Amy Winehouse
AKA
The London Songbird
BORN: Amy Jade Winehouse
1983-09-14
2011-07-03
BIOGRAPHY
She was an English singer and songwriter. She was known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres, including soul, rhythm and blues and jazz.
Winehouse released her follow-up album, Back to Black, in 2006, which went on to become an international success and one of the best-selling albums in UK history.[1] At the 2007 Brit Awards it was nominated for British Album of the Year, and she received the award for British Female Solo Artist. The song “Rehab” won her a second Ivor Novello Award. At the 50th Grammy Awards in 2008, she won five awards, tying the then record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night and becoming the first British woman to win five Grammys, including: Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year (for “Rehab”), as well as Best Pop Vocal Album.
Winehouse was plagued by drug and alcohol addiction. She died of alcohol poisoning on 23 July 2011, at the age of 27. After her death, Back to Black temporarily became the UK’s best-selling album of the 21st century. VH1 ranked Winehouse 26th on their list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music.
QUOTES
- “Life’s short. Anything could happen, and it usually does, so there is no point in sitting around thinking about all the ifs, ands and buts.”
- Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen.
- Life's short. Anything could happen, and it usually does, so there is no point in sitting around thinking about all the ifs, ands and buts.
- I fall in love every day. Not with people but with situations.
- Yes, I'm still going to misbehave!
- If I died tomorrow, I would be a happy girl.
- I would say that jazz is my own language.
- I don't think your ability to fight has anything to do with how big you are. It's to do with how much anger is in you.
- There's no point in saying anything but the truth.
- I was hit by a car once on my bike, but I still rode home.
