Fantasia Barrino Net Worth, Birthday, Height, Bio, Age, Husband, Family

Fantasia Barrino Net Worth

Fantasia Barrino, an American R&B singer has an estimated net worth of $1 million.

Fantasia Barrino Biography

Fantasia Monique Barrino-Taylor, known professionally as Fantasia, is a renowned American R&B singer and actress.

She gained widespread recognition in 2004 after delivering an outstanding performance of the Porgy and Bess classic Summertime during the third season of the American Idol reality TV show, which led to her eventual victory as that season's winner.

Her debut single, I Believe, debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, making her only the second female artist after Lauryn Hill to achieve this feat.

Fantasia's debut album, Free Yourself (2004), achieved Platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and earned her three nominations at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards.

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In 2006, she released her second album, Fantasia, featuring the chart-topping single When I See U, which spent eight weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Her third studio album, Back to Me (2010), included the hit single Bittersweet, which won her a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.

Her fourth album, Side Effects of You (2013), debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and featured the song Lose to Win.

Aside from her musical career, Fantasia authored an autobiography titled Life Is Not a Fairy Tale (2006), which appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list.

The book was later adapted into a Lifetime television film directed by Debbie Allen and starring Fantasia and Viola Davis. She also played the role of Celie in the Broadway musical The Color Purple (2007-2008), earning a Theatre World Award in 2007.

In November 2013, she returned to Broadway in the musical After Midnight. She is scheduled to reprise her role as Celie in the film adaptation of The Color Purple in 2023.

Fantasia has been referred to as The Queen of Rock Soul and was ranked number 32 on VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music in 2012. She has also been inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame.

Fantasia Barrino Age

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Fantasia Monique Barrino who was born on June 30, 1984, in High Point, North Carolina, United States is 39 years old.

Fantasia Barrino Parents

Fantasia Barrino's parents are Diane and Joseph Barrino and raised in High Point, North Carolina.

She began singing at the age of five. R&B duo K-Ci & JoJo are her first cousins.

Her uncles, The Barrino Brothers, were a 1970s R&B band.

Fantasia Monique Barrino Husband and Children

In the past, Fantasia Barrino was romantically involved with Michael Clayton, a former NFL player who played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. However, in August 2010, Barrino was accused of being involved in a year-long extramarital relationship with Antwaun Cook, who was married at the time. This led to legal issues surrounding alienation of affection laws in North Carolina. Barrino argued that she and Cook only started dating after he had separated from his wife. Eventually, in December 2010, a North Carolina judge ruled in favor of Barrino, stating that the Cooks had separated on September 14, 2009, rather than June 2010 as claimed by Paula, Cook's wife.

In August 2010, Barrino was hospitalized in Pineville, North Carolina, after overdosing on aspirin and an unknown sleep aid. However, in December 2011, she gave birth to a son.

Later, on July 18, 2015, Barrino married Kendall Taylor, a businessman. However, in 2019, she received backlash after stating on The Breakfast Club radio show that women should not lead their household and that many women are single because they try to be the leader of a relationship, a role that should be taken by men. She referred to this as a generational curse and advised women to submit to their male partners.

In November 2020, Barrino announced that she was expecting her first child with Kendall Taylor, and in May 2021, she gave birth to a daughter.

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Finally, on November 29, 2022, it was announced that Barrino had been made an honorary member of the Sigma Gamma Rho sorority.

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