performance On April 20, 2002, Ashanti debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 502,500 copies sold. In total, the album remained on the Billboard 200 albums chart for 55 consecutive weeks. In addition, it reached the top position on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart, where it stayed at the top spot for four consecutive weeks; it remained on the chart for 64 weeks. On December 17, 2002 the album was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). As of October 2008, Ashanti has sold 3.6 million copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. In Canada, it peaked at number 15 on the chart and was certified two times platinum for shipments of 200,000 copies. As of March 2005, the album had sold six million copies worldwide. Track listing Notes signifies a co-producer Sample credits "Intro" contains elements of "Always on Time" (with Ja Rule), "What's Luv?" (with Fat Joe & Ja Rule), "Just Like a Thug" & "POV City Anthem" (both with Cadillac Tah), "The I.N.C." (with Ja Rule, Cadillac Tah and Black Child), "How We Roll" (with Big Pun) and "When a Man Does Wrong" which are all previous Ashanti songs and features. "Foolish" and "Unfoolish" contains a sample from "Stay with Me" by DeBarge. "Happy" contains an interpolation of "Outstanding" by the Gap Band. "Baby" contains an interpolation of "Mary Jane" by Scarface. "Unfoolish" contains samples from "F*** You Tonight" by the Notorious B.I.G. "Dreams" contains a portion of "Love Me in a Special Way" by DeBarge. Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of Ashanti. Ashanti – lead vocals (1-4, 6-11, 13–14, 16–17), background vocals (1-4, 6-11, 13–14, 16,17) Irv Gotti – vocals (7, additional on 8), audio mixing (2-4, 6-11, 13–14, 16–17) Ja Rule – vocals (1, 4, additional on 3) Robert Bacon – guitar (4, 8, acoustic on 16), bass guitar (16) Courtnie Cox - additional vocals (16) Steven Cox - additional vocals (16) Kenneth Crouch – grand piano (16) Free - additional vocals (1) Kevin T. Green - additional vocals (16) Janae Huff - additional vocals (16) Darwin Johnson - bass (3) Trevor Lawrence Jr. – drums (16) Jasmine L. Morris - additional vocals (16) Chink Santana – live drums (13), instruments (7, 9, 13, additional on 3) 7 Aurelius – grand piano, electric guitar (16), instruments (6, 10–11, additional