Amy Winehouse Biography

Amy Jade Winehouse was a singer and songwriter, born on September 14, 1983, in London, United Kingdom. Amy Winehouse is known for her great vocal record, her way of expressing emotions just by singing a melody, for being one of the great artists in the recent history of soul and for her self-destructive lifestyle.

Amy Winehouse was born into a Jewish family of lower middle class; daughter of taxi driver Mitchell and pharmacist Janis, a family fond of jazz and soul. At nine years old his parents decided to separate, at that time his paternal grandmother proposed that Amy was enrolled in the theater school of Susi Earnshaw, in Barnet. At the age of ten, she created a rap band called Sweet ‘n’ Sour. Amy went through several schools but for one reason or another did not last in them.

At the age of thirteen, she received a guitar as a gift and began to compose. He appeared in several bars in the city and later became part of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. In mid-1999, her boyfriend of that time, a singer named Tyler James, gave a producer a recording of Amy. Amy Winehouse began her musical career at sixteen; she signed her first contract with Simon Fuller, which she later resigned in 2002. Time after that event, a representative of Island / Universal heard Amy sing, spent months looking for her and after a while found her and presented her to his boss Nick Gatfield. Nick fervent about Amy’s talent, signed an EMI editorial contract with her and introduced her to Salaam Remi, her future producer.

Amy debuted in 2003 with her album “Frank” named after Frank Sinatra. This work gave her a nomination in the Mercury Music Awards and an Ivor Novello Award in 2004, for Best Contemporary Song for his single Stronger than Me.

Amy met Blake Fielder-Civil in a London bar, both had a partner but a fascination with the problematic Blake was taking over Amy, with whom she started a romance. In 2005, Blake ended the relationship with Amy to return to his ex-girlfriend, Amy then went through a time of consumption of pills for depression, violent mood swings and weight loss due to periods of bulimia. Her manager tried to let her family know and Amy reacted violently.

“Love is a lost game”

In 2006, Amy reappeared in the studios, but this time a new version of Amy. His health condition improved in 2006 and the recovery coincided with the recording of his second and last studio album, Back to Black, which contained strong lyrics that reflect what she had experienced.

On October 30, 2006, Amy released his second album titled “Back To Black”

in which she expressed her hardest personal experiences, in the lyrics she showed her insolent vision of affectionate relationships and her submergence in the underworld of drugs and the alcoholism. This album was created under the production of Mark Jonson. Thanks to this album Amy won a Brit award in the category of Best British Artist. In that year began to leave with the British singer Alex Clare. Months later Amy resumed her relationship with Blake and in May of that year, they married in Miami. Influenced by Blake, Amy began to try stronger drugs. Two months after they got married, Amy was hospitalized for an overdose. In June 2007, she was again nominated for the Mercury Prize for that record. That same year, Amy Winehouse won three nominations for the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards.

In 2008 Blake went to jail for assault and disobedience to authority. Winehouse shattered by what happened to her husband canceled her public appearances.

On February 10, 2008, Amy went on to win five of her six nominations. Unfortunately, she can not attend because the US denied her a visa for abuse and use of narcotics. The decision was reconsidered but the visa did not arrive on time and Amy could not attend the ceremony, but finally acted via satellite from London.

Amy Winehouse filed a divorce suit in 2009 and continued to walk the world of alcohol and drugs, participating in scandals. In 2009, it was said that Amy would lock on her new album and it would be released in 2010, but that did not happen. Her last recording was a duet with the singer, Tony Bennett. In her last year, after what happened with her husband, Amy was at the touching bottom in his personal and musical life. She appeared drunk, dysphonic and physically destroyed; several times she had to cancel or stay drunk looking at the public for her excesses. Amy was really criticized for it and had several concerts that were considered the worst in the musical history of Amy Winehouse.

On July 23, 2011, at the age of 27, Amy Winehouse was found dead in her apartment in London. His family announced that the cause of death was the alcohol withdrawal syndrome, but months later the forensic experts announced that the body of the singer had a lot of alcohol in her system. Amy Winehouse was included to the well-known “Club of the 27” the same one to which were added several artists who died at age 27 and the majority due to drugs and alcohol. Some of the most relevant members of the “Club of 27” are Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Robert Johnson and Janis Joplin.