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Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer and songwriter. She was known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres, including soul, rhythm and blues, reggae and jazz. A member of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra during her youth, Winehouse signed to Simon Fuller's 19 Management in 2002 and soon recorded a number of songs before signing a publishing deal with EMI. She also formed a working relationship with producer Salaam Remi through these record publishers. Winehouse's debut album, Frank, was released in 2003. Many of the album's songs were influenced by jazz and, apart from two covers, were co-written by Winehouse. Frank was a critical success in the UK and was nominated for the Mercury Prize. The song "Stronger Than Me" won her the Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. Winehouse released her follow-up album, Back to Black, in 2006, which went on to become an international success and one of the best-selling albums in UK history. At the 2007 Brit Awards, it was nominated for British Album of the Year and Winehouse received the award for British Female Solo Artist. The song "Rehab" won her a second Ivor Novello Award. At the 50th Grammy Awards in 2008, she won five awards, tying the then record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night and becoming the first British woman to win five Grammys. These included three of the General Field "Big Four" Grammy Awards: Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year (for "Rehab"), as well as Best Pop Vocal Album. Winehouse struggled with substance abuse, mental illness and addiction. She died of alcohol poisoning on 23 July 2011, at the age of 27. Her brother believed that bulimia was also to blame. After her death, Back to Black briefly became the UK's best-selling album of the 21st century. VH1 ranked Winehouse 26th on their list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music. Her life and career was dramatised in a 2024 biopic, Back to Black directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson. Early life Amy Jade Winehouse was born on 14 September 1983 at Chase Farm Hospital in Gordon Hill, Enfield, to Jewish parents. Her father, Mitchell "Mitch" Winehouse, was a window panel installer and taxi driver; her mother, Janis Winehouse (née Seaton), was a pharmacist. Her mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2003. Winehouse's great-great-grandfather Harris Winehouse emigrated from Minsk, Belarus, to London in 1891. She had an older brother, Alex (born 1979). The family lived in London's Southgate area, where she attended Osidge Primary School and then secondary at Ashmole School. Winehouse attended a Jewish Sunday school while she was a child. During an interview following her rise to fame, she expressed her dismissal towards the school by saying that she used to beg her father to permit her not to go and that she learned nothing about being Jewish by going anyway. In the same interview, Winehouse said she only went to a synagogue once a year on Yom Kippur "out of respect". Many of Winehouse's maternal uncles were professional jazz musicians. Amy's paternal grandmother, Cynthia, had been a singer and had dated the English jazz saxophonist Ronnie Scott. She and Amy's parents influenced Amy's interest in jazz. Her father, Mitch, often sang Frank Sinatra songs to her, and whenever she was chastised at school, she would sing "Fly Me to the Moon" before going up to the headmistress to be told off. Winehouse's parents separated when she was nine, and she lived with her mother in Whetstone, London and stayed with her father and his girlfriend in Hatfield Heath, Essex on weekends. In 1992, her grandmother Cynthia suggested that Amy attend the Susi Earnshaw Theatre School, where she went on Saturdays to further her vocal education and to learn to tap dance. She attended the school for four years and founded a short-lived rap group called Sweet 'n' Sour, with Juliette Ashby, her childhood friend, before seeking full-time training at Sylvia Young Theatre School. Several years later it was reported that Winehouse had been expelled at 14 for "not applying herself" and also for piercing her nose, but these claims were denied by Sylvia Young: "She changed schools at 15...I've heard it said she was expelled; she wasn't. I'd never have expelled Amy." Mitch Winehouse also denied the claims. An English teacher at the Sylvia Young Theatre School remembered Amy as a gifted writer, predicting that she would become a novelist or journalist. She attended the Mount School, Mill Hill and the BRIT School in Selhurst, Croydon, dropping out at age 16. After toying around with her brother Alex's guitar, Winehouse bought her own guitar when she was 14 and began writing music shortly afterwards. Soon after, she began working for a living as an entertainment journalist for the World Entertainment News Network and also singing with local group the Bolsha Band. In July 2000, she became the featured female vocalist with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. At home she learned from and practised singing songs by Frank Sinatra, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan and Minnie Ripperton—singers who she said "will get under the song" and remake it as their own rather than sing it straight as written. Winehouse's best friend, soul singer Tyler James, sent her demo tape to an A&R person. Career 2002–2005: Career beginnings and Frank Winehouse was signed to Simon Fuller's 19 Management in 2002 and was paid £250 a week against future earnings. While being developed by the management company, Winehouse was kept as a recording industry secret, although she was a regular jazz standards singer at the Cobden Club. Her future A&R representative at Island, Darcus Beese, heard of her by chance when the manager of the Lewinson Brothers showed him some productions of his clients, which featured Winehouse as key vocalist. When he asked who the singer was, the manager told him he was not allowed to say. Having decided that he wanted to sign her, it took several months of asking around for Beese to eventually discover who the singer was. However, by that time Winehouse had already recorded a number of songs, signed a publishing deal with EMI, and formed a working relationship with producer Salaam Remi. Beese introduced Winehouse to his boss, Island head Nick Gatfield, who shared his enthusiasm in signing the young artist. Winehouse was signed to Island while rival interest in her had started to build with representatives of EMI and Virgin Records starting to make moves. Beese told HitQuarters that he felt the excitement over an artist who was an atypical pop star for the time was due to a backlash against reality TV music shows, whose audiences starved for fresh, genuine young talent. Winehouse's debut album, Frank, was released on 20 October 2003. Produced mainly by Salaam Remi, many songs were influenced by jazz and, apart from tw.... Discover the Amy Young popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Amy Young books.
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Calling Maggie May
AnonymousA dark and edgy firstperson cautionary tale about how one girl’s seemingly minor choices quickly spiraled into a life as a sex worker in the tradition of Go Ask Alice and Lucy in t...
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Destination Unknown
Amy ClipstonIt’s senior year, and Whitney Richards is tired of the constant pressures to be perfect. When she gets a D in Calculus, her mother immediately hires a tutor, worried Whitney won’t ...
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Spells for Lost Things
Jenna Evans WelchFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Love & Gelato comes a poignant and “beguiling” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) novel about two teens trying to find their plac...
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A Gift of Grace
Amy ClipstonTake a trip to BirdinHand, Pennsylvania, where you’ll meet the women of the Kauffman Amish Bakery in Lancaster County. As each woman’s story unfolds, you will share in her heartach...
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Amy Is a Little Bit Chicken
Callie BarkleyAmy and her friends care for some chickens and prepare for the Santa Vista Quiz Bowl in the thirteenth book of The Critter Club series!Amy has never liked being in the spotlight. W...
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That Way Madness Lies
Dahlia AdlerIn That Way Madness Lies, fifteen acclaimed writers put their modern spin on William Shakespeare’s celebrated classics! “From comedy to tragedy to sonnet, from texts to storms to ...
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On Sudden Hill
Linda Sarah & Benji DaviesBirt and Etho are best friends, they play on Sudden Hill, making marvellous contraptions out of cardboard boxes. But then a new boy, Shu, wants to join in too. Birt isn't sure that...
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Inside the World of Die for Me
Amy PlumThis can’tmiss companion to Amy Plum’s internationally bestselling series is a compendium of everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the eternally enchanting world of the reven...
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The Nowhere Girls
Amy Reed“A calltoaction to everyone out there who wants to fight back.” Bustle “Scandal, justice, romance, sex positivity, subversive antisexismjust try to put it down.” Kirkus Reviews (st...
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A Reckless Heart
Amy ClipstonBestselling author Amy Clipston (Amish Homestead series) presents a YA tiein to her popular Kauffman Amish Bakery books with Reckless Heart, which follows a member of the Bontrager...
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Until the Beginning
Amy PlumAmy Plum, internationally bestselling author of the Die for Me series, delivers a heartpounding adventure perfect for fans of Michael Grant, Veronica Rossi, and Alexandra Bracken. ...
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Damaged
Amy ReedTwo teens must come to terms with their friend’s death in a car crash in this “haunting,” (Kirkus Reviews) gritty, and realistic novel from the author of Beautiful, Clean, Crazy, a...
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Amy Meets Her Stepsister
Callie BarkleyAmy is excited to meet her new stepsister Chloe…but it turns out Chloe doesn’t feel the same way! Can Amy and Chloe get along?Amy’s mom and dad have been divorced for as long as Am...
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Amy and the Missing Puppy
Callie BarkleyIntroducing The Critter Club! Amy and her friends solve a canine caper in this start to a petfriendly illustrated chapter book series.It’s Spring Break in Santa Vista, and everyone...
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How to Quit Your Crush
Amy Fellner DominyMai Senn knows Anthony Adams is no good for her no matter how hard she might crush on him. She’s valedictorian; he’s a surf bum. She’s got plans, he’s got his art. Complete opposi...
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Anarchy
Megan DeVosTHIRTY MILLION READERS WORLDWIDE.'I reread them again recently and fell in love all over again!!!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I could NOT put it down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'READ IT! You'll love it' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐The world is d...
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The Museum of Extraordinary Things
Alice HoffmanThe “spellbinding” (People, 4 stars), New York Times bestseller from the author of The Dovekeepers: an extraordinary novel about an electric and impassioned love affair“an enchanti...
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Over the Moon
Jodi Picoult & Jake van LeerMaster storyteller and bestselling author Jodi Picoult teams up with Jake van Leer and Ellen Wilber to bring you an original musical, sure to breathe life into any middleschool and...
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34 Pieces of You
Carmen RodriguesA dark and moving novelreminiscent of Thirteen Reasons Whyabout the mystery surrounding a teenage girl’s fatal overdose.There was something about Ellie…something dangerous. Charism...
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The House of the Stone
Amy EwingIn The Jewel, we followed Violet in her servitude under the Duchess of the Lake. Now we'll hear Raven's story and her time as a surrogate for the Countess of the Stone in this digi...
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Mitch and Amy
Beverly ClearyNewbery Medalwinning author Beverly Cleary brings her classic warmth and humor to this story about sibling rivalry and teamwork.Mitch and Amy both think being twins is fun, but tha...
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The White Rose
Amy EwingThe Selection meets The Handmaid’s Tale in the epic sequel to the New York Times bestselling author Amy Ewing’s The Jewel.Violet is on the run. She’s escaped the Duchess of the Lak...
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The Secret Garden on 81st Street
Ivy Noelle Weir & Amber PadillaThe Secret Garden with a twist: in this followup to Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, this fullcolor graphic novel moves Mary Lennox to a New York City brownstone, where she and her very fir...
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After the End
Amy PlumMichael Grant's Gone series meets M. Night Shyamalan's The Village in this riveting story of one girl's journey to save the very people who have lied to her for her entire life. Am...
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Threads of Grace
Kelly LongGrace’s beauty almost cost her everything. This new start is all she has left. When Grace Beiler was only a girl, she was married off to an older Amish man in order to sa...
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Between the Lines
Jodi Picoult & Samantha van LeerSoon to be an offBroadway musical!In this delightful companion novel to Off the Page, #1 New York Times bestselling authors Jodi Picoult and her daughter and cowriter, Samantha van...
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Whenever You Come Around
Robin Lee HatcherJust when Charity’s wild imagination failed her, a fleshandblood hero walked into her life.Bestselling author Charity Anderson returns to her hometown of Kings Meadow to defeat a b...
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Life Inside My Mind
Jessica Burkhart“Who better to raise teens’ awareness of mental illness and health than the YA authors they admire?” Booklist (starred review)“[A] muchneeded, enlightening book.” School Library Jo...
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Pretty Amy
Lisa BursteinYou’d think life couldn’t get much worse than being arrested on prom night. But you’d be wrong.No friends. My two besties, Cassie and Lila, are now officially parentally banned.No ...
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Amy Carmichael
Kay Walsh'I can't see! It's dark everywhere. What place is this? Where am I?' Jeya was only four years old and was terrified as she tried to peer about the dark and gloomy temple. Between t...
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Forget Me Not
Carolee DeanFrom the author of Take Me There, a fastpaced novel in verse about a girl caught between life and deathand the boy who will do anything to save her.Ally is devastated when a scanda...
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Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy
Rey Terciero & Bre IndigoLittle Women with a twist: four sisters from a blended family experience the challenges and triumphs of life in NYC in this beautiful fullcolor graphic novel perfect for fans of Ro...
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The Amy Virus
Andee JoyceFifteenyearold Cynthia Ann Butt has much bigger problems than her unfortunate name. At age 4, a year after she was diagnosed with autism, she was put on the Good Brain Diet, which ...
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How My Summer Went Up in Flames
Jennifer Salvato DoktorskiFirst she lost her heart. Then she lost her mind. And now she’s on a road trip to win back her ex. This debut novel’s packed with drama and romance!Rosie’s always been impulsive. S...
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With or Without You
Brian FarreyWhen are you too far in to get out? Eighteenyearold Evan and his best friend, Davis, get beaten up for being loners. For being gay. For just being themselves. But as rough as ...
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Nevertheless, We Persisted
In This Together MediaA powerful collection of essays from actors, activists, athletes, politicians, musicians, writers, and teens, including Black Lives Matter founder Patrisse Cullors, actress Alia Sh...
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Believe in You
Christina Cimorelli, Katherine Cimorelli, Lisa Cimorelli, Amy Cimorelli, Lauren Cimorelli & Dani CimorelliGrowing up can be tough, and sometimes you just need a big sister to help you through it. In Believe in You, the six Cimorelli sisters share their experiences and accumulated wisdo...
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OCD Love Story
Corey Ann HayduIn this “raw and wellcrafted (Kirkus Reviews)” romance, Bea learns that some things just can’t be controlled.When Bea meets Beck, she knows instantly that he’s her kind of crazy. S...