Ashanti Honoured With Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame
07.04.2022 - 22:17
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Ashanti is being recognized for her musical legacy,
The singer is being inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a star on the famous path. The induction ceremony will be livestreamed on YouTube on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m. PT. Ja Rule and Tichina Arnold will be conducting the ceremony.
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The 41-year-old’s career began with her 2002 self-titled album Ashanti which was immediately a smash hit on release. It hit the #1 spot on the Billboard Top 200 and R&B album charts and set a SoundScan record as the most albums sold by any debut female artist. The accomplishment landed her in the Guinness World Records.
With the release of “Foolish” and other hits, she also managed to be the first female artist to have her first three chart entries in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.
She won the Grammy for Best Contemporary R&B Album for Ashanti along with 2 American Music Awards and the Soul Train Aretha Franklin Entertainer of the Year Award.
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Besides her illustrious music career, Ashanti has also branched out into acting with TV roles in “The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz”, “The Proud Family”, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” and the TV series “Vegas”. She’s appeared in movies such as “Coach Carter” and “Resident Evil Extinction”.
The musician is releasing her first book of poetry Foolish/Unfoolish: Reflections on Love in May 2022.
Other musicians honoured on the Hollywood Walk of Fame recently include Red Hot Chili Peppers, who were inducted on March 31, and Francis Ford Coppola on March 21.