R&B/Soul
United States
Fantasia
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About Fantasia
R&B/soul singer Fantasia became a star after winning Season Three of American Idol in 2004.
ā 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.
ā Fantasia was the first solo artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 with a debut singleā2004ās āI Believe,ā from her Platinum-selling album, Free Yourself.
ā 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.
ā In 2007, she recorded the hit R&B duet āPut You Up on Gameā with her idol Aretha, for the Queen of Soulās compilation album Jewels in the Crown.
ā 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.
ā In 2011, she won a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for her chart-topping R&B single āBittersweet.ā
Musical InfluencesFantasia's musical influences include Aretha Franklin, Faith Evans, Patti LaBelle and more.
Influenced by FantasiaFantasia has influenced the music of AGNEZ MO, Isaiah Taylor, Ivan Jamile and more.
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