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Life of Amy Winehouse

Amy Jade Winehouse (London, 14 September 1983 - London, 23 July 2011) was an American singer and songwriter British known for her deep and powerful contralto vocals  and her eclectic mix of musical genres including R & B , soul and jazz. He joined musical career in 2003, releasing their first single, Stronger Than Me The song reached the 71st position in the UK Singles Chart.  The single was produced to promote his first studio album, Frank, released on October 20 2003.

After ups and downs in his career, Amy released her second studio album, entitled Back to Black. The album was released on October 6, 2006, remaining at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and # 1 on the UK Albums Chart. Even in countries like Brazil and France, the album was awarded by ABPDe SNEP certified diamond, respectively  with over one million copies sold in the two countries together, besides several other certifications such as gold and platinum.

Besides being the best known of the singer, the song was at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and # 1 40 of the Los Spain. Also earned platinum certification for more than 120 million copies sold. After the resounding success of Rehab, Winehouse returned with another hit, launching as single You Know I'm No Good, reaching 87th in the Hot 100. After releasing several singles for the album as Back to Black eTears on Dry Their Own, Amy married Blake Fielder in Miami, Fla., in 2007, when he released his first DVD, recorded during a concert in London, I Told You I Was Trouble: Live in London.

The following year, in 2008, Amy faced serious problems with health and police. She was seen in a video on the website of British newspaper The Sun, using crack, in January 2008, and three days later was admitted to a clinic where he was guarded twenty-four hours per day. Also in 2008, was arrested two times for assault and drunk driving. In 2009, split from Blake, starting a romance with director Reg Traviss. And in 2010, Winehouse returned to treatment and withdrew temporarily from music. Approximately eleven months later, on 23 July 2011, Winehouse was found dead at his home in London, England.

Death

Around 15:54, July 23, 2011 (British Summer Time, UTC +1), two ambulances were called to Winehouse's home emCamden, London, due to a call to the British police to meet a woman fainted. Shortly thereafter, the metropolitan authorities had confirmed the death of the singer. Subsequently, an investigation was opened to determine the cause of death of Amy, but the initial results were inconclusive and a toxicological analysis was required.

Only on October 26 of that year, the final reports could indicate that the cause of death resulted from an alcohol abuse after a period of abstinence, they kept until the 22th of the same month.  Suzanne Greenaway, medical examiner said: "It has consumed a large amount of alcohol, the concentration was such that it was 4.16 g / L of alcohol in the blood, and that high alcohol consumption resulted in his sudden and unexpected death".

On the day of death, the record label Universal issued a statement expressing its regret at the "unexpected loss of a talented singer and songwriter." In addition, artists such as U2, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars, Rihanna, George Michael, Adele, Kelly Clarkson, and Courtney Love made tributes to Amy Winehouse  Several fans also did tributes to Amy, leaving bottles of liquor, cups, cigarettes and several photos of the singer in front of her house in Camden, London.

The funeral took place on July 26, 2011, Tuesday, at the cemetery Edgwarebury in London. Family and close friends of the singer and some celebrities such as Kelly Osbourne and Mark Ronson Bryan Adams, attended the ceremony, which followed the precepts dareligião Jewish. Amy's body was cremated.  With the completion of the funeral, the parents of Amy Winehouse declared their intention to create umafundação to help young drug addicts.

His death brought back to its materials discographic rankings around the world.  In December 2011, Island Records began marketing the first posthumous album of Amy Winehouse, with the name Lioness: Hidden Treasures. The album received favorable reviews from the press and sold more than 501,000 copies in its first week of release. On September 15, 2012, the singer's family and friends gathered at a ceremony in Edgware, north London, to bury the ashes of the singer. Burial followed Jewish traditions

Early Career

Darcus Breeze heard the demos the singer had sent and asked, "Who was that girl with the voice of jazz and blues".  At this stage, Amy was presented with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. While playing, Simon Fuller also heard the voice of the singer, and in 2002, she managed to be invited to audition vocal in their label. Thus, Amy played in an acoustic environment in the room Board of Universal / Island, where he presented his performance of There Is No Greater Love.

Soon after, Amy signed a contract with Island Records and went on to produce a material with musical Salaam Remi. John The White Rapper, who was among the executives Island, said Winehouse's voice saying: "I do not really say much of that time, Amy was singing and I remember being impressed, I never heard anyone sing so beautiful so close me: I could only speak to have her in the studio ".

While in development by the company, Winehouse was kept secret in the recording industry. Darcus Beese, after deciding to hire a singer, took months to figure out where Amy was. However, she had already recorded a number of songs and had already signed a contract with the EMI label. In addition, the singer had already created a working relationship with the producer Salaam Remi, by publishing records.

Despite the talents of singer, Amy's father, Mitch, said in an interview that "Amy did not think it would make millions with music, she wanted to be a waitress on roller skates or a housewife. Agreement with The Island was just a way of she show his music, "the singer being confirmed later. [27] One of the composers with whom Amy worked for the disc was Felix Howard, he told the music critic Mulholland Grry the beginning of the partnership's composition was fun. Mulholland's words: "He told me that the first time she appeared in the studio to write with him, grabbed his acoustic guitar and old war began singing that song that never stopped".

The material for the album was recorded during the 2002 season and 2003, in Miami, in Remi studio in his house.  According to the singer's father, during the fall of 2003, while driving his cab through the streets London posters with Amy's face, promoting the release of her debut album.

 

Cildhood and Adolescence

Amy Winehouse was born on September 14, 1983, in a suburban area of ​​Southgate, London neighborhood, a Jewish family of four and turned to jazz music tradition. Her father, Mitchell Winehouse, was a taxi driver and his mother, Janis, pharmaceuticals. Amy also had an older brother, Alex Winehouse. She also grew up in Southgate, where he studied music at Ashmole School.

Since the early years, Amy has been in touch with the musical world since most of his maternal uncles were professional musicians of jazz. In addition, his father had a habit of singing with her classic Frank Sinatra, his passion for making music increasingly evident. As a child, I used to listen soul musicians such as Billie Holiday and Etta James, who exercised strong influences on their creations.

Amy spent much of his childhood and adolescence witnessing marital infidelity of her father.  In an interview with a British television network, the father of the singer revealed that em1983, began an affair with a coworker, who became his wife in 1996. He said: "Amy and her brother knew this and frequently saw his mother's suffering. They called my colleague's wife Daddy at work".

Her parents divorced when she was nine years old,  then Amy and her brother were in the custody of the mother.  In the same age, was encouraged by her grandmother Cynthia, who was a singer, to enroll in a particular school of arts to promote your vocal education. He then began to attend art school Sylvia Young,  however, after only a year, was expelled for indiscipline and put a nose ring.  Later, he attended schools Mill Hill  recognized the large number of celebrities that attended (Adele, Jessie J and Leona Lewis), Southgate School and Ashmole School

At ten years old, founded an amateur rap banda called Sweet 'n' Sour, the Sour.  She described the band as The little white Jewish Salt-n-Pepa (a little Salt-n-Pepa Jewish). According to the parents of Amy, she did not show much talent and sang shyly,  so they believed she did not have many expectations.  Amy received his first electric guitar at thirteen years of age. Still a teenager, he began taking drugs.  At fifteen, he composed his first songs  and tried to help his family financially, singing in a small local jazz band called Bolshie.  She began performing in pubs in London, and at sixteen, she recorded a demo tape with her friend, soul singer Tyler James, who sent it to the director of Island Records.