Fantasia’s 2006 eponymous second album featured the #1 R&B single, “When I See U,” and reached gold status. Later that year, Fantasia released her platinum-selling debut album Free Yourself and became the first artist in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 chart to debut at #1 with her first single, “I Believe." Fantasia’s second single, “Truth Is,” spent 14 weeks at #1, making her the first singer to simultaneously have two of the top three songs on the Billboard chart. In 2004, the High Point, North Carolina native became the season three winner of Fox’s American Idol. Her album, however, was released a year ago and has sold fewer than 200,000 copies.Fantasia brings her Christmas After Midnight tour to Peabody Opera House on Friday, December 1 with special guest Demetria McKinney. Runner-up Diana DeGarmo, who was just 16 during the show, saw her first single debut at number two and eventually hit number one. Fantasia reportedly will be returning to the recording studio in 2006.Ĭompared to Fanatasia and finalists from previous seasons, season three's other finalists haven’t had breakout careers, although most have been actively recording and performing. Before being asked by Kanye West to tour with him this fall, Fanatasia wrote a memoir, revealing, among other things, that she’s functionally illiterate and had to memorize songs while on the show. Before that, her first single, “I Believe,” hit number one, and also was the number one-selling Billboard single of the year in addition to being Billboard’s number one-selling R&B/hip-hop single. Since the show, Fantasia Barrino has dropped her last name, going just by "Fantasia." She released her first album last fall it went platinum and was just nominated for four Grammys, an “Idol” record. And eventually, the third season would find its voice in a single mother from North Carolina who has received accolades from musical luminaries such as Patti LaBelle, Donna Summer, and Elton John. He’s now doing commercials and talking about a second film, even though his third album didn’t do well at all.Īs horrifying as it may have been for the “Idol” producers to have a talentless performer become an icon for the series, William Hung was great for ratings. Earlier this year, he was in a film, “Where is Mama’s Boy?”, and a documentary focused on his quick rise to international fame. He was quickly signed to a record label and released an album of cover songs, and has since released two more, including a Christmas album.
Others may have been angry at the criticism they received, but although Simon told him, “You can’t sing, you can’t dance,” William Hung showed a positive/delusional attitude (“I already gave my best and I have no regrets at all,” he said) that turned his performance into a career of sorts.
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