Ashanti discography explained

Artist:Ashanti
Studio:6
Compilation:3
Video:2
Singles:23
Music Videos:23
Soundtrack:6

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 produced the number-one hit "Foolish", the top ten hit "Happy" and the top twenty single "Baby".[2] Her second album Chapter II (2003), another platinum-seller, was released a year after and enjoyed international chart success, spawning the top ten hits "Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)" and "Rain on Me".[3] The singer's third studio album Concrete Rose was released in December 2004 stateside and certified platinum by the RIAA one month after release.[4] A minor success in international music markets, however it produced two singles only, including the top twenty hit single "Only U". Following a hiatus and a label switch from Murda Inc to Motown, Ashanti's The Declaration (2008) was released in June 2008 in the United States.[5] Throughout her career Ashanti has sold nearly 15 million records worldwide.[6]

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
DetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US
[7]
AUS
[8]
CAN
[9]
FRA
[10]
GER
[11]
JPN
[12]
NLD
[13]
NZ
[14]
SWI
[15]
UK
[16]
Ashanti 1 10 5 29 10 14 12 15 15 3
Chapter II
  • Released: July 1, 2003
  • Label: Murder Inc., Island Def Jam
  • Format: CD
1 19 5 62 12 9 26 22 9 5
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
Ashanti's Christmas
  • Released: November 18, 2003
  • Label: Murder Inc.
  • Format: CD
160 48
Concrete Rose
  • Released: December 14, 2004
  • Label: Murder Inc., Def Jam
  • Format: CD
7 89 65 98 36 16 73 66 25
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
The Declaration 6 26 119
Braveheart 10
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Compilation albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
DetailsPeak
US
Collectables by Ashanti
  • Released: December 6, 2005
  • Label: Murder Inc./Def Jam
  • Format: CD
59
Can't Stop
  • Released: January 25, 2006
  • Label: Stomp, Black Claw, Simply Music, Big
  • Format: CD
The Vault
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Extended plays

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
DetailsPeak
US
7 Series Sampler 142
A Wonderful Christmas with Ashanti
  • Released: December 3, 2013
  • Label: Written Entertainment, eOne Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Singles

As lead artist

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
[22]
AUS
CAN
[23]
":Billboard: Canada (Just Stand Up!). Billboard. March 16, 2019. FRA
GER
IRE
[24]
NLD
NZ
SWI
UK
"Foolish"20021 6 62 26 14 12 8 15 4
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • ARIA: Platinum[25]
  • BPI: Platinum
Ashanti
"Happy"8 29 40 41 22 10 19 24 13
"Baby"15 89 48
"Rock wit U (Awww Baby)"20032 19 4 41 21 28 24 33 7
  • BPI: Silver
Chapter II
"Rain on Me"7 27 70 85 19
"Breakup 2 Makeup" (Remix)
(featuring Black Child)
2004Collectables by Ashanti
"Only U"13 24 33 12 4 18 14 12 2
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
Concrete Rose
"Don't Let Them"200541 38
"Still on It"
(featuring Paul Wall and Method Man)
Collectables by Ashanti
"The Way That I Love You"200837 96 The Declaration
"Good Good"
"The Woman You Love"
(featuring Busta Rhymes)
2011
"Never Should Have"2013Braveheart
"I Got It"
(featuring Rick Ross)
"Early in the Morning"
(featuring French Montana)
2014
"Let's Go" 2015rowspan="6"
"Say Less"
(featuring Ty Dolla $ign)
2017
"Pretty Little Thing"
(featuring Afro B)[26]
2019
"235 (2:35 I Want You)"[27] 2021
"Baby"
20225 2
  • ARIA: Platinum[28]
  • BPI: Platinum
"Falling for You"
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

As featured artist

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
AUS
[29]
": Web site: Australia's singles-positions to Stand Up t Cancer. Hung Medien. September 14, 2010. CAN
[30]
FRA
[31]
GER
IRE
NLD
[32]
NZ
[33]
": Web site: New Zealand's singles-positions to Stand Up to Cancer. Hung Medien. September 14, 2010. SWI
[34]
UK
[35]
": Web site: The Official Charts Company - Ashanti discography. May 3, 2013. Official Charts Company.
"Always on Time"
(Ja Rule featuring Ashanti)
2001 1 3 16 45 22 22 12 2 4 6
  • ARIA: Gold[36]
  • BPI: Platinum
Pain Is Love
"What's Luv?"
(Fat Joe featuring Ja Rule and Ashanti)
20022 4 12 27 10 17 7 5 2 4 Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)
"Down 4 U"
(Irv Gotti featuring Ja Rule, Ashanti, Charli Baltimore and Vita)
6 54 39 23 43 4
"Mesmerize"
(Ja Rule featuring Ashanti)
20032 5 19 66 71 19 39 3 79 12
  • ARIA: Platinum[38]
  • BPI: Gold
The Last Temptation
"Into You"
(Fabolous featuring Tamia or Ashanti)
4 Street Dreams
"Wonderful"
(Ja Rule featuring R. Kelly and Ashanti)
20045 6 20 12 13 6 12 1
  • RIAA: Gold[40]
  • ARIA: Gold[41]
  • BPI: Silver
R.U.L.E.
"Southside"
(Lloyd featuring Ashanti)
24 Southside
"Jimmy Choo"
(Shyne featuring Ashanti)
Godfather Buried Alive
"Wake Up Everybody"
(featuring Various Artists)
Wake Up Everybody
"Pac's Life"
(2Pac featuring Ashanti and T.I.)
200634 31 9 38 21Pac's Life
"Put a Little Umph in It"
(Jagged Edge featuring Ashanti)
2007Baby Makin' Project
"Body on Me"
(Nelly featuring Akon and Ashanti)
200842 32 57 12 19 17Brass Knuckles
"Just Stand Up!"[42]
(with Artists Stand Up to Cancer)
11 39 19 26Charity single
"Want It, Need It"
(Plies featuring Ashanti)
200996 Da Realist
"Just Believe"
(with Artie Green, Gerry Gunn and Robbie Nova)
2013rowspan="2"
"Early in the Morning"
(Willie XO featuring Ashanti)
2019
"Nasty"
(DaBaby featuring Ashanti and Megan Thee Stallion)
202050 Blame It on Baby
"Fall Slowly"
(Joyner Lucas featuring Ashanti)
Evolution
"This Lil' Game We Play"
(Jermaine Dupri feat. Nelly, Ashanti & Juicy J)
2024
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Promotional singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Dreams"2003Ashanti
"Turn It Up"
(featuring Ja Rule)
2004Concrete Rose
"Don't Leave Me Alone"
(featuring 7 Aurelius)
2005
"Switch"
(featuring Nelly)
2007
"Hey Baby (After the Club)"The Declaration
"Never Too Far Away" (from the Motion Picture Dream House)2011Braveheart
"No One Greater"
(featuring French Montana and Meek Mill)[44]
2012rowspan="3"
"That's What We Do"
(featuring R. Kelly)
"Pride N Joy" (Remix)
(Fat Joe featuring Trey Songz, Pusha T, Ashanti and Miguel)

Guest appearances

YearSongAlbum
2001"POV City Anthem" (Caddillac Tah featuring Ashanti)POV City Anthem (Album Sample)
"Just Like a Thug" (Caddillac Tah featuring Ashanti)
"How We Roll" (Big Pun featuring Ashanti) Endangered Species
"The INC." (Ja Rule featuring Ashanti, Caddillac Tah and Black Child)Pain Is Love
"Always on Time" (Ja Rule introducing Ashanti)
2002"What's Luv?" (Fat Joe featuring Ja Rule and Ashanti)Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)
"Unfoolish" (Remix) (Ashanti featuring The Notorious B.I.G.)We Invented the Remix
"Down 4 U" (Irv Gotti featuring Ashanti, Ja Rule, Charli Baltimore and Vita)
"No One Does It Better" (Irv Gotti featuring Charli Baltimore and Ashanti)
"The Pledge" (Irv Gotti featuring Ashanti and Caddillac Tah)
"The Pledge" (Remix) (Irv Gotti featuring Ja Rule, Ashanti and Nas)Irv Gotti Presents: The Remixes
"Come-N-Go" (Irv Gotti featuring Ja Rule, Ashanti and Cadillac Tah)
"Baby" (Remix) (Irv Gotti featuring Ashanti)
"Happy" (Remix) (Irv Gotti featuring Ashanti and Charli Baltimore)
"No One Does It Better" (Remix) (Irv Gotti featuring Ashanti and Charli Baltimore)
"Baby" (Remix) (Irv Gotti featuring Ashanti and Scarface)
"No One Does It Better" (Remix) (Irv Gotti featuring Ashanti, Ja Rule, Caddillac Tah and Black Child)
"Baby" (Remix) (Irv Gotti featuring Ashanti and Crooked I)
2003"Into You" (Fabolous featuring Ashanti)Street Dreams
"Mesmerize" (Ja Rule featuring Ashanti)The Last Temptation
"The Pledge" (Remix) (Ja Rule featuring Ashanti and Nas)
2004"Wonderful" (Ja Rule featuring Ashanti and R. Kelly)R.U.L.E.
"Southside" (Lloyd featuring Ashanti)Southside
"Southside" (Remix) (Lloyd featuring Ashanti and Scarface)
"Jimmy Choo" (Shyne featuring Ashanti)Godfather Buried Alive
"Wake Up Everybody" (featuring various artists)Wake Up Everybody
2005"1st Time Again" (Z-Ro featuring Ashanti)Let the Truth Be Told
2006"Pac's Life" (2Pac featuring Ashanti and T.I.)Pac's Life
2007"Put a Little Umph in It" (Jagged Edge featuring Ashanti)Baby Makin' Project
2008"Body on Me" (Nelly featuring Akon and Ashanti)Brass Knuckles
"Just Stand Up!" (with Artists Stand Up to Cancer)Charity single
2011"Changing the Locks" (Jim Jones featuring Ashanti)Capo
"Soft Rhodes" (Game featuring Ashanti)Purp & Patron
2012"Woman to Woman" (Keyshia Cole featuring Ashanti)Woman to Woman
2013"Just Believe" (with Artie Green, Gerry Gunn & Robbie Nova)Songs for a Healthier America
2016"Seven Day Love" (Belly featuring Ashanti)Inzombia
"Helpless" (with Ja Rule)The Hamilton Mixtape
2018"Start This Shit Off Right" (Lil Wayne featuring Ashanti and Mack Maine)Tha Carter V
2019 "A Fools Tale (Running Back)" (Tory Lanez featuring Ashanti) Chixtape 5
2020 "Nasty" (DaBaby featuring Ashanti and Megan Thee Stallion) Blame It on Baby
2021Wockesha” (Remix) (Moneybagg Yo featuring Lil Wayne and Ashanti)Wockesha - Single

Soundtracks

YearSongFilm
2001"POV City Anthem" (Caddillac Tah featuring Ashanti)The Fast and the Furious
"When a Man Does Wrong"
"Justify My Love" (Vita featuring Ashanti)
2002"What's Luv?" (Fat Joe featuring Ashanti)Juwanna Mann
2004"I Know" Johnson Family Vacation
2005"(Gotta Get Outta) Kansas" The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
"When I'm with You" (Ashanti and The Muppets)
"Good Life"
2011"Never Too Far Away" Dream House

Music videos

As lead artist

YearSong titleDirector
2002"Foolish" Irv Gotti
"Happy"
"Baby" Irv Gotti and Nia Long
"Baby" (Remix) (featuring Crooked I)Irv Gotti
2003"Rock wit U (Awww Baby)" Paul Hunter
"Rain on Me"Hype Williams
"Rain on Me" (Remix) (featuring Charli Baltimore, Hussein Fatal and Ja Rule)Irv Gotti
"Dreams"
2004"Breakup 2 Makeup" (Remix) (featuring Black Child)Juan Carlos
"Only U" Hype Williams
2005"Don't Let Them" Irv Gotti and Ashanti
"Still on It" (featuring Paul Wall and Method Man) Fat Cats
2008"The Way That I Love You"Kevin Bray
"Good Good"Melina
2011 "The Woman You Love" (featuring Busta Rhymes)Sean Coles
2013"Never Should Have"Sanji
2014"I Got It" (featuring Rick Ross)Eif Rivera
"Early in the Morning" (featuring French Montana)
2015 "Let's Go" Carl Addy
2018 "Say Less" (featuring Ty Dolla $ign)
2019"Pretty Little Things" (featuring Afro B) Eif Rivera
2021"2:35 (I Want You)" JaQuel Knight
"Diamonds" Trey Fanjoy
2022 "Falling For You" Jet Phynx

As featured artist

YearTileDirector
2001"POV City Anthem" (Caddillac Tah featuring Ashanti)
"Just Like a Thug" (Caddillac Tah featuring Ashanti)
"How We Roll" (Big Pun featuring Ashanti)
"Justify My Love" (Vita featuring Ashanti)
"Always on Time" (Ja Rule featuring Ashanti)Dave Meyers
2002"What's Luv?" (Fat Joe featuring Ashanti)Irv Gotti
"Down 4 U" (Irv Gotti featuring Ashanti, Ja Rule, Charli Baltimore and Vita)
"The Pledge (Remix)" (Ja Rule featuring Ashanti and Nas)
2003"Mesmerize" (Ja Rule featuring Ashanti)
2004"Southside" (Lloyd featuring Ashanti)
"Southside" (Remix) (Lloyd featuring Ashanti and Scarface)
"Jimmy Choo" (Shyne featuring Ashanti) Benny Boom
"Wonderful" (Ja Rule featuring R. Kelly and Ashanti)
2006"Pac's Life" (2Pac featuring Ashanti and T.I.)
2008"Body on Me" (Nelly featuring Akon and Ashanti) Benny Boom
2009"Want It, Need It" (Plies featuring Ashanti) Yolanda Gerald and Plies
2013"Just Believe" (with Artie Green, Gerry Gunn & Robbie Nova)
2018 "Ashanti Remix" (Fabolous featuring Ashanti) @justgerard
2019 "Early In The Morning" (Willie XO featuring Ashanti) Mbrella Films
"The Road" (Machel Montano featuring Ashanti) Director X
2022 "Gotta Move On" (Diddy featuring Bryson Tiller, Yung Miami and Ashanti) Kid Art

Notes and References

  1. Eminem Ends Year On Top, But Album Sales Tumble. Billboard. January 3, 2003. March 16, 2019 .
  2. Korn Can't Stop Eminem's 'Show' At No. 1. Billboard. June 20, 2002. March 16, 2019 .
  3. Tupac's 'Game' Haunts Album Chart At No. 1. Billboard. December 22, 2004. March 16, 2019 .
  4. Web site: RIAA Gold and Platinum: Ashanti album . . March 16, 2019 .
  5. Billboard Bits: Eric Clapton, Ashanti, Paul Anka. Billboard. November 3, 2005. March 16, 2019 .
  6. Web site: Superstar Ashanti Will Bring Down the House at The Grove's Free Summer Concert Series Finale on August 27 . August 25, 2008 . May 11, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200728131550/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080825006062/en/Superstar-Ashanti-Bring-House-Groves-Free-Summer . 28 July 2020 . dead.
  7. Ashanti Chart History: Billboard 200. Billboard. May 5, 2020.
  8. Peaks in Australia:
  9. Album peaks in Canada:
    • Ashanti and Chapter II: Billboard: Canadian albums. Billboard. March 16, 2019.
    • Concrete Rose: Web site: Albums : Top 100. Jam!. January 30, 2005. April 11, 2023 . usurped. https://archive.today/20050207022802/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html. February 7, 2005.
  10. Web site: lescharts.com: Ashanti. Hung Medien. March 16, 2019.
  11. Web site: offiziellecharts.de: Ashanti . offiziellecharts.de. March 16, 2019.
  12. Web site: アシャンティのランキング情報. Oricon. April 5, 2023.
  13. Web site: dutchcharts.nl: Ashanti. dutchcharts.nl: Hung Medien. March 16, 2019.
  14. Web site: charts.nz: Ashanti. Hung Medien. March 16, 2019.
  15. Web site: Hitparade.ch: Ashanti. Hung Medien. March 16, 2019.
  16. Web site: Official Charts Company – Ashanti discography. Official Charts Company. March 16, 2019.
  17. Web site: RIAA Gold and Platinum: Ashanti . . March 16, 2019 .
  18. Web site: Australian Certifications on self-titled album Ashanti . . March 16, 2019.
  19. United Kingdom. Ashanti . May 29, 2023.
  20. Web site: Swiss Certifications. The Official Swiss Charts. March 16, 2019.
  21. Web site: Gold & Platinum Certifications. . March 16, 2019.
  22. Ashanti Chart History: Hot 100. Billboard. May 5, 2020.
  23. Canadian peaks
    • For "all singles except indicated below": Billboard: Canada. Billboard. March 16, 2019.
    • For "Just Stand Up
  24. Web site: Search the Charts . irishcharts.ie . March 16, 2019 .
  25. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2002 Singles . ARIA . March 16, 2019 .
  26. Web site: Pretty Little Thing (feat. Afro B) – Single by Ashanti. Apple Music. August 12, 2019.
  27. Web site: 235 (2:35 I want You) – Single by Ashanti. Apple Music. January 22, 2021.
  28. Australia. 2023. 18 June 2024.
  29. Peak positions for Australia:
  30. Billboard: Canada. Billboard. March 16, 2019.
  31. Peak positions for France:
  32. Peak positions for the Netherlands:
  33. Peak positions for New Zealand:
  34. Peak positions for Switzerland:
  35. Peak positions for UK:
  36. Web site: ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2002 Singles. June 1, 2012. Australian Recording Industry Association.
  37. Web site: ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2003 Singles. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110611190357/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2002.htm. June 11, 2011. September 16, 2011. Australian Recording Industry Association.
  38. Web site: ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2003 Singles. June 1, 2012. Australian Recording Industry Association.
  39. Web site: Certified Awards Search. September 29, 2018. British Phonographic Industry. enter "Fabolous" into the "Search" box, then press ENTER.
  40. Web site: Gold & Platinum: Ja Rule. June 1, 2012. Recording Industry Association of America.
  41. Web site: ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005 Singles. June 1, 2012. Australian Recording Industry Association.
  42. Web site: Kaufman . Gil . Mariah, Beyonce, Miley And More On Cancer Benefit Single - THINK MTV . Mtv.com . August 19, 2008 . September 15, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100829181810/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1593043/20080819/carey_mariah.jhtml. August 29, 2010 . dead.
  43. Web site: Gold & Platinum. April 20, 2021. RIAA. en-US.
  44. Web site: Official Urban Chart Top 100 - Reflex FM - Amsterdam, the Netherlands - .