According to ratedrnb.com, Fantasia is set to hit the road, the Grammy winning singer announced show dates that run from the fall through winter. The tour will start on November 10th, at New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey. She will play in various cities across the U.S., including Brooklyn, New York; Columbia, South Carolina; Oxon Hill, Maryland and more. She even has shows set up for 2023 with more to be announced at a later date.
Three years have passed since Fantasia last released an album, Sketchbook, debuted at number five on Billboard’s Top R&B Albums Chart. It managed to sell 10,000 units in its first week of sales. Sketchbook also included Fantasia’s hit “Enough,” that peaked at number two on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart, spending 25 weeks on the chart.
Besides music, Fantasia will star in the upcoming musical The Color Purple as Celie. Fantasia stated, “As I sit tonight and reflect on the journey my has taken, I believe I now understand what Redemption truly feels like, The last time I stepped into this character, the similarities between what I portrayed on stage and what I experienced in my own reality were too close for comfort. I’ve learned since then that my pain was only an introduction to a great purpose of meaning and assignment.”
She also added that, “I hope that every little black girl who is fighting to be heard and recognized also promises to never give up in spite of the costs. Now everyone who has been wondering why I’ve been missing and so quiet can see that I’ve been dedicating all of my time to All Things Purple! (Matthew 20:16).”
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