Anastacia

Anastacia is the third studio album by American singer Anastacia. It was released on March 29, 2004, by Epic Records. Primarily a pop, power pop and rock album, Anastacia also includes elements of soul and R&B. It was a commercial success, peaking at the top of the albums charts in several countries, including Australia, Belgium, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, and becoming one of the top 10 best-selling albums of the year in much of Europe. The album has sold eight million copies.

Anastacia proved to be a huge commercial success. It topped the charts in 11 European countries, including Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, while reaching number two in Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. The album spent seven consecutive weeks at number one on Billboard's European Top 100 Albums chart in April and May 2004, before reclaiming the spot once more in July that year. In the United Kingdom opened atop the UK Albums Chart, selling 87,000 units in its first week of release.