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Annastasia also completed the recording of her first album entitled “You Turn” which was preview launched at London’s Jazz Café to a sold out audience on the 14th September.
Annastasia also completed the recording of her first album entitled “You Turn” which was preview launched at London’s Jazz Café to a sold out audience on the 14th September.
Undeterred by not getting past this stage, Annastasia subsequently auditioned for the X Factor 2010 series, The X Factor (United Kingdom series 7) and once again made it to the judges round. On Christmas Eve of that same year, Annastasia launched the video to her first single release entitled “First Love". This was followed on the 15th June 2014 by the video for her second single release “Let Maine Go”.
Touched by the plight of the girls seized in Nigeria, this was Annastasia’s contribution to the #bringbackourgirls awareness campaign.
The album is anticipated to be on general release from early 2015. Annastasia Baker was nominated for a MOBO Award in the “Best Gospel Acting “ category in September 2014.
MOBO Awards. The oldest of four siblings, Baker was born in Mandeville, Jamaica, West Indies, but grew up in London.
South London based, she recalls growing up in a home filled with music Her father, a multi instrumentalist also sang in a gospel harmony group and his interest in music across all genres had a profound impact upon the musical development of young Annastasia.
Although Annastasia has always been driven to sing, she began to publicly display her talent as she became swept up in the emerging television talent contests as a potential platform during her early years. Baker first attracted the attention of Simon Cowell and other judges on the panel of The X Factor (United Kingdom Series) in 2008.
She was mentored by Cheryl Cole during this as well as her return attempt in 2010.
Baker undertook her first United States tour during September 2014. As with her Jazz Cafe preview launch earlier that month, Baker performed songs from her upcoming album during this tour. Annastasia Baker became a MOBO Award nominee in the Best Gospel Acting category for 2014.
In 2015 Anastasia Baker embarked upon a multiple date United Kingdom-wide tour, including an appearance at the Copper Box Arena supporting the United States Gospel artist Kirk Franklin, culminating in her own headline date at the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire later that year.
On June 1, 2015, Annastasia Baker released her debut album entitled “You Turn”. A single entitled “First Love” was the lead track taken from the album and released some months in advance of this date.