Amy Winehouse Biography

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

Biography:

In Feb 2008 we saw Amy Winehouse honoured with 5 of the US Recording Academy's most prestigious awards: Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best New Artist, Song of the Year (Rehab) and Record of the Year (Rehab) at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. This incredible haul makes Amy the first ever British female artist to win 5 Grammys in one night and sees her join Lauryn Hill (1998), Alicia Keys (2001), Norah Jones (2002) and Beyonce (2003) in the elite band of female artists who have won 5 awards in one evening.

The Grammys cap a remarkable 18 months for this hugely talented and unique artist. During that time "Back To Black", her second album (and the biggest selling UK album of 2007),has sold over 5 million copies worldwide and turned Amy into one of the hottest stars in the world. Widely regarded as a modern day masterpiece by critics and fans alike the phenomenal UK chart success has been mirrored in the US where "Back To Black" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at no. 7 making Amy the highest debuting British female artist in the history of the US albums chart

The critical response to the record has been every bit as impressive and in addition to the Grammy's Amy has picked up a series of awards including a Brit, South Bank Show Award, Ivor Novello, Mojo, Glamour, Elle Style Award, Mobo, MTV Europe's Artists' Choice Award and Q Award for Album of the Year. Meanwhile Amy's 2003 debut album 'Frank' has now gone double platinum selling an incredible 300,000 copies in 2007 alone.