AMY WINEHOUSE PROFILE

Able to create distinguishable music which is perceived to be the perfect fusion of traditional and modern influences, Amy Jade Winehouse was born to a taxi-driving father named Mitchell and pharmacist mother named Janis on September 14, 1983 in Camden, London, England.

Amy Winehouse Profile

Name : Amy Winehouse
Famous as : R&B/soul singer, songwriter
Birth Name : Amy Jade Winehouse
Birth Date : September 14, 1983
Birth Place : Enfield, London, England, UK
Spouse : Blake Fielder-Civil (former video production assistant, 18-May-07 – 16-Jul-09)
Claim to fame : Album “Back to Black” (2006)
Amy Winehouse Claim to Fame
Famous as : R&B/soul singer, songwriter
Popular for : Album “Back to Black” (2006)

Amy Winehouse Personal Fact
Birth Name : Amy Jade Winehouse
Birth Date : September 14, 1983
Birth Place : Enfield, London, England, UK
Height : 5′ 3″
Nationality : British

Education

* Attended Ashmole School in Southgate, London
* Attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone, London
* Attended the BRIT School in Selhurst, London Borough of Croydon, England

Amy Winehouse Family
Father : Mitchell Winehouse
Mother : Janis Winehouse
Brother : Alex Winehouse
Spouse : Blake Fielder-Civil (former video production assistant, 18-May-07 – 16-Jul-09)
Relation : Tyler James (singer)

Amy Winehouse Biography :

The niece of professional jazz musicians from her mother’s side, music surely was never an alien thing to the girl. She grew up listening to a diverse tunes ranging from Sarah Vaughn to Salt-N-Pepa. At age ten, she even confidently formed a short-lived amateur rap group named Sweet ‘n’ Sour in which she used the latter moniker during the troupe’s existence.

Though her abundant love for music was certainly unquestionable at that time, Amy, however, still gave herself a chance to try for another field as she later entered the Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone by age twelve.

Nevertheless, the classes were unable to capture her interest and within the following year, she was expelled for “not applying herself”, leading her to attend Britain’s only free performing arts and technology institution the BRIT School. The movement thankfully proved well …

Amy Winehouse Trivia :

• Had her waxwork unveiled at Madame Tussauds in London on July 23, 2008.
• Posed naked for the April 2008 issue of British magazine, “Easy Living,” in a bid to raise awareness about breast cancer among young women.
• Chosen UK Solo Artist of the Year at the 2007 Glamour annual events held on June 5.
• Ranked 2nd on Mr. Blackwell’s 48th Annual Worst Dressed Women List, released on January 8, 2008.
• Spit at fans after booed for forgetting her own lyrics, slapped herself repeatedly and knocked her head on the mic during a gig in Cornwall, England on July 17, 2007.
• Was spotted having a number of cuts and scars on her arm while attending the 2007 Elle Style Awards.
• Performed a rendition of The Zutons’ “Valerie” during her participation in a BBC Radio 1 Show Live Lounge and later recorded it with Mark Ronson in 2007.
• Befriended singers Matt Willis and Billie Piper

• Got her first guitar at age thirteen.
• Went to the same school as Katie Melua did.
• Suffered from eating disorders.
• Her favorite cocktail is a Rickstasy which consists of three parts vodka, one part Southern Comfort, one part banana liqueur, and one part Baileys.
• Has several tattoos of naked women on her body.
• Her single “Rehab” was turned to several remixes by Steve Mac, Hot Chip and Desert Eagle in 2007.
• Broke her big tooth in a drunken fall that forced her to cancel London’s Shepherds Bush Empire gigs in March 2007.
• Ended the January 7, 2007 show at G-A-Y part way through her first song after vomiting, which reportedly was a result of being intoxicated.
• Ranked the 50th in NME Magazine’s annual Cool list in November 2006.
• Showed up in an episode of BBC’s comedy sketch show “The Fast Show” in 1997.
• Made a duet with Paul Weller in singing Etta Jones’ “Don’t Go To Strangers” when appeared in his BBC Electric Proms gig.
• Chosen No. 2 in a poll on the World’s Unsexiest Women conducted by men’s magazine Maxim in October 2007.
• Sold the so-called “Double Trouble Combo” product, which included her new live DVD “I Told You I Was Trouble”, 16 oz. pint glass and 3.5 inch ashtray, on her official merchandise store in October 2007.
• Was offered by Prince to join him on 21 London stages to do a duet on her song “Love Is a Losing Game” in 2007.

Amy Winehouse Discography :

Frank [Deluxe Edition]
Release year : 2008
Label : Republic
Genre : R&B

Back to Black/I Told You I Was Trouble
Release year : 2008
Label : Island
Genre : R&B

Back to Black
Release year : 2006
Label : Island
Genre : R&B

Frank
Release year : 2003
Label : Island
Genre : R&B

Amy Winehouse Awards :

Brit Awards

2007
Won Brit Award
category Best British Female Solo Artist

ECHO Awards, Germany

2009
Won ECHO Award
category Best International Female Artist (Beste Kunstlerin International Rock/Pop)

2009
Won ECHO Award
category Album of the Year (Album des Jahres) for “Back to Black”

Grammy Awards

2008
Won Grammy Award
category Record of the Year for “Rehab”

2008
Won Grammy Award
category Song of the Year for “Rehab”

2008
Won Grammy Award
category Best New Artist

2008
Won Grammy Award
category Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Rehab”

2008
Won Grammy Award
category Best Pop Vocal Album for “Back to Black”

Ivor Novello Awards

2008
Won Ivor Novello Award
category Best Song Musically & Lyrically for “Love Is a Losing Game”

2007
Won Ivor Novello Award
category Best Contemporary Song for “Rehab”

2004
Won Ivor Novello Award
category Best Contemporary Song for “Stronger Than Me”
shared with Salaam Remi
Los Premios MTV

Meteor Ireland Music Awards

2008
Won Meteor Ireland Music Award
category Best International Female

MOBO Awards

2007
Won MOBO Award
category Best UK Female

MTV Europe Music Awards

2007
Won MTV Europe Music Award
category Artist’s Choice

NME Awards USA

2008
Got nomination for NME Award USA
category Best International Alternative/Indie Solo Artist

Q Awards

2007
Won Q Award
category Best Album for “Back to Black”

Shockwaves NME Awards

2008
Won Shockwaves NME Award
category Worst Dressed

Amy Winehouse Photos :

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