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Free Yourself is the debut album by American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino, which was released on November 23, 2004. The album was a great success for Fantasia selling over 240,000 units in its debut week and peaking at #8 on the United States album sales chart. Free Yourself has been nominated for 20 awards, four of which were Grammy Awards. Image File history File links Free Yourself, the album by Fantasia. ...
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Fantasia Monique Barrino, or simply Fantasia (born June 30, 1984 in High Point, North Carolina), is an American, Grammy Award-nominated, R&B/Soul singer, who rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the television series American Idol. ...
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Fantasia Monique Barrino, or simply Fantasia (born June 30, 1984 in High Point, North Carolina), is an American, Grammy Award-nominated, R&B/Soul singer, who rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the television series American Idol. ...
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Sales Free Yourself, since its debut has sold over 1.7 million in U.S. Some sources list it as selling over 1.8 million units. According to the album's producer Clive Davis sales are well over 2 million, so it is commonly referred to as a double platinum album. Due to the amount of conflicting reports, the true sales figures of Free Yourself remain unknown, but it is widely thought of to have sold close to or over 2 million copies in the U.S. Free Yourself also managed to sell outside of the U.S., selling 200,000 copies in Canada, making it double platinum in that nation. Clive Jay Davis (born April 4, 1932) is the founder of Arista Records, and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer. ...
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Singles The album had a series of hit singles beginning with I Believe, which debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Since it was Fantasia's first record she became the first artist in history to debut at number one on the chart. Her next most successful singles, "Truth Is" and the title track, "Free Yourself" were not highly successful on the Hot 100, but they were huge R&B hits. Both singles reached number one on the US Adult R&B Airplay chart, with "Truth Is" setting a records stay at number one on the chart for a female artist at 14 weeks. I Believe is an award winning first single released by the music artist and American Idol season 3 winner, Fantasia Barrino. ...
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Tracklist | # | Title | | | 1. | "Ain't Gon' Beg You" | 4:14 | | 2. | "Free Yourself" | 4:18 | | 3. | "Truth Is" | 3:55 | | 4. | "Selfish (I Want You To Myself)" (featuring Missy Elliott) | 3:24 | | 5. | "Summertime" | 2:46 | | 6. | "Baby Mama" | 4:15 | | 7. | "Got Me Waiting" | 3:51 | | 8. | "It's All Good" | 4:05 | | 9. | "You Were Always On My Mind" | 3:43 | | 10. | "Good Lovin'" | 3:53 | | 11. | "Don't Act Right" (featuring Jazze Pha) | 4:03 | | 12. | "This Is Me" | 3:33 | | 13. | "I Believe" | 5:00 | Free Yourself is the fourth single and the title track of Fantasias debut album Free Yourself. ...
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Baby Mama is the third single released from the music artist, Fantasias debut album Free Yourself. ...
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Awards and Nominations
Wins - 2004 Billboard single of the year, "I Believe"
- 2004 Billboard Top selling R&B/Hip-Hop single of the year, "I Believe"
- 2005 Billboard-American Urban Radio Networks Top R&B/hip-hop single (sales), "I Believe"
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