Today we have legend!!!! ❤🔥👑👑Amy Jade Winehouse was born in 1983. She was an English singer and songwriter. She was known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her mix of musical genres, including soul (sometimes labelled as blue-eyed soul and neo soul), rhythm and blues, and jazz.Winehouse’s debut album, Frank (2003)❤🔥, was a critical success in the UK and was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Her follow-up album, Back to Black (2006), led to five 2008 Grammy Awards, tying the then record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night, and made her the first British woman to win five Grammys,including three of the General Field “Big Four” Grammy Awards: Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

By 2008, her drug problems threatened her career. As Nick Gatfield, the president of Island Records, toyed with the idea of releasing Winehouse “to deal with her problems”, he said, “It’s a reflection of her status [in the US] that when you flick through the TV coverage [of the Grammys] it’s her image they use.”Post-Grammys, some questioned whether Winehouse should have been honoured with the awards given her recent personal and drug problems, including Natalie Cole, who introduced Winehouse at the ceremony and who herself battled substance-abuse problems while winning a Grammy for Best New Artist in 1975.

On July 23rd,2011 this legend sadly passed away due to alcohol intoxication 💔. The coroner’s office declared that the alcohol level in her blood was beyond the maximum level. Many musical artists have since paid tribute to Winehouse including U2, M.I.A., Lady Gaga, Marianne Faithfull, Bruno Mars, Nicki Minaj, Keisha Buchanan, Rihanna, George Michael, Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Courtney Love, and the punk rock band Green Day, who wrote a song in her tribute titled “Amy”.In her 2012 album Banga, singer Patti Smith released “This Is the Girl,” written as a homage to Winehouse😭💔🥺.

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