# List of awards and nominations received by Ashanti

The following article documents the awards, nominations and accolades received by American singer, songwriter and actress Ashanti.

## American Music Awards

| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
| 2003 | Ashanti | Favorite Female Artist in Hip-Hop/R&B | Nominated |
| 2003 | Ashanti | Favorite New Artist in Hip-Hop/R&B | Won |
| 2003 | Ashanti | Favorite New Artist in Pop/Rock | Won |
| 2003 | Ashanti | Fans Choice Award | Nominated |
| 2003 | Ashanti | Favorite Album - Pop or Rock 'n Roll Music | Nominated |
| 2003 | 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 |
| 2003 | "Baby" | Award-Winning R&B/HIP-HOP Songs | Won |
| 2003 | "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 |
| 2002 | Ashanti | Hot 100 Singles Artist of the Year | Won |
| 2002 | Ashanti | R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year | Won |
| 2002 | Ashanti | R&B/Hip-Hop Female Artist of the Year | Won |
| 2002 | Ashanti | R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Artist of the Year | Won |
| 2002 | Ashanti | New R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year | Won |
| 2002 | Ashanti | New Pop Artist of the Year | Won |
| 2002 | "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 |
| 2003 | Best Contemporary R&B Album | Ashanti | Won |
| 2003 | Best Rap/Sung Collaboration | "Always on Time" | Nominated |
| 2003 | Best Rap/Sung Collaboration | "What's Luv" | Nominated |
| 2003 | Best Female R&B Vocal Performance | "Foolish" | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best Female R&B Vocal Performance | "Rain On Me" | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best R&B Song | "Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)" | Nominated |
| 2004 | 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 |
| 2002 | "Foolish" | Best New Artist in a Video | Nominated |
| 2002 | "Foolish" | Best R&B Video | Nominated |
| 2002 | "What's Luv?" | Best Hip-Hop Video | Nominated |
| 2002 | "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 |
| 2002 | Ashanti | Best Newcomer | Nominated |
| 2002 | Ashanti & Ja Rule | Best Hip Hop Act | Won |
| 2002 | "Always On Time" | Best Video | Nominated |
| 2002 | "Always On Time" | Best Single | Nominated |
| 2002 | "What's Luv" | Best Single | Nominated |
| 2002 | "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
** Award-Winning Pop Songs ("Foolish")
* 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")
* 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
* 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
** Award-Winning Pop Songs ("Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)")
* ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards
** 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.
* 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. 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,
* 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.
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.
* 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)