)
MonicaSoul (23.2%)
OnlyKeyshia (25.3%)
AshantiDouglas (45.1%)
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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. It was the highest first week sales for a female artist's debut ever.[ 9]
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 four Top Ten songs (Foolish, What's Luv, Ain't It Funny, and Always on Time (with Ja Rule ) on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the same week. Only The Beatles have achieved this at that time. Then Cardi B achieved this later in 2018, making The Beatles, Ashanti, and Cardi B the only artists to achieve this.[ 10] 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) so the singer actually had four top 10 singles in the top ten.
According to a report by Billboard.com in 2009, Ashanti has had the most top 10 songs (16 to date) on the R&B/Hip-hop charts by a female for that decade. In 2002 ,[ 11]
Ashanti took home a record 8 billboard awards, winning all the categories she was nominated for.
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.[ 12] In 2003 ,
Maxim's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 21)
E!'s 25 Young Hollywood Stars (Ranked: 14)
FHM-US's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 76)
FHM-France's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 82)
FHM-Netherlands' 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 71)
FHM-Singapore's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 99)
Status World's Top 100 Female Celebrities (Ranked: 57)
Spike/TNN 100 Most Irresistible Women (Ranked: 82)
VH-1's 25 Greatest Rock Star Cameos (Ranked: 18) In 2004 ,
Ashanti was ranked at #63 on VH1's list of The Greatest: 100 Hottest Hotties.[ 13]
Ashanti became the 1st African-American female to lead a national campaign for Herbal Essence .
FHM-US's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 32)
FHM-Romania's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 92)
Maxim's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 29)
Real Access Top 24 for 2004 (Ranked: 15) In 2005 ,
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)
Blender Magazine's the Rock Goddess 50 (Ranked: 17)
FHM-US's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 81)
Marc's List of Hottest Women (Ranked: 26)
VH1's 50 Greatest Women of the Video Era (Ranked: 46)
VH1's 100 Most Wanted Bodies (Ranked: 44) In 2008 ,
Maxim's 100 Sexiest Women (Ranked: 37) In 2009 ,
E!'s 25 Sexiest Pop Stars (Ranked: 19)
^ ASHANTIDOUGLAS.US | A Tribute to the Ever Beautiful, Miss Ashanti [ Most Elite Fansite ] Archived 2012-02-16 at the Wayback Machine ^ [1] Archived November 7, 2006, at the Wayback Machine ^ [2] Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine ^ ASCAP ^ 2003 ASCAP R&S Awards:: Complete List of Winners ^ "LidRock - Ashanti - Do Something" . Archived from the original on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2007-05-31 .^ ASCAP 2004 Pop Music Awards ^ 2003 ASCAP R&S Awards:: Complete List of Winners ^ Victoria, Da'ryl (2016-04-07). "Ashanti Makes It In The Guinness World Record Books" . The Source . Retrieved 2019-08-27 . ^ "Cardi B Joins The Beatles & Ashanti With First 3 Hot 100 Hits in Top 10 Simultaneously; Ed Sheeran & Beyonce's 'Perfect' No. 1" . Billboard . Retrieved 2019-08-27 .^ AmIAnnoying.com ^ AskMen.com - Singers ^ The Greatest | Show Cast, Episodes, Guides, Trailers, Web Exclusives, Previews | VH1.com
