Fantasia Barrino, winner of 2004's "American Idol", has been asked by the Council of Fashion Designer's of America to sing the opening number at the most prestigious night in fashion, the 2004 CFDA Fashion Awards. She will perform a song selected especially for the evening, which this year salute's New York City.

On hand to hear Fantasia make her fashion world debut will be a who's who of fashion and style, including Beyonce, Sarah Jessica Parker, Susan Sarandon, Selma Blair, Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren, Marc Jacobs, Narciso Rodriguez, Miuccia Prada, Sean Combs and Tom Ford.

Fantasia, with an unprecedented 65 million votes on FOX's May 26th top-rated season finale, is set to release her J Records' debut single, I Believe (written by Tamyra Gray, a contestant from season one of the show) on June 22.