Amy Winehouse is a multiple Grammy Award-winning British singer and songwriter, renowned for her blending of musical genres as diverse as soul, jazz, R&B and ska, as well as for her personal lyrics and powerful vocals.

Born in London on 14^th September 1983, Winehouse attended the Susi Earnshaw Theatre School from the age of nine, before joining the renowned Sylvia Young Theatre School at thirteen, where she first started learning the guitar and writing music. She also later attended the famous BRIT School.

While still in her teens, Winehouse submitted a demo tape to an A&R person, leading to her signing with Simon Fuller’s record label 19 Management. In October 2003 she released her debut album Frank.

The album was certified double platinum in the UK, reached number thirteen in the charts and produced the singles Stronger Than Me, Take the Box, In My Bed/You Sent Me Flying and Fuck Me Pumps/Help Yourself. It also earned critical acclaim, being nominated for two BRIT Awards and an Ivor Novello Award, as well as being shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize.

However, it was her second album, 2006’s Back to Black, that catapulted Winehouse to international stardom. Reaching numbers one and two in the UK and US charts respectively, to date the album has sold over ten million copies worldwide and produced five smash hit singles: Rehab, You Know I’m No Good, Back to Black, Tears Dry on Their Own and Love Is a Losing Game. It was also nominated for six Grammy Awards in 2008, winning a total of five (including Best New Artist).

The popularity of Amy Winehouse’s music, coupled with almost daily media reports of substance abuse, relationship breakups and health concerns, have ensured she has become one of the world’s most recognizable musicians.

She is currently working on new material and there are rumors of a third album release in late 2010/early 2011.