b. Anastacia Newkirk, 17 September 1973, USA. This Los Angeles, California, USA-based soul diva was raised in Chicago but relocated to New York as a teenager. She enrolled at Manhattan's Professional Children's School at the age of 14, but before too long was immersing herself in the city's dance music scene at Club 1018. Her first claim to fame was as a dancer for hire, making regular appearances on MTV's Club MTV and featuring in a couple of videos for urban duo Salt-N-Pepa. A frustrating spell as a session vocalist followed, before an appearance on the MTV talent show The Cut brought her to the attention of several major labels. A recording contract with the Epic Records subsidiary Daylight followed in March 1999.

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