death last Saturday, Amy Winehouse's number one, sophomore album 'Back to Black' has been raiding the charts with such ferocity, it'd make the Vikings proud. Found dead after what is thought to be a drug overdose, Winhouse fans around the globe were positively devastated by the upsetting news. Naturally, that very evening, all four of her releases began to trend on iTunes. Currently, the groundbreaking record (as well as its extended, Deluxe Edition) 'Back to Black' stands strong in the Top 10 for each and every country, topping in most areas of Europe.
Despite 'Back to Black' selling 7,000,000 in Europe alone, Winehouse was best known for her struggles with drugs and her disorderly behaviour. Ever since her rise to prominence in 2006, the media fenced around the troubled musician like vultures around a fresh carcass. The world watched as the once down-to-earth, healthy-looking soul singer mutated into a traumatised, desperate drug addict devoid of a single morsel of privacy. Fuelled by the press, the public's view of the 'Rehab' singer hit rock bottom.
However, even with her addictions spread across every magazine and newspaper in the UK, Winehouse still couldn't quench her thirst for the rockstar lifestyle. Not long after she divorced her dangerously influential partner, Blake Fielder-Civil, it seemed that Amy was on the mend. Unfortunately, not long before the supposed release of her (as of yet) untitled third studio album, she was found dead in her London flat in Camden after reportedly consuming a cocktail of drugs, washed down with a vast quantity of alcoholic beverages. Onlookers mourned as coroners carried Amy's lifeless body from her apartment and away for analysis.
The release of her third album has not yet been confirmed, though Island would be foolish to keep the project behind closed doors. With rumours involving Mark Ronson and John Legend floating around, it's an understatement to say that the world is 'excited' to see a new Winehouse album drop. I predict an immediate best selling album.
Isn't it interesting how everyone starts to love you once you're dead? It happened to Michael Jackson two years ago and, though not worthy of comparison, British reality star Jade Goodie. It's a shame that Winehouse had to die from an overdose to induce any form respect in the general public. Another legend, another victim; she will live on in her music, which is spreading like wildfire around the world as we speak.
