But the scrappy singer revived herself yet again in 2010 with a new album, another Color Purple run and a reality show. Not long after, however, Fantasia faced a new set of problems, including fans' ire and lost ticket sales after missed Color Purple performances (which turned out to be due to a cyst on her vocal cords), spiraling debt and her record label dropping her. Her self-titled sophomore album dropped later that year, followed by a 2007 star turn as Celie in the Broadway musical The Color Purple. She chronicled her struggles to reach the top as a young single mother in the 2006 book Life Is Not a Fairy Tale, which was later turned into a Lifetime television movie (starring Fantasia as herself). ![]() Despite her successes, life has not always been easy for Fantasia. Her debut album, Free Yourself, dropped in 2004 and earned several Grammy nods. ![]() Sixty-five million people voted for her, leading to her record deal with Clive Davis' J Records. This indicates both Barrino's relative navet and the nature of Free Yourself itself. ![]() This young singer from North Carolina went from unknown teenager to worldwide superstar after winning the third season of American Idol. So says Fantasia Barrino- now simply billed as 'Fantasia' since divas are, by law, not allowed to have more than one name - in the liner notes for her 2004 debut album, Free Yourself.
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