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Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English jazz, soul and R&B singer and songwriter. She debuted with the well-received album Frank in 2003. Winehouse won five Grammy Awards for her 2006 album Back to Black. This made her the first British female to win five Grammys. Winehouse had many uncles who were jazz musicians, and she was interested in jazz from a young age. She named her first album after Frank Sinatra. Her music was also influenced by girl groups of the 1960s.
Winehouse was born to Jewish parents in London. She was given her first guitar when she was 13 years old. When she was 14 she started writing songs. She went to Sylvia Young Theatre School and the BRIT School.
On 20 October 2003 Winehouse's first album Frank was released. She won an Ivor Novello Award for it.
On 30 October 2006 her second album Back to Black was released. Five singles were released from the album. The first single "Rehab" spent 57 weeks in the UK Singles Chart. It won Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 2008 Grammy Awards. Winehouse sung on Mutya Buena's 2007 single "B Boy Baby". Winehouse performed at Nelson Mandela's 90th Birthday Party concert at London's Hyde Park on 27 June 2008. The next day she performed at the Glastonbury Festival.
In 2011 Lioness: Hidden Treasures, a collection of Winehouse's unreleased songs, was released. It reached No.1 in the UK Albums Chart. Winehouse sung on the song "Cherry Wine" on Nas' 2012 album Life Is Good.
She married Blake Fielder-Civil in 2007. They had legal troubles that resulted in criminal convictions for both of them. He was sent to prison. They divorced in 2009. She died in 2011. After Winehouse's death her dad published a book about her life called Amy: My Daughter. All of the money made from the book was given to the Amy Winehouse Foundation.
Winehouse performing live in July 2004
Winehouse with The Rolling Stones at the 2007 Isle of Wight Festival
Amy Winehouse with her band backstage, 16 March 2009.
Winehouse was influenced by soul girl groups such as The Ronettes, whose look she imitated.
The first act on Winehouse's record label was her goddaughter Dionne Bromfield.
Winehouse in Los Angeles, 2007
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Bronze statue of Winehouse in Camden Town, London unveiled in September 2014
Winehouse lived with fellow musician Alex Clare in 2006.
Romanian singers Rona Hartner, Paula Seling, Nico and Maria Radu performing at a memorial Amy Winehouse concert in Bucharest on 23 October 2011
