Me too, seen plenty of my friends die from drugs/alcohol all too soon.Originally Posted by Win2Win
Wouldn't agree that's it's a true and simple choice though.
Sorry to say this but the only way anyone can truly understand the real and ultimate power and corruption of addiction is to actually experience it . PERIOD
Amy Whitehouse was singing and songwriting since the age of 13 yrs. She was passionate about her music. But she had a flawed character.
In her short "commercial" time she had TWO albums
2003: Frank
This album received a number of "awards" including an Ivor Novello Award.
It was a triple platinum seller meaning sales in excess of 900,000 copies in the UK.
Here's what wikipedia says:-
During the release of Amy's second album "Back to Black", the album "Frank" re-entered UK charts at N0.22 and became a firm mainstay throughout 2007.
As of November 2007 it had sold a total of 495,891 copies in the UK. As of mid-March 2008, it had sold 675,000 copies in the UK, and had sold 362,700 since February 2007, making it 2007's 37th biggest-selling album, despite its original release four years earlier. It sold a further 228,000 copies in 2008, five years after its release. The album sold approximately 22,000 copies in its first week of release in the United States. Following the 2008 Grammy Awards, the album re-entered the chart and climbed to number 67. It has sold a total of 307,000 copies in the United States.[22]
2006: Back to Black
Again according to wikipedia:-
Back to Black was named one of the ten-best albums of 2006 by several publications on their year-end albums lists, including The Austin Chronicle (number four), Billboard Magazine (number three), Blender Magazine (number eight), Slant Magazine (number four), Entertainment Weekly (number two), The New York Times (number three)[43] and Time Magazine (number one).[44] The album won numerous awards at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for her hit single "Rehab"; while the album received nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album, winning the latter. Winehouse herself, for the album, was presented the Grammy for Best New Artist; Ronson himself earned the 2008 Grammy Award for "Producer of the Year, Non-Classical".[45][46] In July 2007, the album made the shortlist for the 2007 Mercury Music Prize. Other nominees included the eventual winners Klaxons, Dizzee Rascal, and the incumbent winner Arctic Monkeys. This is the second time Winehouse has been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize; her debut album Frank was shortlisted in 2004. This album was ranked number forty on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.[47] Entertainment Weekly critic Chris Willman ranked Back to Black #2 in the 10 BEST 'Records of the Year: Music' writing, "Black will hold up as one of the great breakthrough CDs of our time." He adds, "In the end, the singer's real-life heartache over her incarcerated spouse proves what's obvious from the grooves: When this lady sings about love, she means every word". VH1 named the album 10th Greatest Record Ever Made. Rolling Stone's list of 100 Best Albums of the Decade, from 2000–2009, ranked the album at number 20.[48]
Doesn't anyone know realise, or acknowledge that the influence she alone had on the music industry is just MASSIVE.
Look, Adele, Duffy, Lily Allen, Eliza Doolittle, Little Boots, Rumer, Ellie, VV Brown, Florence and the Machine, La Roux , Little Boots and even Lady Gaga owe such a lot to
the Amy Winehouse moment. All of these people owe most of their success to the music, style, attitude and influence of Amy Winehouse.
As for commercial albums, yes she had 2. So what?
Here are some other facts, just for the record:-
Lagy Gaga has 3 albums
Adele has 2 albums
Duffy has 2 albums
Lily Allen 2 albums
VV Brown has 2 albums
Eliza Doolittle has 1 album
Rumer has 1 album
Ellie has 1 album
Little boots has 1 album
La Roux has 1 album
Florence and the Machine has 1 album
Again so what?? Who will ever remember any of us when we are gone??
When you say "The '27 Club' is just a statistical blip, nothing more."
Then here at least I can totally agree.
It neither says nor means anything. PERIOD
