What is Anastacia?
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox musical artist | Name = Anastacia | Img = Anastacia Resurrection Tour (17309309372).jpg | Img_alt = | Img_capt = Anastacia in 2015 | Img_size = | Landscape = | Background = solo_singer | Birth_name = Anastacia Lyn Newkirk | Alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1968|9|17}} | Origin = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[USA]] | death_date = | Instrument = Vocals | Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Download Anastacia MP3 Songs and Albums|url=http://musicmp3.ru/artist_anastacia.html|accessdate=2011-06-29}}</ref> [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[soul music|soul]], [[dance-pop|dance]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Anastasia Heavy Heat|url=http://beemp3.com/index.php?q=anastacia+heavy+heat|accessdate=2011-06-29}}</ref> [[pop rock]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Anastacia by Anastacia|url=http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/anastacia/anastacia/|accessdate=2011-06-29}}</ref> | Occupation = Singer-songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, philanthropist | Years_active = 1993-present | Label = [[Sony Music Entertainment]], [[Sony BMG]], [[The Island Def Jam Music Group]], [[BMG Rights Management]] | Associated_acts = | URL = {{URL|http://anastacia.com/}} | Notable_instruments = | Current_members = | Past_members = }} '''Anastacia Lyn Newkirk''', best known as '''Anastacia''' {{IPAc-en|ˌ|æ|n|ə|ˈ|s|t|eɪ|ʒ|ə}}, (born September 17, 1968) is an [[Americans|American]] [[singer]], [[songwriter]] and [[style|stylist]]. Anastacia's father was of [[Germany|German]] [[ancestry]]; her mother is of [[Irish people|Irish]] ancestry. Anastacia has had several health problems in her life. She was diagnosed with [[Crohn's disease]] when she was 13. In early 2003 she was [[diagnosis|diagnosed]] with [[breast cancer]] and had [[surgery]] to remove it.<ref>{{cite