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Archive (March
2002 - current)
March
21, 2002
Grand
Opening...Welcome to the grand opening of Queen Ashanti,
one of the first Ashanti sites ever. First off, Ashanti was in last week's
Entertainment Weekly with a critique of her first single, Foolish.
Unfortunately, it wasn't given such a good review, but that's just one
guy's opinion, so it doesn't really matter. Go to the "Pictures" section
for the scan of the picture & review.
Screen
Captures...All the screen captures on this site are organized into
collages, usually with 12 frames each. In the "Pictures" section is a screen
capture gallery - each thumbnail links to a collage. Currently, there are
captures for "What's Luv" with Fat Joe & 2 collages for "Foolish" and
3 more for "Foolish" on the way. Please do not use my captures on your
site without crediting them to this site because they took a lot of time
to make.
March
27, 2002
Soul
Train...Go to the Pictures/Screen Captures section to find a new
capture collage of Ashanti's recent appearance on Soul Train, where
she performed "Foolish" & "Happy."
Album...Be
sure to buy (NOT download!) Ashanti's debut album, which will be in stores
in the U.S. on April 02. If enough people buy it in its first week of release,
the album could debut at #1!
April
01, 2002
Regis
& Kelly...Be sure to catch Ashanti tomorrow (Tuesday, April
02) on Regis & Kelly Live (ABC, check local listings for time) to promote
her new CD, out on the same day. Be sure to pick it up!
Thanks
Lene for sending me this info.
April
02, 2002
New
Pictures...Check out the picture galleries for scans of the pictures
in the album booklet, and screen captures of Ashanti's appearance on Live
with Regis & Kelly earlier today.
Fun
Fact...Ashanti's singing talent was "discovered by accident," said
Ashanti on Live with Regis & Kelly. She was around 12 years
old and doing her chores. Her mother had told her no TV and and no radio,
so Ashanti sang to herself. Later, her mom came in, saying, "I thought
I told you no radio!" Of course, it wasn't the radio but really talented
little Ashanti.
April
13, 2002
Number
1...Congratulations to Ashanti for debuting at number one on Billboard's
Top
200 Albums chart & the R&B/Hip-Hop chart. The single "Foolish"
is currently the #1 Hot 100 single, with "What's Luv" with Fat Joe following
at #2. "Foolish" is also the #1 R&B/Hip Hop single, and "what's Luv"
is #3. According to Soundscan, Ashanti set a record for "the best out-of-the-box
splash by a debuting female artist," ringing up 502,000 units (gold!) in
the album's 1st week of release.
Source:
Billboard.com & Entertainment Weekly
April
17, 2002
Vibe...There's
a small picture of Ashanti with P Diddy, Irv Gotti & Ja Rule in the
May issue of Vibe with R Kelly on the cover. Go to the gallery section
to see it.There's also an ad for the album in this issue and I'll have
the scan by the next update.
April
21, 2002
Ashanti
Covers...Ashanti is on the cover of the May issues of Today's
Black Woman & Upscale. Go to the Gallery to see the scans
of the covers and the interior pictures. I will have the articles ready
by the next update.
Thanks
Lene for the info
Ashanti
VS Tweet...There is a cartoon of Ashanti fighting Tweet in this
week's Entertainnment Weekly (04/26/02). There was an accompanying
article talking about Ashanti and Tweet both coming out with debut albums
on the same day. I'll have that article next update. In the meantime, you
can find the cartoon in the Pictures section in a new category: cartoons.
R
Kelly Duet...In last week's Entertainment Weekly, there
was a small article about the R Kelly sex scandal and Ashanti was mentioned
- here is an excerpt: "...the singer (R Kelly) has responded by asking
his fans to stand by him, something that at least one artist declined to
do: Ashanti, who planned to duet with him on her blockbuster self-titled
debut album recorded with Ja Rule instead."
May
01, 2002
Another
Cover..Sorry but I do not have the articles ready this week as
promised in the last update, but I'll try to get it to you as soon as possible.
However, I do have the scan of the cover of Black Men - you can
find that in Gallery One or click the thumbnail to your left. There's a
small article inside and another picture, but it's exactly the same as
the cover, but with less text. I'll get those to you as soon as I can as
well.
May
09, 2002
Articles...I
finally have all the articles from Ashanti's 3 cover features to your left
- check out the "Information" section for those. Also, here is the Tweet
VS Ashanti article from a few weeks back:
Hear
& Now: This week on the music beat
Bitter
Tweet
When
R&B newcomer Ashanti's self-titled debut sold 503,000 copies last week,
entering at No. 1 on the albums chart and becoming the biggest first week
for a female artist's debut in SoundScan history, it took many by surprise.
But for label insiders, it was the climax of a showdown between Def Jam's
Ashanti & Elektra's soul rookie (and Missy Elliott protegee) Tweet,
who moved 195,000 CDs that same week and landed at No. 3. According to
a source, when Elektra chief Sylvia Rhone learned in February that both
albums would drop April 16, she called Def Jam head Lyor Cohen demanding
he change Ashanti's release date and insisting Tweet would come out on
top (Rhone denies making the call). Cohen refused, and after a flurry of
exchanges in which neither backed down, he ordered his staff into overdrive.
The label worked deals to sell Ashanti for $8.99 at many stores
and pushed her single "Foolish" on radio. In the end, Ashanti, who made
an impact with cameos on Ja Rule and Fat Joe songs, soared over Tweet.
Can't wait for round two.
-Evan
Serpick, Entertainment Weekly 04/26/02
Picture
Caption: Debut Taunts: R&B neophytes Ashanti & Tweet come out swinging
Illustration
by Thomas Fuchs
New
Pictures...Ashanti is in this week's Entertainment Weekly
again with 2 small pictures. One is in Gallery 1 and the other is a cartoon
in the Cartoon Gallery 1. The other picture from Black Men was also
added to Gallery 1.
May
17, 2002
New
Caps...There's a lot of new screen captures added this week, including
some from Last Call and Jay Leno. Check it out in the Capture
Gallery.
The
View...Catch Ashanti on The View (ABC) on Wednesday, May
22. Check local listings for the time.
May
29, 2002
Pics
Galore...Ashanti has appeared in many magazines lately, including:
The
Source June 2002 (Trina cover), Blender June/July 2002 (The
bornes cover), Rolling Stone May 22, 2002 (Kirsten Dunst cover),
and Vibe July 2002 (Ashanti or Lisa Lopes cover). You can find the
scans to all of the pictures appearing in these magazines in "Gallery"
1 and 2, as well as a new gallery called "Young'n," featuring pictures
of young Ashanti. I will have the articles up as soon as possible. Also,
there was an interview with Ashanti in Rolling Stone with a picture
that appeared in the album art and is in "Gallery 1" already.
July
06, 2002
Big
Update...Sorry for not updating in so long - I've been very busy
with other stuff. All the articles previously mentioned are now uploaded
and can be found in the "Information" section. Some new pictures can also
be found in Gallery 2. Also, there is a new article and new pictures of
Ashanti in the July 12th issue of Entertainment Weekly - you can
also find that in "Information."
Love
Lines...Ashanti Douglas, whose self-titled debut album has made
her the new queen of R&B, is taking a page from Jewel's book: She's
just signed with Hyperion to publish Foolish/Unfoolish: Reflections on
Love, a collection of her poems and journal entries musing on love, relationships,
and the experiences behind her songs. It will be out in November.
-
Matthew Flamm
SOURCE:
Entertainment Weekly July 05, 2002
July 19, 2002
Mariah Takes The Ashanti
Cure...Diva MARIAH CAREY has found a new solution to the problems
that beset her career - R'n'B princess ASHANTI.
The FANTASY singer, who
was laid low by a notorious nervous breakdown last year (01), has been
suffering since her debut film GLITTER and the album that accompanied it
failed to meet expectations.
According to Britain's SUN
newspaper, she's roped in sultry Ashanti to write some chart-topping tunes
for her comeback. The FOOLISH singer has a great track record with songwriting
- she's already written and sung backing on his tunes for JENNIFER LOPEZ.
Source: The Clinton Courier
New Pictures...This
site's first wallpaper is now available for download. You can find it in
"Multimedia." I also have the "Down 4 U" video captures ready in "Pictures."
Irv Gotti Presents...Murder
Inc's new compilation CD, Irv Gotti Presents The Inc, is now available
in stores. Ashanti is featured on "Down 4 U" and "The Pledge" with Caddillac
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