Years active: 2002 - 2011 (started around 18 years old; 9 years in the business)
Tattoos: Various
Instagram follower count: 1.0m
About Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse was an English singer and songwriter known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals. During her comparatively short career that spanned over around a decade, she released many popular albums, tracks, and extended plays such as Lioness: Hidden Treasures, Back to Black: B-Sides, Stronger Than Me, Back to Black, Frank, You Know I’m No Good, Our Day Will Come, Love Is a Losing Game, Rehab, Tears Dry on Their Own, Take the Box, and Body and Soul (with Tony Bennett). Her 2nd studio album, Back to Black, got her nominated for several awards including 2 Brit Awards (Best British Album, and won her Best British Female Solo Artist), 6 Grammy Awards (including 5 wins), 4 Ivor Novello Awards, 4 MTV Europe Music Awards, 3 MTV Video Music Awards, and 3 World Music Awards. Amy Winehouse was a drug and alcohol addict and eventually died of alcohol poisoning on July 23, 2011. She was ranked at number #26 on the list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music curated by VH1.