Anastacia (singer)

:See Anastasia for other people by this alternate spelling of Anastacia.

Early years

Anastacia was born in Chicago, Illinois into a showbiz family: her father was a singer and her mother an actress in Broadway musical theatre. Her family relocated to New York City when she was a teenager and she enrolled at the Professional Children's School in Manhattan.

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Chicago, Illinois - New York City - Teenager - Professional Children's School - Manhattan

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Anastacia soon became interested in dance despite being diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. 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. In 1999, she attracted the interest of record labels after making the finals of MTV talent show The Cut. Anastacia signed a contract with Daylight Records, a custom label of Sony Music's Epic Records in March 1999.

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Crohn's Disease - D.L. Hughley - 1990s - MTV - Salt-N-Pepa - 1999 - Talent show - The Cut - Daylight Records - Sony Music - Epic Records

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