Fantasia Monique barrino Taylor known professionally by her mononym Fantasia is an
American R B singer and actress she Rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the reality
television series American Idol in 2004 following her Victory she released her debut single I
believe which debuted number one on the Billboard Hot 100 making her the first artist in history
to achieve this with a debut single subsequently she released her debut album free yourself which
went on to be certified platinum by the riaa and earned her three Grammy nominations in 2006. since
winning American Idol in 2004 Fantasia has sold over 3 million records and won numerous Awards in
accolades including a Grammy award three Billboard Awards three NAACP image Awards and two ASCAP
Awards in 2005 she was named the number one artist of the adult Urban contemporary format according
to the December 13 2005 issue of billboard magazine in 2012 VH1 ranked her number 32 out
of the hundred greatest women in music Fantasia was the first artist of any kind to simultaneously
Hold the top two spots of the top three spots on the Billboard Hot adult r b AirPlay her song truth
is spent 14 weeks at the number one position for American Idol performance of the Porgy and best
standard summertime was named amongst the aol's 2004 list of greatest television moments Fantasia
has an estimated net worth of 2 million US dollars about Fantasia's early life Fantasia Monique
barrino Taylor was born on June 30th 1984 in High Point North Carolina she's the daughter of Diane
and Joseph Barrino she began singing at the age of five r b Duo OKC and JoJo are her first cousins
her uncles the barrino brothers were in a 1970s r b band despite the travels she attended Anders
High School in High Point North Carolina feeling embarrassed and harassed after she was raped by
a classmate she dropped out of high school she became pregnant at 16 and on August 8 2001 she
gave birth to a daughter with her ex-boyfriend Brandel shouse. Fantasia is five feet six inches
tall or 1.7 meters tall. About Fantasia's personal life. She dated the former NFL player Michael
Clayton, who was at the time playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in August 2010 a divorce filing
in Mecklenburg County District Court alleges that Fantasia had a year-long relationship with Antwaun
cook who was married and this brought up the subject of alienation of affection laws in North
Carolina Fantasia claimed the two began dating after cook and his wife separated in December 2010
a North Carolina judge ruled in her favor stating that the cook's separation date was September 14
2009 and not June 2010 as Cook's estranged wife had claimed in December 2011 she gave birth to
a son Dallas Xavier barrino on August 9 2010 she was hospitalized in Pineville North Carolina due
to an overdose on aspirin and an unknown sleep aid she later admitted that it was a suicide
attempt telling people magazine I knew exactly where what I was doing you can't accidentally
take a whole bottle of pills on July 18 2015 she married Kendall Taylor a businessman in November
2020 Fantasia revealed that she was expecting her first child with husband Kendall Taylor in May
2021 she gave birth to a daughter keziah London Taylor in September 2005 Fantasia published a
memoir dictated to a freelance writer titled life is not a fairy tale in it she revealed that she
was functionally illiterate in 2006 following the release of her autobiography Fantasia's father
sued her for 10 million dollars after she said unflattering things about him in the book that
he claimed were false on November 29 2022 Sigma gamma Rho sorority announced that Barrino was
inducted as an honorary member of their sorority about Fantasia's career in 2004 Fantasia Rose
to fame as the winner of the third season of the reality television series American Idol following
her Victory she released her debut single I believe which debuted number one on the Billboard
Hot 100 then subsequently she released her debut album free yourself which went on to be certified
platinum by the riaa and earned barrino three Grammy nominations in 2006. in 2006 she released
her second album Fantasia which featured the single when I see you which topped the Billboard
Hot r b hip-hop songs chart for eight weeks this album was certified gold by the riaa and received
three Grammy nominations in 2008. she then played the part of Sealy in the Broadway musical
The Color Purple for which she won a 2007 theater World award her third studio album back to me was
released worldwide on August 24 2010 and features a single Bittersweet with which peaked in the top
10 on the RMB chart the single won her Grammy for best female r b vocal performance in April 2013
Fantasia barrino returned to American Idol singing Lose to Win her performance won her fervent praise
from the show's judges in Ovation from the live audience and positive reviews from the media in
November 2013 she returned to Broadway in the musical after midnight in October 2014 she was
inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame about Fantasia's real estate in 2004 Fantasia
paid 740 thousand dollars for a 4 541 square foot home in Charlotte North Carolina and she sold it
in 2018 for 465 thousand dollars she also owned a 6 600 square foot Charlotte Mansion which she
purchased for 1.3 million dollars in 2007 and it nearly went into foreclosure in 2009 she put
the home on market for eight hundred thousand dollars in two thousand twelve but it failed
to sell so she signed the six bedroom estate over to the bank in February of 2013. about Fantasia's
car collection Fantasia owns or has owned a Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon Chevrolet Suburban and
a Bentley Flying Spur well that's a wrap for this video about Fantasia thanks for watching go ahead
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