Most notably, despite (or because of) the Oscar-winning success of the comprehensive 2015 documentary Amy, there are no less than three new films examining her life debuting this month: the BBC is releasing Amy Winehouse: 10 Years On, while her mother Janis Winehouse has made Reclaiming Amy, and her goddaughter Dionne Bromfield is behind Amy Winehouse and Me: Dionne’s Story. The anniversary is being marked with numerous projects and products. At the 2019 Glastonbury festival, Miley Cyrus covered “Back to Black” (the title track to Winehouse’s magnificent 2006 album that has sold sixteen million copies worldwide and won five Grammy Awards), while Lana del Rey recently said that she considered quitting music following Winehouse’s death. But as my friend’s karaoke choices illustrate, a decade later, Winehouse still occupies a strong place in the public imagination, and remains a singular and transformative figure in pop music. Ten years ago today, Amy Winehouse died at the age of 27, a wretched ending to a life of brilliant highs and too-well-chronicled calamity. Watch Rare Footage of Amy Winehouse in the Studio
