The Barrino Comeback

In 2004, Fantasia Barrino made her way to stardom by winning the third season of American Idol. She had become an R&B and pop sensation over night everywhere.  With the release of   her first album “ Free Yourself”, this album went certified platinum.  Barrino was nominated for eight Grammy awards and in 2007 stared in a well-known play called “ The Color Purple”. After the release of another album, there was a lot talk of fantasia being flat broke. Unable to barely read, she had been taken advantage of by several different people in her life.  Not knowing anything about managing money, she would just pay people with out checking her finances afterwards. Fantasia had also been taking care of everyone in her family, including her daughter.  Another reason why she went broke happened to be because of different people suing her including her own father for ten million dollars.  In 2008, she was dropped from the label due to creative differences. For the next two years fantasia would stay out of the spotlight, trying to get her life, finances, and health in order. Earlier this year Barrino had released her third album titled “ Back to Me”. “ Even Angel” happened to be the first single to be released off of this album, but the single failed.  Also earlier this year, fantasia stared in her own reality show “ Fantasia for Real”. This show put Barrino back on the map, and she once again releases her third album with “Bittersweet” as the single this pass may.  With the premier of the second season of her show last month, Fantasia Barrino has been the subject of several topics in entertainment news lately. It was said that she had overdosed, with the intentions of committing suicide. This happens to be the result of a sex scandal. After all of this, she is still standing and continues to pursue her career in music.

My purpose for writing this blog is to show how Fantasia’s issues can be related to projects and team management.  Throughout her reality show, you will see that Fantasia transitions into a bran new person.  She has begun to form a team to help her better manage her career. Barrino has set future goals for herself and eventually goes back to school to receive her diploma.  I think that it is a good thing that she is taking step to plan and take control of her life and career. By receiving her diploma in 2010, this could be considered one of the goals she has executed. Also, throughout the show you will see how she learns to budget and better manage her own money.  Fantasia has moved into her own home and is letting her family members take care of themselves. Being in full control of all her projects, fantasia finally has the chance to writ her own songs, pick want single she want to release, decide how to market herself, and choose her own tour dates.  With the release of Fantasia’s latest album, I truly think that customer have been satisfied with the product she chose to put out.

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Tiny and T.I. Giving Back

The one thing that I enjoy the most happens to be reading about what goes on in the world of entertainment. Weather or not this news happens to be good or even bad. I always find myself reading about these famous celebrities in the music industry. A lot of people find celebrities’ life’s just so amusing. Maybe its because they either have nothing better to do or simply because they are just so interested. I would have to say that for myself, I am one of those people who happen to be very interested.   My reason for saying this is due to the fact that I keep up with the news and current events dealing with the music industry.  This is, also due to the fact that I hope to someday work in the music industry. So, I think that it’s best for me to stay on top of what’s going on.

One of the latest things that has caught my eye in the news world of entertainment would happen to be T.I. (Clifford Harris) the rapper and his wife (Tameka “Tiny” Cottle) starting a foundation called “ For The Love Of Our Father.” This foundation happens to be a charity for Alzheimer’s disease.  To give you some more information on this disease, Alzheimer’s causes older people to lose their memory and suffer from personality changes. I think that this is a really good thing that they are doing. Last month he was pulled over in L.A. and had drugs on him, but that is never here or there.  I just wish that the news would talk about the good things that celebrities do more often. This will show that they are more then just your average celebrity.

After reading this story, I started thinking about how more people in the music industry need to come together and do similar things.  I believe that it is very important for people to work as teams in this industry.  I think this is the most important thing to do to make in this industry. When people work together, they can accomplish so much more and maybe even change the world.

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