Must Haves. Music Edition. Amy Winehouse.

BACKGROUND HISTORY

Born to a taxi-riding father and a pharmacist mother, Winehouse grew up withinside the Southgate vicinity of northern London. Her upbringing became full of jazz. Many of the uncles on her mother's facet had been expert jazz musicians, and her paternal grandmother became romantically concerned with British jazz legend Ronnie Scott at one time. At home, she listened to and absorbed her parents' choice of greats: Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, and Frank Sinatra, amongst others. However, in her teens, she became interested in the rebellious spirit of TLC, Salt-N-Pepa, and different American R&B and hip-hop acts of the time. At the age of 16, after she were expelled from London's Sylvia Young Theatre School, she stuck her first spoil while pop singer Tyler James, a schoolmate and near friend, exceeded on her demo tape to his A&R representative, who became attempting to find a jazz vocalist. That possibility brought about her recording agreement with Island Records. By the cease of 2003, while she became twenty years old, Island had launched her debut album, Frank. With contributions from hip-hop manufacturer/keyboardist Salaam Remi, Winehouse's amalgam of jazz, pop, soul, and hip-hop obtained rave reviews. The album became nominated for the 2004 Mercury Music Prize in addition to Brit Awards, and its lead single, "Stronger Than Me," gained an Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song.

Active 1990s - 2010s

Born September 14, 1983 in Enfield, Middlesex, England

Died July 23, 2011 in Camden, London, England

Genre R&BJazz

Styles Contemporary R&BAdult Contemporary R&BNeo-SoulSoulCrossover JazzVocal Jazz

ALBUMS

Frank & Back to black

HITS

Rehab, Valerie, Back to black,love is a losing game, me and mr jones, you know im no good

CULTURAL IMPACT

Amy Winehouse became one of the U.K.`s flagship vocalists for the duration of the 2000s. While the British press and tabloids appeared to awareness on her rowdy conduct and tragic cease, enthusiasts and critics alike embraced her rugged charm, brash experience of humor, and distinctively soulful and jazzy vocals. Her platinum-promoting, Mercury Prize-nominated album Frank (2003) elicited comparisons starting from Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan to Macy Gray and Lauryn Hill, introducing her unmistakable voice and deeply private songwriting to the masses. However, it wasn't till 2006 that Winehouse really landed on the worldwide degree together along with her sophomore full-length, Back to Black. Teamed with manufacturer Mark Ronson, she crafted a nostalgic, throwback sound heard on hit singles "Rehab" and "You Know I'm No Good." One of the best-promoting albums in U.K. history, the set earned Winehouse a record-making 5 Grammy Awards in 2008. The album might be her last; she exceeded away in London on July 23, 2011, on the age of 27.