The album was recorded in 20, while Fantasia was a contestant on American Idol. On June 29, 2004, her debut single "I Believe" was released and included as the closing track on Free Yourself. Its first single, "Truth Is," was released in December 2004. The album was released on November 23, 2004. ( June 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īfter winning American Idol, Fantasia signed to J Records with 19 Entertainment and began work on her debut album. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Barrino has been nicknamed "Baby Patti LaBelle" by her idol Patti LaBelle.This section does not cite any sources. On October 16, 2014, she was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. In November 2013, Barrino returned to Broadway in the musical After Midnight. On April 18, 2013, Barrino returned to American Idol singing "Lose to Win." The performance dubbed "dynamic, passionate and powerful" won her fervent expressions of approval from the show's current judges, an ovation from the live audience and positive reviews from the media. In 2012, VH1 ranked her number 32 out of the 100 Greatest Women in Music. As of February 2012, Barrino has sold 2,842,000 albums and 1,425,000 tracks in the United States. The single won her a Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. Her third studio album, Back to Me, was released worldwide on Augand features the single "Bittersweet," which peaked in the top ten on the R&B chart. She then played the part of Celie in the Broadway musical The Color Purple, for which she won a 2007 Theatre World Award. This album was certified Gold by the RIAA and received three Grammy nominations in 2008. In 2006, she released her second album, Fantasia, which featured the single "When I See U" which topped the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for eight weeks. Subsequently, she released her debut album, Free Yourself, which went on to be certified Platinum by the RIAA and earned Barrino three Grammy nominations in 2006. Following her victory, she released her debut single, "I Believe," which debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. She rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the reality television series American Idol in 2004. Fantasia Monique Barrino (born June 30, 1984), known professionally by her mononym Fantasia, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, actress and author.
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