Detailed Biography
Anastacia (born
Anastacia Lyn Newkirk, on September 17, 1973) is an American pop
singer who has sold 31 million records since the release of her
first album Not That Kind in 2000. Anastacia became an icon in
Europe and Oceania, but never made as big as an impact in the US.
Anastacia's music, with it's often deep meanings, and poppy tunes
appeal to a wide range of ages.
Anastacia was born
in Chicago, Illinois into a showbiz family: her father was a singer
and her mother an actress in Broadway musical theatre. Her family
relocated to New York City when she was a teenager and she enrolled
at the Professional Children's School in Manhattan. Anastacia's
debut album Not That Kind Anastacia soon became interested in dance
despite being diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. She first gained
prominence stealing the show from D.L. Hughley while he was hosting
BET's Comic View, singing Oleta Adams' Get Here in 1992. During the
early 1990s, she appeared regularly on Club MTV and in a couple of
videos for rappers Salt-N-Pepa. In 1999, she attracted the interest
of record labels after making the finals of MTV talent show The Cut.
Anastacia signed a contract with Daylight Records, a custom label of
Sony Music's Epic Records in March 1999. "The Cut" was hosted by
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes of TLC. A then-unknown Anastacia finished in
third place, but impressed Lopes and the show's three judges so much
that she scored herself a record deal anyway. Her debut album Not
That Kind was released in 2000 and was a huge success reaching the
top ten in eight countries in Europe, Asia, and Oceania. It went
triple platinum in Australia spurred by the success of her debut
smash "I'm Outta Love" which was the most popular single of the year
in that country for 2000. While "I'm Outta Love" was a top ten song
on the US dance charts, Not That Kind only reached the lower parts
of the Billboard 200, since the single never managed to cross over
to the American pop charts.
Her second album:
Freak of Nature Her second album, 2002's Freak of Nature achieved
respectable sales although not matching the level of international
success of Not That Kind. However, her sophomore effort did beat its
predecessor in her home country. Its debut single, "One Day In Your
Life", though not a smash hit, just barely made the top 40 and was
also a hit on the club charts and at rhythmic radio. When Freak Of
Nature was finally released in the United States in May of 2002, she
dedicated the album to Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (of R&B supergroup TLC),
who had died in a car wreck the month before. Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
was partly responsible for Anastacia's success, since Lisa hosted
MTV's "The Cut" where Anastacia got her first break. Anastacia also
joined Shakira, Cher and Mary J. Blige for VH1's Divas Live in 2002.
Anastacia also contributed a song "Love Is A Crime" to the Chicago
soundtrack. Anastacia was selected to sing the theme from 2002 FIFA
World Cup: "Boom".
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