R&B/Soul
United States
Fantasia
Acerca de Fantasia
Ciudad natal
High Point, NC, United States
Nacido en
June 30, 1984
Género
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.”
Influencias musicalesEntre las influencias musicales de Fantasia se encuentran artistas como Patti LaBelle, Faith Evans, Macy Gray.
Influido por FantasiaFantasia ha influido en la música de artistas como Ivan Jamile, MoneyatMidnight, Denequia.
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