List of awards and nominations received by Ashanti

Ashanti awards and nominations

Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations American Music Awards 2 8 Billboard Music Awards 8 9 Grammy Awards 1 8 MTV Video Music Awards 0 6 Soul Train Music Awards 4 7
Totals
Awards won	35
Nominations	89

The following article documents the awards, nominations and accolades received by American singer, songwriter and actress Ashanti. ^[1][2][3]

Grammy Awards and nominations

Various wins and nominations

Listed by year, wins are indicated in Bold

2002

• MuchMusic Video Awards
  • Best International Video ("Always On Time")
• BET Awards
  • Best New Artist
  • Viewer's Choice Award ("Always On Time")
• 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
  • Lolita Ford Award
• The Z Awards (Z100 New York)
  • Favorite New Artist

2003

• ASCAP Pop Music Awards^[4]
  • Award-Winning Pop Songs ("Foolish")
• ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards^[5]
  • Top R&B/HIP-HOP Song ("Foolish")
  • Award-Winning R&B/HIP-HOP Songs ("Baby")
  • Award-Winning Rap Songs ("Down 4 U")
• American Music Awards
  • Favorite New Artist in Pop/Rock
  • Favorite New Artist in Hip-Hop/R&B
  • Fans Choice Award
  • 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")
• Soul Train Awards
  • Best R&B/Soul Single, Female ("Foolish")
  • Best R&B/Soul Album, Female ("Ashanti")
  • R&B/Soul or Rap Album of the Year ("Ashanti")
• BRIT awards
  • Best international female
• NAACP Image Awards
  • Outstanding New Artist
  • Outstanding Female Artist
• Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards
  • Best New Artist
• DoSomething.org
  • Celebrity Service Award^[6]
• MTV Video Music Awards
  • Best R&B Video ("Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)")
• MTV Video Music Awards (Japan)
  • Best New Artist in a Video ("Foolish")
  • Best R&B Video ("Foolish")

2004

• ASCAP Pop Music Awards^[7]
  • Award-Winning Pop Songs ("Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)")
• ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards^[8]
  • Award-Winning R&B/HIP-HOP Songs ("Rain On Me")
• 2004 Soul Train Awards
  • Best R&B/Soul Single (Female) ("Rain On Me")
• Do Something Brick Awards
  • "Do Something" Brick Award ("Rain on Me")
• Source Awards
  • R&B Artist of the Year
• Billboard Music Awards
  • Best R&B/Hip-Hop Female Artist
• Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards
  • Favorite Female Singer
• First Annual Book Awards
  • Songwriter of the year ("Foolish/Unfoolish"/ "Chapter II")

2005

• Black Reel Awards
  • Best Breakthrough Performance (Coach Carter)
• MTV Movie Awards
  • Breakthrough Female Performance (Coach Carter)
• Image Awards
  • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Coach Carter)
• MTV Video Music Awards Japan
  • Special Category: Style Award
• Teen Choice Awards
  • Choice "It" Girl

2008

• 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%)

2010

• 20th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards
• Ashanti Received the 2010 NAACP Theatre Spirit Award

2013

• Soul Train Awards
  • Best Independent R&B/Soul Performance("Never Should Have")

Records/Achievements

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 USA in April 2002, a record-breaking feat. It was the highest first week sales for a female artist's debut ever.
• 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 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. Only The Beatles have achieved this. Ironically, Ashanti wrote and sang background on the remix of "Ain't It Funny" 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) 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,^[9]

• 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.^[10]

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.^[11]
• 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)

References