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POP foghorn ANASTACIA has been belting out her gut-busting anthems for the best part of a decade now.
She’s topped the charts in the UK, all over Europe and in Australia with teeth-gnashingly awful tracks such as I’m Outta Love, One Day In Your Life and Left Outside Alone.
And now she’s finally admitted to something I suspected all along — she doesn’t like music.
While the statement seems fairly obvious when you think about it, the pint-sized diva has made a creditable stab at hiding that fact while plaguing us all with her thundering song craft.
The Chicago-born performer made the extraordinary admission in a new interview.
She revealed: “I prefer silence to putting on a CD.
“Listening to music doesn’t relax me and I find it hard to think straight when it’s on.”
I’ve often felt that too while professional obligations have forced me to feed one of her CDs into the Bizarre hi-fi.
But that’s only the half of it.
She goes on: “I have an iPod but I can’t recall the last time I used it.
“I bought a JANET JACKSON cassette once but that’s it. I’ve never bought a record in my life.”
In 1991 GERALD RATNER lost his job after a speech in which he famously described one of his jewellery firm’s products as “total cr*p”, wiping £500million from its share price. I only mention that in passing because Ana STILL isn’t finished.
She concluded her masterclass on the record industry with these words: “Music has never moved me. It doesn’t do anything for me.
“To be honest, I find it irritating.”
The UK-based singer’s latest album, Heavy Rotation, has sunk without trace since its release in October.
I think this may well be the last we hear from her.
A happy day for music fans the country over.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Lyrics from previous albums
album: "Not That Kind" (2000)Baptise My SoulBlack RosesCowboys & KissesI Ask Of YouI'm Outta LoveLove Is AliveMade For Lovin' YouNot That KindNothing At AllOne More ChanceSame Old StoryWho's Gonna Stop The RainWishing WellYo Trippin'
album: "Freak Of Nature" (2001)Freak Of NaturePaid My DuesOverdue GoodbyeYou'll Never Be AloneOne Day In Your LifeHow Come The World Won't StopWhy'd You Lie To MeDon'tcha WannaSecretsDon't Stop (Doin' It)I Dreamed YouOverdue Goodbye (Reprise)
album: "Anastacia" (2004)Seasons ChangeLeft Outside AloneTimeSick & TiredHeavy On My HeartI DoWelcome To My TruthPretty Little Dum DumSexy SingleRearviewWhere Do I BelongMaybe Today
album: "Heavy Rotation" (2008)I Can Feel YouThe Way I See ItAbsolutely PositivelyDefeatedIn SummerHeavy RotationSame SongI Call It LoveAll Fall DownNever Gonna Love AgainYou'll Be FineBeautiful Messed Up World [Bonus Track]
album: "Not That Kind" (2000)Baptise My SoulBlack RosesCowboys & KissesI Ask Of YouI'm Outta LoveLove Is AliveMade For Lovin' YouNot That KindNothing At AllOne More ChanceSame Old StoryWho's Gonna Stop The RainWishing WellYo Trippin'
album: "Freak Of Nature" (2001)Freak Of NaturePaid My DuesOverdue GoodbyeYou'll Never Be AloneOne Day In Your LifeHow Come The World Won't StopWhy'd You Lie To MeDon'tcha WannaSecretsDon't Stop (Doin' It)I Dreamed YouOverdue Goodbye (Reprise)
album: "Anastacia" (2004)Seasons ChangeLeft Outside AloneTimeSick & TiredHeavy On My HeartI DoWelcome To My TruthPretty Little Dum DumSexy SingleRearviewWhere Do I BelongMaybe Today
album: "Heavy Rotation" (2008)I Can Feel YouThe Way I See ItAbsolutely PositivelyDefeatedIn SummerHeavy RotationSame SongI Call It LoveAll Fall DownNever Gonna Love AgainYou'll Be FineBeautiful Messed Up World [Bonus Track]
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Anastacia has never liked being famous.
The 'I'm Outta Love' singer - who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003 - has warned young stars to be wary of the pitfalls of celebrity.
She said: "The C word is the hardest thing I've ever done and I'm not talking about cancer. I'm talking about my career.
"It can be so hard being famous. It's not even a love/hate thing for me as I've never loved it.
"It's tough, so I just say, ‘Don't let fame take over your life.' "
The 40-year-old star - who has released four studio albums - recently revealed she doesn't like music and has never bought a CD.
She said: "This might sound unbelievable but I really don't like music.
Music has never moved me. It doesn't do anything for me. To be honest, I find it irritating.
"I prefer silence to listening to a CD. Listening to music doesn't relax me and I find it hard to think straight when it's on. I've never bought a record in my life."
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Live On ITV1 - This Sunday
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"You can tear me apart, you can rip me to pieces/ Try breaking me down, but I'll never be beaten / You can say what you want, but I'll never believe it/ Because I can't be defeated."
Anastacia, 'Defeated', from the new album Heavy Rotation.
Anastacia is back. And since she's never been a woman to do things by halves, when she talks about a fresh start, you can be sure she's going all the way. New look, new sound, new label, new management, newly wed - but the same powerhouse of a voice that has already sold more than 17 million albums in Europe and Australia alone.
"If it doesn't have a bit of fear in it, it's probably too safe for me," smiles the little lady with the big voice. "If it gives me butterflies, then it's my kind of thing." And right now, those butterflies are fluttering overtime. "I'm excited. It's nice to know that you still have a chance to do anything you want to do. If you want to live your life, just do it!"
The Anastacia you see today is radically different from the one who last toured in 2005. The hair is softer, short, more natural. The trademark tinted glasses are no longer necessary, since she's had laser treatment and can see well without them. "I love the fact that people don't really recognise me right now. Until I start to sing, they're not going to know who I am when I come out on stage, half the time! It's been fun putting it all together, and starting to rediscover who I am. It's exciting to feel like I'm starting again."
Anastacia Lyn Newkirk was born in Chicago in September1968 but moved to New York in her early teens with her mum, sister and brother after her parents' marriage ended. Being diagnosed with Crohn's Disease didn't stop her realising an ambition to be a dancer, and soon she was a regular on Club MTV and appearing in videos with rappers Salt-n-Pepa. After showcasing that throaty, soulful voice on the MTV talent show The Cut in 1999, she signed to Epic and released her debut album 'Not That Kind' a year later. The first single 'I'm Outta Love' established her as a major star across Europe, Asia and Australia, and her follow-up album 'Freak Of Nature delivered the same hi-octane mix of thumping dance beats, massive pop hooks and passionate vocal performances while showing her growing maturity as a writer.
But then in 2003, everything changed. The lump on her breast showed up while preparing for a reduction operation. In January she was given a definite cancer diagnosis, and the story leaked to the media before she'd even had time to tell her friends, giving her no choice but to go public on her illness. At the time it was traumatic, she says, but it all turned out for the best.
She responded well to radiation treatment and was given the all-clear in June 2003. Continuing to be free of cancer, she has offered a very public example of the advantages of early detection, and since her illness, she has raised serious sums of money to encourage this through her Anastacia Fund. "I feel great now," she confirms. "I'm really lucky that I was given the opportunity to walk through the eye of something so terrifying. Although at points I was crawling!"
In retrospect her illness explains why she went for a rockier sound on her third album 'Anastacia' in 2004. "I felt like I needed to fight. So I chose guitars and instruments with attitude because it was me laughing back in the face of it, spiritually."
There was a time when she thought the power and range of her voice might be compromised by the treatment, but as the songs on 'Heavy Rotation' show, she now has her energy back in full, and that awesome voice on full power. "My voice feels fine now," she confirms. "But the music feels different to the Anastacia album. This album is more soulful. I feel more in touch with my inner self, my inner soul. I feel like I've come out of the other side of it all now, and found real peace. I've realised that life doesn't have to be controlled by me, in every way. And it's been fun, letting go, realising I don't have to be such a perfectionist."
Ironically, she's also more in control of her career than she's ever been, with a new management team, a new label, and opportunities to hand-pick the people she wants to work closely with. Things are changing fast in the music industry, she points out, and she had to watch while her record company merged with another, while people she liked and trusted lost their jobs. When David Massey, the man who'd signed her to Sony, moved over to join Universal as head of Mercury Records in New York, she felt it was time to move on too, and negotiated a move to the Universal-owned label where she could remain under his wing. "I'm really lucky to have a consistent A&R person throughout my career," she says, but luck doesn't really come into it: when Anastacia wants something, she goes for it.
It wasn't until April 2008, when she officially signed her new deal that she began to write the new album. "It's been such a fast album I had no idea of what it was going to sound like, what I was going to say. I figured there would be a couple of love songs, but I didn't realise that most of the album was going to be as happy as it is. Even the songs I didn't write myself, that I chose, are all positive. Not 'Left Outside Alone' and 'I'm Out Of Love', but songs like 'I Can Feel You' and 'Heavy Rotation'."
As ever, Anastacia has worked with an A list team for the fields of R&B and pop. The album's title track was was penned by Grammy award-winning songwriter Rodney Jerkins, and Robbie Williams' old writing partner Guy Chambers worked with Anastacia on several tracks. Def Jam artist and talented writer-producer Ne-Yo contributed two tracks ('I Can Feel You' which he co-wrote with Chuck Harmony, and 'Never Gonna Love Again' which he produced himself). She also worked with producers Lester Mendez (Shakira, Nelly Furtado, Dido); JR Rotem (Rihanna, Lil Kim, Leona Lewis); and The Heavyweights (Missy Elliot, PussyCat Dolls).
"I called the album 'Heavy Rotation' because it's a phrase that DJs like to use a lot," Anstacia explains. "And also for me the meaning is, life can be heavy, but it all turns around and goes into something else. It seemed to be the perfect title for where I'm at in my life."
One of the biggest shifts in her life has been her marriage last year. When Wayne Newton first walked into her life, it was in a British Airways lounge at Heathrow. He was her new bodyguard, there to escort her to Germany where she was meeting her boyfriend. When they shook hands and said hello, she smiles, "I didn't know I was looking into my future husband's eyes. Are you kidding me? I had no idea!"
"We are really good mates," she smiles. "We're very much alike and we have a lot of similarities that bring us closer as best friends as well as husband and wife.
"I'd say this album is a softer piece of me, a gentler side, even a more feminine side. I've come into embracing my sensuality as a woman, finally. I'm like wine. It's taken a while, but my reserve is quite popular right now! I'm just really happy inside, and I think that's reflected in the music. Sometimes that comes with age, and sometimes just with what you've experienced in your life. So both of them together are why this is going to be an exciting record for me to promote. It's very thrilling, to have so many new chances, new opportunities. And I'm ready! I'm ready to do whatever it takes."
Anastacia, 'Defeated', from the new album Heavy Rotation.
Anastacia is back. And since she's never been a woman to do things by halves, when she talks about a fresh start, you can be sure she's going all the way. New look, new sound, new label, new management, newly wed - but the same powerhouse of a voice that has already sold more than 17 million albums in Europe and Australia alone.
"If it doesn't have a bit of fear in it, it's probably too safe for me," smiles the little lady with the big voice. "If it gives me butterflies, then it's my kind of thing." And right now, those butterflies are fluttering overtime. "I'm excited. It's nice to know that you still have a chance to do anything you want to do. If you want to live your life, just do it!"
The Anastacia you see today is radically different from the one who last toured in 2005. The hair is softer, short, more natural. The trademark tinted glasses are no longer necessary, since she's had laser treatment and can see well without them. "I love the fact that people don't really recognise me right now. Until I start to sing, they're not going to know who I am when I come out on stage, half the time! It's been fun putting it all together, and starting to rediscover who I am. It's exciting to feel like I'm starting again."
Anastacia Lyn Newkirk was born in Chicago in September1968 but moved to New York in her early teens with her mum, sister and brother after her parents' marriage ended. Being diagnosed with Crohn's Disease didn't stop her realising an ambition to be a dancer, and soon she was a regular on Club MTV and appearing in videos with rappers Salt-n-Pepa. After showcasing that throaty, soulful voice on the MTV talent show The Cut in 1999, she signed to Epic and released her debut album 'Not That Kind' a year later. The first single 'I'm Outta Love' established her as a major star across Europe, Asia and Australia, and her follow-up album 'Freak Of Nature delivered the same hi-octane mix of thumping dance beats, massive pop hooks and passionate vocal performances while showing her growing maturity as a writer.
But then in 2003, everything changed. The lump on her breast showed up while preparing for a reduction operation. In January she was given a definite cancer diagnosis, and the story leaked to the media before she'd even had time to tell her friends, giving her no choice but to go public on her illness. At the time it was traumatic, she says, but it all turned out for the best.
She responded well to radiation treatment and was given the all-clear in June 2003. Continuing to be free of cancer, she has offered a very public example of the advantages of early detection, and since her illness, she has raised serious sums of money to encourage this through her Anastacia Fund. "I feel great now," she confirms. "I'm really lucky that I was given the opportunity to walk through the eye of something so terrifying. Although at points I was crawling!"
In retrospect her illness explains why she went for a rockier sound on her third album 'Anastacia' in 2004. "I felt like I needed to fight. So I chose guitars and instruments with attitude because it was me laughing back in the face of it, spiritually."
There was a time when she thought the power and range of her voice might be compromised by the treatment, but as the songs on 'Heavy Rotation' show, she now has her energy back in full, and that awesome voice on full power. "My voice feels fine now," she confirms. "But the music feels different to the Anastacia album. This album is more soulful. I feel more in touch with my inner self, my inner soul. I feel like I've come out of the other side of it all now, and found real peace. I've realised that life doesn't have to be controlled by me, in every way. And it's been fun, letting go, realising I don't have to be such a perfectionist."
Ironically, she's also more in control of her career than she's ever been, with a new management team, a new label, and opportunities to hand-pick the people she wants to work closely with. Things are changing fast in the music industry, she points out, and she had to watch while her record company merged with another, while people she liked and trusted lost their jobs. When David Massey, the man who'd signed her to Sony, moved over to join Universal as head of Mercury Records in New York, she felt it was time to move on too, and negotiated a move to the Universal-owned label where she could remain under his wing. "I'm really lucky to have a consistent A&R person throughout my career," she says, but luck doesn't really come into it: when Anastacia wants something, she goes for it.
It wasn't until April 2008, when she officially signed her new deal that she began to write the new album. "It's been such a fast album I had no idea of what it was going to sound like, what I was going to say. I figured there would be a couple of love songs, but I didn't realise that most of the album was going to be as happy as it is. Even the songs I didn't write myself, that I chose, are all positive. Not 'Left Outside Alone' and 'I'm Out Of Love', but songs like 'I Can Feel You' and 'Heavy Rotation'."
As ever, Anastacia has worked with an A list team for the fields of R&B and pop. The album's title track was was penned by Grammy award-winning songwriter Rodney Jerkins, and Robbie Williams' old writing partner Guy Chambers worked with Anastacia on several tracks. Def Jam artist and talented writer-producer Ne-Yo contributed two tracks ('I Can Feel You' which he co-wrote with Chuck Harmony, and 'Never Gonna Love Again' which he produced himself). She also worked with producers Lester Mendez (Shakira, Nelly Furtado, Dido); JR Rotem (Rihanna, Lil Kim, Leona Lewis); and The Heavyweights (Missy Elliot, PussyCat Dolls).
"I called the album 'Heavy Rotation' because it's a phrase that DJs like to use a lot," Anstacia explains. "And also for me the meaning is, life can be heavy, but it all turns around and goes into something else. It seemed to be the perfect title for where I'm at in my life."
One of the biggest shifts in her life has been her marriage last year. When Wayne Newton first walked into her life, it was in a British Airways lounge at Heathrow. He was her new bodyguard, there to escort her to Germany where she was meeting her boyfriend. When they shook hands and said hello, she smiles, "I didn't know I was looking into my future husband's eyes. Are you kidding me? I had no idea!"
"We are really good mates," she smiles. "We're very much alike and we have a lot of similarities that bring us closer as best friends as well as husband and wife.
"I'd say this album is a softer piece of me, a gentler side, even a more feminine side. I've come into embracing my sensuality as a woman, finally. I'm like wine. It's taken a while, but my reserve is quite popular right now! I'm just really happy inside, and I think that's reflected in the music. Sometimes that comes with age, and sometimes just with what you've experienced in your life. So both of them together are why this is going to be an exciting record for me to promote. It's very thrilling, to have so many new chances, new opportunities. And I'm ready! I'm ready to do whatever it takes."
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Anastacia (born Anastacia Lyn Newkirk on September 17, 1968[1]) is a multi-platinum American singer and songwriter. Anastacia has been highly successful in Europe, Latin America, Oceania, Asia, South Africa and Australia but has not had as much success in her native United States. In 2005 she was recognized for worldwide sales of 20 million units[2].
Anastacia is world renowned for her edgy, soulful voice and is famous for her ability to hit powerful notes in a full voice (C3-C6) range well into Soprano tessituras. Her small stature (160 cm or 5'3"[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 made headlines when diagnosed in 2003 with breast cancer. On April 21, 2007 she married her bodyguard of three years, Wayne Newton, in Mexico.
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Early life and career beginnings
Anastacia was born in Chicago, Illinois into a showbiz family: her late father Robert Newkirk was a club-singer and her mother Diane Hurley an actress in Broadway musical theatre. She also has Russian origins. After her father (a manic depressive[4]) left the Newkirk family, they moved to New York City when she was a teenager.[3] Then she enrolled at the Professional Children's School in Manhattan.[5]
Anastacia soon became interested in dance despite being diagnosed with Crohn's disease[6][3] when she was 13-years-old. 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.[5] In 1999, she attracted the interest of record labels after making the finals of MTV talent show The Cut.[3] Anastacia signed a contract with Daylight Records, a custom label of Sony BMG's Epic Records in March 1999. The Cut was hosted by Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes of R&B and hip-hop group TLC. A then-unknown Anastacia finished in second place, but impressed Lopes and the show's three judges so much that she scored herself a record deal anyway.
Recording career
Her debut album Not That Kind was released in 2000. The album was a huge success, reaching the top ten in eight countries in Europe, Asia, and Oceania. It went quadruple 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. "I'm Outta Love" topped the charts in Australia and New Zealand, peaked at #2 in France and also reached number 6 in both the UK and Germany. In The US, it was only a minor radio hit. The second single "Not That Kind" reached number 11 in the UK and was a big hit all over Europe and the rest of the world. "Cowboys & Kisses" was released as the third single off the album, charting in the top 40 in some European countries. As the last single, "Made for Lovin' You" charted in the UK (27) and France (72).
While "I'm Outta Love" was a Top 10 song on the Hot Dance Club Play, "Not That Kind" did not chart high on the Billboard Hot 100.
Her second album, Freak of Nature achieved respectable sales although it did not match the level of international success of Not That Kind. The album title derives from a nickname her mother called her.[citation needed] The first single released was "Paid My Dues". The second single, "One Day in Your Life", reached number 11 in the UK and the top 10 in many European countries. The next single "Why'd You Lie to Me" reached the top 30 in the UK. "You'll Never Be Alone", the 4th single, reached #28 on the Adult Contemporary chart in the U.S. When the album was finally released in the United States in May 2002, she dedicated the album to Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes,[citation needed] 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. Soon after she released a double disc edition featuring two bonus hits, remixes for three of the tracks on the album and two live tracks taken from a Japan gig that was performed on the September 13, 2002.
Anastacia joined Celine Dion, Mary J. Blige, Cyndi Lauper, Shakira, Cher, Dixie Chicks and Stevie Nicks for VH1's Divas Live in 2002 and she also contributed the song "Love Is a Crime" to the Chicago soundtrack.[6] The song peaked at #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and enjoyed moderate airplay on Rhythmic/Dance format. Anastacia was selected to sing the theme from 2002 FIFA World Cup: "Boom".
[edit] Cancer diagnosis
In January 2003, Anastacia decided to have her breasts reduced because of back strain. From a routine mammogram for the surgery she discovered she had breast cancer. She immediately started and successfully completed surgery and radiotherapy.[7] Anastacia subsequently established the "Anastacia Fund"[3] to promote awareness of breast cancer among younger women.
She has attributed her health scare to being an inspiration for the sound and content of her third album. According to an interview she made in 2005 on a British music station The Box, her voice lost its power and she became unable to record and thus she spent a long time writing and trying to create a sound she would be finally happy with.
[edit] Creation of "sprock"
As she said on Rove (Australia) in 2004, she wanted to have more edge to her vocals as she felt there was something missing from her previous works. She brought in many rock instruments which brought a new atmosphere to her music. She also felt that she still needed the funkiness and the pop as the singer felt that too much edge would sound wrong with her voice. Out of this a new sound was formed. She describes her sound as "sprock" - a combination of soul, pop and rock. She named the album after herself.
Anastacia entered record studios in September 2003 to begin recording her next album, working with Glen Ballard, Dallas Austin, and Dave Stewart for release in 2004. On the album, Anastacia also collaborated with P.O.D. lead singer Sonny Sandoval on the socially-conscious track "I Do".
The first single, released in March, was "Left Outside Alone", which saw a change in direction for Anastacia. Anastacia proved to be a smash hit reaching the top of the album charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Australia, Greece, Germany, and Italy and number 2 in Portugal and Spain. "Left Outside Alone" proved to be equally successful reaching number 1 in Australia, Spain, Italy, Austria and Switzerland; number 2 in the Netherlands + Germany, number 3 in the UK and reaching the top 5 on the composite European chart. Unlike her first two albums, which were released in her homeland of America, Anastacia was not, despite being scheduled for release on three occasions. "Left Outside Alone" was released twice, but failed to pick up heavy airplay.[5] It only gained sporadic Adult Contemporary and Hot AC format airplay. Again, it sparked Rhythmic/Dance format airplay and the dance mix of "Left Outside Alone" peaked at #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play. After the original version of "Left Outside Alone" failed to catch on because of lukewarm promotional pushes, especially on radio, the album was postponed and eventually cancelled after the release date of August 30, 2004 passed.
"Welcome to My Truth" screenshot (2004).
Anastacia released three further internationally successful singles; "Sick and Tired" (which gave her another #1 in Spain and another UK Top 5 single), "Welcome to My Truth" (her best-selling hit in Spain), and the ballad "Heavy on My Heart" proceeds from the sale of which went towards her 'Anastacia Fund' (a charitable organization providing research funding for breast cancer).
A small batch of Anastacia the album was released with a bonus DVD, Anastacia poster and slip case. The DVD includes "Making Of Anastacia", "2002 Europe Promo Tour" and a photo gallery.
Her debut album Not That Kind was released in 2000. The album was a huge success, reaching the top ten in eight countries in Europe, Asia, and Oceania. It went quadruple 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. "I'm Outta Love" topped the charts in Australia and New Zealand, peaked at #2 in France and also reached number 6 in both the UK and Germany. In The US, it was only a minor radio hit. The second single "Not That Kind" reached number 11 in the UK and was a big hit all over Europe and the rest of the world. "Cowboys & Kisses" was released as the third single off the album, charting in the top 40 in some European countries. As the last single, "Made for Lovin' You" charted in the UK (27) and France (72).
While "I'm Outta Love" was a Top 10 song on the Hot Dance Club Play, "Not That Kind" did not chart high on the Billboard Hot 100.
Her second album, Freak of Nature achieved respectable sales although it did not match the level of international success of Not That Kind. The album title derives from a nickname her mother called her.[citation needed] The first single released was "Paid My Dues". The second single, "One Day in Your Life", reached number 11 in the UK and the top 10 in many European countries. The next single "Why'd You Lie to Me" reached the top 30 in the UK. "You'll Never Be Alone", the 4th single, reached #28 on the Adult Contemporary chart in the U.S. When the album was finally released in the United States in May 2002, she dedicated the album to Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes,[citation needed] 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. Soon after she released a double disc edition featuring two bonus hits, remixes for three of the tracks on the album and two live tracks taken from a Japan gig that was performed on the September 13, 2002.
Anastacia joined Celine Dion, Mary J. Blige, Cyndi Lauper, Shakira, Cher, Dixie Chicks and Stevie Nicks for VH1's Divas Live in 2002 and she also contributed the song "Love Is a Crime" to the Chicago soundtrack.[6] The song peaked at #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and enjoyed moderate airplay on Rhythmic/Dance format. Anastacia was selected to sing the theme from 2002 FIFA World Cup: "Boom".
[edit] Cancer diagnosis
In January 2003, Anastacia decided to have her breasts reduced because of back strain. From a routine mammogram for the surgery she discovered she had breast cancer. She immediately started and successfully completed surgery and radiotherapy.[7] Anastacia subsequently established the "Anastacia Fund"[3] to promote awareness of breast cancer among younger women.
She has attributed her health scare to being an inspiration for the sound and content of her third album. According to an interview she made in 2005 on a British music station The Box, her voice lost its power and she became unable to record and thus she spent a long time writing and trying to create a sound she would be finally happy with.
[edit] Creation of "sprock"
As she said on Rove (Australia) in 2004, she wanted to have more edge to her vocals as she felt there was something missing from her previous works. She brought in many rock instruments which brought a new atmosphere to her music. She also felt that she still needed the funkiness and the pop as the singer felt that too much edge would sound wrong with her voice. Out of this a new sound was formed. She describes her sound as "sprock" - a combination of soul, pop and rock. She named the album after herself.
Anastacia entered record studios in September 2003 to begin recording her next album, working with Glen Ballard, Dallas Austin, and Dave Stewart for release in 2004. On the album, Anastacia also collaborated with P.O.D. lead singer Sonny Sandoval on the socially-conscious track "I Do".
The first single, released in March, was "Left Outside Alone", which saw a change in direction for Anastacia. Anastacia proved to be a smash hit reaching the top of the album charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Australia, Greece, Germany, and Italy and number 2 in Portugal and Spain. "Left Outside Alone" proved to be equally successful reaching number 1 in Australia, Spain, Italy, Austria and Switzerland; number 2 in the Netherlands + Germany, number 3 in the UK and reaching the top 5 on the composite European chart. Unlike her first two albums, which were released in her homeland of America, Anastacia was not, despite being scheduled for release on three occasions. "Left Outside Alone" was released twice, but failed to pick up heavy airplay.[5] It only gained sporadic Adult Contemporary and Hot AC format airplay. Again, it sparked Rhythmic/Dance format airplay and the dance mix of "Left Outside Alone" peaked at #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play. After the original version of "Left Outside Alone" failed to catch on because of lukewarm promotional pushes, especially on radio, the album was postponed and eventually cancelled after the release date of August 30, 2004 passed.
"Welcome to My Truth" screenshot (2004).
Anastacia released three further internationally successful singles; "Sick and Tired" (which gave her another #1 in Spain and another UK Top 5 single), "Welcome to My Truth" (her best-selling hit in Spain), and the ballad "Heavy on My Heart" proceeds from the sale of which went towards her 'Anastacia Fund' (a charitable organization providing research funding for breast cancer).
A small batch of Anastacia the album was released with a bonus DVD, Anastacia poster and slip case. The DVD includes "Making Of Anastacia", "2002 Europe Promo Tour" and a photo gallery.
Hitting the road
From September 2004 to August 2005, Anastacia went on a "Live at Last Tour". By 2005 the tour was renamed the "Encore tour".
In late 2005, she released her first greatest hits collection, called Pieces of a Dream, named after a track of the same name. The album spawned the hit singles "Pieces of a Dream" and the duet with Eros Ramazzotti "I Belong to You", which was a huge hit in Europe, charting and peaking in the top ten in almost all the European countries. Even though Sony BMG did force her to release this collection, Anastacia says she is happy now that it was created as it was like a "story book", or summary of the first five years of her career.
Not long after the release of "I Belong to You", Anastacia released her first live DVD Live at Last on March 27, 2006 in Europe. The DVD contains footage from concerts in Berlin and Munich. It includes music videos to her four singles ("Left Outside Alone" [US version], "Everything Burns" [with Ben Moody], "Pieces Of A Dream" and "I Belong to You", with Eros Ramazzotti), five alternative videos (I Do, Rearview, Seasons Change, Underground Army and Time) to songs from her self named album, and a documentary about the tour.
[edit] New beginning
Anastacia attended the memorial Concert For Diana on July 1, 2007, which would have been on Diana's 46th birthday. This was one of the first major events to take place in the new Wembley Stadium, and one of her first major appearances since she took a break from the industry. She opened the medley section of the show and she sang a rendition of "Superstar", from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar, with a gospel chorus behind her.
In August 2007, a video was put on the "Anastacia by S. Oliver" web site. During the video, when Anastacia was asked about her future plans, she confirmed that she was working on a new album as well as the clothing line. A specific month of release or title was not mentioned.[8] In November 2007, her biography on the official Anastacia website[9] was updated to say there will be a new album in 2008, with a tour to follow.
On July 24, Anastacia announced that her long awaited fourth studio album Heavy Rotation will be released October 27, 2008 in Europe and Asia (and elsewhere in 2009). The new album will feature collaborations with producers Ne-Yo, The Heavyweights, Lester Mendez, JR Rotem and Rodney Jerkins. The album's first single, called "I Can Feel You", began playing in some radio markets on August 25, 2008.[10] The second single from Heavy Rotation is "Absolutely Positively".
[edit] Entrepreneurship
[edit] Anastacia By s. Oliver
Anastacia by s. Oliver[11] is a clothes collection released in late 2006 by Anastacia and s. Oliver. She had said that she long wanted to release a clothing line: "I have had the idea of designing my own collection for a long time, but waited for the right partner. s. Oliver came along just at the right time. We got to know each other and found that we not only harmonize well together as a brand, but also have the same ideas about the look of 'Anastacia by s. Oliver'. There are many points that need to be considered when designing a collection: What trends are in, what colors, what fabrics, what styles ... That is why I am happy that my work with the s. Oliver design team is going so well and that we are implementing these themes together. For example, I think it is also very important that my clothes can be worn in different sizes." The collection reflects Anastacia's personal style and her versatility. The look of the line is designed to be "sensual, feminine and sexy". A Limited Edition CD named "Welcome To My Style" is available for free to costumers who spend 60 euros or more on the clothes in November. The CD includes the following already released tracks:
Underdog (B-Side of "Cowboys & Kisses")
Get Ready (B-Side of "Left Outside Alone")
Boom (FIFA 2002 World Cup official song)
Funk Medley (B-Side of "Paid My Dues").
[edit] Limited edition clothing line
Anastacia by s. Oliver has released a limited edition clothing line called "Limited Luxury", that was designed together with the famous brand "Swarovski". This clothing hit the stores on November 2, 2007 and was only sold in some countries.[12]
[edit] Perfume
Anastacia's official perfume, Resurrection, was released in September 2006.
[edit] Philanthropy
During her years of success, Anastacia has supported many charity events as Life Ball 2006 (Europe's largest annual AIDS charity event), Make a Difference and Challenge for the Children. Anastacia was one of the fifteen artists to record their take on a Disney song on the CD DisneyMania. Anastacia recorded "Someday My Prince Will Come" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It is also included on the Collector's Edition of her second album.
After being diagnosed with cancer, Anastacia created "The Anastacia Fund". The organization helps raises awareness about breast cancer and the importance of mammograms to women 35 and under. Anastacia began selling her stage clothing on eBay, donating a portion to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The auctions were hosted by eBay Trading Assistant and Certified Business Consultant, Carolyn CJ Jacinto of XOXmas. The eBay Family, and others, made generous contributions for the next 6 months bidding on new listing that began every Friday.
[edit] Personal life
Anastacia was romantically linked to several men throughout her career. She had a relationship with Shawn Woods for 6 years and the singer claims he was the love of her life. She also dated Charles Ingram, and dated Patrice Bouédibéla for over a year before splitting up. She married her bodyguard Wayne Newton in Mexico on April 21, 2007. The wedding was in Huatulco, and was written and officiated by a shaman from California, Jon Rasmussen.
Anastacia has a tattoo below her neck, saying "Forever" in an unusual font.[13] She also has an Ankh on her lower back, which appeared on her first album. Since it represents "eternal life", it has come to symbolize her.[3]
Anastacia took part in the charity event, 46664, organised by Nelson Mandela to raise awareness of AIDS. She sang with U2 and Queen, and also contributed to the song "Amandla", recording the song and providing some of the lyrics. Annie Lennox joined forces with Anastacia and 22 other female artists to raise awareness of the transmission of HIV to unborn children in Africa.[14] The single "Sing" was released on World Aids Day, December 1, 2007, in conjunction with Annie Lennox's appearance at the Nelson Mandela 46664 concert in South Africa.
[edit] Filmography
Concert For Diana (2007)
Nelson Mandela's AIDS Day Concert (2003)
Anastacia:The Video Collection (2002)
Ally McBeal:The Getaway (2001)
Ally McBeal:Queen Bee (2001)
[edit] Discography
Main article: Anastacia discography
Studio albums
2000: Not That Kind
2001: Freak of Nature
2004: Anastacia
2008: Heavy Rotation
Compilations
2005: Pieces of a Dream
[edit] Tours
2004 – 2005: Live at Last Tour / The Encore Tour
2009: Heavy Rotation Tour
[edit] Awards
Main article: List of Anastacia awards
References
^ Chrissy Iley (August 24, 2008). Anastacia Bares All. Fabulous Magazine UK. Prior to this she was represented as born in 1973 in mainstream media, eg Trials of Anastacia at Times Online and Anastacia at The Biography Channel. Accessed 2008-08-24.
^ Anastacia, 20 million worldwide sales award (November 2005) JM Enternational. (accessed 2008-10-10)
^ a b c d e f TimesOnline.co.uk (October 23, 2005). Trials of Anastacia, (accessed 2006-09-09)
^ Interview: Welcome to my truth (November 16, 2008) Scotland on Sunday. (accessed 2008-11-20)
^ a b c TheBiographyChannel.co.uk (September 2006). Anastacia Biography, (accessed 2006-09-09)
^ a b MTV.com (January 21, 2003). Anastasia Diagnosed with Breast Cancer, (accessed 2006-09-09)
^ Reuters article (no longer available at reuters.com), used at
Badger Herald (March 4, 2003). Pop singer Anastacia undergoes cancer surgery, (accessed 2006-09-09)
WNDU-TV-16 (March 5, 2003). Pop singer Anastacia undergoes cancer surgery, (accessed 2006-09-09)
^ August 2007 video on the Anastacia section of the "Anastacia by s oliver" website: http://www.anastaciabysoliver.com/
^ Biography page Official Anastacia web site.
^ Anastacia Is Back With Fourth Studio Album 'Heavy Rotation'. (August 21, 2008) MTV Asia. Accessed 2008-08-25.
^ Anastacia by s. Oliver.
^ "Limited Luxury"
^ Anastacia - FunTrivia.com
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