Amy Winehouse: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: TeachRock - Amy Winehouse. Aug 27, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jul 19, 2026
Add new Web site: BBC Music - The unique legacy of Amy Winehouse at the BBC. May 28, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR - Rock icon or a victim of exploitation? Examining Amy Winehouse's legacy. Jan 05, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Overnights - Remembering the brilliant Amy Winehouse. Nov 29, 2025
Anniversary information added. Sep 10, 2025
Revised the Top Questions section. Jul 22, 2025
Noted the inclusion of Back to Black in the National Recording Registry. Apr 30, 2025
Questions and answers added. Mar 18, 2025
Add new Web site: TeachRock - Amy Winehouse. Dec 11, 2024
Added media. May 02, 2024
First paragraph modernization. May 02, 2024
Clarified that Back to Black was the highest-charting debut album in the U.S. by a British woman at the time of its release. Apr 24, 2024
Mentioned the 2024 biopic Back to Black and added links to two of her songs. Apr 10, 2024
Add new Web site: Jewish Women's Archive - Amy Winehouse. Apr 02, 2023
Corrected display issue. Apr 29, 2021
Added "reportedly" to the statement that Winehouse was expelled from Sylvia Young theatre school. Sep 18, 2017
Added that the documentary based on her life won an Academy Award in 2016. Feb 29, 2016
Noted the release of the documentary Amy (2015). Jul 02, 2015
Added photograph. Jul 31, 2012
Updated for the 54th Grammy Awards. Feb 13, 2012
Added the album Lioness: Hidden Treasures (2011). Dec 06, 2011
Alcohol poisoning was announced as her cause of death. Oct 26, 2011
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Amy Winehouse. Aug 11, 2011
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Amy Winehouse. Aug 09, 2011
Changed "was unable to obtain a visa" to "had difficulty obtaining a visa." Aug 08, 2011
She died on July 23, 2011. Jul 23, 2011
New article added. Sep 11, 2009
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