Amy Winehouse's Biography

(London, 1983 - 2011) Controversial composer and British soul singer, one of the great revelations of recent years. Endowed with prodigious vocal qualities that led to a rapid success, in February 2008 swept the Grammy Awards to get five of the six awards to those who chose the second album of his career, Black to black, one of the best albums of the decade.

His parents, Mitch and Janis, werea pair of lower-middle class amateur to soul and jazz. Very soon discovered that they had no authority to temper the demoniac character of his daughter, a rebellious child who required constant attention. The only person who seemed to have some influence over the girl was his paternal grandmother, Cynthia, charismatic woman who trumpeter Ronnie Scott was in love for years.
The suburb ofSouthgate, Amy went to live in East Finchley when his parents divorced amicably in 1993. On the recommendation of Cynthia's grandmother, who was called Nan, Amy enrolled in drama school Susi Earnshaw, in Barnet. Although body language was good at, and she predicted that future as a dancer, Amy's head was a single obsession: to succeed as a singer.

Since ten years he tried to form a rap duo in the styleof the later Salt'n'Pepa not feel very proud. In 1995 he enrolled in drama school Sylvia Young, of which he was expelled the following year by becoming a pierced nose. However, the obstinacy of Amy became an intuitive singer who gained experience on stage working as a vocalist of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra.

At sixteen years old, her then boyfriend, fellow singer Tyler James, sent tomanager Nick Godwyn a model of the young talent. Godwyn was invited to audition, and when he saw her he knew he had gold in his hands. "She was amazing. She knew the old school and hip-hop. Was chubby, had the strength and unique style." A style that should be added, he knew decorate your cockney cockney accent, flashy tattoos and moving provocatively in public.
Under the tutelage of his new manager,Amy Winehouse traveled to Miami to meet the producer Salaam Remi, an authority of rhythm and blues that had worked with the Fugees and Lisa Lopes, among others. Immediately, she was hired by the record company invited by Remi Island and recording in his studio. Amy's talent allowed him to finish his debut in record time, since almost never out of tune and keeping time with precision, so it wasnot necessary to do many takes for each subject.

Frank (titled in honor of Sinatra) was Winehouse's first album.Appeared in 2003, was remarkably successful: platinum, was nominated for the Mercury Music Awards and won an Ivor Novello Award in 2004 with single Stronger than me. With the money raised, the first thing he did was buy a flat in the neighborhood he loved best, that of Camden. Whatcould a twenty-years, with economic resources, a growing tendency to excess and a house for herself in one of the most bohemian of the City? For now, had a suspicious simultaneity between her ex-boyfriend Tyler, a close friend named Chris brittle personality and a dark companion of parties would soon become the love of his life: Blake Fielder-Civil.

Many say it was Pete Doherty, lead singer of TheLibertines and companion of Kate Moss, who served as guide for the young disastrous for the most dangerous local Camden. In those years, Amy had free access to drugs and alcohol. Shared an apartment with her first boyfriend, but she was taking over a growing fascination for the troubled Blake, who began an affair. "I need to have trouble feeling my creative force," said Amy about it.Alternating periods of anorexia and bulimia, drinking every night and going without stopping, Amy seemed to feed on his own misfortune to succeed. While still his manager, Nick Godwyn alerted parents of the singer of the danger if it is not away from his messy lifestyle. Amy's answer was a violent refusal to be helpful.
In 2006 returned to the studio with an appearance very different from three years...