Yes, on nearly all of them. She is credited on 74 of the 90 tracks across six albums, and the sixteen without her name are skits or Christmas standards. Every song on the four non-holiday albums except the skits carries her credit.
By the Numbers
6
Studio Albums
90
Tracks Credited
83%
Self-Written
nearly 30 million
Records Sold
34
Years Active
166
Collaborators
Authorship Breakdown 75 / 90 self-written
Who wrote the songs?
Across all 90 tracks: how many Ashanti wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.
Ashanti has a writing credit83%
83%
17%
Sole author0tracks0%
Co-written75tracks83%
Outside writers15tracks17%
Role Fingerprint how they contribute
Ashanti's roles across the catalogue
Share of all 90 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.
Lyricist (words)83%
Composer (music)0%
Producer31%
Performer100%
Authorship Over Time writing credit per album
Ashanti's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.
avg 83%
100%
94%
40%
94%
92%
92%
2002Ashanti
2003Chapter II
2003Ashanti's Christmas
2004Concrete Rose
2008The Declaration
2014Braveheart
Early · 97% written
Mid · 74% written
Late · 92% written
Authorship by Decade track-weighted
88%
2000s
Ashanti, Chapter II +3 more
92%
2010s
Braveheart
Authorship Spectrum pure performer to complete author
Where Ashanti sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.
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Other artists on the site
Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.
Bubble size = tracks worked on together. Showing the 150 most frequent of 158. CS Chink Santana · SA Seven Aurelius · AP Andre Parker · LH L.T. Hutton
The Authorship Story
Data Insight
The Murder Inc. records run on a fixed trio. Ashanti writes, Irv Gotti and Chink Santana produce and share the credit, and Seven Aurelius fills in the rest: 46, 24 and 22 credits respectively across the catalogue. She is on fourteen of the seventeen songs on the debut and sixteen of the twenty on Chapter II, with the gaps being skits. When the label collapses the arrangement does not survive it. The Declaration in 2008 brings in L.T. Hutton and Rodney Jerkins, and Braveheart in 2014 has L.T. Hutton and Mansur Zafr, with Gotti nowhere on either.
Quick Facts
Her share74 of the 90 album tracks
Irv Gotti46 co-writes, more than half the catalogue
Studio albumsSix, from 2002 to 2014
The debut503,000 units in its first week
SalesNearly 30 million records worldwide
GrammyBest Contemporary R&B Album, 2003
Creative Fingerprint
Writing on nearly every song she has released, with one producer credited beside her on half the catalogue.
The Story
Ashanti is credited on 74 of the 90 tracks across six albums, and on every song of the four that are not skits or carols. Irv Gotti's name is next to hers on 46 of them.
Awards & Recognition
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album for Ashanti, 2003
Eight Billboard Music Awards
Two American Music Awards
Frequently Asked Questions Ashanti
Does Ashanti write her own songs?
Yes, on nearly all of them. She is credited on 74 of the 90 tracks across six albums, and the sixteen without her name are skits or Christmas standards. Every song on the four non-holiday albums except the skits carries her credit.
Who writes with Ashanti?
Irv Gotti, on 46 tracks, more than half the catalogue. Chink Santana has 24 and Seven Aurelius 22, and all three worked at Murder Inc. through the first four albums.
Who wrote "Foolish"?
Ashanti with Irv Gotti and Mark DeBarge, whose "Stay With Me" the track samples. It reached number 1 on the Hot 100 and stayed there ten weeks.
How many albums has Ashanti released?
Six studio albums, from Ashanti in 2002 to Braveheart in 2014, including the 2003 Christmas record.
What is Ashanti's real name?
Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas, born October 13, 1980 in Glen Cove, New York.
How many records has Ashanti sold?
Ashanti has sold nearly 30 million records worldwide. The debut alone has been certified triple platinum in the United States and sold six million copies worldwide.
Has Ashanti won a Grammy?
Yes, one. Her debut album earned her many awards, including eight Billboard Music Awards, two American Music Awards, and a Grammy Award in 2003 for Best Contemporary R&B Album.
What changed after Murder Inc.?
Irv Gotti disappears from the credits. The Declaration in 2008 brings in L.T. Hutton and Rodney Jerkins, and Braveheart in 2014 has L.T. Hutton and Mansur Zafr, with Ashanti still writing on twelve of thirteen tracks each time.
Who is Chink Santana?
The Murder Inc. producer credited on 24 Ashanti tracks, including all twenty on Chapter II.
Which Ashanti album sold the most?
The 2002 debut. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 503,000 units and was certified triple platinum for shipments of three million copies.
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