Has a daughter named Zion.
3rd Season American Idol Winner of 2004.
Her first single from her first album is "Truth Is" released February 2005
Her cousins are R&B singers K-Ci (Cedric Hailey) and JoJo (Joel Hailey) who formed the singing group Jodeci along with the DeGrate brothers in 1990.
Fantasia's #1 hit song "I Believe" was co-written by another American Idol contestant, Tamyra Gray from Season 1, who also contributed background vocals to "I Believe"
On May 28, 2005 she made Billboard chart history when she became the first female artist to place three songs in the top five of the Adult R&B Chart and then the very next week she became the first artist to have two of the top three songs on that chart with "Truth Is" at #2 and "Free Yourself" at #3.
Just two months after its release, her debut album (Free Yourself) sold over one million copies and went platinum.
Her signature version of "Summertime" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number one, the first female artist to do so with her first record.
Was physically, verbally, and emotionally abused by ex-boyfriend Brandel Shouse, who is also the father of her daughter Zion Quari Barrino.
Released autobiography and best selling book, "Life Is Not A Fairy Tale" in 2005.
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