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Amy Winehouse

Amy Jade Winehouse[1] (born 19 September 1983) is an English soul, jazz, and R&B singer-songwriter, as well as a prominent substance abuser.

Winehouse's 2003 debut album Frank did well, both commercially and critically, in her native Britain. It was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Her 2006 follow-up album Back to Black led to six Grammy Award nominations and five wins, tying the record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night and becoming the first British singer to win five Grammys,[2][3] including three of the "Big Four": Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. On 14 February 2007, she won a BRIT Award for Best British Female Artist; she had also been nominated for Best British Album. She has won the Ivor Novello Award twice, among other prestigious distinctions.

Winehouse has created media buzz apart from her singing. Her distinctive style, most notably her former signature beehive hairstyle, has spawned imitators and been the muse for fashion designers, most notably Karl Lagerfeld. The singer's (and her husband's) struggle with drug and alcohol addiction, as well as self-destructive behaviour, have become regular tabloid news since 2007. The couple have also been plagued by legal troubles that have led to the cancellation of several tour dates.

Early life

Amy Winehouse was born in the Southgate area of Enfield, London to a Jewish family who shared her love of jazz music.[4] She was raised in a family of four: her father Mitchell (a taxi driver), her mother Janis (a pharmacist), and her older brother Alex.[5] She grew up in the suburb of Southgate and attended Southgate School before leaving to go to Ashmole School.[citation needed] At age ten, Winehouse founded a short-lived rap group called Sweet 'n' Sour with childhood friend Juliette Ashby.[6] She was trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School when she was twelve years old but was allegedly expelled at fourteen for "not applying herself" and for piercing her nose.[7][5] With other children from the Sylvia Young School, she appeared in an episode of The Fast Show in 1997.[8] She later attended the BRIT School in Selhurst, Croydon.

Career

Early career

After toying with her brother's guitar, Winehouse received her first guitar when she was thirteen, and began writing music a year later. It was around this time that she dropped out of school, and first started experimenting with drugs. She began working soon after, including as a "showbiz journalist" for the World Entertainment News Network in addition to singing with a jazz band.[5] Her sometimes boyfriend at the time, soul singer Tyler James, sent her demo tape to an A&R person.[4] The tape led to her signing with record label Island/Universal under Simon Fuller's company 19 Management,[9] and to a publishing deal with EMI. With her first check, she moved out with Ashby.[5] Winehouse hired New York singer Sharon Jones's longtime band, the Dap-Kings to back her up in the studio and on tour, giving the group its first real taste of the limelight.[10]

Major label success

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Performing at the Bowery Ballroom, New York City

Amy Winehouse's debut album, Frank, was released on 20 October 2003. Produced mainly by Salaam Remi, many songs had jazz-influences and, apart from two covers, every song was co-written by Winehouse. The album received positive reviews[11][12] with compliments over the "cool, critical gaze" in its lyrics[13] and brought comparisons of her voice to Sarah Vaughan,[14] Macy Gray and others.[13]

The album entered the upper levels of the UK album chart in 2004 when it was nominated for BRIT Awards in the categories of "British Female Solo Artist" and "British Urban Act". It went on to achieve platinum sales.[15] Later in 2004, she won the Ivor Novello songwriting Award for Best Contemporary Song with her contribution to the first single, "Stronger Than Me" (alongside Salaam Remi).[16] The album also made the short list for the 2004 Mercury Music Prize. In the same year, she performed at the Glastonbury festival, on the Jazzworld stage, and at the V Festival.

After the release of the album, Winehouse commented that she was "only 80 percent behind [the] album" because of the inclusion by her record label of certain songs and mixes she disliked.[4] Upon the release of her second album, she stated "I can’t even listen to Frank any more — in fact, I’ve never been able to. I like playing the tracks live because that’s different, but listening to them is another story."[17] She later clarified this, saying: "I listen to it differently now. I am still really proud of it, I still think it's a great album. But, with hindsight, there are some things I would have done differently... Just because I would do things a bit differently now doesn't mean I don't like what's on that album."[18]

International success

In contrast to her jazz-influenced former album, Winehouse's focus shifted to the girl groups of the 1950s and 1960s. In an interview, Winehouse explained, "After Frank I didn’t write for 18 months but when I met Mark [Ronson] I pretty much wrote the album in six months—he was so inspiring."[17] In early 2006, Winehouse's demonstration tracks such as "Wake Up Alone" and "Rehab" appeared on Mark Ronson's New York radio show on East Village Radio. These were some of the first new songs played on the radio after the release of "Pumps" and both were slated to appear on her second album. The eleven-track album was produced entirely by Salaam Remi and Ronson, with the production credits being split between them almost equally. Promotion of Back to Black soon began, and in early October 2006 Winehouse's official website was re-launched with a new layout and clips of previously unreleased songs.[15]

Template:Sound sample box align left Template:Multi-listen start Template:Multi-listen item Template:Multi-listen item Template:Multi-listen end Template:Sample box end Back to Black was released in the UK on October 30 2006. It went to number one on the UK Albums Chart numerous times, and entered at number seven on the Billboard 200 in the United States. By 25 October the album was approaching 5x platinum in the UK, making it the best-selling album of 2007 and the top iTunes album in the UK in 2007.[19][20]

The album spawned a number of singles. The first single released from the album on 23 October 2006 was the Ronson-produced "Rehab".[17] The song was a number-seven single in the UK,[21][22] and the Ivor Novello award for best contemporary song.[23] "Rehab" peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of June 21, shortly after a performance of it on the 2007 MTV Movie Awards. Time magazine named "Rehab" one of the 10 Best Songs of 2007, ranking it at number one. Writer Josh Tyrangiel praised Winehouse for her confidence, opining, "What she is is mouthy, funny, sultry, and quite possibly crazy" and, "It's impossible not to be seduced by her originality. Combine it with production by Mark Ronson that references four decades worth of soul music without once ripping it off, and you've got the best song of 2007."[24]

The album's second single, "You Know I'm No Good" was released on 8 January 2007 with a remix featuring rap vocals by Ghostface Killah. It ultimately reached number 18 on the UK singles chart. Back to Black was released in the United States in March 2007, with "You Know I'm No Good" as its lead single. The title track, "Back to Black", was released in the UK on 30 April 2007 and peaked at number 25. A deluxe edition of Back to Black was also released on November 5, 2007 in the UK. The bonus disc features B-sides, rare, and live tracks, as well as "Valerie". Winehouse's debut DVD I Told You I Was Trouble: Live in London was released the same day in the U.K. and November 13 in the U.S. It includes a live set recorded at London's Shepherds Bush Empire and a 50-minute documentary charting the singer's career over the previous four years.[25] On 10 December 2007, the final single from Back to Black, "Love Is a Losing Game", was released in the United Kingdom and U.S.

On 20 November 2007, Frank was released in the United States to positive reviews.[26][27] The album debuted at number 61 on the Billboard 200 chart.[28]

In addition to her own album, she has collaborated with other artists on singles. Winehouse was a vocalist on the song "Valerie" on Ronson's solo album Version. The song peaked at number two in the UK, upon its October single release. The song was nominated for a 2008 Brit Award for "Best British Single".[29][30][31] Her work with ex-Sugababe Mutya Buena, "B Boy Baby," was released on 17 December 2007. It served as the fourth single from Buena's solo debut album Real Girl.[32]

Performing at Eurockéennes 2007

By year's end, Winehouse had garnered numerous accolades and awards. The singer won 2008 Grammy Awards in the categories of 'Record of the Year', 'Song of the Year', and 'Best Female Pop Vocal Performance' for the single "Rehab", while her album Back to Black won in the 'Record of the Year' award and a nomination for 'Album of the Year'.[33][34] Producer Mark Ronson's work with her won the award in the Producer of the Year Non-Classical category.[35] The singer also earned a Grammy in the 'Best New Artist' category. She performed "You Know I’m No Good" and "Rehab" at the awards ceremony on February 10, 2008 via satellite, as her visa approval came through too late for her to travel to the U.S. She said "This is for London because Camden town is burning down," she said in reference to the Camden Market fire.[36] The nominations, announced in early December, led to a 48 percent increase in the sales of Back to Black in the United States.[37] Post Grammy Awards, album sales increased by 368 percent over the prior week, to the number 2 position in the United States.[38] In all, she sold a total of 497,310 singles (the 8th best-selling singles artist of the year) and 2,196,362 albums (the top-selling albums artist) in her native UK during the year.[citation needed].

On 13 January 2008, Back to Black held the number one position on the Billboard Pan European charts for the third straight week.[39] By the end of January 2008, Universal Music International reported total sales of the album had reached 3.4 million copies and that it believed there was a correlation between that figure and the extensive media coverage the singer has received.[40]

On 20 February 2008, Winehouse performed at the 2008 BRIT Awards, performing "Valerie" with Mark Ronson, followed by "Love Is a Losing Game". She urged the crowd to "make some noise for my Blake."[41]

On 2 March a special deluxe edition of "Back to Black" topped the UK album charts. The original edition of the album in its 68th week on the charts resided at the number 30 position while "Frank" charted at number 35 [42]

Possible future recordings

Pete Doherty said that the Babyshambles had begun collaborating with the singer on a song titled "You Hurt the Ones You Love".[43]

After a surprise duet with Prince at the end of a London appearance, he proposed that she fly to his Minnesota home to work on a musical collaboration. Previously, Prince had said that he was a "big fan" of the singer prompting her to reply: "I’m honoured. I’m a massive fan. I’d love to work with him."[44] Meanwhile, George Michael wrote a song with which he wants to duet with the singer. Michael said "Amy is the best female vocalist I have ever heard in my entire career, as well as one of the best writers."[45]

Ronson noted that Winehouse had been writing songs and predicted a studio collaboration in 2008. He proposed a "holiday record with Christmas songs on one side and Hanukkah songs on the other."[46]

The singer plans to travel to Jamaica to work with Damian Marley son of reggae legend Bob Marley.[47]

Touring

Amy Winehouse performing at the Bowery Ballroom, 2007

Winehouse toured in conjunction with the album's release. She performed headlining gigs in September and November 2006, including one of the Little Noise Sessions charity concerts at the Union Chapel, Islington. On December 31 2006, Winehouse appeared on Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny and performed a cover of Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" along with Paul Weller and Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra. She also performed Toots and the Maytals' "Monkey Man". She began a run of another fourteen gigs beginning in February 2007. Come summer, Winehouse performed at various festivals, including UK's Glastonbury Festival,[48] Chicago's Lollapalooza festival, Rock Werchter and Baltimore's Virgin Music Festival. However, amid controversy surrounding her health, drug use, and her husband, in October 2007 she cancelled her tour dates for the remainder of the year.

Winehouse's wardrobe on her recent UK tour was sponsored by the clothing label Gio-Goi, and it has recently been rumoured that she is to become the face of the label's 2007 Women's wear collection following in the footsteps of Pete Doherty, who was the face of menswear.[49]

Winehouse is scheduled to perform at the 2008 V Festival and the Oxegen Festival this summer[50][51]

Personal life

On 18 May 2007, Winehouse married on-off boyfriend Blake Fielder-Civil in Miami, Florida.[52]

Substance abuse and mental health issues

Winehouse's battles with substance abuse and erratic behaviour has been the subject of much media attention. In various interviews, she has admitted to having problems with self-harm, depression and eating disorders.[5][21] In August 2007, Winehouse cancelled a number of shows in the UK and Europe, citing exhaustion and ill health.[53] Soon after, the singer and her husband were photographed, bloodied and bruised, in the streets of London after an alleged fight, although Winehouse contended her injuries were self-inflicted.[54] Soon, Winehouse's parents and in-laws publicly reported their numerous concerns, citing fears that the two may commit suicide, and encouraged fans to boycott her music.[55]

On 2 December, images of the singer outside her home in the early morning hours, barefoot and wearing only a bra and jeans appeared on the internet and in some tabloid newspapers. In a statement, her spokesperson blamed paparazzi harassment for the incident.[56] The spokesperson reported that the singer was in a physician-supervised program and was channeling her difficulties by writing a lot of music.[57]

The British tabloid The Sun posted a video of a woman, alleged to be Winehouse, apparently smoking crack cocaine and speaking of having taken ecstasy and valium. Winehouse's father then moved in with her,[58] and Island Records, her record label, announced their plans to abandon its American promotion campaign of her.[59] In late January 2008, Winehouse entered a rehabilitation facility.[60] On 23 January 2008, the video was passed on to Scotland Yard, Metropolitan Police,[59] who questioned her on 5 February.[61]

On 8 September 2007, Winehouse settled a claim for copyright infringement over the song "He Can Only Hold Her", brought against her by songwriter and producer P*Nut. His lawyer stated that the songwriter would receive a share of the royalties from the song and payment of costs. Previously he had received a "thank you" for his contribution but no songwriter credit on the album.[62]

In October 2007, Winehouse and her husband were arrested in Norway for possession of cannabis. The couple were later released and fined 3850 Norwegian kroner (around £350).[63] Winehouse claimed she was "duped" into confessing, but police denied the allegation, noting that fluent English speakers handled Winehouse when she signed the confession.[64] A 29 February 2008 court appearance was postponed because of a legal conflict concerning an appearance Fielder-Civil was required to attend.[65]

On 9 November 2007, Winehouse's husband and four other men were arrested on a charge of trying to pervert the course of justice in relation to an assault on a bartender in June 2007;[66] he allegedly offered to pay the victim £200,000 to withdraw his complaint.[67][68] He was denied bail and remains in custody, pending investigation.[69] Winehouse was cleared of involvement in the matter.[70][71]

The singer was initially denied a U.S. visa because of "use and abuse of narcotics", but was later issued one. The decision came too late for her to appear live at the 2008 Grammy Awards show, and she performed via satellite.[72] Meanwhile, on 17 February, 2008, Fielder-Civil reportedly was hospitalized after collapsing in prison from what was reported to be contaminated heroin.[73]

Other issues

Winehouse was ranked number two on Richard Blackwell's 48th annual "Ten Worst Dressed Women" list, behind Victoria Beckham.[74]. In Paris the singer performed what was described as a "well-executed 40 minute" set at the opening of a Fendi boutique there [75].

Winehouse has joined a campaign to stop a block of flats being built beside the George Tavern, a famous London East End music venue, and has promised to play a gig there once she leaves her current rehabilitation program. Campaign supporters fear the residential development would end the spot's lucrative sideline as a film and photo location, on which it relies to survive.[76]

Controversy

Winehouse's dichotomous public image of critical and commercial success versus personal turmoil has proven to be controversial. In November 2007, the opening night of a 17-date tour was marred by booing and walkouts at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. A music critic for the Birmingham Mail newspaper said it was "one of the saddest nights of my life...I saw a supremely talented artist reduced to tears, stumbling around the stage and, unforgivably, swearing at the audience."[77] Other concerts ended similarly,[78][79] until she announced on November 27, 2007, that performances and public appearances were cancelled for the remainder of 2007, citing doctor advice to take a complete rest. A statement issued by concert promoter Live Nation blamed "the rigours involved in touring and the intense emotional strain that Amy has been under in recent weeks" for the decision.[80]

The New Statesman magazine called Winehouse "a filthy-mouthed, down-to-earth diva,"[81] while Newsweek magazine called her "a perfect storm of sex kitten, raw talent and poor impulse control."[82] Karen Heller with The Philadelphia Inquirer summarized the maelstrom this way:

She's only 24 with six Grammy nods, crashing headfirst into success and despair, with a codependent husband in jail, exhibitionist parents with questionable judgment, and the paparazzi documenting her emotional and physical distress. Meanwhile, a haute designer (Karl Lagerfeld) appropriates her disheveled style and eating issues to market to the elite while proclaiming her the new Bardot.[83]

By 2008, her continued drug problems threatened her very career. Even as Nick Gatfield, the president of Island Records, toyed with the idea of releasing Winehouse "to deal with her problems", he remarked on her talent, saying, "It’s a reflection of her status [in the U.S.] that when you flick through the TV coverage [of the Grammys] it’s her image they use."[59]

In the days before her entry into rehabilitation, The Times, in a break with its normal custom of not devoting space to the "saga of pop singers," editorialized that the government should force the singer into rehabilitation. The editorial, in part, read, "The State's actions could save a great talent. She desperately needs to be brought into rehabilitation and, this time, to stay put there for weeks if not months."

The 2008 NME Awards demonstrated mixed feelings toward Winehouse. The singer was nominated for awards in the categories of "Villain of the Year","Best Solo Artist", and "Best Music DVD" and won in the category of "Worst Dressed Performer" .[84][85]

Post-Grammys, some questioned whether Winehouse should have been honored with the awards, given her recent personal and drug problems.[86][87][88][89] Natalie Cole (who ironically battled her own substance-abuse problems while winning a Grammy for Best New Artist in 1975[90]) remarked, "I think the girl is talented, gifted, but it's not right for her to be able to have her cake and eat it too. She needs to get herself together."[90]

Discography

Main article: Amy Winehouse discography

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Title Result
2004 Ivor Novello Awards Best Contemporary Song (musically and lyrically) "Stronger Than Me" Won
BRIT Awards Best Female Solo Artist Nominated
Best Urban Act Nominated
Mercury Music Prize Album of the Year Frank Shortlisted
2007 South Bank Show awards Best Pop Won
BRIT Awards British Album Back to Black Nominated
Best Female Solo Artist Won
Elle Style Awards Best British music act Won
Ivor Novello Awards Best Contemporary Song "Rehab" Won
Greatest Britons Musical Achievement Won
Mercury Music Prize Album of the Year Back to Black Shortlisted
Popjustice £20 Music Prize Best British pop single of the year "Rehab" Won
Q Awards Best Album Back to Black Won
MOBO Awards Best UK Female Won
MTV Video Music Awards Female Artist of the Year Nominated
Best New Artist Nominated
Video of the Year "Rehab" Nominated
MTV Europe Music Awards Most Addictive Track "Rehab" Nominated
Album of the Year Back to Black Won
Artist's Choice Won
World Music Awards World's Best-Selling New Artist Nominated
World's Best-Selling Pop/Rock Female Artist Nominated
Vibe Awards Breakthrough Artist of the Year Nominated
2008 Grammy Awards Record of the Year "Rehab" Won
Album of the Year Back to Black Nominated
Song of the Year "Rehab" Won
Best New Artist Won
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance "Rehab" Won
Best Pop Vocal Album Back to Black Won
Brit Awards Best British Single "Valerie" Nominated
NME Awards Villain of the Year Nominated
Worst Dressed Performer Won
Best Music DVD "I Told You I Was Trouble" Nominated
Best Solo Artist Nominated
Preceded by Grammy Award for Best New Artist
2008 		Succeeded by
incumbent


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