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Anastacia
(born Anastacia Lyn Newkirk on September 17, 1973) is an 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 in excess of 30 million albums
worldwide. Anastacia is world renowned for her powerful, edgy,
soulful voice and is a dramatic contralto, 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 made headlines
when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003. In 2007, she
married her bodyguard of three years, Wayne Newton, in Mexico. In
November 2007, her biography on the official Anastacia website was
updated to say there will be a new album in 2008, with a tour to
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