Fantasia Barrino realized his dream in front of millions of Americans when he won the American Idol season. Only a few days after his winning victory, he released his first single “I Believe” sold more than 500 thousand copies. He began working on his debut album shortly after working with Missy Elliott, Ciara, and Jermaine Durpi. Fantasia has moved from her small town in the High Point North Carolina and became a mansion of 6,600 square feet in the suburbs. But things suddenly changed to the worse when he was involved with a married man. The bad press leads to a big reaction from fans and criticism that leads to bad album sales and loss of reputation. He was also served with several lawsuits from his father and brother. His finances caused him to lose a big house and submit bankruptcy. It will be many years before he regains himself to make him return to the stage doing his new single at American Idol. Through all that Fantasia is able to maintain his faith and today his net worth is $ 3 million.

Fantasia was born in High Point North Carolina. He almost had no relationship with his father while his mother raised him and his own siblings. Fantasia was revealed in his memoir “Life is not a Fairy Tale” that he is illiterate. He had a bad education and dropped out of school at the age of 16 after he was raped by classmates. In the same year she was pregnant with her daughter, Zion Quar Barrino with her ex -girlfriend Brandel Shouse. In the same year he attended an audition that would change his life for American Idol at Greensboro North Carolina. He competed against Jennifer Hudson. Both of them formed bonds and friendship outside the series and finally worked together on Hudson’s debut album.

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After winning American Idol Fantasia released his debut album, Free Yourself which became platinum and sold more than 2 million copies worldwide. This album was nominated for more than twenty awards including Grammy. The second release titled Fantasia also went Platinum and Single Free itself was number 1 in Bagan R&B Billboard for eight consecutive weeks. Two years later he made a stage debut on the Broadway Musical Color Purple. He was personally thrown by Oprah Winfrey to play Celie. In 2010 he had his own reality series in VH1 titled Fantasia Fi Real. This event lasted for two seasons and accepted great followers to be one of the highest ranking of VH1 in 2010.

In the same year his career met serious obstacles. He was accused of sleeping with a married man he met at Verizon Wireless. According to the submission of divorce from the Mecklenburg County District Court accused that Barrino had a relationship for a year with Antwaun Cook, who was married. Barrino took a media tour that defended the accusation that said that the two began to date after he was separated. Negative feedback sent Fantasia into depression that leads to suicide attempts. On August 9, 2010, Barrino was hospitalized in Pineville, North Carolina, due to aspirin overdose and unknown sleep assistance.

Through its obstacles, Fantasia claims it is music that saves his life and daughter. On December 13, 2011 he gave birth to a son, Dallas Xavier Barrino. In 2013 he released the side effects of your 4th album that featured the single “Without Me” which featured Kelly Rowland and Missy Elliott. This album debuted at number 2 which sold a 94K copy in the first week.