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About Fantasia
Hometown
High Point, NC, United States
Born
June 30, 1984
Genre
R&B/Soul
R&B/soul singer Fantasia became a star after winning Season Three of American Idol in 2004.
∙ Growing up in a musical North Carolina family, she sang in church and loved artists ranging from Aretha Franklin and Nina Simone to Elton John and Queen.
∙ Fantasia was the first solo artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 with a debut single—2004’s “I Believe,” from her Platinum-selling album, Free Yourself.
∙ Her best-selling 2005 autobiography, Life Is Not a Fairy Tale, was made into a popular 2006 cable movie, starring Fantasia as herself and Viola Davis as her mother.
∙ In 2007, she recorded the hit R&B duet “Put You Up on Game” with her idol Aretha, for the Queen of Soul’s compilation album Jewels in the Crown.
∙ The first American Idol winner to perform on Broadway, Fantasia played the lead role of Celie in the original production of The Color Purple musical in 2007 and 2008.
∙ In 2011, she won a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for her chart-topping R&B single “Bittersweet.”
Musical InfluencesFantasia's musical influences include Patti LaBelle, Faith Evans, Macy Gray and more.
Influenced by FantasiaFantasia has influenced the music of Ivan Jamile, MoneyatMidnight, Denequia and more.
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