History Music / AmyWinehouse

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!!Tropes related to Amy Winehouse:

+ Music/{{Adele}}, Music/LilyAllen, Music/AlessiaCara, Music/LanaDelRey, Music/EllieGoulding, Music/{{Halsey}}, Music/LadyGaga, Music/BrunoMars, Music/EmeliSande, Music/TroyeSivan, Music/SamSmith, Music/LouisTomlinson

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+ Influenced by: Music/FrankSinatra, Music/RonnieSpector, Music/SarahVaughan, Music/DinahWashington

Influenced by: Music/FrankSinatra, Music/RonnieSpector, Music/SarahVaughan, Music/DinahWashington

Amy Jade Winehouse (September 14, 1983 – July 23, 2011) was a {{Soul}}[=/=]R&B[=/=]{{Jazz}} singer and songwriter, active from 2000 to 2011. Her two albums, ''Music/{{Frank|Album}}'' and ''Music/BackToBlack'', both received critical acclaim, and ''Back to Black'' won five Grammys, making Winehouse the first ever British artist to win that many. She also won a number of other prestigious awards throughout her career, including 3 Ivor Novello awards, a Mobo award, a world music award, a Q music award, an MTV Europe Music Award, and a Brit award. Both of her albums spun off several hit singles; she had 15 charted singles in total throughout her career spanning only nine years, including many covers and collaborations with artists such as Tony Bennett and Music/QuincyJones. ''Back to Black'' would eventually become the best selling album of the '00s and the entire 21st century in the United Kingdom, but also enjoyed considerable mainstream success abroad, including all over Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Japan, and America.

Winehouse would go on to influence many subsequent female singers of the 00's with the likes of Music/{{Adele}}, Music/JessieJ, Paloma Faith, Duffy, [[Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine Florence Welch]], Emeli Sandé, Music/LanaDelRey, and Music/LadyGaga citing her as a big influence as well as a reason for their success. She is credited by many as an influence in the rise of popularity of the eccentric female singer-songwriter all over the world as well as revitalising soul music and the stagnated British music scene, and also for kicking off a third British Invasion.

In the later years of her life, she attempted to launch the career of her goddaughter Dionne Bromfield, whom she was also a mentor and best friend of.

She also had a myriad of personal problems, however, including alcoholism, drug abuse and depression, which made her a tabloid magnet and ruined her marriage. She was working on a third album when she was [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14262237 found dead in her London flat]] on July 23, 2011, joining a long line of musicians that died at the age of 27.

Following her death, her father set up a charity called The Amy Winehouse Foundation in her honour, to help those affected with alcoholism and other drug addictions around the world.

Amy Jade Winehouse (September 14, 1983 – July 23, 2011) was a {{Soul}}[=/=]R&B[=/=]{{Jazz}} singer and songwriter, active from 2000 to 2011. Her two albums, ''Music/{{Frank|Album}}'' and ''Music/BackToBlack'', both received critical acclaim, and ''Back to Black'' won five Grammys, making Winehouse the first ever British artist to win that many. She also won a number of other prestigious awards throughout her career, including 3 Ivor Novello awards, a Mobo award, a world music award, a Q music award, an MTV Europe Music Award, and a Brit award. Both of her albums spun off several hit singles; she had 15 charted singles in total throughout her career spanning only nine years, including many covers and collaborations with artists such as Tony Bennett and Quincy Jones. ''Back to Black'' would eventually become the best selling album of the '00s and the entire 21st century in the United Kingdom, but also enjoyed considerable mainstream success abroad, including all over Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Japan, and America.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Due to her style as well as the effects of her lifestyle, she often looked considerably older than she really was.

* TheAlcoholic: She struggled greatly with alcoholism and drug addiction, eventually dying from alcohol poisoning.

* DeadpanSnarker: She often displayed a very dry and snarky sense of humor, both in her songs and in real life.

* MeaningfulName: Boyh played straight and subverted. She was a heavy drinker, but she was better known from heroin addiction.

* SingingVoiceDissonance: Had a Cockney accent when talking, and the voice of an African-American soul singer when singing.

* TheAlcoholic: The unfortunate side effect of fame...which eventually killed her. Several of her songs, including her biggest hit "Rehab", also chronicle her struggles with alcohol abuse.

* WolverinePublicity: Pulled this trick a few times in 2009 and 2010 by having shows advertise a performance from her, then revealing she was playing backing singer for Dionne Bromfield, in an effort to launch her career.

She also had myriad personal problems, however, including alcoholism and other drug abuse and depression, which made her a tabloid magnet and ruined her marriage. She was working on a third album when she was [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14262237 found dead in her London flat]] on July 23, 2011, joining a long line of musicians that died at the age of 27.

* SingingVoiceDissonance: Had a Cockney accent while talking, and the voice of an African-American soul singer when singing.

* SingingVoiceDissonance: Had a MotorMouth English accent while talking, and the voice of an African-American soul singer when singing.

* ImprobableHairstyle: Her infamous beehive just got bigger over the years. It started out normal, looked enhanced by the Back to Black video, and by the time her drug issues started to take over from the rest of her career it was just basically a ball of hair extensions as big as her head. For the last few public appearances, it looked like she'd ditched it in favour of just having it lifted out at the back a little.

* WolverinePublicity: Pulled this trick a few times in 2009 and 2010 by having shows advertise a performance from her, then revealing she was playing backing singer for Dionne Bromfield, in an effort to launch her career.
* WorstNewsJudgementEver: Though nothing against Amy herself, the death of one person who the press had been vilifying for 5 years covered up the single worst spree killing in living memory for a few days until people started calling the British press out on it.

Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was a {{Soul}}[=/=]R&B[=/=]{{Jazz}} singer and songwriter, active from 2000 to 2011. Her two albums, ''Music/{{Frank|Album}}'' and ''Music/BackToBlack'', both received critical acclaim, and ''Back to Black'' won five Grammys, making Winehouse the first ever British artist to win that many. She also won a number of other prestigious awards throughout her career, including 3 Ivor Novello awards, a Mobo award, a world music award, a Q music award, an MTV Europe Music Award, and a Brit award. Both of her albums spun off several hit singles; she had 15 charted singles in total throughout her career spanning only nine years, including many covers and collaborations with artists such as Tony Bennett and Quincy Jones. ''Back to Black'' would eventually become the best selling album of the '00s and the entire 21st century in the United Kingdom, but also enjoyed considerable mainstream success abroad, including all over Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Japan, and America.

She also had myriad personal problems, however, including alcoholism and other drug abuse and depression, which made her a tabloid magnet and ruined her marriage. She was working on a third album when she was [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14262237 found dead in her London flat]] on 23 July 2011, joining a long line of musicians that died at the age of 27.

She also had myriad personal problems, however, including drug and alcohol abuse and depression, which made her a tabloid magnet and ruined her marriage. She was working on a third album when she was [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14262237 found dead in her London flat]] on 23 July 2011, joining a long line of musicians that died at the age of 27.

Following her death, her father set up a charity called The Amy Winehouse Foundation in her honour, to help those affected with drug and alcohol addictions around the world.

Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was a {{Soul}}[=/=]R&B[=/=]{{Jazz}} singer and songwriter, active from 2000 to 2011. Her two albums, ''Music/{{Frank|Album}}'' and ''Music/BackToBlack'', both received critical acclaim, and ''Back to Black'' won five Grammys, making Winehouse the first ever British artist to win that many. She also won a number of other prestigious awards throughout her career, including 3 Ivor Novello awards, a Mobo award, a world music award, a Q music award, an MTV Europe Music Award and a Brit award. Both of her albums spun off several hit singles; she had 15 charted singles in total throughout her career spanning only nine years, including many covers and collaborations with artists such as Tony Bennett and Quincy Jones. ''Back to Black'' would eventually become the best selling album of the 00's and the entire 21st century in the United Kingdom, but also enjoyed considerable mainstream success abroad, including all over Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Japan, and America.

In the later years of her life she attempted to launch the career of her goddaughter Dionne Bromfield, whom she was also a mentor and best friend to.

* ImprobableHairstyle: Her infamous beehive just got bigger over the years. It started out normal, looked enhanced by the Back to Black video, and by the time her drug issues started to take over from the rest of her career it was just basically a ball of hair extensions as big as her head. For the last few public appearances it looked like she'd ditched it in favour of just having it lifted out at the back a little.

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* ImprobableHaircut: Her infamous beehive just got bigger over the years. It started out normal, looked enhanced by the Back to Black video, and by the time her drug issues started to take over from the rest of her career it was just basically a ball of hair extensions as big as her head. For the last few public appearances it looked like she'd ditched it in favour of just having it lifted out at the back a little.