Amy Macdonald

Amy Macdonald (2017)

Amy Elizabeth Macdonald (born August 25, 1987 in Bishopbriggs ) is a British singer-songwriter .

life and career

MacDonald was in 1987 in the Scottish born Bishopbriggs. At the age of twelve she began to play acoustic guitar - influenced by the rock band Travis , among others . She describes a performance by Pete Doherty in Glasgow as a key experience for her career . In July 2007, the autodidact was ranked 12th in the UK Top 40 with the title Mr Rock & Roll . In autumn 2007 she accompanied Paul Weller on his Germany tour. With her debut album This Is the Life she reached number 1 on the UK charts in early 2008 and went triple platinum . The single of the same name was successful across Europe .

The recordings for the second album A Curious Thing took place in Paul Weller's Black Barn Studio. The album was released in March 2010; the single Don't Tell Me That It's Over was released at the end of February 2010. The album debuted at first place in the German, Austrian, Swiss and European album charts and reached gold status in Germany before it even entered the charts . In Switzerland and Germany the album received a platinum award . Together with her band and the orchestra of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern , Macdonald gave a concert in October 2010 in the Luxembourg Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette , where she played tracks from her two previous albums in orchestral version. This resulted in the live album A Curious Thing Special Orchestral Edition .

In June 2012 her third album Life in a Beautiful Light was released ; there were Slow It Down , Pride and 4th of July decoupled. On December 1, 2012, Macdonald suffered a breakdown in a hotel in Zurich and was subsequently treated in a Swiss hospital. The other tour dates for 2012 were then postponed. Macdonald was engaged to former soccer player Steve Lovell from 2008 to 2012 . In May 2018 she married the Scottish soccer player Richard Foster in Las Vegas .

She performed at the 2012 FIFA Awards ceremony and sang the unofficial national anthem, The Flower of Scotland , several times for Scotland's internationals . She is a supporter of the Glasgow Rangers . She also addressed the latter in the songs Pride and The Green and the Blue .

In November 2016, Macdonald announced their fourth studio album Under Stars and released the single Down by the Water , which was only available for pre-orders of the album, which was finally released in February 2017. In March 2017 she played several concerts in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Poland and England, sometimes with Newton Faulkner as a guest musician. In December 2017, she released her first Christmas song, This Christmas Day, and the accompanying video. Part of the proceeds from the sale of the single will go to British Alzheimer's research.

In 2018 Macdonald contributed a title for the comedy Patrick (directed by Mandie Fletcher). At the end of the year, Woman of the World (The Best of 2007-2018) was their first best-of album. A European tour with the album followed from March to April 2019 .

Discography

Amy Macdonald, 2008

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Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2007	This Is the Life Vertigo Records	DE3 × 5 Quintuple platinum (101 weeks)DE	AT3 × 2 Double platinum (82 weeks)AT	CH1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (106 weeks)CH	UK1 × 3 Triple platinum (77 weeks)UK	US92 (2 weeks) US	First published: July 30, 2007 Sales: + 2,467,500
2010	A Curious Thing Mercury Records	DE1 × 2 Double platinum (77 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (38 weeks)AT	CH1 × 2 Double platinum (56 weeks)CH	UK4th gold (32 weeks)UK	-	First published: March 8, 2010 Sales: + 1,000,000
2012	Life in a Beautiful Light Mercury Records	DE1 platinum (33 weeks)DE	AT1 (22 weeks) AT	CH2 platinum (38 weeks)CH	UK2 gold (26 weeks)UK	-	First published: June 8th, 2012 Sales: + 340,000
2017	Under Stars Mercury Records	DE2 gold (23 weeks)DE	AT4 (21 weeks) AT	CH1 (30 weeks) CH	UK2 (9 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 17, 2017 Sales: + 100,000

Awards

• Daily Record
  • 2008: in the category "Scottish Person of the Year"
• Echo pop
  • 2009: in the "Newcomer International" category
  • 2011: in the category "Artist International Rock / Pop"
• Silver Clef Award
  • 2007: in the "Best Newcomer" category
• Swiss Music Award
  • 2009: in the category "Best Song International" ( This Is the Life )
  • 2009: in the category "Best Album Pop / Rock International" ( This Is the Life )
  • 2011: in the category "Best Album Pop / Rock International" ( A Curious Thing )
• Tartan Clef Award
  • 2010: in the category "Best Album" ( A Curious Thing )

Web links

Commons : Amy Macdonald  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Amy Macdonald in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Amy Macdonald at Discogs (English)
• Amy Macdonald's official English website
• Official German website of Amy Macdonald

Individual evidence

1. ^ Biography de Amy Macdonald. In: universalmusic.fr. Retrieved January 5, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Brief portrait on www.wdr.de ( Memento from December 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 17, 2008
3. ↑ n-tv.de: "A Curious Thing": Amy Macdonald's new album , January 29, 2010, accessed on May 6, 2010
4. ^ Platinum for A Curious Thing in CH .
5. ^ Platinum for A Curious Thing in D
6. ↑ http://www.naanoo.com/entertainment/musik-neuerschaltungen/amy-macdonald-neues-album-a-curious-thing-symphonie-orchester-version-gnimpr
7. ↑ > Macdonald suffers seizure. contactmusic.com, December 3, 2012, accessed December 14, 2012
8. ↑ Rescheduled European Dates from http://www.amymacdonald.co.uk/ accessed on January 3, 2015
9. ^ John Dingwall: Exclusive: Scots star Amy Macdonald to marry footballer boyfriend Steve Lovell , Daily Record, July 15, 2008, accessed August 26, 201. Lauren Crooks: Amy's split heartbreak; SINGER BREAKS UP WITH STRIKER STEVE Star says she's staying single. Sunday Mail, June 24, 2012, accessed August 26, 2012.
10. ↑ ^{a b} Davod Scott: Amy Macdonald's bitten by the pug bug after Hollywood soundtrack role. In: Daily Express . June 27, 2018, accessed July 22, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Amy Macdonald: "Totally In Love with Football" fifa.com, January 7, 2013
12. ↑ Amy Macdonald: “Under Stars Live on Facebook” facebook.com, November 24, 2016
13. ↑ “This Christmas Day”: Amy Macdonald releases charity single for Alzheimer's patients. In: universal-music.de , December 1, 2017.
14. ↑ ^{a b} Swiss Music Awards 2009 - successful second edition
15. ↑ Bligg wins the Swiss Music Awards. In: Tages-Anzeiger , March 3, 2011.