Oh, good. As if the cashing in on Amy Winehouse’s death wasn’t complete with the release of Lioness: Hidden Treasures, and scraped-together album of leftovers and demos, the life of the troubled pop-star might be stretched across two hours to form that dreaded cinematic slice of cheese: the music biopic.
Proving that she’s an even more powerful force in the recording industry in death than in life (call the Michael Jackson Effect), last week Amy Winehouse “achieved the biggest weekly sale of her U.K. chart career” with the release of her newest disc, the odds and sods collection, Lioness: Hidden Treasures.
Hopefully you’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of these albums as much as we have, as it’s a promising week for new releases. The new full-lengths from The Black Keys, Chevelle, and even Dia Frampton have been pretty intriguing, so regardless of the “bad” or “good” review, check out what we’ve collected in new releases this week: Continue Reading
Remember the dress (pictured above) the late Amy Winehouse wore on the cover of Back to Black five years ago? Well, it has now sold at Kerry Taylor Auctions House in London for £43,200 yesterday. How much is that exactly in American dollars? $67,120, that’s what. No mention was made of the Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn merchandise sold alongside it except to say that it, well, sold alongside it. And who paid such a hefty amount for a dress made in 2006? Why the Foundation Museo de la Moda in Chile, of course.
Well, this didn’t take long. Amy Winehouse hasn’t even been dead for a year, and already her record label is looking to unload a posthumous album of songs she didn’t feel were worth releasing when she was alive—just in time for Christmas, gang!
The conclusion of British coroner Suzanne Greenway regarding Amy Winehouse‘s death was released today by The Guardian. According to her investigation, Winehouse had drank too much alcohol, and she ruled her cause of death as “death by misadventure.” Why misadventure, you ask? Why, that’s just their way of saying ‘overconsumption’ across the pond (we suppose). Whatever the best translation, apparently Winehouse had consumed five times the legal driving limit at the time of her death.
It was an interesting weekend for music news, with information leaking about the fact that the super-wealthy Madonna has a homeless brother, Amy Winehouse’s official death report has been lost in the mail, Loretta Lynn has become seriously ill, Justin Bieber and Maroon 5 will be joining the American Music Awards (God help us all), and more…
Check out our new roundup after the jump.
Mitch Winehouse, father to deceased soul pop singer Amy Winehouse, is writing a memoir for Harper Collins about the tragic life of his gifted daughter, entitled Amy, My Daughter. The book is set for worldwide release in 2012, projected for a summertime drop.
If ever there was a week for all things Amy Winehouse, this is that week. The posthumous video preview of her duet with Tony Bennett (their duet “Body and Soul,” her final recording, was released today), an interview with her family on CNN’s Anderson, and finally, on what would have been her 28th birthday, the Amy Winehouse Foundation launches.
