Amy Winehouse
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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
•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