Singer/songwriter ASHANTI's manager mum is still sore about SUSAN BOYLE's album success in America - because the Scottish sensation shattered her daughter's eight-year-old chart records.
Boyle's I Dreamed A Dream ended the R&B star's biggest debut sales week for a female on the Billboard countdown. The middle-aged singer's five weeks at number one also shattered Ashanti's three week record with a debut - a mark she shared with Lauryn Hill.
And, although she's delighted with Boyle's success, Ashanti's mother, Tina Douglas, is keen to remind music fans of the struggle she and her daughter had to go through to get to the top of the charts in 2002.
She tells WENN, "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.
"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."
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6 comments:
I always thought Ashanti and her mother were jealous of other people. I remember Ashanti was doing an interview like 4 or 5 years ago and she was laughing and having a good time but then beyonce's and ciara's name came up and all of a sudden she had a stone face. Ever since then I knew this chick was a jealous salty hater! P.S. Ashanti's hay day has come and gone, the only record she's gonna break now is the most flops by one artist!
If Ashanti could sing, her mother wouldn't have to worry about her record sales. Ashanti can definitely carry a tune, but sing, absolutely not! I choose Susan Boyle's annoying ass for 500!
records are made to be broken! people aspire to top other people and even when they don't try, the do...why is her mother talking about what happend 8 years ago? let ... it... go....
Ashanti who? Oh, u mean The Inc's & Nelli dump bucket....NEXT!!!
I feel bad that Ashanti's mother is throwing salt at another woman! She should be proud of any woman who came from nothing and made something of herself! If anything it's time for Ashanti to look for new management and try to break though again!
Susan Boyle can't help it, if she proved that REAL talent sells. She didn't need to show her tits and ass, dress provocatively or blow somebody to make a buck. She just walked her old white ass on stage and wowed the world with her voice. Ashanti and her wilderbeast mom need to STFU!
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