The Grammy award-winning, multi-platinum-selling singer, songwriter and actress Ashanti announced today her return to the UK. The tour, which stops off in Birmingham, will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the singer’s self-titled debut album and chart-topping global smash hit single, Foolish.

Ashanti’s highly anticipated new tour will see the superstar bring her showstopping live spectacle along with her back-catalogue of globally adored hit songs like Rock Wit U, Only U and Foolish to her huge UK fanbase.

Since bursting onto the scene 20 years ago, Ashanti has sold a staggering 15 million records across six studio albums. With her eponymous debut album, she is famous for breaking the world record for achieving the highest first-week sales for a debut female artist.

Since then, Ashanti has received a number of illustrious rewards including eight Billboard Awards, a Grammy, two American Music Awards, two Soul Train Awards and six ASCAP Awards.

She has reigned as one of Billboard’s “Top Females of the Decade from 2000-2010” and continues to break Billboard records. She is one of few recording artists to appear in the Top 100 across three decades from the 2000s to the 2020s. Alongside The Beatles and Cardi B, she is one of only three artists to have had four songs in the Billboard Top 10 in a single week.

Support comes from R&B favourites Trey Songs and Mario.

Ashanti plays Utilita Arena Birmingham on 1 June. Tickets are to go on general sale on Friday 4 March at 10am here.