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‌•Amy Jade Winehouse
‌•Born on September 14th 1983
‌•Died on July 23rd 2011
‌•Talented musician who was a drug addict and an alcoholic
‌•People say that she could have lived longer if she went into rehab
‌•Her father introduced her to jazz classics at a very early age
‌•Amy started the Sylvia Young Theatre School when she was 12
‌•14 years old she was expelled for piercing her nose and ‘not applying herself’
‌•Dropped out of school, and got a part time job
‌•It was then where she start to write songs
‌•When she was 16, her friend gave a demo tape of her to a record label and this led to Amy singing with the management company owned by Simon Fuller, 19 management
‌•She then signed to Universal just a year later.
‌•First relationship began in 2003 when she met a music video production assistant, Blake Fielder-Civil, at a local bar.
‌•Her first album entitled ‘Frank’ came out later that year, with it being a jazz, pop, soul and hip hop blend
‌•All but 2 songs were co-written by Winehouse herself.
‌•First album got nominated for 2 brit awards
‌•Nominated for british female solo act and british urban act
‌•One of her songs ‘Stronger than me’ won the Ivor Novello Award for best Contemporary song
‌•She performed at Glastonbury and the V-festival that year.
‌•She started to write her second studio album in 2005 with producer Mark Ronson
‌•The album was completed within 6 months.
‌•Media noticed she was getting skinner, so when she got questioned about her weight loss in an interview, her reply was that it was due to cutting back on marijuana.
‌•People believe that her relationship with Blake is what caused her behaviour to deteriorate
‌•She admitted to drinking an excessive amount of alcohol drug a break up with him
‌•But she also said she used the heartbreak for songs for her next album
‌•Her drug and alcohol intake affected her performances as she often turned up drunk or high, and was unable to perform.
‌•Management told her she should go to rehab
‌•She fired them and decided against it and instead used the recent chain of events to create her catchiest song ‘Rehab’
‌•She then told the Sun newspaper that she did intact go to rehab, but only for 15 minutes.
‌•Second album Back to Black was released late 2006
‌•The album was different to the first as there wasn't any jazz but there was rock ’n’ roll music
‌•It was a massive success and got to number 1 on the UK charts
‌•Got to number 6 on the US Billboard 200.
‌•'Rehab', the first single off the album, hit number seven on the UK charts
‌•Won Winehouse her second Ivor Novello award for song writing
‌•Won album of the year at the MTV Europe Music Awards and Best Pop Vocal Album and Best New Artist at the 2008 Grammy Awards
‌•Rehab won numerous awards including Grammys for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. ‌•Back To Black was the top-selling album in the UK in 2007
‌•When Frank was released in the United States, debuting at number 61 on the Billboard charts.
‌•In early 2007, Winehouse and Fielder-Civil ended relationships with other partners and got back together
‌•In May, the couple were married in Miami, Florida
‌•In June of that year Winehouse, who has admitted to problems with depression and self-harm, was seen in a video posing for a photographer while scratching 'I love Blake' on her stomach with a shard of broken glass
‌•Two months later she was rushed to hospital in London suffering from ‘exhaustion'
‌•later admitted it was a drug overdose
‌•Winehouse and Fielder-Civil checked into a rehabilitation retreat in Essex, England, but checked out a few days later and went on holiday in St Lucia
‌•Had a heated argument in a London hotel room
‌•London papers carrying photographs of a bruised and bloodied Winehouse and a scratched Fielder-Civil leaving the hotel
‌•Winehouse denied her husband had caused the injuries, saying in emails that 'I was cutting myself after he found me in our room about to do drugs with a call girl and rightly said I wasn't good enough for him. I lost it.’
‌•The incident caused a massive stir with Fielder-Civil’s mother saying on radio, 'I think they both need to get medical help before one of them, if not both of them, eventually will die.'
‌•Controversy continued into October with the couple being arrested in Norway for possession of marijuana
‌•Police raided Winehouse’s London home and arrested Fielder-Civil
‌•Police alleged Fielder-Civil had tried to pay off a witness due to give testimony in an assault case he was involved in
‌•Later that month, with Blake in jail, Winehouse turned up to a Birmingham concert drunk and emotionally distressed
‌•Booed by the audience
‌•Cancelled all further appearances for 2007 saying on her website: 'I can't give it my all onstage without my Blake. My husband is everything to me and without him it just isn't the same.'
‌•The Sun newspaper revealed footage of Winehouse allegedly smoking a crack pipe and talking about taking ecstasy and valium
‌•Entered a rehab facility days later with her record company issuing a statement
‌•Won five categories at the 2008 Grammy Awards but visa complications arising from her drug use prevented her from attending in person
‌•She accepted via satellite from London and performed her hits 'You Know That I’m No Good' and ‘Rehab'.
‌•Further breakdowns and attempts at intervention by her family all but brought promises of an exceptional career to a shuddering halt
‌•Her turbulent marriage to Fielder-Civil continued to deteriorate to the point that he requested a divorce
‌•They divorced in August 2009.
‌•Booed off stage or unable to complete her set on several occasions
‌•In July 2010, she sang the hit track Valerie alongside Mark Ronson at a film premiere, but forgot some of the words
‌•The singer hit the headlines in June 2011 when she opened what was supposed to be a 12-date European tour in Belgrade as she was booed off stage
‌•Received a lot of media criticism and it was announced shortly afterwards that she would not be completing the tour
‌•This was to be the last gig of her short career
‌•Amy was found dead in her Camden home by a member of her security team
‌•The cause of death was established as accidental alcohol poisoning
‌•Universal Republic said they were 'deeply saddened at the sudden loss of such a gifted musician, artist and performer'
‌•Her funeral took place in London on 26 July 2011.

‌•Her top 5 songs were; Rehab, In my bed, love is a loosing game, Back to Black and Valerie
‌•She was 5ft2

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