Fantasia Monique Barrino-Taylor (born June 30, 1984),[2] known professionally by her mononym Fantasia, is an American singer and actress. She rose to prominence in 2004 for her performance of the Porgy and Bess standard "Summertime" during the third season of American Idol, and eventually became that season's winner.[3] Following her victory, Barrino became the second woman to have her first single debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, following Lauryn Hill, when her debut single "I Believe", launched atop the chart.[4][5] Her accolades include two Billboard Music Awards, and a Grammy Award, along with nominations for a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and three American Music AwardsBarrino released her New York Times Best-Selling autobiography Life Is Not a Fairy Tale (2005), which was adapted into the 2006 television film, which she starred in.[7][8] She replaced LaChanze in the Broadway musical The Color Purple from 2007 to 2008 taking on the role of Celie Johnson which earned her a Theatre World Award for Best Debut Performance. She reprised her role in the 2023 film adaptation, for which she has earned nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical and the Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture; along with receiving nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Critics' Choice Movie Award as part of the ensemble cast.Barrino has said from childhood she has been influenced by soul singers Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle, and Chaka Khan,[116] as grew up listening to jazz singers Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway and Nina Simone.[117] Barrino has drawn many comparisons to her idols. LaBelle affectionately calls Barrino "baby Patti". "[Fantasia's] just a baby me...when you see yourself in someone else, you say, 'God I'm 70, she's 30,' so she's like the Patti Labelle from back in the day and everything and she's so raw", LaBelle stated in an interview.[118] She always credit her church upbringing and cites The Clark Sisters as one of her influences. Barrino is also an admirer of rock music and was influenced by Queen, Tina Turner and Elton John.[119] Her fourth album, Side Effects of You introduced a new and much edgier rock-inspired sound which she coined as 'rock soul'. During an interview with Billboard.com, Barrino has stated that she would like to go in more of a rock direction for her fifth studio album. "This whole rock soul direction has been on my heart. I'll always be soulful: I started singing in the church at the age of five. So that will never go anywhere. But there's a certain side of me that wants to tap into that whole rock world. It's hard to come from R&B to that. But it's something I believe in and will fight for", Barrino said in the interview.[120]