Early career
After finishing her GCSEs in Pembrokeshire, Duffy returned to Nefyn when she was 15, and started singing in various local bands. Following an unsuccessful music project in Switzerland, Duffy returned to Wales in 2003 and was invited to appear on Wawffactor, a Welsh television show on S4C which journalists unfamiliar with Wales have mistakenly compared to Pop Idol. She was expected to win, but came second to winner Lisa Pedrig. Duffy claims that she was conned into the appearance and called it "the unhappiest time in my life".
In her teens Duffy wanted and expected to be a world famous pop star and let others use her "as a vehicle for their vision not mine". At age 18 thinking her dreams were not going to come true she "became almost a quite withdrawn singer." After a re-evaluation she decided to just make music for no other purposes than her own fulfillment.
Duffy was elected president of the Students Union at Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor in Pwllheli, North Wales before transfer
More about Duffy (From Wikipedia)
Early Life
Raised in Nefyn on the LlÅ·n Peninsula in North Wales, with her twin sister, Katy, and older sister Kelly, Aimee Duffy's parents divorced when she was 10, and she moved to Pembrokeshire read more...
Early Career
After finishing her GCSEs in Pembrokeshire, Duffy returned to Nefyn when she was 15, and started singing in various local bands. Following an unsuccessful music project in Switzerland, read more...
Breakthrough
Contracted to A&M Records during 2007, on 23 November 2007, together with another rising star, Adele, Duffy was the most prominent of the so-called "new Amys" (a reference to read more...
Rockferry
Butler and his musical partner David McAlmont, and a number of other musicians have formed the backbone of Duffy's band for her debut album entitled Rockferry, which was released read more...
Aimee Anne Duffy (born 23 June 1984 in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales), known professionally as Duffy, is a Welsh singer-songwriter.
read more...At the June 2008 MOJO Awards Duffy claimed that while walking past Sex Pistols lead singer Johnny Rotten after picking up an award she said "Hi" to him and he reacted by pinning read more...