Amy:Selected
Discography
Genre: Hip Hop, Jazz
Style: RnB/Swing, Acid Jazz
Year: 2003
Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Soul
Year: 2006
Genre: Reggae, Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: RnB, Soul
Year: 2011
Amy:Short But
Full Life
Biography
Amy Winehouse Winehouse singing in front of a microphone, looking to the side. Winehouse performing at the Eurockéennes of 2007 Born Amy Jade Winehouse.
14 September 1983 Southgate, London, England Died 23 July 2011 (aged 27) Camden, London, England
Cause of death Alcohol poisoning Resting place Edgwarebury Cemetery, Edgware, London Occupation Singersongwriter
Winehouse won three Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors: in 2004, Best Contemporary Song for "Stronger Than Me"; in 2007, Best Contemporary Song again, this time for "Rehab"; and in 2008, Best Song Musically and Lyrically for "Love Is a Losing Game." She also won the 2007 Brit Award for Best British Female Artist, having been nominated for Best British Album, with Back to Black.
Career
After toying around with her brother Alex's guitar, Winehouse bought her own when she was 14 and began writing music a year later. Soon after, she began working for a living, including, at one time, as an entertainment journalist for the World Entertainment News Network, in addition to singing with local group the Bolsha Band. In July 2000, she became the featured female vocalist with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra; her influences were to include Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington, the latter of whom she was already listening to at home. Amy's best friend, soul singer Tyler James, sent her demo tape to an A&R person. Winehouse signed to Simon Fuller's 19 Management in 2002 and was paid £250 a week against future earnings.
A deluxe edition of Back to Black was also released on 5 November 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 UK and 13 November in the US.
