Anastacia

Anastacia Lyn Newkirk (born 17 September 1968) is an American singer, songwriter and producer. Her debut record Not That Kind was released in 2000.

She has been a support act for Duran Duran in 2009.

Background information
Anastacia was born in Chicago, Illinois; her late father Robert Newkirk (of Ukrainian descent) was a club-singer and her mother Diane Hurley (of Irish descent) an actress on Broadway. After her father left the Newkirk family, they moved to New York City when she was a teenager. Then she enrolled at the Professional Children's School in Manhattan.

Her debut record Not That Kind'  (Timeline:2000|2000]]) was an international success, particularly in Europe as well as Australia, where the lead single "I'm Outta Love" became the biggest selling song of the year. Awarded as the 'World's Best-Selling New Female Pop Artist' in 2001, her commercial success continued with 2001's Freak of Nature. The album reached No. 1 in eight countries and included the international chart topper "Paid My Dues".

After recovering from cancer, she returned with 2004's Anastacia which deviated from previous albums into pop-rock. The album peaked at No. 1 in 11 countries, became the second biggest selling album of the year in Europe and produced the "Left Outside Alone" that remained at No. 1 on the European Billboard chart for 15 weeks.

In 2014, Anastacia made a comeback with her sixth studio album Resurrection, which reached the top ten in the Italian, Netherlands, Switzerland, German and the UK charts, as well as Top 20 in Austrian, Irish, Portuguese and Spanish Charts.