Fantasia Barrino

Fantasia Barrino is an American Singer, Actress, Author, and a Song Writer. Barrino was born on 30th June 1984. She was raised in High Point, North Carolina. Barrino’s uncles, The Barrino Brothers, were a 1970s R&B band. Singing comes to her in blood, and maybe that is why she started singing at the age of five. She went to Andrews High School in High Point, North Carolina, but soon changed the school due to some unavoidable reasons.

In the year 2005, she published a memoir, dictated to a freelance writer, which was titled Life Is Not a Fairy Tale Fairy Tale is a Pakistani Television show that pre >> Read More... . On July 18, 2015, Barrino tied a knot to Kendall Taylor who is a businessman. At age 19, Fantasia Barrino was the youngest American Idol winner until May 23, 2007, a tag that was taken away from her by 17-year-old Jordin Sparks.

She started gaining attention and acknowledgment during American Idol, a singing show. It was finally in the year 2004 that Fantasia Barrino released her debut single, "I Believe," which later also debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. She also won three Billboard Music Awards for the same single. In November 2004, she debuted with her Studio Album titled, ‘ Free Yourself.’ The album debuted at the number eight of the Billboard 200, selling 240,000 copies in its first week only.

One of her major achievements counts as getting nominated for three Grammy Awards for her debut album. And she did not stop after that. Barrino received two Grammy nominations for her ‘sophomore’ release. After so many years of hard work and passion, it was finally On February 13, 2011, that Barrino won her first Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "Bittersweet." Barrino says that she has been influenced by soul singers Aretha Franklin Aretha Franklin is a singer and songwriter. She wa >> Read More... , Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, and Tina Turner, as well as some of the jazz singers Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, and Nina Simone. Her voice is stated to be soulful, gritty, and raspy.