I'm just a musician who is honest. Facebook Twitter Email. Powered by: Muzooka. Died July 23, Amy Winehouse's sophomore album, 's Back To Black , made her a worldwide sensation, with the autobiographical Top 10 hit, "Rehab," leading the way. The full-length peaked at No. Did you know? Winehouse hired the late soul singer Sharon Jones' back-up band, the Dap Kings, to accompany her on the tour following the release of Back To Black.
The posthumous Amy Winehouse Foundation partnered with housing provider Centra Care and Support in to open Amy's Place in East London, a shelter for women recovering from drug and alcohol addiction. The episode put a planned tour of North America on hold.
The August 21, , announcement indicated that Winehouse had been ordered to rest and was working with doctors to address her health. Winehouse's European tour in the fall of , however, was scheduled to continue. But while in Norway in October , an anonymous tip led police to the star's hotel in Bergen, where she was arrested and held in prison overnight for marijuana possession. Winehouse, her husband Fielder-Civil and a third unidentified person were jailed.
Following his arrest, Winehouse showed up in mid-November at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena to perform seemingly intoxicated and some of the crowd responded with boos and walk-outs. Winehouse canceled all concerts and public appearances for the rest of , again citing "doctor's orders. She voluntarily reported to a police station and was arrested before questioning.
She later blamed her husband's legal woes for her inability to continue her tour. Despite her inconsistent touring schedule, Winehouse's album continued to sell, going platinum nearly five times that year. It became the bestselling album of in the United Kingdom. In January , a video allegedly showing Winehouse smoking crack cocaine surfaced, leading to a brief stint in rehab. She was arrested in May for questioning but wasn't formally charged in the case after police said they could not officially determine what the singer was smoking.
After publicly admitting to illegal substance abuse, Winehouse was denied a U. Instead, she performed in London via satellite. Knowles broke that record in when she won six Grammy Awards in one night; and Adele tied that record with six Grammy wins in Despite her musical success, Winehouse's health and personal life began to quickly deteriorate.
Her erratic behavior continued in June , when she appeared to punch a fan during a performance at the Glastonbury Music Festival in England. Londoner James Gostelow, 25, told BBC News that Winehouse elbowed him in the forehead after someone in the crowd behind him threw a hat at her. In a widely circulated video of the incident, Winehouse was seen throwing a series of punches into the crowd.
Gostelow said he had no intention of making a complaint to police, and Winehouse escaped criminal proceedings. After the concert, Winehouse returned to a London clinic, where she had been receiving treatment for "traces of emphysema" and an irregular heartbeat caused by smoking crack cocaine and cigarettes. Winehouse's father told reporters that his daughter was warned that she would have to wear an oxygen mask if she didn't stop abusing drugs.
That same month, Fielder-Civil and three co-defendants pleaded guilty to assault and obstruction charges. The courts released Fielder-Civil from jail time on the condition that he stay in a drug rehabilitation center for long-term treatment. By the end of , the singer's marriage had dissolved. Winehouse had begun an extended stay on the Caribbean island of St. So there may be hope yet for the world's least exciting music awards.
The Best Polka category, by the way, was won - again! The judges were open-minded enough to accept that Winehouse had simply made a better record than any of her competitors, and that could pave the way for a rewriting of the Grammy rulebook. Instead of loading the nominations with the blandest of the bland - and the occasional Winehousian wild card - the awards could actually recognise the best music, however "difficult" the person who makes it.
Winehouse wins five Grammys against the odds. The world's least exciting music awards don't usually recognise artists like Amy. Are the judges finally getting more open-minded?
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