Fantasia Includes COLOR PURPLE Song on New CD

Fantasia Barrino's newest CD, which is available in stores beginning August 24, will include The Color Purple's show-stopper, "I'm Here." In addition to performing the anthem as Celie on Broadway, Barrino also belted out the song at the 2007 Tony Awards.

The CD, which is entitled 'Back to Me', will also include: "I'm Doin' Me," "Bittersweet," "Man of the House," "Who's Been Lovin' You," "Collard Greens & Cornbread," "Teach Me," "Move on Me," "Trust Me," "The Thrill Is Gone," "Falling in Love Tonight," "Even Angels" and "The Worst Part Is Over."

Since Fantasia's May 2004 victory in "American Idol"'s Third Season, she has released two successful albums, Free Yourself and Fantasia, and has been nominated for awards as diverse as Grammy Awards, American Music Awards, Vibe Awards, BET Awards, NAACP Image Awards, and many more. She also authored the New York Times best-selling autobiography Life Is Not A Fairy Tale and starred in The Fantasia Barrino Story: Life is Not a Fairytale, a Lifetime original movie adaptation of her memoir, in August 2006. The biopic became Lifetime's Second Most Watched Movie, garnering 2007 NAACP Image Award Nominations for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special and Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

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