  Fantasia Monique Barrino won American Idol during its 3rd season
in 2004. Fantasia was born June 30, 1984 in
North Carolina. Before being named an
American Idol at age 19, Fantasia faced
bigger challenges as a single mother at age
17. Aside from the Grammy nominations,
Fantasia can credit herself as the first
American Idol to make the New York Times
Best-sellers list and first American Idol to
star on Broadway.
 # 140
Singles Artist of the Year
 American
Idol Season 3: Greatest Soul Classics was released.
Fantasia was named the American
Idol for Season 3. Her first single "I
Believe" was co-written by Tamyra
Gray.
Fantasia released her single
"I
Believe / Chain Of Fools / Summertime."
Fantasia topped the Canadian
singles chart with "I
Believe."
 Fantasia hit the Top 40 with
"I Believe."
Fantasia topped the Billboard
Hot 100 chart for a week, R&B/Hip-Hop
Singles Sales chart, and Hot 100 Singles
Sales chart with "I Believe."
Fantasia could be heard on the
soundtrack for Shark
Tale.
 Fantasia released her debut LP Free
Yourself.
Fantasia
appeared on the NBC TV show American
Dreams.
Fantasia topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Hot 100
Single Sales and Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Single Sales ("I Believe")
 # 107
Singles Artist of the Year
Free
Yourself was certified platinum.
Fantasia hit
the Top 40 with "Truth Is."
Fantasia
won a NAACP Image Award for
Outstanding Female Artist.
Fantasia could be heard on Missy Elliott's LP The
Cookbook with "4 My
Man."
Fantasia topped the Billboard
Adult R&B chart with "Free
Yourself."
 Fantasia could
be heard on the compilation LP So
Amazing... An All-Star Tribute To Luther
Vandross with "Til My Baby Comes
Home."
Fantasia was nominated for 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist
and Favorite Soul/R&B
Album
(Free
Yourself).
Fantasia topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top New
R&B/Hip-Hop Artist and Top Hot Adult
R&B Artist.
 Fantasia was
nominated for 3 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female ("Free Yourself"), Best Traditional R&B Vocal
Performance ("Summertime"), and Best R&B Album (Free
Yourself).
Fantasia's autobiography Life
Is Not A Fairy Tale was released.
Fantasia starred
in her own bio-pic in Lifetime's The
Fantasia Barrino Story: Life Is Not A Fairy
Tale. It was the channel's second most
viewed program in its history.
 Fantasia released Fantasia.
Fantasia made her Broadway debut
in the musical The Color Purple
taking over the lead role of Celie.
Fantasia was certified gold.
Fantasia topped the Billboard
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart with "When
I See U."
Fantasia could be heard on the Aretha Franklin LP Jewels
In The Crown: Duets With The Queen Of Soul on the track "Put
You Up On Game."
Fantasia was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist.
The single "When I See
You" was certified gold.
Fantasia was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female ("When I See You")
and Best Contemporary
R&B Album (Fantasia).
Fantasia could be heard on the Jennifer Hudson LP Jennifer
Hudson on the track "I'm
His Only Woman"
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Free Yourself
Released: November, 2004
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 8
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "Ain't Gon'
Beg You" - "Free Yourself"
- "Truth Is" -
"Selfish" -
"Summertime" - "Baby
Mama" - "Got Me Waiting" -
"It's All Good" - "You
Were Always On My Mind" - "Good
Lovin'" - "Don't Act
Right" - "This Is Me" -
"I Believe" |
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Fantasia
Released: December, 2006
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 19
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "Hood
Boy" (with Big Boi) - "When I
See U" - "I Nominate U" -
"Baby Makin' Hips" - "Not
The Way That I Do" - "Only One
U" - "I Feel Beautiful" -
"I'm Not That Type" -
"Uneligible" - "Two Weeks
Notice" - "Surround U" -
"Bore Me (Yawn)" -
"Sunshine" - "Bump What Ya
Friends Say" |
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