- Fantasia Barrino, known professionally by Fantasia, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, actress and author
- She rose to fame as the winner of the 3rd season of the reality television series American Idol in 2004
- Find more facts about Fantasia below
| Real name: | Fantasia Monique Barrino |
Fantasia Barrino Height
| | How tall is Fantasia Barrino? | 170 cm / 5 ft 7 in | | Weight | 65 kg / 143 lbs Comment
| | Born: | 30 June 1984 Comment | | How old is Fantasia Barrino in 2024? / Age: | 39 years
| | Where was Fantasia Barrino born? | High Point, North Carolina, U.S.A. | | Nicknames: | Fantasia, Baby Patti LaBelle | | Zodiac sign: | Cancer |
Fantasia Barrino Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| | How much is Fantasia Barrino worth? | $7,000,000
| | Nationality: | American | | Hair color: | Black | | Eyes color: | Black |
Who is Fantasia Barrino? / Facts
- Early life - Fantasia was born to Diane and Joseph Barrino and raised in High Point, North Carolina.
She began singing at the age of 5.
R&B duo K-Ci & JoJo are her first cousins.
Her uncles, The Barrino Brothers, were a 1970s R&B band.
Despite the travels, she attended Andrews High School in High Point, North Carolina.
Feeling embarrassed and harassed after a sexual assault, she dropped out of high school.
- Rise to fame - as the winner of the 3rd season of the reality TV series American Idol in 2004.
- Debut - Following her victory, she released her debut single, "I Believe", which debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first artist in history to achieve this with a first single.
"I Believe" remained at #1 for eleven consecutive weeks, giving it the longest consecutive stay on top of that chart for an American Idol contestant.
Subsequently, she released her debut album, Free Yourself, which went on to be certified Platinum by the RIAA and garnered Taylor 3 Grammy nominations in 2006.
- Other albums - In 2006, she released her 2nd album, Fantasia, which featured the single "When I See U", topping the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for 8 weeks.
The album was certified Gold by the RIAA and received 3 Grammy nominations in 2008.
Her 3rd studio album, Back to Me, was released worldwide on August 24, 2010 and features the single "Bittersweet", which peaked in the top 10 on the R&B chart.
Fantasia was the first artist of any kind to simultaneously hold the top two spots of the top three on the Billboard Hot Adult R&B Airplay.
Her song, "Truth Is" spent 14 weeks at the number-one position.
- Commercial success - As of February 2012, Taylor has sold 2,842,000 albums and 1,425,000 tracks in the United States.
- Awards - The single "Bittersweet" won her a Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
Other awards include 3 Billboard Awards, 3 NAACP Image Awards and 2 ASCAP Awards.
- Theatre - She played the part of Celie in the Broadway musical The Color Purple, for which she won a 2007 Theatre World Award.
In November 2013, Taylor returned to Broadway in the musical After Midnight.
- Performing again on American Idol - On April 18, 2013, Taylor returned to American Idol singing "Lose to Win".
She has received rave reviews in the media for the performance.
- Honors - In 2012, VH1 ranked her #32 out of the 100 Greatest Women in Music.
On October 16, 2014, she was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame.
- Authorship - In September 2005, Fantasia published a memoir, dictated to a freelance writer, titled Life Is Not a Fairy Tale.
In it, she revealed she was functionally illiterate.
In 2006, following the release of her autobiography, Fantasia's father sued her for $10 million, after she said unflattering things about him in the book that he claimed were false.
- Trivia - Taylor has been nicknamed "Baby Patti LaBelle" by her idol Patti LaBelle.
- Controversy - An August 2010 divorce filing in Mecklenburg County District Court alleges that Fantasia had a year-long relationship with Antwaun Cook, who was married, bringing up the subject of alienation of affection laws in North Carolina.
Barrino claimed the two began dating after Cook and his wife separated.
In December 2010, a North Carolina judge ruled in Fantasia's favor, stating the Cooks' separation date was September 14, 2009, and not June 2010 as his wife previously claimed.
On August 9, 2010, Barrino was hospitalized in Pineville, North Carolina, due to overdosing on aspirin and an unknown sleep aid.
- Personal life - She became pregnant at 16, and on August 8, 2001 she gave birth to her daughter, Zion Quari Barrino, with her ex-boyfriend, Brandel Shouse, with whom she has been in a relationship from 1998 to 2003.
She dated former NFL player Michael Clayton.
From 2008 to 2009, Barrino dated rapper Young Dro.
On December 13, 2011, she gave birth to a son, Dallas Xavier Barrino. The child's father is her ex-lover, Antwaun Cook.
On July 18, 2015, she married Kendall Taylor, a businessman.
- Social media stats as of May 2020:
- 791K subscribers on YouTube
- 4.1M followers on Instagram
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Education
- Andrews High School, High Point, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Quotes
I'm very soulful. I grew up singing in church. When I sing a song, I like to feel what I'm singing.
I want people to just to see, all you got to do is have a little faith.
God didn't give up on me. I am somebody in God's eyes... Let me be a prime example of how I've been through the storm and the rain, and I made it over.
I want to still be singing at 70 years old. I want to be open to the dreams I haven't even dreamed up.
I wanted people to see me, to change their minds about me.
'Cause when I had my child, people tried to make me feel like life was over for me, and I started to believe that.
I caught a lot of flak for being a young mama.
You can't tell me that dreams don't come true. My life is proof that they do.
Have a little faith. Don't give up.
I feel like a good mom. I'm a strong woman now... Don't look down on me. Pray for me because I'm trying.
I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.
I want real love.
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Last update: 26 May 2020
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Net worth: $7,000,000
