Childhood and youth
Amy Jade Winehouse was born in 1983 in London to a Jewish family of Russian origin. His father worked as a taxi driver, and his mother worked as a pharmacist. Amy has a brother, Alex, who is three years older than her sister. In 1993, Winehouse's parents divorced. 
The whole family lived for music, in particular jazz. Mom's brothers were professional jazzmen, and Amy's paternal grandmother dated the legendary Ronnie Scott and was a jazz singer herself. Amy loved her very much and even got her grandmother's name tattooed on her arm (Cynthia).
Amy Winehouse attended Ashmole School, where her classmates were Dan Gillespie Sells ("The Feeling") and Rachel Stephens ("S Club 7"). And already at the age of 10, the girl organized, together with her friend Juliette Ashby, a rap group called Sweet "n" Sour.
In 1995, the schoolgirl entered the Sylvia Young Theater Studio, but after a couple of years she was expelled for bad behavior. At school, along with other students, Amy managed to get into an episode of "The Fast Show" in 1997.
In the same year, the young artist had already written her first songs, but the success was not cloudless: at the age of 14, Amy tried drugs for the first time. A year later, she began working in a jazz group. At the time, her boyfriend, soul singer Tyler James, helped her sign her first contract with EMI. The singer spent her first check on the group The Dap-Kings, which accompanied her in the studio, after which the same group went on tour with the artist.
Musical career
Amy Winehouse's first album Frank was released in the fall of 2003. The producer was Salaam Remy. Critics greeted the album warmly and even compared Amy to Macy Gray, Sera Wars and Billie Holiday. The debut was certified triple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. However, the artist herself was dissatisfied with the result, saying that she considers the album only 80% of her own and the label included songs that the artist did not like.Amy Winehouse - Stronger Than Me (from debut album "Frank")
Amy continued to develop, and in the second album "Back to Black", released in 2006, she added jazz motifs that were inspired by female pop music groups of the 50s and 60s. The producers were Salaam Remy and Mark Ronson, who helped promote the tracks on the East Village Radio radio show. "Back to Black" took seventh place on the Billboard chart, and in the homeland of the singer, the album was certified five times platinum and declared the best-selling record of 2007.
The first single "Rehab" received the Ivor Novello award in the spring of 2007: it was recognized as the best contemporary song.
Amy Winehouse
However, drugs again accompanied success: in the summer of the same year, Amy canceled concerts in the USA and Britain, citing deteriorating health. Images appeared in the media showing that the singer was taking illegal psychoactive substances. Also, the press often got pictures in which Amy fights with her husband Blake.
Amy's father said that "now it's not far from the tragic denouement," and the singer's representatives said that the paparazzi, who make Amy's life unbearable, are to blame for everything. In the fall of 2007, Winehouse's relatives urged fans to abandon the artist's work until she and her husband give up doping.
Amy (documentary)
In November, a DVD called "I Told You I Was Trouble" appeared with a recording of a concert in London and a documentary about the performer.
At the same time, Amy was already working on recording vocals for the song "Valerie" from the solo album "Version" by Mark Ronson. The singer recorded a joint composition with Mutya Buena, an ex-member of the Sugababes. At the end of 2007, Winehouse took 2nd place in the list of "the most badly dressed women", losing to Victoria Beckham.
Amy Winehouse - "Valerie" (Live)
The company "Island Records" said that it is ready to terminate the contract with the singer if she does not deal with her problems. And in early 2008, Amy Winehouse began to undergo a rehabilitation course - at the Caribbean villa of Bryan Adams. At this time, the popularity of the album "Back to Black" was gaining momentum. The record brought Amy 5 Grammys in 2008.
Amy Winehouse - "Back To Black"
In April, the singer announced the start of work on the theme song for the James Bond film Quantum of Solace, starring Daniel Craig. But a little later, the producer said that work on the composition was stopped, because Amy had "other plans."
On June 12, 2008, Amy Winehouse gave the only concert in Russia - she opened the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture. Some time after that, the singer was admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of emphysema.
Amy Winehouse at the Grammy Music Awards
In June 2011, the artist canceled her European tour after a scandal in Belgrade. Then Amy went on stage to 20 thousand spectators, stayed there for more than an hour, but did not sing. The girl greeted the audience, spoke with the musicians, stumbled, but starting to sing, she forgot the words, and eventually left to the whistle of the audience.
Amy Winehouse's personal life
In 2007, Amy married Blake Fielder-Civil. The relationship between them was not easy: the couple drank alcohol and drugs together, often came to assault even in public. 
Blake received a seven-month sentence in 2008 for assaulting a bystander. At this time, divorce proceedings began between Amy and Blake, and in 2009 the couple divorced.
Death
On July 23, 2011, Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London apartment. Until the end of 2011, they could not find out the cause of death. Preliminary versions - a drug overdose and suicide, but the police did not find illegal drugs in the house. Amy's father stated that death could have been due to a heart attack caused by alcohol detox.The new legend of pop music Amy Jade Winehouse appeared on September 14, 1983 in the town of Southgate near London. The parents of the future star, Jews by nationality, had nothing to do with music: mother Janice Winehouse worked as a pharmacist, father Mitch Winehouse was a taxi driver. True, the music lover dad collected a serious collection of jazz records at home and often sang something to his daughter before going to bed.
On my mother’s side, there were several musicians in the family at once - the singer’s uncles were professional jazz players, and her paternal grandmother was an absolutely wonderful person - a former soul and jazz singer, the youthful love of the legendary Ronnie Scott. It was with Grandma that Amy first visited a tattoo parlor and tasted beer. In honor of the world relative, the singer subsequently even got a tattoo “Cynthia”, imprinting the name of the old woman on her own body.
When the future singer turned nine, her parents divorced, and her grandmother demanded that Amy be sent to the prestigious and well-known art school "Susi Earnshaw Theater School" - they say, there the baby's talent will flourish. Cynthia turned out to be right, but Winehouse immediately became known as a difficult child - in the classroom, the teachers could not silence her, the baby constantly sang.
At the age of ten, the girl heard and discovered protest music - hip-hop and R&B. Favorites and a role model was the group "Salt" n "Pepa". A year later, the future star with her classmate Juliette Ashby was working hard in her own hip-hop project Sweet "n" Sour. Amy Winehouse herself called her group "the Jewish version of" Salt "n" Pepa. At the age of twelve, the student transferred from the Sylvia Young Theater School, but was expelled just a year later - the girl's behavior was far from exemplary.
At the age of thirteen, Winehouse made a special gift - Amy received her first musical instrument. It was a guitar that the future star never parted with. The girl began to write her own songs and every day enthusiastically indulged in a new favorite thing. During this period, her main inspirations were Sarah Vaughn and Dinah Washington - classics of jazz and soul. At the same time, Amy, who had become quite skilled in terms of vocals, performed with several local bands and recorded the first demo versions of her songs.
Music
In 2000, at the age of sixteen, Amy Winehouse entered the big show business. She never rushed into it, but the case helped the case. The girl's ex-boyfriend, soul singer Tyler James, sent a tape with her demos to the manager of the Island / Universal production center, who was just looking for aspiring jazz vocalists. So Winehouse received a contract and began her career as a professional singer.
In 2003, her debut album "Frank" was released, named after her beloved Sinatra. Both listeners, critics, and seasoned musicians were struck by the combination of elegant melody, defiant lyrics and the girl's unique voice. In a year, the album went platinum, and all those who had recently been shocked by the outrageousness of the young talent were passionately carried away by the singer.
Amy was nominated for the Brit Awards and the Mercury Music Prize. Her first single, "Stronger Than Me", created in a duet with Salaam Remy, brought Winehouse the title of the author of the best contemporary song at the British composers' Ivor Novello Awards ceremony.
At the same time, the talented singer became a regular hero of the pages of the yellow press. Drugs and alcohol, harsh jokes and harsh statements, insults to the press and listeners, inappropriate behavior - what else is needed for the paparazzi to be happy?
The girl's second album was released in 2006. Winehouse's "Back to Black" was inspired by female pop and jazz bands from the 50s and 60s. The album almost immediately landed at number seven on the Billboard chart and was certified 5x platinum. The very first single from Rehab was awarded the Ivor Novello award in the spring of 2007. It was named the best contemporary song. Later, clips were shot for this and other songs.
In 2008, at the 50th Grammy ceremony, Amy Winehouse received 5 awards at once (“Record of the Year”, “Best New Artist”, “Song of the Year”, “Best Pop Album” and “Best Female Pop Song Performance” for “ rehab”). True, the singer was never given an American visa, so she gave a speech of thanks via Skype.
In the same year, Amy Winehouse was supposed to perform the main composition for the next episode of the film about the legendary James Bond "Quantum of Solace". However, it was later announced that the singer had other plans. But another British star who performed a similar song in the cult film about a spy won an Oscar.
Adele, whose albums are now sold in millions of copies, admitted in a recent interview that it was Winehouse's work that inspired her to start her own musical career. Specifically, Amy's debut album influenced her.
Drugs and alcohol
In the summer of 2007, Amy pulled out of shows in the United States and Britain, announcing health problems. Information got into the press that the girl was “sitting” on hard drugs. Then she spent five days in rehabilitation in a specialized clinic.
In June 2008 Winehouse gave the only concert in Russia. The opening of the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture was a unique event. And after a while the girl was in the hospital with a diagnosis of emphysema.
In the same year, Amy earned several leads to the police (for attacks and on suspicion of possession of drugs) and again went to rehabilitation - to the Caribbean villa of singer Bryan Adams. Island/Universal have seriously promised to terminate the contract with the singer if she does not get rid of her addictions.
After a scandalous concert in Belgrade in June 2011, the star canceled a European tour. Then she went on stage in front of 20,000 spectators in a state of extreme intoxication, but she could not sing - she constantly forgot the words. Therefore, the logical reason for the cancellation of the tour was "the inability to perform at the proper level."
Personal life
In 2005, Amy met Blake Fielder-Sibyl in a pub. Two years later, the couple formalized the relationship. The relationship could not be called simple - the couple abused alcohol together, took drugs, often fought and became the objects of close attention of the paparazzi. Amy's relatives often stated in the press that it was Blake who had a bad influence on the girl and did not allow her to stop doping.
In 2008, Winehouse's wife was sentenced to twenty-seven months in prison for assaulting a man. In prison, the guy began the divorce proceedings, and in 2009 the couple divorced.
The singer lived a short life and will be remembered not only by her loyal fans, but also by those men with whom she had a relationship. And it wasn't just her husband. Her men were overwhelmingly also musicians.
The first boyfriend of the performer, which is known to the general public, was music manager George Roberts. Amy also dated young musician Alex Clare. He spoke enthusiastically about the relationship with the star, being sure that she would not return to her husband. But Winehouse returned, and Claire, in retaliation, told many details of Amy's intimate life.
There was a page in Winehouse's life when she met with ex-boyfriend Pete Doherty, who, like her husband, was not averse to indulging in drugs. Everything could change radically in Amy's life after meeting British director Reg Travis. However, it didn’t work out here either, especially since the ex-lover of Travis actively put spokes in the wheels of the couple.
After Winehouse's death, it turned out that for some time the singer had been preparing documents for the adoption of the ten-year-old Dannica Augustine. The artist met a girl from a poor Caribbean family in 2009 on the island of Santa Lucia. However, the plans were not destined to come true.
Death
On July 23, 2011, the music world was stunned by the news - in her London apartments. The examination revealed that the level of alcohol in the body of the deceased was five times higher than the norm compatible with human life, recognizing the death as an accident. How true this version is, it was not possible to find out.
The singer's father is sure that death could have occurred due to a heart attack, which was caused by alcohol poisoning. According to the preliminary version, Amy Winehouse died of a drug overdose. But the police failed to find drugs in the house. A re-investigation in 2013 did not reveal any additional data.
The death of Winehouse vividly recalled the death of the great guitarist Jimi Hendrix, who was also found dead in one of the apartments in the English capital. He choked on vomiting after an overdose of sleeping pills, but there were other rumors about the death of the guitarist: for example, that he was deliberately poisoned. As with Winehouse, no definite cause of death has been established.
July 26, 2011 Amy Winehouse was cremated. The funeral was held at the Jewish cemetery of Edzhuerbury Lane, where the grave of the star is adjacent to the grandmother's.
Fans of the performer, having received the tragic news, literally blew up the Internet, and colleagues began to dedicate songs to the untimely departed star. On the day of the singer's death, U2 soloist Bono dedicated the song to her. The song was called "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of". In Russia, Winehouse's death did not leave anyone indifferent, who left a mournful note on her page, and the Slot group (song R.I.P.).
In December 2011, Winehouse's posthumous album Lioness: Hidden Treasures was released, which included recordings from 2002-2011. In the first week after the release, the record broke into the top of the UK Albums Chart, and the singer's father sent all the proceeds from its sales to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, which is designed to help victims of alcohol and drug addiction.
In 2014, a monument to the late star was unveiled in London's Camden.
In 2015, the documentary "Amy" directed by Asif Kapadia was released. The film received many positive reviews, but the singer's father was critical of the work, saying that he was going to start his own project, which would be "more than just a film."
But, since the number of sections on the site is limited, it will be so.
The charismatic British singer Amy Winehouse has everything to become a real star: a gorgeous voice, good acting skills, and composer talent. But when you closely get acquainted with her work and biography, you understand that not everything is so simple. Amy constantly turns out to be not the same as the laws of the genre require. An Englishwoman of Jewish blood, she sings like an African American. It looks very sexy, but it does not beat it in any way. She is in her early 20s but has the vocals of a mature woman. She feels the music so subtly - and so defiantly rude in communication. She writes tender melodies and harsh, obscene lyrics. And, perhaps, the strangest thing: she is not interested in fame or money. "For me, the music has always been in the first place. I would agree to live in a dirty hole if they promised me that I would meet Ray Charles," says Amy Winehouse, the new scandalous British sensation, awarded as a composer for the first single, one one of the most promising young artists, according to Rolling Stone magazine. Carrying the title of "the new Billie Holiday" without any reverence, she assures that in ten years she will forget about the stage, and will go headlong into caring for her husband and her seven children.
Amy Jade Winehouse was born in London on September 14, 1983 to a Jewish-English family. Her father was a taxi driver and her mother a pharmacist. Although they had nothing to do with music, among Amy's relatives, especially on her mother's side, there were many professional jazz musicians, and her paternal grandmother liked to recall a youthful affair with British jazz legend Ronnie Scott. Parents also contributed to the education of her musical tastes, collecting records of Dinah Washington (Dinah Washington), Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald), Frank Sinatra (Frank Sinatra) and other great artists.
The pop music period (Madonna, Kylie Minogue, etc.) ended for Amy at the age of ten, when she discovered Salt "n" Pepa, TLC и другие бунтарские хип-хоп и R&B-группы. В 11 лет гиперактивная Эми уже стояла во главе собственной рэп-команды, которую назвала Sweet "n" Sour и описывала как еврейский вариант Salt"n"Pepa. В 12 лет юное дарование поступило в театральную школу Сильвии Янг (Sylvia Young Theatre School), но через год ее исключили - по причине того, что она, мол, "не проявила себя". С 13 лет Amy Winehouse играла на гитаре и стремительно расширяла свой музыкальный кругозор, слушая самую разную музыку, в основном современный джаз и хип-хоп, а вскоре начала сочинять и записывать собственные песни. !}
Big show business opened Amy Winehouse in 2000, when she was only 16 years old. Through the efforts of her fellow pop singer Tyler James, her demos fell into the hands of Island/Universal managers who were looking for young jazz vocalists. She immediately signed a contract and began performing as a professional singer.
But before the appearance of the debut album was still far away. More than three years passed before at the end of 2003 Amy Winehouse presented her first studio disc "Frank", for which she wrote most of the material. As Felix Howard, Amy's main collaborator during the debut period, recalled, when he first heard her recordings, he was speechless. “It was like nothing else, I had never heard anything like it,” he admitted. “She managed to scare even the worldly jazz musicians. Very serious performers participated in the sessions. And when she started singing, they could only say:“ Lord Jesus!"
Most of all, colleagues were shocked by Amy's very frank texts, devoted mainly to her boyfriend, with whom she had recently broken up. But not only to him. For example, the track "Fuck Me Pumps" is a story about 20-year-old girls who hang around crappy clubs, dreaming of picking up a rich fiance. And in the song "What is it About Men?" Amy is trying to figure out the nature of her father and the reasons for his inconstancy in family life (at one time she was very worried about her parents' divorce).
The record was produced by keyboardist and hip-hop producer Sallam Remi. Jazz harmonies fused with elements of soul, pop music, rhythm and blues and hip-hop, sensual and ironic performance, great vocals, in which critics heard the resemblance to Nina Simone and Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Macy Gray, - all this immediately attracted the attention of the music industry to Amy Winehouse. Ordinary music lovers swayed longer. The sales curve crept up only after Winehouse's name was among the nominees for the Brit Awards and the Mercury Music Prize, and at the Ivor Novello Awards, the award for British composers, she won the award for the best contemporary song - for the first single "Stronger Than Me" , written by her together with Salaam Remy. In the summer of 2004, Amy Winehouse was lavishly applauded by audiences at Glastonbury, Jazzworld and V Festival. By this time, the album "Frank" managed to visit the top of the British charts and was awarded a platinum certificate.
In an interview of this period, Winehouse constantly emphasized that her debut album was only 80% her merit, because at the insistence of the label, some songs and mixes that she absolutely did not like were included on the disc. She was not completely satisfied with the arrangements either, so later, after the release of the second album, she admitted: “I can’t even listen to Frank now, yes, in general, I didn’t like him before. listened to it from beginning to end. I only like to play songs live, but it's not like listening to the studio version."
Amy Winehouse is quickly becoming one of the favorite characters in the tabloids. Of course, not her music, and even the non-provocative lyrics are to blame. Alcohol and drugs, scandalous antics during the tour, obscene jokes, inappropriate behavior, insulting fans - the journalists had something to profit from. The Independent assured readers that Amy was suffering from a manic-depressive illness but did not want to take medication. The artist herself admitted that she had problems with her appetite - "a little bit of anorexia, a little bit of bulimia", called herself "more of a man than a woman, but not a lesbian", claimed that all her managers are idiots, marketing is no good, and the promotion of the debut album was terrible.
The more actively the artist played tricks in real life, the worse creative things went, that is, in fact, they didn’t go at all. Recording bosses waited a long time for new songs from Amy, until in the end they offered her to undergo treatment for alcoholism and take a job. Amy Winehouse categorically refused the rehabilitation clinic, and instead of being treated, she sat down to write songs. About why she so does not want to give herself into the hands of doctors, told her new composition "Rehab", the first signs on the eve of the next studio album. Amy always said that once she started writing, you couldn't stop her. I just had to be patient and wait for that moment. At this time, DJ and multi-instrumentalist Mark Ronson, known for his production work with Robbie Williams and Christina Aguilera, appeared in her life very opportunely. Amy cited him as the main inspiration for the second album.
Six months later, the record was ready, and in October 2006 the public got acquainted with the first promotional single "Rehab", which immediately catapulted to the British Top 10. The new long-play "Back to Black" released after that was received with a bang and by the beginning of 2007 topped the English charts. Even in the history of the American music industry, the record managed to "legitimize": in the US pop chart from the very first week it started at number seven - this was the second result of the British singer after Dido (Dido), whose album "Life For Rent" immediately conquered the 4th line of the American rating.
The second album, unlike the debut, permeated with jazz harmonies, returned to the era of the 50s and 60s, drawing inspiration from the then soul, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and the work of female pop groups, in particular the ensemble Shangri Las. Salaam Remy and Mark Ronson shared production duties. The tandem, or rather the Winehouse-Remy-Ronson trio, turned out to be extremely successful, both commercially and creatively. The singer received the Brit Award as the best solo artist, and the disc "Back to Black" was nominated for the title of best British album. At the end of 2006, the readers of Elle magazine named Winehouse the best artist in the UK.
A lot of time has passed since then, and our Amy only changes men and rehabs. We wish her well and look forward to her return. Everything will work out for her!
On July 23, 2011, the singer died suddenly.
The cause of death has not yet been officially announced.
Amy Winehouse discography
Lioness: Hidden Treasures (2011)
Back to Black (2007)
Frank (2003)
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Exactly one year ago, a legend left this world. A performer who, without exaggeration, is called a cult person of modern music and put on a par with such great names as Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain. Her name has long become a household name, synonymous with talent and skill. The owner of the most prestigious music awards, including 6 Grammy awards, one of which was awarded posthumously. The performer, whose 3 albums have scattered around the world with a circulation of more than 20 million copies. Today we remember one of the most amazing voices in the history of music - Amy Winehouse.
Amy Jade Winehouse was born on September 14, 1983 in South London. Her father, Mitch Winehouse, is a former taxi driver whose secret passion was jazz music. It was from his filing that young Amy became interested in soul and blues. Winehouse's mother, Janice Winehouse is a former pharmacist. An interesting fact: many of Amy's maternal relatives were somehow connected with jazz music. It is also known for certain that Amy Winehouse's mother has Russian roots. When Amy turned 9, her grandmother, a famous soul singer in the past, insisted that the girl study at a prestigious art school called “Susi Earnshaw Theater School”, it was there, according to Cynthia Winehouse, that the baby could fully reveal her unique talent. Amy attended school for 4 years, during which time the girl has grown noticeably vocally. With the help of classmate and childhood friend Juliette Ashby, she even created her first musical group, Sweet-and-Sour. Oddly enough, the musical direction of this group was close to hip-hop.
At the age of 13, Amy was given her first guitar. Since then, she has practically never parted with her favorite musical instrument. As close singers would later say: “Amy worked on her songs almost daily, this became her favorite pastime.” The girl called Sarah Vaughn and Dina Washington her main inspiration. It was these two iconic jazz performers who most shaped the musical style of the future soul diva, ranging from blue-side soul to jazz funk. Amy performed a lot with several local bands at once, but never seriously thought about signing a contract with any recording studio. As is often the case, Winehouse's career began by chance. Her ex-boyfriend, R&B artist Tyler James, sent a cassette of Amy's demos to one of the well-known production centers, and within a few months Winehouse signed a contract with Island Records.
Her debut album was released on October 20, 2003. The album's lead single was "Stronger Than Me".
Despite a modest commercial success, the song became a real hit among connoisseurs of good music. The composition was also accompanied by an excellent b-side, the song "What It Is".
Much more successful was the second single, the track "Take The Box".
But the double-single turned out to be a real breakthrough, combining some of the brightest compositions of the entire album, the songs “In My Bed” and “You Sent Me Flying”.
Unfortunately, no music video was made for the last composition, but this did not prevent its distribution among music lovers around the world. Music critics have commented that "You Sent Me Flying" must be one of the most emotional and personal songs of the last musical decade. The successful experience of releasing a double single inspired Amy and after a few months she again simultaneously presented two of her songs to the public at once.
“Fuck Me Pumps”
"Help Yourself"
In addition to the official singles, several songs from the tracklist of the album “Frank” got into the radio rotation at once.
“Know You Now”
“Love Is Blind”
“There Is No Greater Love”
Taking advantage of the release of her debut album, Amy staged a small trebut to her favorite performer, the aforementioned Sarah Vaughn. The motif and lyrics of the composition “October Song” directly refer us to the main hit of the black legend, the song “Lullaby Of Birdland”.
And, of course, it is impossible not to mention the song “Amy Amy Amy”. Stylish, bright and bewitching, she has become one of the main favorites for all admirers of Amy's talent.
The next album from Winehouse took three whole years to wait. But, as you know, creating high-quality music requires huge resources, including temporary ones. This time, three people took part in the work on the album: the producer of the first album Salaam Remi, Mark Ronson and Amy herself. No one doubted that the trinity of genius would record an excellent album, but what the listener received as a result changed the entire global music industry ...
The album's lead single "Back to Black", a song called "Rehab" introduced the listener to a completely different Amy. Now the girl has officially recognized the presence of addictions, and, it seems, even laughs at how actively the press discusses this. The music video for this track has been widely distributed on YouTube video hosting and currently has over 35 million views!
The second single from the album was "You Know I'm No Good". It's not hard to guess that just like "Rehab", this song was autobiographical in nature.
The relationship between Amy and her boyfriend, the unemployed Blake Civil, has become a favorite topic for all secular journalists. They gladly placed photographs of a regularly drunk, and often beaten (by each other) couple on the front pages of their newspapers, but Winehouse did not care much, she simply enjoyed the company of her unintelligent young man. It is worth noting that despite the scandals and fights of Amy and Blake, there were good moments, which, in other respects, the press did not like to mention.
The third single was the song, which to this day is the hallmark of Winehouse. The composition “Back to Black”, as well as the subsequent music video shot in support of it, will be called prophetic a few years later, in that very black and white clip Amy is at the head of the funeral procession, and the last seconds the viewer realizes that the singer herself is in the grave. At the moment, the number of views of this video is approaching 30 million.
The fourth single from the incredibly successful album was "Tears Dry On Their Own". The music video of the same name was directed by acclaimed photographer and artist David La Chapelle.
Gradually, Amy's sloppy image became a trend. And the hairstyle, which many people used to only laugh at, turned out to be the most desirable for all English fashionistas.
The final single of the album "Back to Black" was the song "Love Is a Losing Game". In her support, a simple but very soulful video clip was shot, mostly made up of recordings that previously belonged to the singer's personal video archive.
One of the most personal songs on the second album was "Wake Up Alone". Amy often cried while singing this song. Only now do we understand that these were tears from the realization of our total loneliness.
In the deluxe edition of the album “Back to Black” there was also something for the lover of quality music. Below are the three most interesting (in our opinion) compositions of the extended edition of the disc.
Monkey Man
“To Know Him Is To Love Him”
Now a little about the success of the album. Most music critics in the US and the UK awarded the record the highest score. With the anniversary, 50th Grammy ceremony, Winehouse took with her as many as 5 figurines ("Best Pop Album", "Best New Artist", "Song of the Year", "Record of the Year" and "Best Female Pop Song Performance" for "Rehab"). "Back to Black" was number one in 17 countries, going 8x platinum in Europe and the UK, 2x platinum in the US and the same in Russia! The disc continues to be one of the best-selling female albums in UK history, second only to Adele and her genius 21.
Unfortunately, “Back to Black” was Amy's last album released during her lifetime. It is impossible to overestimate its significance for modern music, and more importantly, for soul vocalists, who were considered "unformatted" until the release of Winehouse's second album. Amy's incredible popularity paved the way for a galaxy of talented performers, including Duffy, Adele, Paloma Faith, Gabriella Chilmi, Corinne Bailey Ray, Pixie Lott and many others. Since mid-2007, it has been repeatedly reported that Amy is working on new material. At the beginning of 2011, the singer's management announced that the singer's third album was completely ready for release and the date of its release depended solely on Amy. But the dreams of millions of fans were not destined to come true. The tragic news of the sudden death of their beloved shocked the world on July 23, 2011. Thousands of fans around the world decided in those difficult days to honor the memory of the great singer. Russia is no exception. On July 30, Russian admirers of Winehouse's talent gathered at the British Embassy, laid flowers and put up posters with the image of an idol.
Amy's posthumous album, Lioness: Hidden Treasures, was officially released on December 2, 2011. Despite the fact that half of the material present on the album is demo recordings of previously known songs, the disc easily managed to become "platinum" in 12 countries (in the UK, it won this status as many as 2 times).
The lead single of the posthumous album was "Body & Soul", performed in collaboration with the legend of the jazz scene, Mr. Tony Bennett.
The composition was appreciated by critics and even received a Grammy statuette in the Best Duet category. A perfect end to the career of one of the best performers of our time.
Amy Winehouse is the sad genius of our generation. She lived her short life under the motto "Live Fast, Die Young". Despite all her grandiose merits and achievements, which would be more than enough for several performers, she remained meek and simple to the end. She had many addictions, but only one turned out to be fatal - love. Amy divided her heart into two equal parts, giving the first one to her, if not ideal, but until the last days, beloved person, and investing the second in great songs. Her work is a lifetime. A real outlet for millions of young people and girls who have known the joys and sorrows of true love. It was hard to call Amy a beauty, but neither the guys nor the girls could resist the inhuman charm that this sweet and always a little sad girl radiated. There are no words that can express the grief that Amy's fans experienced, having lost their main friend, mentor and the very vest in which you could cry when you became unbearably sick. Amy lived an impossibly short, but insanely vibrant life, leaving behind a gigantic cultural legacy that fit in just three albums. It is said that great people do not live long, quickly igniting and burning quickly ... Well, this statement is quite applicable to Amy, with one exception: Winehouse was a real torch, the light of which will light the way for another generation!
Amy Winehouse was a difficult child. She was expelled from both regular and theater school.
The reason was rude behavior, flamboyant appearance, singing in class, academic failure and - drugs. Amy wasn't worried. She planned to become a singer, and if it didn’t work out, a waitress. Together with her friend, she came up with the duet Sweet "n" Source, the girls came up with songs in the style of r "n" b.
The only one in the family who understood Amy Winehouse was her grandmother. She took her granddaughter for the first time in her life to a tattoo parlor, drank beer with her on the porch of the house and listened to her songs.
Once in a nightclub, Amy Winehouse met singer Tyler James. They began an affair, and, thanks to her boyfriend, Winehouse signed a contract with the EMI studio. In 2003, the singer released her first album, Frank, named after the favorite artist of the singer's father, Frank Sinatra. Despite the fact that the record was well received and received good reviews, Amy Winehouse was dissatisfied with her work.
The next album, Back to Black, went 5x platinum in Amy's home country, the UK. Amy climbed the corporate ladder and fell into the abyss due to drug addiction and alcoholism. Critics, fans, colleagues note not just Winehouse's talent - she is a genius and speaks a new word in the world of pop music. But the habits and lifestyle of the singer literally destroy her. When Amy is not performing or working in the studio, she is in hospitals.
bad habits
In August 2007, she canceled all her US and UK shows due to health reasons. Together with her husband Blake Fielder-Civil, she went to a rehabilitation clinic, but after five days she left. Amy's parents blamed her husband, a slacker musician, for everything. And his relatives suggested that fans of Amy Winehouse boycotted her work until the couple "parted with bad habits."
At the 50th Grammy Awards, Amy Winehouse won five nominations at once. The singer was denied a visa to the United States, and she delivered her speech using a television broadcast. Some time later, Amy began a new rehab course at the Caribbean villa of Canadian singer Bryan Adams. But after a while, the singer ended up in the hospital. She was diagnosed with emphysema.
Amy Winehouse - personal life
With her future husband, Blake Fielder-Sibyl, Amy met in one of the London pubs. Two years later, the couple got married.
In July 2008, Amy Winehouse's husband was sentenced to 27 months in prison for assaulting a pub owner in Hoxton. While in prison, Fielder began divorce proceedings. After leaving prison, the now ex-husband of Winehouse began to demand six million dollars from her, believing that part of her fortune rightfully belongs to him and that it was he who inspired his wife to write the Back to Black album.
But as you know, the dear ones scold - they only amuse themselves. Former spouses again began to appear together at parties and, according to rumors, planned to remarry. Finally, the couple broke up completely, Amy Winehouse plunged into new novels.
After the breakup, Amy Winehouse bought a bigger house in Camden than they had before. Probably, Amy Winehouse was going to create a full-fledged family with offspring.
On July 23, 2011, 27-year-old Amy Winehouse was found dead at her home in north London. The cause of death was a lethal dose of drugs.
