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Ashanti is a popular musician and actress whose net worth is $20 million. She was born in New York in the year 1980 and her entrance into the entertainment industry was in 2002 when she recorded her debut album named "Ashanti". This particular album created several records such as the first solo female artist to have three songs from the same album on the billboard hot 100 at the same time. Since then she has proceeded to release four studio albums and won various prestigious awards.

Besides music, Ashanti has also made money from acting where she has featured in a number of movies including "John Tucker Must Die" and "Resident Evil: Extinction". Her acting career is primarily attributed to the fame and popularity she got from her music which made it easier for her to meet with renowned people in acting. Ashanti has also made some money from modeling and from her recording company which she opened to help her and other musicians record their music. She was also a dancer and writes music both for her self and for fellow musicians.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2013

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from her album BraveHeart (28,000 copies sold in the US)

$35,000

2007

Others

Amount raised during the Stand Up to Cancer live television special along with 15 other female singers to fund cancer research

$100,000,000

2007

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from her album The Declaration (297,000 copies sold in the US)

$310,000

2003

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from her album Concrete Rose (certified platinum by RIAA and gold by BPI)

$1,100,000

2002

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from her album Chapter II (certified platinum by RIAA and gold by BPI)

$1,100,000

2001

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from her album Ashanti (certified 3x platinum by RIAA, 2x platinum by Music Canada, platinum by BPI, and gold by ARIA and IFPI-SWI)

$3,600,000