Monday, October 3, 2011

Amy Winehouse

Amy Jade Winehouse (born 14 September 1983 - died in London, England, July 23, 2011 at age 27 years) is a singer and songwriter soul, jazz, and R & B from the UK. Her first album, Frank (2003) was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Winehouse is the winner of Ivor Novello Award twice. The first in 2004 for his first single "Stronger than Me" and the second in 2007 for the single "Rehab". On February 14, 2007, she won a BRIT Award for Best British Female Artist. and 2008 for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for "Love Is a Losing Game", among other distinctions. The album is the biggest seller of the 2000s in the United Kingdom. Winehouse is credited as an influence in the rise in popularity of female musicians and soul music, and also for revitalising British music.

Winehouse was found dead on 23 July 2011, at her home in London. Police have said that the cause of her death is "as yet unexplained" and that the death was "non-suspicious". Winehouse's family and friends attended her funeral on 26 July 2011. In August 2011 her album Back to Black became the UK's best selling album of the 21st century.

Winehouse's final recording, a duet entitled "Body and Soul" with Tony Bennett, was released on 14 September 2011 to commemorate what would have been her 28th birthday. Proceeds from the song will go to the Amy Winehouse Foundation "to support charitable activities in both the UK and abroad that provide help, support or care for young people, especially those who are in need by reason of ill health, disability, financial disadvantage or addiction".

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