Published video “Second leg of the summer festival tour hits off tonight🫶🏻 see you in Denmark 🇩🇰 #summertour”.
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Anastacia
Anastacia Lyn Newkirk, known mononymously as Anastacia, is an American singer-songwriter who has released nine albums and sold over 50 million records worldwide, and collecting a total of 227 gold and platinum certifications. Thanks to her distinctive tone she has been described as "the little lady with the big voice." Anastacia defines her musical style as "sprock", meaning a fusion of soul, pop,…
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Born 17 September 1968 · Q34584
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I wear glasses because I need them; I don't wear them to be the fashion victim, I have to have them because I have a stigma in one eye and I'm blind in another. But I make it fun, I make it acceptable to fit in society; I've always worn crazy, goofy glasses, it's just what I do. This is who I am. Love me or leave me.
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2026· 14 entries
Published video “It’s been a crazy few months… I’ve been having so much fun at my Summer shows and doing all the inte”.
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Published video “I’ll be watching you😎”.
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Published video “Paid my dues in those tourbus bunks🤪 #apaidMyDues”.
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Published video “Post-show chaos: powered by candy teeth and zero dignity😂🍬🦷 #tourlife Show me your best teeth🤪”.
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Published video “Behind the scenes of the LOA music video 🎬🎶✨”.
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Published video “ANASTACIA - Left Outside Alone (Symphonic Revolution) | Official Video”.
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Published video “You’ve heard Left Outside Alone reimagined… now it’s time to see it come to life🎻✨ The official mu”.
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Published video “I have a little surprise for you... I've made a brand new video for the Left Outside Alone - Symphon”.
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Published video “Indian Insomnomnomnia🤤🤭🍽️ #tourlife”.
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Public attention spiked: 4,662 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.6× the usual 1,008, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 5,742 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.7× the usual 1,008, with 0 article edits.
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Yahoo: Anastacia Gets Down to Funny Business For Australian Comedy Show ‘Urzila’: Watch
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Released album “#NTK25 Live in Concert”.
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2025· 3 entries
Yahoo: Anastacia says Arnold Schwarzenegger made her sing a cover 12 times for his birthday
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The Mirror: EXCLUSIVE: Anastacia reveals heartbreaking truth behind hit track after devastating health battle
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Yahoo News UK: Anastacia on her debut 25 years ago: ‘I wasn’t feminine enough. I wasn’t white enough or Black enough’
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2024· 1 entry
Sportskeeda: Anastacia 25th anniversary European tour: Presale, dates, venues, & all you need to know
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2023· 7 entries
Released album “Our Songs”.
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Anastacia released Our Songs
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Anastacia announced that she is joining German singer Peter Maffay on his Farewell Tour in 2024
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Anastacia was a guest performer as Kangaroo on the French series Mask Singer, where she sang "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" by Elton John
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Anastacia released a single titled "Best Days", a loosely translated cover of "Tage Wie Diese (Days Like These)" by German punk rock band Die Toten Hosen
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Released Our Songs, an album of English-language reinterpretations of German songs
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“m Outta Lockdown – The 22nd Anniversary European Tour in 2022. The tour was initially planned for the 20th anniversary of the release of her debut single”
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2022· 1 entry
Anastacia released the single "American Night", the theme song to the 2021 film American Night, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Paz Vega; Anastacia made a cameo appearance in the film
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2021· 2 entries
Irish Daily Mirror: Anastacia admits she doesn't regret not having kids even though she wanted them
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Suggested that Evolution (2017) could be her last album and she might only release singles in the future
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2020· 1 entry
But was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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2018· 1 entry
Anastacia appeared on Ballando con le stelle, the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars, in a special one-off performance
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2017· 5 entries
Released album “Evolution”.
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Released album “Live at the Eventim Apollo Hammersmith 2017”.
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Released album “Top 40 Anastacia: Her Ultimate Top 40 Collection”.
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Released album “Live at the O2 Apollo Manchester 2017”.
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The Mirror: Anastacia on how she didn't get nerves on Strictly Come Dancing - but does about dating
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2016· 2 entries
Released album “A 4 App”.
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Women's Wear Daily announced that Anastacia teamed up with Blumarine for an eyewear collection
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2015· 2 entries
Released album “Ultimate Collection”.
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Anastacia released a jewellery collection with Tat 2 Designs, which consisted of bracelets, earrings, and necklaces designed by Anastacia and Briana Erin
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2014· 2 entries
Released album “Resurrection”.
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Released ep “Stupid Little Things”.
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2012· 2 entries
Released album “It’s a Man’s World”.
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Anastacia starred as a fictionalized version of herself in the film All You Can Dream, directed by Valerio Zanoli
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2011· 3 entries
Performed in Madrid for the SAP Sapphire Conference
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Released album “All of Me”.
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Released album “Original Album Classics”.
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2009· 2 entries
Anastacia opened the annual Royal Variety Performance with Lulu and Chaka Khan, performing a rendition of Dan Hartman's "Relight My Fire"
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The Women's World Award presented Anastacia with the World Artist Award
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2008· 16 entries
Released album “Pieces of a Dream / The Video Collection”.
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“I'm just as fragile and broken as anyone else at times. We all have to get through our stuff as best we can. Some of us have strong armour, some of us don't. Sometimes my armour has been very strong and sometimes it's been very fragile.”
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With Heavy Rotation and in 2012 she released It's a Man's World, an album of covers of male rock songs
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Performed at the "Pink Ribbon Gala" in Stockholm along with nine female artists who have fought breast cancer
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“I wear glasses because I need them; I don't wear them to be the fashion victim, I have to have them because I have a stigma in one eye and I'm blind in another. But I make it fun, I make it acceptable to fit in society; I've always worn crazy, goofy glasses, it's just what I do. This is who I am. Love me or leave me.”
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“I'm not that deep, I'm not that mysterious. Don't try to figure me out. I'm a very open book. What you see is what you get.”
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“I'm a fighter by nature and nothing will ever change that.”
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“I don't fear death. But I don't like being dangled out there like a piece of meat on a fishing rod to it either. If I'm going to die, take me out now. Don't let me suffer. That's not exactly the way I wanted to go. I don't want to be in limbo, I don't want to know that I might die. The mights don't work with me. I'm too literal.”
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“I'm a singer who touches millions of people and my words and my knowledge of what I'm learning from cancer can help millions. And if I can help millions, even if I help one person, that's one person more than none.”
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“I don't have a deep desire to know my father. My brother and sister and I got forgotten about by him, and we haven't spoken to him in a ridiculous amount of years. He never contacted us after he and my mother broke up. [...] I never felt rejected as a kid. We had a fulfilling life with my mum. She was so strong.”
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“When I'm asked where I want to be in five or 10 years time, I say I just want to be alive and healthy.”
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“Early detection has saved my life twice. I will continue to battle and lend my voice in any way I can.”
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“Sometimes I wonder if my purpose on this earth is to be a role model. Look at my challenges as a gift, and my voice as tool.”
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“You're the soldier girl who tells the other troops who haven't fought the battle what it's like so they can fight it better.”
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“I think there will always be challenges for women and men. There are always going to be male chauvenists but it's just a matter of women continuing to stand up for their rights and prove their worth. The world would end if women didn't start families, carry children, but that is no reason for them not to work, have careers, exist as a person rather than just a mother.”
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Released album “Heavy Rotation”.
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2007· 2 entries
Which was designed in collaboration with Swarovski
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Which would have been Princess Diana's forty-sixth birthday
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2006· 4 entries
Released ep “Welcome to My Style”.
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Released album “Live at Last”.
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(Europe's largest annual AIDS charity event), Make a Difference, and Challenge for the Children
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Was recognized for worldwide sales of over 20 million copies of her first three albums, with Anastacia reaching eight million copies sold
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2005· 3 entries
Released album “The Best of Anastacia”.
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On the British music station The Box, her voice lost its power and she became unable to record, so she spent a long time writing and trying to create a sound with which she could finally be happy
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Released album “Pieces of a Dream (The Remixes)”.
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2004· 6 entries
Released album “Pieces of a Dream”.
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Released album “Anastacia = アナスタシア”.
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Released album “Left Outside Alone”.
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Anastacia wanted to add more edge to her vocals, as she felt something was missing from her previous work
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Released her album Anastacia, preceded by the single "Left Outside Alone", which remained number one across European charts for 15 weeks
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Released ep “Exclusive 4 Track Sampler”.
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2003· 2 entries
Anastacia performed at the charity event 46664, organized by Nelson Mandela to raise awareness of AIDS
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Released album “Freak of Nature / Not That Kind”.
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2002· 4 entries
Anastacia was one of the fifteen artists to record their take on a Disney song on the compilation album Disneymania (2002).
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And also contributed the song "Love Is a Crime" to the Chicago soundtrack
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"One Day in Your Life", reached number eleven in the UK and the top ten in many European countries
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Released ep “The Remixes”.
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2001· 7 entries
Released ep “Made For Lovin’ You (remixes)”.
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Awarded NRJ Music Award for International Revelation of the Year (2001).
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Awarded NRJ Music Award for International Song of the Year for I'm Outta Love (2001).
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Released album “Freak of Nature”.
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Released album “Anastacia”.
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Released album “Heineken Night Live Dance to the Music!”.
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Peaking in Denmark, Italy, Norway, and Switzerland, and reaching the top ten in several other mainland European countries
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2000· 3 entries
Released album “Not That Kind”.
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Topping the charts in Belgium, Australia, and New Zealand
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Released "I'm Outta Love", her debut single, which quickly topped charts worldwide and paved the way for her first album, Not That Kind
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1998· 1 entry
Anastacia was unemployed after being fired from a beauty salon for "being too loud", and she was disheartened after years of setbacks in the music industry
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1994· 1 entry
Sang backing vocals for Jamie Foxx on his debut album Peep This, and in 1995 for Paula Abdul on her third studio album Head over Heels
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1993· 1 entry
Together with David Morales, she founded the Bad Yard Club, a collective of producers, musicians, and singers dedicated to creating music
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1992· 1 entry
Gained further recognition when she appeared on D
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1991· 1 entry
Appeared as a dancer in the music video for My Fallen Angel by Dominican performer Coro
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1990· 2 entries
Started her music career as a backing vocalist
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Started her musical career singing at weddings and working as a backing vocalist for pop star Tiffany on the album New Inside
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1983· 1 entry
Began her career as a dancer at the New York club 1018, which she regularly attended with her sister
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1968· 1 entry
Born 1968-09-17.
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