--- description: Find out why Fantasia Barrino is one of the 100 most influential people of 2024. title: Fantasia Barrino: The 100 Most Influential People of 2024 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccf7ae1e9af46900/698a55914ee2621fd631df6c/time-100-2024-fantasia-barrino.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 17, 2024 # Fantasia Barrino by Taraji P. Henson  \-- PHOTO MOVED IN ADVANCE AND NOT FOR USE - ONLINE OR IN PRINT - BEFORE DEC. 24, 2023\. -- Fantasia Barrino-Taylor in New York in December 2023\. Offered the chance to revisit her Broadway performance as the much-abused Celie in a film adaptation of "The Color Purple," the star faced a difficult path. (Dana Scruggs/The New York Times) \-- PHOTO MOVED IN ADVANCE AND NOT FOR USE - ONLINE OR IN PRINT - BEFORE DEC. 24, 2023\. -- Fantasia Barrino-Taylor in New York in December 2023\. Offered the chance to revisit her Broadway performance as the much-abused Celie in a film adaptation of "The Color Purple," the star faced a difficult path. (Dana Scruggs/The New York Times)Dana Scruggs—The New York Times/Redux There was just something about Fantasia Barrino when I first saw her on _American Idol._ It was her spirit, her soul. She left it all on that stage when she sang. I thought, Who is this girl? I voted for her again and again. When I met her years later, I learned that she’s a Cancer—sweet and sensitive but with a quiet strength. You can feel it in her presence, and you can hear it in [her powerful voice](https://time.com/6549196/the-color-purple-im-here-celie-fantasia/ "undefined"). When she sings, she transcends. It’s like she goes somewhere else and you just have to go with her. Fantasia is a living testimony that we’re all going to go through storms. But at the end of a storm, what happens? The sun comes out. Whatever comes next for her will be so beautiful. She deserves everything. I see such big things for Fantasia—the sky’s the limit. Well, beyond the sky for her. It’s her time. _Henson is an Oscar-nominated actor_ _Order your copy of the 2024 TIME100 issue_ [_here_](https://magazineshop.us/TIME%5F100 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2024/6964721/fantasia-barrino-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2024/6964721/fantasia-barrino-2/"},"headline":"Fantasia Barrino","datePublished":"2024-04-17T11:11:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:29:44.158Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2024/6964721/fantasia-barrino-2/","keywords":["TIME100","franchise","Magazine","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades","2024TIME100","T100Artists2024"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccf7ae1e9af46900/698a55914ee2621fd631df6c/time-100-2024-fantasia-barrino.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccf7ae1e9af46900/698a55914ee2621fd631df6c/time-100-2024-fantasia-barrino.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2024/6964721/fantasia-barrino-2/","name":"Fantasia Barrino"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"See Everyone on the TIME100 2024 list","description":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/73p9kgIN/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2024-04-17T11:00:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/73p9kgIN.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2024/6964721/fantasia-barrino-2/","duration":"PT1M59S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2024/6964721/fantasia-barrino-2/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```