List of awards and nominations received by Ashanti

Ashanti awards and nominations
Award
Awards and nominations
Award	Wins
American Music Awards	2
Billboard	8
Grammy	1
MTV VMA	0
Soul Train	4
Totals
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.;

Last updated September 12, 2025

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

American Music Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2003	Ashanti	Favorite Female Artist in Hip-Hop/R&B	Nominated
		Favorite New Artist in Hip-Hop/R&B	Won
		Favorite New Artist in Pop/Rock	Won
		Fans Choice Award	Nominated
	Ashanti	Favorite Album - Pop or Rock 'n Roll Music	Nominated
	Ashanti	Favorite Album - Hip-Hop / Rhythm & Blues Music	Nominated

ASCAP Music Awards

ASCAP Pop Music Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2003	"Foolish"	Award-Winning Pop Songs	Won
2004	"Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)"	Award-Winning Pop Songs	Won

ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2003	"Foolish"	Top R&B/HIP-HOP Song	Won
	"Baby"	Award-Winning R&B/HIP-HOP Songs	Won
	"Down 4 U"	Award-Winning Rap Songs	Won
2004	"Rain On Me"	Award-Winning R&B/HIP-HOP Songs	Won

BET Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2002	Ashanti	Best New Artist	Nominated
2002	"Always On Time"	Viewer's Choice Award	Nominated
2008	"The Way That I Love You"	Video of the Year	Nominated

Billboard Music Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2002	Ashanti	Female Artist of the Year	Won
		Hot 100 Singles Artist of the Year	Won
		R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year	Won
		R&B/Hip-Hop Female Artist of the Year	Won
		R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Artist of the Year	Won
		New R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year	Won
		New Pop Artist of the Year	Won
	"Foolish"	R&B/Hip-Hop Single of the Year	Won
2004	Ashanti	Female Hot 100 Artist	Nominated

Black Reel Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2005	"Chicago"	Best Breakthrough Performance	Nominated

Breckenridge Festival of Film


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2017	"Stuck"	Best Actress	Won

Brit Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2003	Ashanti	Best International Female	Nominated

Grammy Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2003	Best New Artist	Ashanti	Nominated
	Best Contemporary R&B Album	Ashanti	Won
	Best Rap/Sung Collaboration	"Always on Time"	Nominated
	Best Rap/Sung Collaboration	"What's Luv"	Nominated
	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	"Foolish"	Nominated
2004	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	"Rain On Me"	Nominated
	Best R&B Song	"Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)"	Nominated
	Best Contemporary R&B Album	Chapter II	Nominated

MTV Europe Music Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2002	Ashanti	Best R&B	Nominated
2003	Ashanti	Best R&B	Nominated

MTV Movie & TV Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2005	Coach Carter	Breakthrough Female	Nominated

MTV Video Music Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2002	"Foolish"	Best Female Video	Nominated
		Best New Artist in a Video	Nominated
		Best R&B Video	Nominated
	"What's Luv?"	Best Hip-Hop Video	Nominated
	"Always on Time"	Best Hip-Hop Video	Nominated
2003	"Rock wit U (Awww Baby)"	Best R&B Video	Nominated
2023	"Gotta Move On (Queen's Remix)"	Best Collaboration	Nominated
2023	"Gotta Move On (Queen's Remix)"	Best Hip-Hop Video	Nominated

MTV Video Music Awards Japan


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2003	"Foolish"	Best New Artist Video	Nominated
2003	"Foolish"	Best R&B Video	Nominated
2005	Ashanti	Best Style	Won

MOBO Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2002	Ashanti	Best R&B Act	Won
	Ashanti	Best Newcomer	Nominated
	Ashanti & Ja Rule	Best Hip Hop Act	Won
	"Always On Time"	Best Video	Nominated
	"Always On Time"	Best Single	Nominated
	"What's Luv"	Best Single	Nominated
	"Ashanti"	Best Album	Nominated

MuchMusic Video Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2002	"Always On Time"	Best International Video	Nominated

Various wins and nominations

Listed by year, wins are indicated in Bold

2002

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")
Grammy Awards
- Best New Artist
- Best Contemporary R&B Album ("Ashanti")
- Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ("Foolish")
- Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Always On Time")
- Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("What's Luv")
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
- Favorite Female Singer
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")
Grammy Awards
- 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 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
- Female Hot 100 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")

2018

Soul Train Awards
- Soul Train Certified Award

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 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] 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,^[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)

References

↑ ASHANTIDOUGLAS.US | A Tribute to the Ever Beautiful, Miss Ashanti [ Most Elite Fansite ] Archived 2012-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Archived November 7, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
↑ 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

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[1] 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.

[2] ASHANTIDOUGLAS.US | A Tribute to the Ever Beautiful, Miss Ashanti [ Most Elite Fansite ] Archived 2012-02-16 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Archived November 7, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

[4] Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[5] ASCAP

[6] 2003 ASCAP R&S Awards:: Complete List of Winners

[7] "LidRock - Ashanti - Do Something". Archived from the original on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2007-05-31.

[8] ASCAP 2004 Pop Music Awards

[9] 2003 ASCAP R&S Awards:: Complete List of Winners

[10] Victoria, Da'ryl (2016-04-07). "Ashanti Makes It In The Guinness World Record Books". The Source. Retrieved 2019-08-27.

[11] "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.

[12] AmIAnnoying.com

[13] AskMen.com - Singers

[14] The Greatest | Show Cast, Episodes, Guides, Trailers, Web Exclusives, Previews | VH1.com

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Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	Ashanti Chapter II Ashanti's Christmas Concrete Rose The Declaration Braveheart
Extended plays	7 Series Sampler: Ashanti A Wonderful Christmas with Ashanti
Compilation albums	Collectables by Ashanti Can't Stop The Vault
Singles	"Foolish" "Down 4 U" "Happy" "Baby" "Rock wit U (Awww Baby)" "Rain on Me" "Breakup 2 Makeup (Remix)" "Only U" "Don't Let Them" "Still on It" "The Way That I Love You" "Good Good" "The Woman You Love" "Say Less" "Baby"
Featured singles	"Always on Time" "What's Luv?" "Mesmerize" "Southside" "Wake Up Everybody" "Wonderful" "Pac's Life" "Put a Little Umph in It" "Body on Me" "Just Stand Up!" "Want It, Need It"
Other songs	"Into You" "Helpless"