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Article: Ashanti: heartbreaker, dream-maker, pop's new major mover and shaker.(Brief Article)(Interview)
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- August 1, 2002
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Almost as soon as she was making records, Ashanti was breaking them. When her self-titled debut for Murder Inc./Def Jam sold over 500,000 copies, entering the charts at #1 in April, it became the highest first week sales entry ever achieved by a debuting female artist (it's since sold over two million--and isn't stopping). That was Ashanti's second such record: she tied with the Beatles for most Top 10 singles at the same time, thanks to her smash collaborations with Fat Joe ("What's Luv") and her multiplatinum Murder Inc. mentor Ja Rule ("Always On Time"), and her own chart-topping anthem "Foolish."
What accounts for 21-year-old Ashanti's rapid ascension? Her ...