R&B/Soul
United States
Fantasia
Over Fantasia
Woonplaats
High Point, NC, United States
Geboren
June 30, 1984
Genre
R&B/Soul
R&B/soul singer Fantasia became a star after winning Season Three of American Idol in 2004.
â 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.
â Fantasia was the first solo artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 with a debut singleâ2004âs âI Believe,â from her Platinum-selling album, Free Yourself.
â 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.
â In 2007, she recorded the hit R&B duet âPut You Up on Gameâ with her idol Aretha, for the Queen of Soulâs compilation album Jewels in the Crown.
â 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.
â In 2011, she won a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for her chart-topping R&B single âBittersweet.â
Muzikale invloedenDe muzikale invloeden van Fantasia zijn onder andere Patti LaBelle, Faith Evans, Macy Gray en meer.
BeĂŻnvloed door FantasiaFantasia heeft de muziek van Ivan Jamile, MoneyatMidnight, Denequia en meer beĂŻnvloed.
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