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Amy Jade Winehouse (born 14 September 1983) is an English singer-songwriter, known for her eclectic mix of various musical genres including soul, jazz, rock & roll and R&B.
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| Birth name | Amy Jade Winehouse |
| Born | 14 September 1983 (1983-09-14) (age 25) Southgate, London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Voice type(s) | Contralto |
| Years active | 2003 "present |
| Label(s) | Island, Republic (US) |
| Website | www.amywinehouse.co.uk |
On 18 May 2007, Winehouse married on-off boyfriend Blake Fielder-Civil in Miami, Florida. Fielder-Civil was a grammar school dropout who moved to London at aged 16 from his native Lincolnshire. In a June 2007 interview, Winehouse admitted she could be violent towards Fielder-Civil when she had been drinking. In a July 2008 interview Winehouse said her marriage is not an open one and she would like Read more...
Winehouse's battles with substance abuse have been the subject of much media attention. In various interviews, she has admitted to having problems with self-harm, depression and eating disorders. During a visit with Mitch Winehouse at the prison in July 2008, Fielding-Civil reportedly said that he and Winehouse would cut themselves to ease the pain of withdrawal. In 2005, she went through a period Read more...
On 23 June 2008, Winehouse's publicist corrected earlier misstatements by Mitch Winehouse that the singer has a small amount of emphysema, instead claiming the singer has early signs of what could lead to early-stage emphysema. Mitch Winehouse had also stated that his daughter's lungs are operating at 70 percent capacity and that she had an irregular heartbeat. Mr. Winehouse said these problems Read more...