Anastacia

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Anastacia (born Anastacia Lyn Newkirk on September 17, 1973) is an American pop and rock singer and songwriter. She has been highly successful in Europe, Oceania, Asia and South Africa but has not had as much success Nor fame in her native United States. Despite the lack of American success, she has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. She is world renowned for her powerful, edgy voice, and she is a dramatic contralto, famous for her ability to hit high notes in her chest voice which has let people nickname her as the "European Whitney Houston" (since her success is mainly in Europe). Her small stature (160 cm or 5'3") has also led to her being nicknamed "the little lady with the big voice". She is also known for her trademark glasses (often darkly tinted), but she had surgery to correct her vision permanently in August 2005. She made headlines when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003. Anastacia was born in Chicago, Illinois into a showbiz family: her father Robert Newkirk...This information was automatically generated from Freebase article Anastacia. You should replace/update it...