American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino says she still plans to make her first gospel album, even as she says her next album will be her last.
Barrino, 42, was on The Jennifer Hudson Show on Friday, Nov. 13. She teared up looking at behind-the-scenes photos from American Idol season 3 with Hudson. "We never stopped singing," she said, and Hudson agreed that they are still singing now.
What she said about her music
- She still intends to deliver her first gospel album.
- Her next album, the long-awaited follow-up to 2019's Sketchbook, will be part of the final chapter of her recording journey.
- She said she has been traveling for 22 years singing the same hits, and she hopes to tour on both old and new music: "my prayer is that I can travel off the old and the new."
- She has no plans to slow down on touring.
- No release date has been confirmed for either album.
Barrino won the 2004 season at age 19 while raising her young daughter as a single mother. Hudson finished seventh that season. Hudson also has gospel roots, having grown up singing in gospel choirs.
