Duffy

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Duffy (disambiguation) .

Duffy (2011)

Aimee Ann Duffy (* 23. June 1984 in Bangor , Gwynedd ), known by her surname Duffy , is a British Soul - Pop - singer , songwriter and Grammy -Preisträgerin. She is also an actress and has released two albums so far .

life and career

After finishing school, Duffy tried to make a living as a singer, which turned out to be very troublesome. The fact that she did not give up was attributed to her family moving from Wales to England : “I had to learn English at school; a language in which I still don't really feel comfortable. So I learned the music as a means of expression "After returning to Wales in 2003 she had a first commercial success -. In the talent show Wawffactor in Welsh television she graduated in 2003 from the runner-up. The following year she made her first recordings and was heard as a singer on an album by the English band Mint Royale .

Duffy was then discovered by Jeanette Lee (formerly Public Image Ltd. ), who brought her to the Rough Trade label and promoted her singing. With successful musicians such as Bernard Butler (member of Suede and McAlmont & Butler ) and Jimmy Hogarth (among other things producer of James Blunt and KT Tunstall ) their debut album Rockferry was produced in the following years . In 2007 A&M Records signed her. The album's title track was released as a limited single on December 3rd that same year. There were also two television appearances towards the end of the year, which made them more popular.

In the annual BBC forecast of which musicians would make the breakthrough in the following year ( Sound of 2008 ), it came in second after Adele . In February 2008, the song Mercy was released as the first official publication and reached in the first week solely through the Internet - # 1 downloads in the UK. Mercy was then also a great success internationally and also rose to number 1 in the German-speaking countries. The album Rockferry was the best-selling of the year in her home country with over 1.5 million copies sold.

Her second album Endlessly was released on November 26, 2010; she had developed the songs together with the songwriter and musician Albert Hammond , who has been successful for decades . The CD was recorded in London and New York City . The song Well Well Well was chosen as the first single .

Duffy's music is also used in numerous films such as Bride Wars or The Naked Truth (both 2009). For the British coming-of-age drama An Education , which was also released in 2009 , she contributed the song Smoke Without Fire for a nightclub scene .

In February 2020, Duffy announced that after a multi-day kidnapping during which she was drugged and raped, she had withdrawn from the public for several years to come to terms with the experience.

Musical style

Duffy's songs are in the style of 1960s soul pop . It follows a trend with which Amy Winehouse and Adele, among others, were or are successful.

Awards

Grammy Awards

• In 2009, Duffy received a Grammy for Best Vocal Album - Pop for her album Rockferry . She was also nominated for two other Grammys: for the song Mercy in the category Best Female Vocal Performance - Pop and she herself in the category Best New Artist .

BRIT Awards

• In 2009 Duffy won the categories British female solo artist and British breakthrough act ; Rockferry was named best British album. Duffy's hit Mercy was also nominated in the British single category. With three prizes and four nominations, it was the most successful of all the winners. Bernard Butler , the producer of the Duffy album , also received an award .

Discography

Duffy in Lisbon (2009)

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2008	Rockferry	DE3 × 2 Double platinum (78 weeks)DE	AT2 platinum (37 weeks)AT	CH1 × 3 Triple platinum (62 weeks)CH	UK1 × 7 Seven times platinum (102 weeks)UK	US4th gold (49 weeks)US	Initial release (UK): March 3rd, 2008 Release (Europe): March 21st, 2008
2010	Endlessly	DE15 (11 weeks) DE	AT17 (8 weeks) AT	CH10 gold (12 weeks)CH	UK9 gold (15 weeks)UK	US72 (4 weeks) US	Initial release (UK): November 26th, 2010 Release (Europe): November 26th, 2010

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2008	Rockferry Rockferry	-	-	CH35 (4 weeks) CH	UK45 (11 weeks) UK	-	First release (UK): ??? Release (Europe): ???
	Mercy Rockferry	DE1 platinum (42 weeks)DE	AT1 gold (42 weeks)AT	CH1 gold (65 weeks)CH	UK1 platinum (57 weeks)UK	US27 platinum (20 weeks)US	First published (UK): February 17th, 2008. Release (Europe): April 4th, 2008
	Warwick Avenue Rockferry	DE12 (26 weeks) DE	AT17 (22 weeks) AT	CH12 (40 weeks) CH	UK3 gold (37 weeks)UK	-	Initial release (UK): April 27, 2008 Release (Europe): June 29, 2008
	Stepping Stone Rockferry	-	-	CH49 (6 weeks) CH	UK21 (12 weeks) UK	-	First release (UK): August 17, 2008 Release (Europe): November 16, 2008 in Germany not published on CD
	Rain on Your Parade Rockferry (Ltd. Deluxe Edt.)	DE29 (19 weeks) DE	AT29 (11 weeks) AT	CH25 (16 weeks) CH	UK15 (15 weeks) UK	-	Initial release: November 17, 2008 (UK) Release (Europe): December 5, 2008
2010	Well Well Well Endlessly	DE24 (12 weeks) DE	AT33 (5 weeks) AT	CH19 (10 weeks) CH	UK41 (3 weeks) UK	-	Initial release (UK): November 22nd, 2010 Release (Europe): November 26th, 2010

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Belgium 2008: for the single Mercy  Canada 2008: for the album Rockferry Platinum record  Finland 2013: for the album Rockferry  Greece 2008: for the album Rockferry  Netherlands 2008: for the album Rockferry 2 × platinum record  Belgium 2009: for the album Rockferry

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Belgium (BEA)	gold1	2 × platinum2	75,000	ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI)	-	3 × platinum3	700,000	musikindustrie.de
Finland (IFPI)	-	platinum1	40,743	ifpi.fi
Greece (IFPI)	-	platinum1	6,000	ifpi.gr ( Memento from December 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Canada (MC)	gold1	-	40,000	musiccanada.com
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	platinum1	60,000	nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI)	gold1	platinum1	25,000	ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	120,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	gold1	platinum1	1,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × gold2	8 × platinum8th	3,200,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	8 × gold8th	21 × platinum21st

swell

1. ↑ icWales.co.uk November 30, 2007
2. ↑ http://www.musik-base.de/Bands/D/Duffy/
3. ↑ Wawffactor 2003 ( Memento of 11 March 2008 at the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ BBC: Sound of 2008
5. ^ "Duffy to Return with 'Endlessly' in November," Billboard, Sept. 16, 2010
6. ↑ Endlessly will be published on November 26th ( memento of the original from December 25th, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Duffy: Singer Duffy makes experiences of violence public. In: spiegel.de. February 26, 2020, accessed February 26, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Singer Duffy shares experience of violence with the public. Retrieved February 26, 2020 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

Web links

Commons : Duffy  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Duffy Official Website
• Duffy at the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Duffy on tour: “Erdbeerbowlenselig” on faz.net on July 3, 2008
• Portrait of Sounds of 2008 on the BBC (English)