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中文名： 艾米·怀恩豪斯
外文名： Amy Winehouse
别名： Amy Jade Winehouse
国籍： 英国
民族： 犹太人
出生地： 英国 伦敦
出生日期： 1983年9月14日
逝世日期： 2011年7月23日
职业： 歌手、词作家、吉他手
经纪公司： 环球唱片公司
代表作品： Back to Black
主要成就： 格莱美奖等欧美多项顶级大奖
音乐风格： 灵魂乐、R&B、爵士乐


双语介绍

On July 23, Amy Winehouse was found dead in her apartment and soon her record label, Universal Republic, released a statement that read in part“We are deeply saddened at the sudden loss of such a gifted musician, artist and performer “Many musical artists have since paid tribute to Winehouse including U2, Lady Gaga etc.

7月23日，艾米•怀恩豪斯在公寓被发现已身亡，很快，她所在的环球唱片公司发表声明，表达对这位天才歌手离世的惋惜和悲痛之情。U2，Lady Gaga等众多明星都向艾米表示了敬意和哀悼。

Her death shocked a lot just like her huge success in music. The singer won 2008 Grammy Awards in the categories of Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance besides Best Pop Vocal Album award and Grammy Award for Producer of the Year which earned her the entry in the 2009 edition of the the Guinness Book of World Records for Most Grammy Awards won by a British female singer.

她的突然死亡如她的音乐才华般给世人带来了无限震惊。她在2008年获第50届格莱美奖年度最佳唱片、年度最佳歌曲、最佳新人、最佳流行女歌手和最佳流行专辑等大奖，成为第一个获得五项格莱美大奖的英国歌手，这也使得她成功出现在2009年的吉尼斯记录中。

Her reason of death is much in relation to drug abuse and alcohol. She even missed the 2008 Grammy Awards Ceremony because of her health problem and passport. Besides she suffered form self –harm, depression and eating disorders. Her exaggerated image also made her rather different.

她的死亡原因也跟她长期吸毒和酗酒不无关系。早在2008年，她就因为健康问题和护照等问题没能亲临格莱美颁奖盛典。同时，她也遭受自残，抑郁以及饮食混乱的折磨。出位的打扮也使她显得更像异类。

She grew up in the Jazz environment for many of her relatives are Jazz professionals . She listened master pieces under her parents’ guidance and was deeply attracted by R&B and Hip-Hop during teenage time because the spirit of rebelling. Then she was expelled from school with the headmaster‘s comments “She is the one who dares to break all the rules.”

从小就经受爵士音乐的熏陶，周围都是爵士乐专业人士的亲朋好友，爸爸妈妈也指导她聆听名师大作。青少年时期她更是被R&B和Hip-Hop中的叛逆感所吸引。接着，她被学校开除，校长头疼地说艾米绝对是个敢于打破所有规则的人。

Leaving school turned out a good chance for her. She sent one demo to Island through her close friend and then got a contract. Her first album Frank was release when she was 19 and got success with her Jazz and Soul vocal. The next album Back to Black is so great that finally brought her Grammy wonder.

被开除似乎在一定程度上成就了艾米的歌唱事业，通过她的密友，她寄了一张样带给Island为自己赢得了第一张合约。19岁时，她的第一张专辑《Frank》就获得了成功，她的爵士和灵魂唱腔吸引了不少听众。而第二张专辑《重回黑色》则给她带来了格莱美惊喜。

Amy is a controversial figure. She paved the way for unconventional women to have mainstream POP success. But her terrible image and bad habits like drug addicting annoyed many more. Even her father predicated her death and prepared the obituary beforehand. Now, she took all these away and leaving the world the big question as talent or convention?

艾米是个争议性极强的歌手。她一方面为非主流型的歌手的崛起开辟了道路，一方面，她那糟糕的形象和吸毒的坏习惯也惹恼了很多人。她的爸爸就曾预言过她的早逝并为她准备了讣告。现在，她的离去带走了这一切，却留下了一个巨大的问号：才华和习俗，哪一个更重要？

词汇：
pay tribute to 对……表示敬意

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