Amy Winehouse was a popular English singer-songwriter known for rhythm and blues and jazz music. She released two studio albums - "Frank" in 2003 and her most popular album "Back to Black" in 2006, which featured many of her hit singles. While she was commercially successful, selling over 5 million records, Winehouse struggled with drug and alcohol addiction, which contributed to her death in 2011 at age 27.

2.  Amy Winehouse was a very popular English
singer/ songwriter who focussed on such genres
as Rhythm and Blues and jazz, among others.
 She created a total of 14 singles along with 2 studio
albums. Accompanying these, she made 15 music
videos
 She frequently collaborated with other popular
artists, most notably Mark Ronson in the song
‘Valerie’
 Up to her death (23rd July 2011) she had sold a over
1.75 million singles and over 3.98 million albums.

3.  In October 2003, Winehouse released her debut
album ‘Frank’ which was produced by ‘Island
Records’.
 The name is a reference to one of her musical
inspirations Frank Sinatra but it also sets the
tone of the songs which feature lyrics as simple
as the name suggests.
 The album was ranked 60th in the UK Top 40
and rose to 13th in January 2004.
 Following her death, the album re-emerged in
the charts selling almost 20,000 copies.

4.  In October 2006 Winehouse released her most
popular album ‘Back to Black’ (again by ‘Island
Records’) which featured many of the hit
singles she is best remembered for. (Rehab,
Back to Black, Love is a losing game etc.)
 The album was very well received, winning
best pop vocal album and nominated for album
of the year at the Grammy awards.

5.  Although she was one of the best selling vocalists
of her generation, Winehouse’s personal trouble
was no secret with addiction to drugs and alcohol
(which eventually led to her death in 2011).
 This led to an often poor reception with several
people referring to her as a poor role model for her
younger fans and accused of promoting an
unhealthy lifestyle.
 This image was also not helped by the
Documentary ‘Amy’ released after her death
which often depicted her lifestyle in similar ways.