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Keys: AshantiFeb182010
Gossip Bite: Ashanti’s Mom Speaks Her Mind About Susan Boyle
Written by Nichelle at 3:49 pm
Well momma Tina spoke about how she felt when Susan Boyle broke Ashanti’s record for selling 500,000 copies of her debut album. Tina Douglas, who is also Ashanti’s mum, had a bit of a rant about the fact that SuBo’s album I Dreamed A Dream put an end to the R&B star’s biggest debut sales week for a female on the Billboard countdown.
SuBo’s album also shattered Ashanti’s three-week record with a debut, an accolade which she shared with fellow R&B star Lauryn Hill.
Speaking to WENN, Tina that she was happy that Scot star Susan has done so well – but felt a bit bitter about the whole episode, because of how hard Ashanti has worked to get to where she is now.
She said: It’s a double-edge sword… We were happy for her (Boyle) but Ashanti held onto that record for eight years and that was a big feat to accomplish with the music industry the way it is.
“This is my personal opinion: people wanna be successful and they’re gonna take whatever route that they can. At the end of the day, before Ashanti blew up in 2002, it took me nine years of struggling with three record deals that failed. It was a struggle, it was hard, but it built character.”
However, Tina said that her daughter won’t be giving up any time soon – and that music fans should expect bigger things in the next few years.
She continued: “I’m not gonna knock anyone who has their hustle, and that’s what I’m calling it… It’s a little bit different, but we’re blessed to be where we are. Ashanti’s talent speaks for itself. In the next year or two we’ll be looking to break other records.”
Also Ashanti has a reality show coming up as well.
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now some people think ashanti is fake but I had a friend that was just like ashanti always up beat and ready to make you smile and laugh I so miss her r.i.p. janelle…
i like shani and her working with dr. dre is real good the doctor can fix shani!
IF YALL THOUGHT HECIS CAREER WAS DONE THIS CHICK DOESNT STAND A CHANCE BEYONCE SNATECHED THE R&B CHICKS WIGS UNFORTUNATLEY FOR ASHITTY SHE HAD ONE TYPE OF SOUND THAT OO BABY CRAP WITH JA RULE NAD MURDER INC AND MUCH LIKE WHEN TONI SEPERATED FROM BABYFACE HER CAREER WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. SHE WAS LIKE A MOVEMENT IN THE INDUSTRY AND HE RMOVEMENT IS OVER, SHE CANT REINVENT HERSLEF SH ECANT DO IT, ITS A WRAP NOT EVEN THE KING OF R&B JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE CAN SAVE HER
You kill me calling Just in the King we all know R kelly is the King
Yep Nichelle ur right! The King is always Kells. Kells STILL does alot of producing and behind the scenes work. Justin does NOT!! Shame on Charles for deeming Justin as the King of R&B. Where the hell is he now? FLOP!!
NOTT OO MUCH ON THE KING BEING NOMOINATED FOR 2 GRAMMIES JUST LAST YEAR NOT EVEN HAVING A ALBUM OUT, ANY SINGLE HE HOPS ON GETS NOMINATED!!!!! HE SLAYS KELLS AND HAS OUTSOLD KELLS
JT SOLD 2.3 MILL IN A WEEK DID RKIDDY
DIDNT THINK SO