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American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino has become the latest to join our celebrity foreclosure club. A home in Charlotte, North Carolina owned by the singer will be auctioned to pay back a loan that was used to pay her taxes. Broward Energy Partners paid more than $68,000 of her taxes in 2006 and says they have not been fully compensated. The earnings from the sale would be used to finish paying off the loan. The Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office will auction off the home on January 12 unless she pays her debts. She has another home in the area that is said to be valued at $740,000. UPDATE: Fantasia's home was not auctioned off and is no longer in foreclosure. 13/12/08