Winehouse (Amy)

Soul singer. Offered her song ‘Back to Black’ for the Baby in the Sky advert by the Born HIV Free Campaign

Since her 2006 album Back to Black, Amy Winehouse has been one of the music industry’s most bankable artists. That may not be saying much, except that here are talking about a gifted musician, able to blend the passion of a Billie Holliday with the to the drive of a Dinah Washington, all the while avoiding the risk of becoming a synthetic product, as is all too often the case these days. The young English singer-songwriter, born in London in 1983, has a soulful voice, which her first album Frank (2003) already hinted at. But it was her collaboration with producer Mark Ronson on the album Back to Black which explored the true extent of the singer’s range. The two years since its release have enshrined the album as one of the most successful recordings of the early 21st century. Requests to use the track for films and adverts have not been slow in coming, but Amy Winehouse has rejected all of them. We are therefore honoured that she has granted permission for the use of Back to Black for a campaign against AIDS, so that our message can be disseminated still further by the power of her music.