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Back to Black
Amy Winehouse
Body and Soul (from Duets II: The Great Performances)
Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
Valerie
Amy Winehouse & Mark Ronson
Tears Dry On Their Own
Amy Winehouse
Cherry Wine (feat. Amy Winehouse)
Nas
Rehab (Lyric Video)
Amy Winehouse
Rehab
Amy Winehouse
Take The Box (Live From The Mercury Prize Awards / 2004)
Amy Winehouse
Stronger Than Me (Live On Later... With Jools Holland / 2003)
Amy Winehouse
Our Day Will Come: Amy Winehouse Tribute
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Artist Playlists
Amy Winehouse Essentials
A soul revivalist who dug deep.
Amy Winehouse Video Essentials
Dark, vibrant scenes help bring timeless heartbreak to life.
Inspired by Amy Winehouse
The nostalgic jazz and boundary-breaking pop she spawned.
Amy Winehouse: Influences
A deep love of soul music defined her signature sound.
Amy Winehouse: Deep Cuts
The inimitable singer at her most intimate.
Artist Biography
Amy Winehouse was one of those once-in-a-generation artists who rerouted the direction of pop music and amassed a worldwide fanbase spanning grade-schoolers to grandmas. Born in 1983, the London-raised singer paid her dues as a session vocalist before releasing her debut album, Frank, in 2003. While Winehouse’s uncommonly gritty yet graceful voice made her a UK sensation (earning her a place on the Mercury Prize shortlist), Frank’s jazzy torch songs and chilled funk atmosphere only teased at the feisty character lurking beneath the surface of cocktail-lounge soundtracks like “F*ck Me Pumps.” However, with the help of producer Mark Ronson and Sharon Jones’ brassy backing band, The Dap-Kings, Winehouse’s outsized persona got the space to fully flourish on her Grammy-dominating 2006 sophomore release, Back to Black. Adopting the soulful sound and sassy spirit—not to mention beehive hairstyle—of ’60s girl groups, Winehouse hit upon an aesthetic that was faithfully retro enough to win over Motown-reared boomers, yet possessed a brash, profane attitude (and the tattoos to go with it) that endeared her to hip-hop heads and indie kids alike. Back to Black transformed Winehouse into the consummate anti-diva, exuding a raw, unfiltered authenticity that was at once cheekily risque (as heard in her definitive anti-sobriety anthem, “Rehab”) and emotionally shattering (the eternally devastating title track). Sadly, Back to Black was both her career apex and her swan song—she died of alcohol poisoning in 2011. But if Winehouse’s star burned all too briefly, it left a never-ending vapor trail across the mainstream, allowing artists as varied as Adele, Janelle Monáe, Sam Smith, and Lana Del Rey to pursue their own singular visions of retro-modernism.
Hometown
Enfield, London, England
Genre
R&B/Soul