Anastacia

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Anastacia (born Anastacia Lyn Newkirk on September 17, 1973) is a multi-platinum American singer and songwriter. Anastacia has been highly successful in Europe, Latin America, Oceania, Asia and South Africa but has not had as much success in her native United States. Despite the lack of American success, she has sold over 45 million records worldwide Anastacia is world renowned for her powerful, edgy, soulful voice and is a dramatic coloratura soprano, famous for her ability to hit high notes in her chest voice. Her small stature (160 cm or 5'3") has also led to her being nicknamed "The Little Lady with The Big Voice". She was also known for her trademark glasses (often darkly tinted), but she had surgery to correct her vision permanently in August 2005.

She has made headlines when diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003 and ,when in 2007, she married her bodyguard of three years, Wayne Newton, in Mexico. She has also made a record of the only woman to perform Jesus Christ Superstar.

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  • My will, my faith and my body have been challenged, but make no mistake, my heart is strong and my resolve to fight will never be broken.
    • Anastacia's battle against cancer.[[1]]

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