Ashley Davis, was born in Columbus, GA, and led a pretty basic, southern, teenage life, mixed with studying, extra activities, friends and boyfriends. After graduation form high school , she enrolled in Morris Brown College in Atlanta GA, about an hour and a half away form her hometown. Ashley's innate singing ability was first discovered by her Grandmother Katie Wilson, when she asked her to join the church choir. Ashley kept herself in the choral activities throughout the church choir, with solo roles in selection of hymns. Before she left home for college, Ashley solidified her commitment to music and her schoolwork. Though she was majoring in Criminal Justice, she had thoughts about her vocal performance and what she could do with her talent that she had dreamed about her entire life. While in Atlanta an opportunity came up to be on the new show American Idol, excited to audition for the show, she quickly filled out the paperwork and worked on a song she was going to perform. When the date came to go to the audition, Ashley was overwhelm by the line that people were waiting in. Ashley's dream was crushed when she had found out that people had been waiting in line for about a week, sleeping outside in the Atlanta's cold weather. Holding off the career of a lifetime she moved back to her hometown of Columbus GA, where she now attends Columbus State University. With the commitment to her vocal career she was certain she would have a career as a singer. The summer of 2004, Ashley went to visit her Daddy with Davis Entertainment Records for a week vacation not intending to accomplish so much there. Helping her with her demo CD she accomplished four songs for her dad to market her music to record labels. Waiting on some type of result from her dad. He calls her one day to tell her that he has a woman that works with a record label waiting to hear her music. Now she knows she is on her way to stardom.
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