Amy Jade Winehouse[1] (born 14 September 1983 in Southgate, London, England)[2] is an English soul, jazz, and R&B singer-songwriter.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,[3][4] including three of the "Big Four": Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. On February 14, 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.
Amy Winehouse was born in the Southgate area of Enfield, London to a Jewish family who shared her love of jazz music.[5] She was raised in a family of four: her father Mitchell (a taxi driver), her mother Janis (a pharmacist), and her older brother Alex.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8][6] With other children from the Sylvia Young School, she appeared in an episode of The Fast Show in 1997.[9] She later attended the BRIT School in Selhurst, Croydon.
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.[6] Her sometimes boyfriend at the time, soul singer Tyler James, sent her demo tape to an A&R person.[5] The tape led to her signing with record label Island/Universal under Simon Fuller's company 19 Management,[10] and to a publishing deal with EMI. With her first check, she moved out with Ashby.[6] 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.
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."[18] 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.
Audio samples:
"Rehab"
"Tears Dry on Their Own"
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 October 25, 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.[20][21]
The album spawned a number of singles. The first single released from the album on October 23, 2006 was the Ronson-produced "Rehab".[18] The song was a number-seven single in the UK,[22][23] and the Ivor Novello award for best contemporary song.[24] "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."[25]
The album's second single, "You Know I'm No Good" was released on January 8, 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 April 30, 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.[26] On December 10, 2007, the final single from Back to Black, "Love Is a Losing Game", was released in the United Kingdom and U.S.
On November 20, 2007, Frank was released in the United States to positive reviews.[27][28] The album debuted at number 61 on the Billboard 200 chart.[29]
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".[30][31][32] Her work with ex-Sugababe Mutya Buena, "B Boy Baby," was released on December 17, 2007. It served as the fourth single from Buena's solo debut album Real Girl.[33]
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'.[34][35] Producer Mark Ronson's work with her won the award in the Producer of the Year Non-Classical category.[36] 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.[37] The nominations, announced in early December, led to a 48 percent increase in the sales of Back to Black in the United States.[38] Post Grammy Awards, album sales increased by 368 percent over the prior week, to the number 2 position in the United States.[39] 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 January 13, 2008, Back to Black held the number one position on the Billboard Pan European charts for the third straight week.[40] 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.[41]
On February 20, 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."[42]
A special deluxe edition of "Back to Black" topped the UK album charts on 2 March 2008. The original edition of the album resided at the number 30 position, in its 68th week on the charts, while "Frank" charted at number 35.[43] By 12 March, the album had sold a total of 2,467,575 copies, 318,350 of those in the previous ten weeks, putting the album on the UK's top ten best-selling albums of the 21st century for the first time.
"Rehab"
"Tears Dry on Their Own"
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 October 25, 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.[20][21]
The album spawned a number of singles. The first single released from the album on October 23, 2006 was the Ronson-produced "Rehab".[18] The song was a number-seven single in the UK,[22][23] and the Ivor Novello award for best contemporary song.[24] "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."[25]
The album's second single, "You Know I'm No Good" was released on January 8, 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 April 30, 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.[26] On December 10, 2007, the final single from Back to Black, "Love Is a Losing Game", was released in the United Kingdom and U.S.
On November 20, 2007, Frank was released in the United States to positive reviews.[27][28] The album debuted at number 61 on the Billboard 200 chart.[29]
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".[30][31][32] Her work with ex-Sugababe Mutya Buena, "B Boy Baby," was released on December 17, 2007. It served as the fourth single from Buena's solo debut album Real Girl.[33]
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'.[34][35] Producer Mark Ronson's work with her won the award in the Producer of the Year Non-Classical category.[36] 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.[37] The nominations, announced in early December, led to a 48 percent increase in the sales of Back to Black in the United States.[38] Post Grammy Awards, album sales increased by 368 percent over the prior week, to the number 2 position in the United States.[39] 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 January 13, 2008, Back to Black held the number one position on the Billboard Pan European charts for the third straight week.[40] 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.[41]
On February 20, 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."[42]
A special deluxe edition of "Back to Black" topped the UK album charts on 2 March 2008. The original edition of the album resided at the number 30 position, in its 68th week on the charts, while "Frank" charted at number 35.[43] By 12 March, the album had sold a total of 2,467,575 copies, 318,350 of those in the previous ten weeks, putting the album on the UK's top ten best-selling albums of the 21st century for the first time.
Amy Jade Winehouse (London- Southgate, 1984. szeptember 14.) ötszörös Grammy-díjas, angol soul-, jazz-, és rhythm and blues-énekesnő és dalszövegíró.Első albumát, a 2003-ban megjelent Franket Mercury-díjra jelölték. Az énekesnőnek két Ivor Novello-díjat is ítéltek, az elsőt 2004-ben, a Stronger than Me című daláért, míg a másikat 2007 májusában a 2006-os Black to black című albuma első kislemezéért, a Rehabért. 2007. február 14-én BRIT díjat nyert a Legjobb női előadóművész kategóriában (az elismerésre a Legjobb brit album kategóriában is jelölték). Július 17-én bejelentették, hogy a „Black to Black” egyike azon 12 albumnak, mely szerepel a 2007-es Mercury-díjra jelöltek listáján, és az énekesnőt még ugyanebben az évben háromszor jelölték az MTV Video Music Awardsra.
Muzsikuscsaládban nőtt fel Észak-Londonban, a családi hagyománynak megfelelően soul-, jazz- és r&b-énekesnővé cseperedett. 2003-ban debütált Frank című albumával, amelyről később azt nyilatkozta, csak nyolcvan százalékban érzi magáénak, ugyanis a kiadó nyomására olyan dalokat is bele kellett tennie, amelyeket nem szeretett. A Franket 2006-ban a „Black To Black” című album követte, élén a provokatív, „Rehab” című dallal. Ebben arról énekel, hogyan utasította vissza az alkoholelvonót, amelyre menedzserei küldték volna, s miért választott az incidens után új menedzsereket. Csodálatos hangja és időnként a hatvanas éveket idéző méhkas-frizurája mellett magánéletével hívja fel magára a brit pletykalapok figyelmét, amelyek élvezettel foglalkoznak étkezési zavaraival, depressziójával és a testét borító tetoválásokkal is, valamint drog- és alkoholproblémáival.
Amy a londoni Enfield déli részén látta meg a napvilágot zsidó zenészcsalád sarjaként. Édesapja Mitchell Winehouse taxisofőr, édesanyja Janis gyógyszerész, testvére Alex. Az énekesnő Southgate külvárosában nőtt fel és Ashmole iskolában tanult. 10 éves korában amatőr R&B bandát alapított, melyet 'Édes és savanyú'-nak nevezett el. A csapatot a 'kis zsidó Salt-n-Pepa'-ként jellemezte. 12 éves korában beíratkozott a Sylvia Young Színitanodába de állítólag nem tudott érvényesülni és 14 évesen piercinget rakatott az orrába. Később a BRIT School-ban tanult Selhurst-ban, Croydon-ban.
Winehouse első gitárját 13 évesen kapta. 16 éves korára tökélyre fejlesztette énekhangját miután soul-énekes barátja, Tyler James elküldte a demofelvételt egy ügynökségnek.
Amy-re nagy hatással voltak a jazz-, a funk-, és a soul "nagyjai", mint például Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Charles Mingus, Nat Cole, Donny Hathaway, Dinah Washington, Thelonius Monk etc.
Winehouse első gitárját 13 évesen kapta. 16 éves korára tökélyre fejlesztette énekhangját miután soul-énekes barátja, Tyler James elküldte a demofelvételt egy ügynökségnek.
Amy-re nagy hatással voltak a jazz-, a funk-, és a soul "nagyjai", mint például Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Charles Mingus, Nat Cole, Donny Hathaway, Dinah Washington, Thelonius Monk etc.
Bemutatkozó albuma, a Frank, 2003 őszén jelent, Amy saját számaival és 2 feldolgozás dallal. Az album rendezője, Salaam Remi a híres hip-hop, R&B producer volt (ő később, a Back To Black munkálataiban is akítvan részt vett). Dzsesszes hangulatú albumával elnyerte a közönség szeretét, és a kritikusok figyelmét is kiharcolta. A Frank csupa jó kritikát kapott és még az év albumának is jelölték, 2004-ben Ivor Novello-díjat zsebelhetett be a korongért.
Back to Black
Amy Winehouse legújabb albuma, amely igazán híressé tette őt, 2007ben jelent meg. Olyan slágereket tartalmaz, mint például a "Tears dry on their own" vagy a "Rehab" című szám, amely világszerte ismertté tette és hetekig vezette a slágerlistákat.
Back to Black
Amy Winehouse legújabb albuma, amely igazán híressé tette őt, 2007ben jelent meg. Olyan slágereket tartalmaz, mint például a "Tears dry on their own" vagy a "Rehab" című szám, amely világszerte ismertté tette és hetekig vezette a slágerlistákat.
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