U-Amy Winehouse wayengumculi onekhono nombhali wengoma. Uthole ama-Grammy Awards amahlanu nge-albhamu yakhe ethi Back to Black. I-albhamu edume kakhulu, ngeshwa, kwaba inhlanganisela yokugcina eyakhishwa empilweni yakhe ngaphambi kokuba impilo yakhe inqanyulwe kabuhlungu ngenxa yokuphuza ngokweqile ngephutha.
U-Amy wazalelwa emndenini wabaculi. Le ntombazane yasekelwa emizamweni yomculo. Ufunde eSilvia Young Theatre School futhi waba nenkanyezi esiqeshini se- “Quick Show” nezingane afunda nazo.
Wayazi izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zomculo kusukela ebuntwaneni. Le ntombazanyana ibithanda ukucula kangangoba ibicula ngisho nasemakilasini, othisha baphatheke kabi. U-Amy waqala ukudlala isiginci eneminyaka engu-13. Futhi ngokushesha waqala ukubhala umculo wakhe siqu. Wayewathanda amaqembu amantombazane ngeminyaka yawo-1960, elingisa ngisho nesitayela sabo sokugqoka.
U-Amy wayengumlandeli omkhulu kaFrank Sinatra futhi waqamba i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ngemuva kwakhe. I-albhamu kaFrank yaba yimpumelelo kakhulu. Kwalandela impumelelo eyengeziwe ngecwecwe labo lesibili elithi, Back to Black. I-albhamu iqokwe izindondo eziyisithupha ze-Grammy, umculi wathola ezinhlanu.
Iciko elinekhono elinezwi le-contralto lalilungele ukufinyelela ukuphakama okukhulu nakakhulu. Kodwa waba isisulu sotshwala, okwathatha ukuphila kwakhe.
Ubuntwana nobusha buka-Amy Winehouse
U-Amy Winehouse wazalelwa emndenini wamaJuda osezingeni eliphakathi. Indodakazi yomshayeli wetekisi uMitchell kanye nosokhemisi uJanice. Umndeni wawuthanda kakhulu i-jazz ne-soul. Lapho eneminyaka engu-9, abazali bakhe banquma ukuhlukana, ngaleso sikhathi ugogo wakhe (uhlangothi lukayise) waphakamisa ukuthi u-Amy angene esikoleni semidlalo yaseshashalazini uSusi Earnshaw eBarnet.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-10, wasungula iqembu le-rap elithi Sweet 'n' Sour. U-Amy akazange aye esikoleni esisodwa, kodwa eziningana. Kwakungenxa yokuthi wayeziphethe kabi ekilasini, kwakunezingxabano eziningi naye.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-13, wathola isiginci ngosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa futhi waqala ukuqamba. Kamuva wabonakala ezindaweni zokucima ukoma eziningi edolobheni. Wabe eseba yingxenye yeNational Youth Jazz Orchestra. Maphakathi no-1999, isoka likaTyler James lanikeza i-tape yomkhiqizi u-Amy.
Ukuqala komsebenzi kanye ne-albhamu yokuqala ka-Amy Winehouse
Waqala ukusebenza esemusha. Omunye wemisebenzi yakhe yokuqala kwaba yintatheli yeWorld Entertainment News Network. Ubuye wacula namaqembu endawo yangakubo.
U-Amy Winehouse waqala umsebenzi wakhe womculo eneminyaka engu-16. Usayine inkontileka yakhe yokuqala noSimon Fuller, anqamula naye inkontileka ngo-2002. Ummeli ovela kulebula ye-Island wezwa u-Amy ecula, wachitha izinyanga emfuna futhi wamthola.
Wamethula kumphathi wakhe, uNick Gatfield. U-Nick ukhulume ngothando ngethalente lika-Amy, wamsayinela inkontileka yokuhlela ye-EMI. Futhi kamuva wamethula kuSalam Remy (umkhiqizi wesikhathi esizayo).
Nakuba kwakufanele agcine imboni yokuqopha iyimfihlo, okuqoshiwe kwakhe kwezwakala isisebenzi se-A&R e-Island, esasinesithakazelo kulo mculi osemusha.
Umculi ukhiphe i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala uFrank (2003), eqanjwe ngesithixo uFrank Sinatra (Island Records). I-albhamu ihlanganise i-jazz, i-hip hop nomculo we-soul. Le albhamu ithole ukubuyekezwa okuhle futhi yathola imiklomelo eminingana nokuqokwa.
Ube eseqala ukudonsela ukunaka kwabezindaba ezinkingeni zakhe zokusebenzisa kabi izidakamizwa. Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yakhe yokuqala, ungene enkathini yokuphuza, ukuba yizidakamizwa, ukuphazamiseka kwemikhuba yokudla kanye nokushintshashintsha kwemizwa. Bakhuphuka ngo-2005.
I-albhamu yesibili ka-Amy Winehouse
I-albhamu yesibili ethi Back to Black yaphuma ngo-2006. Kwakuyi-albhamu ehlonishwa kakhulu futhi eyashisa kakhulu kwezohwebo. Ngenxa yalokhu, wathola imiklomelo eminingi ye-Grammy.
I-Rehab yaba eyokuqala ekhishwe ku-Back to Black ngo-2006. Ingoma ikhuluma ngomculi osenkingeni owenqaba ukuya e-rehab. Okuxakayo ukuthi, le single yaphumelela kakhulu, futhi kamuva yaba ingoma yesiginesha.
Wayebhema kakhulu futhi eyisidakwa. Uphinde wasebenzisa izidakamizwa ezingekho emthethweni njenge-heroin, i-ecstasy, i-cocaine, njll. Lokhu kwaba nomthelela omubi empilweni yakhe. Ukhansele imibukiso yakhe eminingi nokuvakasha ngo-2007 ngenxa yezizathu zempilo.
Wathi wayeka ukusebenzisa izidakamizwa ezingemthetho ekuqaleni kuka-2008, nakuba aqala ukuphuza. Imikhuba yakhe yokuphuza yaba yimbi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi futhi yangena ephethini ephawulwa izikhathi zokungabuthinti bese iphindela emuva.
Ukuhlanganiswa kwangemuva kokushona kuka-Lioness: Hidden Treasures yakhululwa yi-Island Records ngoDisemba 2011. I-albhamu ifinyelele kunombolo 1 eshadini Lokuhlanganiswa lase-UK.
Imiklomelo ye-Amy Winehouse kanye Nezimpumelelo
Ngo-2008, uthole ama-Grammy Awards amahlanu e-Back to Black, okuhlanganisa ne-Best New Artist kanye ne-Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Uwine izindondo ezintathu ze-Ivor Novello (2004, 2007 and 2008). Le miklomelo inikezwe ukuhlonishwa kwezingoma nokubhala izingoma eziyingqayizivele.
Impilo yomuntu siqu kanye nefa lika-Amy Winehouse
Wayenomshado onezinkinga noBlake Fielder-Civil, owawuhlanganisa ukuhlukunyezwa ngokomzimba nokusebenzisa kabi izidakamizwa. Umyeni wakhe ukhombise lo mculi izidakamizwa ezingekho emthethweni. Laba bashadikazi bashada ngo-2007 futhi bahlukanisa eminyakeni emibili kamuva. Wabe esethandana noReg Travis.
Ubenezinkinga eziningi nomthetho ngenxa yokuziphatha kodlame nokutholakala nezidakamizwa ezingekho emthethweni.
Ubambe iqhaza ezinhlanganweni ezahlukene ezisiza umphakathi njenge-CARE, Christian Children's Fund, Red Cross, Anti-Slavery International. Isici esasingaziwa kangako ngobuntu bakhe ukuthi wayewukhathalela ngokujulile umphakathi futhi enikela ezinhlanganweni ezisiza umphakathi.
Kwakukhona nezinkinga zesikhathi eside zokuluthwa utshwala. Wabulawa wutshwala ngo-2011 eneminyaka engu-27.
Izincwadi ezinhlanu zaphakade mayelana no-Amy Winehouse
"Ngaphambi kukaFrank" nguCharles Moriarty (2017)
UCharles Moriarty wenza umculi angafi "ngokuthuthukisa" i-albhamu yokuqala kaFrank. Le ncwadi enhle inezithombe ezimbili ezathathwa ngo-2003. Omunye wabo wathwebula eNew York, kanti owesibili - edolobheni lakubo lomculi uBuyela kuMnyama.
U-Amy Indodakazi Yami (2011) (Mitch Winehouse)
NgoJulayi 23, 2011, u-Amy Winehouse washona ngenxa yokudakwa ngokweqile. Ziningi izinkulumo ngokufa kwakhe. Kodwa ngemva kokusungulwa kwe-Amy Winehouse Foundation, uyise womculi (uMitch Winehouse) wanquma ukucacisa iqiniso ngencwadi ethi Amy My Daughter.
Lena indaba ethokozisayo ngemininingwane yempilo ka-Amy Winehouse. Kusukela ebuntwaneni bakhe obungazinzile kuya ezinyathelweni zakhe zokuqala embonini yomculo kanye nokuvela kwakhe kungazelelwe wavelela. UMitch Winehouse uhloniphe indodakazi yakhe ngokudalula imininingwane emisha nezithombe.
"Amy: Isithombe Somndeni" (2017)
NgoMashi 2017, umbukiso onikezelwe empilweni yomculi we-jazz wavulwa eCamden eJewish Museum eLondon. "U-Amy Winehouse: Isithombe Somndeni" umeme umphakathi ukuthi ubukele izinto zomuntu siqu zomculi, eziqoqwe umfowabo u-Alex Winehouse ngemuva kwezingoma ezidumile.
Izithombe zomndeni zimi eduze kwezingubo nezicathulo zomculi, okuhlanganisa nengubo ye-Arogant Cat Gingham abeyigqoke kuvidiyo ethi Tears Dry On Own, kanye nezinsimbi zakhe azithandayo. Ukuze kugujwe lesi senzakalo, umnyuziyamu uye wahlanganisa yonke imininingwane yombukiso waba incwadi enhle engathengwa eJewish Museum noma kuyi-Internet.
"Amy: Life Through the Lens"
U-Amy: Ukuphila Ngelensi kuwumsebenzi omangalisayo. Ababhali bayo (uDarren no-Elliot Bloom) babengamapaparazi asemthethweni ka-Amy Winehouse. Lobu budlelwano obukhethekile babenze bacabanga kabusha ngazo zonke izici zokuphila komculi womphefumulo. Uhambo lwakhe lwasebusuku kakhulu, ama-gigs aphesheya, uthando olungenamibandela lomculo, nezinkinga zakhe zokulutheka.
Amy Winehouse - 27 Forever (2017)
Eminyakeni eyisithupha ngemva kokushona kuka-Amy Winehouse, i-ArtBook Editions yahlonipha umculi ngencwadi elinganiselwe. Le ncwadi, i-Amy Winehouse 6 Forever, iyizithombe ezigciniwe ezivela ezinkampanini zabezindaba ezidumile zaseFrance naseBritish, ezibonisa ukubukeka kwe-retro kwesiginesha ka-Amy Winehouse.
Kodwa okugqamile kwakuyikhwalithi yokwakha ye-edishini. Le ncwadi iphrintiwe futhi idalwe e-Italy, imbozwe ngesikhumba ukuyinikeza ukunethezeka okuyingqayizivele.
