Fantasia Tour

Fantasia was born June 30, 1984,is an American R&B/soul singer, Broadway and television actress who rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the television series American Idol in 2004. Fantasia has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards.

Fantasia received three Grammy nominations for her sophomore release, Fantasia and is currently in the studio working on her third album to be released in 2010. She stated on the red carpet of the 2008 Grammy Awards that the style of her new album will be a blending of the avenues she has touched musically, which include American Idol and Broadway. She also revealed that she will be writing songs and will collaborate again with Missy Elliott, The Underdogs, and Midi Mafia, who produced one of her biggest hits, "When I See U".

It was confirmed that Midi Mafia will be producing the majority of Fantasia's next album. Also, hip hop duo Rock City had been confirmed to be writing on the new project. At the time, they had recorded four songs together. She has also worked with Songwriter/Producer Rich King (Brandy "1st and love", Randy Jackson Music club vol.1, John Legend "Quickly") in which she has presently recorded two songs with for
her upcoming release. KP, Eric Hudson and Raphael Saadiq are a few names also mentioned to be involved.

Fantasia confirmed that about 75% of her album is complete, and that fans should expect a single in the fall. The album will be released early 2010. In recording the new album, Fantasia decided to do a great deal of it the "old fashioned way," inviting a live orchestra to record in the studio with her. In 2004, Fantasia released her debut single, I Believe, which debuted at the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100. Subsequently, Fantasia released her debut album, Free Yourself, which went on to be certified Platinum by the RIAA and garnered Barrino four Grammy nominations in 2006. Her second album was certified Gold by the RIAA and received three Grammy nominations in 2008. Fantasia Tour will be live on Mon, May 03, 2010 at IndigO2,Greenwich,United Kingdom.





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Fantasia American Idol

Fantasia made an immediate impression on American Idol with her stylized gospel-influenced sound, and her explosive stage presence Her audition version of Tina Turner's "Proud Mary" made her an early favorite in the competition. Her standout performance during the course of the show was a heartfelt staging of the Porgy and Bess standard "Summertime" that left her in tears from "feeling the song" and earned praise from the judges—Randy Jackson has called it the best performance in the show's history—and was named to the Emmy Awards's 2004 list of greatest television moments.

For the final performance of the season, Fantasia offered a second performance of "Summertime" that again drew enormous praise from the judges; Simon Cowell remarked that she was the best contestant to ever compete in any competition, including the more than seventy Idol champions crowned nationally and internationally since the show began its first global incarnations. On the finale, over sixty-five million votes were cast in order to determine the winner on May 26, 2004, up from twenty-four million in 2003. It was the highest finale vote in the show's history until the May 23, 2007 American Idol.
(season 6) finale. In the end Fantasia defeated runner-up Diana DeGarmo by 1.3 million votes. At age nineteen, Fantasia was the youngest American Idol winner until May 23, 2007, when the 17 year-old Jordin Sparks won the title.

Fantasia participated in the U.S. tour with the other American Idol finalists and appeared in the 2004 Christmas special, Kelly, Ruben and Fantasia: Home For the Holidays.Barrino's brother auditioned for the eighth season of American idol but failed to make it to Hollywood. Barrino is one of only three winners, the others being Ruben Studdard, and most recently, Kris Allen, to have landed in the bottom 3 or 2, which she did twice, making her the only winner of the series who landed in the bottom group on more than one occassion.


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Fantasia Persomal Life

Fantasia Barrino was born and raised in High Point, North Carolina, to Joseph and Diane Barrino. Fantasia, who is of African-American and Cuban descent, is the first cousin of K-Ci & JoJo of the group Jodeci. She is also the cousin to R&B singer Dave Hollister and neo soul singer Calvin Richardson.

The Barrino family traveled and performed in the Carolinas and elsewhere in the American South and recorded the CD Miracles for a local label. Fantasia's singing style was shaped by the example of gospel singers like Shirley Caesar and The Clark Sisters. Rhythm & Blues singers such as Aretha Franklin and Chaka Khan also left a strong impact on young Fantasia. She attended Andrews High School in High Point, North Carolina. After she was raped by a classmate, she was left feeling harassed and embarrassed and dropped out of high school. She later became pregnant at age sixteen and on August 8, 2001, she gave birth to her daughter, Zion Quari Barrino. She broke up with Zion's father (Rodney) because he was physically abusive towards her. Fantasia then briefly moved to neighboring Greensboro, North Carolina before trying out for the American Idol Auditions in Atlanta.

On December 9, 2008, The Charlotte Observer reported that Barrino's home in Charlotte's Glynmoor Lakes at Piper Glen community was in foreclosure and will soon be up for auction. Her 4,500-square-foot home, also in Piper Glen, is unaffected.On January 8, 2010 an agreement was reached to not auction Barrino's home.




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Fantasia Monique Barrino was born June 30, 1984, commonly known as Fantasia, is an American R&B/soul singer, Broadway and television actress who rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the television series American Idol in 2004. She has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards. After playing the part of Celie in the roadway musical The Color Purple, she is cast to be in the film adaptation of the musical.

In 2004, she released her debut single, I Believe, which debuted at the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100, making Barrino the first recording artist in history to debut at the number one spot with a debut single. Subsequently, she released her debut album, Free Yourself, which went on to be certified Platinum by the RIAA and garnered Barrino four Grammy nominations in 2006. In 2006, she released her second album, Fantasia, which featured the number-one R&B hit When I See U. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA and received three Grammy nominations in 2008. She then played the part of Celie in the Broadway musical The Color Purple. Her third studio album is set to be released in early 2010.


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