Amy Jade Winehouse (born 14 September 1983) is an English soul, jazz, and R&B singer-songwriter.
Winehouse's 2003 debut album Frank did well, both commercially and critically, in her native Britain. It was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Her 2006 follow-up album Back to Black led to six Grammy Award nominations and five wins, tying the record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night and becoming the first British singer to win five Grammys, including three of the "Big Four": Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. On February 2007, she won a BRIT Award for Best British Female Artist; she had also been nominated for Best British Album. She has won the Ivor Novello Award twice, among other prestigious distinctions.
Winehouse has been the subject of much media attention. In various interviews, Winehouse has denied having bipolar disorder but has admitted to having problems with self-harm, depression and eating disorders, attributing the latter to insecurities about her appearance.
On the morning of 18 May 2007, Winehouse married on-off boyfriend Blake Fielder-Civil in Miami, Florida. In August 2007, Winehouse cancelled a number of shows in the UK and Europe, citing exhaustion and ill health, and both she and Fielder-Civil entered a rehab facility. However, they left after just five days. Winehouse's father subsequently voiced concerns that his daughter and her husband would at some point "reach rock bottom." The singer's parents-in-law also made their fears public, and urged fans and the industry to boycott her music in an attempt to halt her decline. In a separate interview, her mother-in-law said she was worried that Amy and Blake had become so inseparable that if one were to commit suicide, the other would follow. In January 2008 Winehouse's father reported their marriage was undergoing difficulties.
