4/7/2024 0 Comments Amy winehouse black and white![]() The notoriety that Frank brought Winehouse meant that the public’s expectations for Back To Black were sizable but no one could anticipate how radically different the new album would be in terms of its sound and themes. The album didn’t quite make Winehouse a household name, but it sold 300,000 copies in her homeland and spawned four charting singles moreover, it also got her shortlisted for the prestigious Mercury Music Prize and earned a BRIT nomination. ![]() Winehouse’s rise had begun just three years earlier in 2003, when the singer/songwriter – a magnetic artist from London’s Camden Town district – released Frank, a debut album whose stylish amalgam of jazz, soul, and funk flavors wowed the critics. When Island Records announced that Amy Winehouse was going to release her second album of songs, Back To Black, a frisson of feverish anticipation gripped those who had been following the 23-year-old’s career.
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