Best-selling debut album in the US in one week by a female

Best-selling debut album in the US in one week by a female
Who
Ashanti
Where
United States ()
When
Ashanti's (USA) eponymous debut album sold 503,000 copies in its first week on release in the US in April 2002. In the same week she became the first female performer to simultaneously hold the top two places on the Hot 100 singles chart with 'Foolish' and 'What's Luv' (with Fat Joe).