Amy Winehouse

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Amy Winehouse in 2007 at the Eurockéennes music festival in France

Amy Jade Winehouse (born September 14, 1983 in Southgate , London , † July 23, 2011 in Camden , London) was a British soul and jazz singer and songwriter .

Winehouse achieved its international breakthrough in 2006 with the album Back to Black . She has sold over 33.2 million records in her eight-year career and has received six Grammy Awards , among others . The beehive hairstyle , which celebrated a comeback through Winehouse, was her optical trademark .

Life

Family and youth

Amy Jade Winehouse and her older brother Alex grew up in a Jewish family in London. Her father, Mitch, was a taxi driver and her mother, Janis, was a pharmacist. She has listened to her father's jazz records since she was a child . Winehouse's parents separated when she was nine years old. At twelve, she moved to the Sylvia Young Theater School , from which she was expelled for disruptive behavior. At the age of 15 she changed schools for the fifth time and came to the Mount School in Mill Hill, where she graduated. She then attended the prestigious London's BRIT School for Music Theater to study. She dropped out after just under a year.

Drug problems and last years of life

In the course of her international breakthrough, Winehouse struggled with various forms of substance abuse as well as mental health problems . Part of the blame for her drug addiction was attributed to her then husband Blake Fielder-Civil, to whom she was married from 2007 to 2009. In an interview, he confessed to introducing Winehouse to hard drugs. In addition, he had prevented her several times from undergoing rehab . It wasn't until Winehouse broke up with Fielder-Civil in late 2008 that she managed to get away from hard drugs.

Winehouse had drinking problems that worsened during her detox . From 2007 to the end of 2008, she suffered from bulimia caused by her drug addiction. The press reported on her self-harming behavior ; her father confirmed this. On July 23, 2011, Amy Winehouse was found dead. She died of alcohol poisoning with a level of 4.16 per mille in the blood. The result of the underlying investigation was confirmed by a second expert opinion in January 2013.

Amy Winehouse was buried in Edgwarebury Jewish Cemetery in the London Borough of Barnet , a northern borough of London.

Career

2003–2005: National breakthrough

On January 22, 2003, at the age of 19, Winehouse signed her first record deal with Island Records and began working on her debut album, Frank, with producer Salaam Remi . Except for two cover songs, she wrote all the lyrics for her debut album herself and said she could only write songs that were based on her own experience. The lyrics are mostly about her relationship with her ex-boyfriend / ex-husband. Musically, the album can be classified in the direction of modern 2000s jazz , mixed with light hip-hop beats. Her musical role models included Sarah Vaughan , Dinah Washington and Ella Fitzgerald .

On October 6, 2003, Winehouse's first single, Stronger Than Me , was released; the album Frank was released on October 20, 2003. It reached number three on the UK album charts, and by the end of 2004 it had sold 900,000 copies in the UK and was awarded triple platinum. The album brought the then 20-year-old national breakthrough. Outside of Great Britain the album was initially unsuccessful, only after the great international success of the successor Back To Black did the album climb into the top 10 in 14 other countries in autumn 2007.

In January 2004, Winehouse's second single, Take The Box, was released . In February she was nominated for the BRIT Awards . With In My Bed , the third single from the album Frank was released in April . In May she received the Ivor Novello Award for the song Stronger Than Me . In the summer of 2004 Winehouse played at various music festivals, such as the Glastonbury Festival and the North Sea Jazz Festival . In August, Fuck Me Pumps, the fourth and final single from the Frank album, was released . In September 2004 she won the Mercury Music Prize in the Album Of The Year category . In November Winehouse made their first tour of England.

In February 2005 she was nominated again at the BRIT Awards in the category Best British Female Solo Artist , but, as in the previous year, did not win the award. In early 2005, Winehouse announced that it would take a creative break. She has no ideas for another album and doesn't know what to write about.

2006–2008: international breakthrough

From March to August 2006 Amy Winehouse worked again with Salaam Remi and for the first time with Mark Ronson on her second album Back To Black . Most of the songs are about her relationship with her ex-boyfriend / husband Blake Fielder-Civil. Musically, the album was inspired by the soul of the 1960s. Mark Ronson said Back To Black was a mix of the soul sound of the 1960s and 2000s. In addition to Winehouse's musical change, there was also a visual change. Her clothing style increasingly went in the direction of the 1960s, and the beehive hairstyle became her visual trademark. The result is the typical retro look for Winehouse .

The single Rehab was released on October 6, 2006 , and the album Back To Black on October 27 . Winehouse's musical and visual changes as well as the textual content of Rehab brought her a lot of media attention outside of England. The album Back To Black reached number 1 in the charts in 20 countries and the top 10 in 10 others. By the end of 2006, Back To Black had sold 1.5 million copies worldwide. The album brought the then 23-year-old international breakthrough. In 2007, you Know I'm No Good , Back To Black , Tears Dry On Their Own and Love Is A Losing Game were four more releases from the album. In February she won the BRIT Awards for Best British Female Solo Artist , and she performed there with her song Rehab . In May she received the Ivor Novello Award for her song Rehab , and in June she appeared at the MTV Movie Awards . In the summer of 2007 Winehouse played at many major festivals around the world, including Malta , the Isle Of Wight Festival , Rock Werchter in Belgium and the Eurockéennes Festival in France. She also performed live on September 22, 2007 in London at a Prince aftershow . On November 1st, Winehouse won and performed at the MTV Europe Music Awards in the Artist Choice category .

Amy Winehouse in Berlin (January 2007)

The start of their England tour on November 14th in Birmingham ended in chaos; Winehouse came on stage drunk and could barely stand on his feet. When the audience booed her, she broke off the concert and the rest of the tour dates were canceled. At the end of November, her management canceled all remaining appointments until the end of 2007 due to exhaustion. Winehouse was the top paid woman in British show business in 2007 with earnings of £ 12 million.

On February 10, 2008, Amy Winehouse was awarded five Grammy Awards. She also performed a medley from her songs You Know I Am No Good and Rehab . She was unable to attend the ceremony in person because her drug problems prevented her from getting a visa for the United States. She was hooked up via satellite for her performance and acceptance speech from the Riverside studios in London. On February 20, she performed at the BRIT Awards. She sang his cover version of the song Valerie with Mark Ronson and performed her own song Love Is A Losing Game . In April it was announced that Winehouse and producer Mark Ronson would produce the theme song for the James Bond film Quantum of Solace . Work on the song was discontinued that same month, however, as Winehouse was unable to work.

Due to Winehouse's health problems, her 2008 public appointments have been severely restricted. On May 30th, she came on stage an hour late in an unstable state at Rock in Rio-Lisbon. In addition, her voice sounded very hoarse; The reason for this should have been a sore throat. Other dates went without any problems, including appearing at the Glastonbury Festival and Rock in Rio-Madrid. She also performed at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday in London's Hyde Park in late July . Shortly before this performance, an Amy Winehouse figure was unveiled by her parents in Madame Tussaud's London wax museum.

In August, Winehouse released a limited EP , on which four cover songs had been rearranged in Ska versions. The Ska Ep was supposed to be a taste of the sound of her third album, which she couldn't finish due to her health condition.

2009–2011: career break and attempted comeback

Amy Winehouse with her band (2009)

After Winehouse announced an indefinite career break in October 2008 to focus on her health, there were hardly any public appearances in 2009 and 2010. From January to August 2009 Winehouse was on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia to undergo rehab there. In May 2009 she performed at the St. Lucia Jazz Festival to thank the islanders for their hospitality, but the concert had to be canceled for reasons that were not beyond doubt. In 2009 Winehouse also tried to promote the career of her goddaughter Dionne Bromfield and supported her as a background singer. In April 2010 the British fashion house Fred Perry announced its collaboration with Winehouse, and in October it launched its first own clothing line. In December 2010, she performed at a private concert by a Russian billionaire in front of 500 invited guests and showed a 60-minute show. She received a fee of 1.1 million pounds for her appearance.

In January 2011, her management announced that Winehouse would gradually work on her comeback . A tour of Brazil in spring , a European tour in summer and a new studio album in autumn have been announced. Amy Winehouse started the Brazil tour in spring 2011 and received positive reviews for her five concerts. At the start of their European tour in Belgrade on June 18, 2011 Winehouse came on stage drunk and half an hour late. She could barely stand on her feet and slurred instead of singing. After the Belgrade concert, not only the rest of the European tour, but also the release of their third album was canceled. Winehouse management announced that it would postpone her comeback indefinitely because she was not yet fit enough for it.

Reception and influences

During his lifetime

Amy Winehouse cited the 1960s as her greatest source of inspiration. With her album Back To Black she triggered a wave of retro-soul. Musically, the album was based on the soul music of the 1960s, mixed with the sounds of 2000s soul. Winehouse's music inspired artists such as Duffy , Adele , Lana Del Rey , Leona Lewis and Bruno Mars .

With the release of Back To Black , Winehouse's visual look also went into the sixties retro style. Her clothing style was also similar to that of the 1960s, and the beehive hairstyle became her visual trademark, paired with a pronounced eyeliner and accessories from that time. Karl Lagerfeld praised the look of Winehouse; Anna Wintour put her on the cover of US Vogue in September 2007 .

After death

After her death, Amy Winehouse's albums and singles received a brief sales boost and made it back to the charts for a few weeks. In early December 2011, the single Our Day Will Come and the compilation album Lioness: Hidden Treasures were released . The album features several demo songs and unreleased versions that Amy Winehouse recorded over the years of her career, and her final studio recording with Tony Bennett . The album made it to number 1 in ten countries and the top 10 in fifteen others.

Her father, Mitch Winehouse , founded the Amy Winehouse Foundation to help disadvantaged children in need. All of Amy Winehouse's income after her death goes to the aid organization. Her estate of ten million pounds also went to the Foundation.

On September 14, 2014, a life-size bronze statue of Amy Winehouse, created by Scott Eaton , was unveiled in Camden , London .

Discography

Studio albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks [↑]: treated together with the previous entry;
[←]: placed in both charts
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2003 Frank
Island Records 		DE9
platinum
platinum

(48 weeks)DE 		AT5
gold
gold

(53 weeks)AT 		CH16
platinum
platinum

(30 weeks)CH 		UK3
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(143 weeks)UK 		US33 (24 weeks)
US
First published: October 20, 2003
Sales: + 2,380,000
2008 Frank (Deluxe Edition)
Island Records[DE: ↑][AT: ↑][CH: ↑] 		UK99 (1 week)
UK[US: ↑]
First published: May 9, 2008
2006 Back to Black
Island Records 		DE1
Six-fold platinum
× 6
Six-fold platinum

(177 weeks)DE 		AT1
Seven times platinum
× 7
Seven times platinum

(… Where.)Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryAT 		CH1
Seven times platinum
× 7
Seven times platinum

(185 weeks)CH 		UK1
13 times platinum
× 13
13 times platinum

(… Where.)Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryUK 		US2
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(173 weeks)US
First published: October 27, 2006
Sales: + 20,000,000
2007 Back to Black (Deluxe Edition)
Island Records[DE: ↑][AT: ↑][CH: ↑] 		UK1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(55 weeks)UK[US: ↑]
First published: November 13, 2007
Sales: + 600,000

Awards (selection)

See also

literature

Documentaries

  • Arena: Amy Winehouse - The Day She Came to Dingle (released 2012)
On December 3, 2006, Amy Winehouse appeared in the fifth season of Other Voices, which was filmed in the small Irish fishing village of Dingle, County Kerry, in the south-west corner of Ireland. Shortly after 9 p.m. Amy Winehouse took the stage in the village church of St. James. In an outstanding acoustic performance that lasted a little more than 20 minutes, she sang 6 songs, only accompanied by a guitarist and a bassist.
Amy Winehouse's performance on Other Voices was named 17th best concert of all time by The London Times, in a list of the 25 best concerts. The documentary can be found on Disc Two (DVD) by Amy Winehouse At The BBC.
  • Pop-Legenden - Amy Winehouse , by Andreas Kanonenberg (script and direction), 2013, 45 min., A production by CineCentrum Hamburg (Ulrich Lenze) on behalf of SWR (Gerolf Karwath)
  • Amy von Asif Kapadia , UK 2015, 127 min., German theatrical release: July 16, 2015.
  • Reclaiming Amy , UK 2021, 59 min, a BBC Two production

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Bernd Fischaleck: Amy Winehouse - the queen of retro soul. In: Abendblatt.de . Retrieved July 19, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Amy Winehouse, the genius of self-destruction . World online
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  5. ↑ Mitch Winehouse: My Daughter Amy. P. 203.
  6. ↑ Mitch Winehouse: My Daughter Amy , p. 192.
  7. ↑ Mitch Winehouse: My Daughter Amy. Pp. 103-105.
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  9. ↑ Star: Amy Winehouse died with 4.16 per mille in the blood .
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  18. ↑ Mitch Winehouse: My Daughter Amy. P. 115.
  19. ↑ washingtonpost.com
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  21. ↑ brits.co.uk
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  23. ↑ Mitch Winehouse: My Daughter Amy. Pp. 83-85.
  24. ↑ dailymail.co.uk
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  40. ↑ Music: Amy Winehouse: Comeback as a choir singer. In: Focus Online . October 11, 2009, accessed July 19, 2015 .
  41. ↑ Mitch Winehouse: My Daughter Amy. P. 244.
  42. ↑ Christine Wollowski: Amy Winehouse Concert: Tropical Comeback . In: Die Zeit , No. 4/2011
  43. ↑ Amy Winehouse staggers, slurs and is booed. In: welt.de . June 19, 2011, accessed July 19, 2015 .
  44. ↑ liri / AFP / AFP: Drunk in Belgrade. In: stern.de. June 19, 2011, accessed July 19, 2015 .
  45. ↑ Music: Amy Winehouse cancels complete tour. In: Focus Online . June 21, 2011, accessed July 19, 2015 .
  46. ↑ Philipp Schwenke: Soul: Sisters of Yesterday. In: Zeit Online . May 13, 2008, accessed July 19, 2015 .
  47. ↑ Jason Gregory: Leona Lewis Praises 'Talented And Amazing' Amy Winehouse. In: gigwise.com. June 14, 2008, accessed July 19, 2015 .
  48. ↑ stars.naanoo.com
  49. ↑ dapd: Amy Winehouse is back in the charts. August 2, 2011, accessed July 19, 2015 .
  50. ↑ Run on Amy Winehouse continues. (No longer available online.) In: news.de. August 2, 2011, archived from the original on July 22, 2015 ; Retrieved July 19, 2015 .
  51. ↑ Jens Bauszus: Record review: Tony Bennett - Duets II A final greeting from Amy Winehouse. In: Focus Online . September 15, 2011, accessed February 9, 2016 .
  52. ↑ Lioness: Hidden Treasures tracklist on iTunes
  53. ↑ amywinehousefoundation.org
  54. ^ Statue in London: A memorial to Amy Winehouse. In: Spiegel Online . September 15, 2014, accessed July 19, 2015 .
  55. ^ Mark Ronson Receives the BMI Champion Award at the 66th BMI Pop Awards. bmi.com, May 8, 2018, accessed on August 22, 2018 .
  56. ↑ BBC Four: 5 Video Clips of Amy Winehouse - The Day She Came to Dingle. Retrieved January 11, 2021 .
  57. ^ The London Times: The 25 greatest gigs of all time. Retrieved January 11, 2021 .
personal data
SURNAME Winehouse, Amy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Winehouse, Amy Jade (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British singer
BIRTH DATE September 14, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH London Borough of Enfield , London, United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 2011
PLACE OF DEATH London , United Kingdom