Mercury Records artists | Musicians from Chicago, Illinois | Anastacia

Birth name Anastacia Lyn Newkirk

Born September 17, 1968 (age 42)
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Genres Pop, R&B, soul, dance, pop rock

Occupations Singer-songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, philanthropistInstrumentsVocalsYears active1988–1992 (dancer) 1998–present (singer)

Labels Daylight (2000–2007) Mercury (2008–2010)

Website www.anastacia.com

Anastacia was born in Chicago, Illinois; her late father Robert Newkirk (of German descent) was a club-singer and her mother Diane Hurley (of Irish descent) an actress on Broadway. After her father (a sufferer of bipolar disorder) left the Newkirk family, they moved to New York City when she was a teenager. Then she enrolled at the Professional Children's School in Manhattan.