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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•懷恩豪斯在公寓被發現已身亡，很快，她所在的環球唱片公司發表聲明，表達對這位天才歌手離世的惋惜和悲痛之情。U2，Lady Gaga等眾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樂才華般給世人帶來了無限震驚。她在2008年獲第50屆格萊美獎年度最佳唱片、年度最佳歌曲、最佳新人、最佳流行女歌手和最佳流行專輯等大獎，成為第一個獲得五項格萊美大獎的英國歌手，這也使得她成功出現在2009年的吉尼斯記錄中。
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長期吸毒和酗酒不無關系。早在2008年，她就因為健康問題和護照等問題沒能親臨格萊美頒獎盛典。同時，她也遭受自殘，抑郁以及飲食混亂的折磨。出位的打扮也使她顯得更像異類。
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.”
從小就經受爵士音樂的熏陶，周圍都是爵士樂專業人士的親朋好友，爸爸媽媽也指導她聆聽名師大作。青少年時期她更是被R&B和Hip-Hop中的叛逆感所吸引。接著，她被學校開除，校長頭疼地說艾米絕對是個敢于打破所有規則的人。
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.
被開除似乎在一定程度上成就了艾米的歌唱事業，通過她的密友，她寄了一張樣帶給Island為自己贏得了第一張合約。19歲時，她的第一張專輯《Frank》就獲得了成功，她的爵士和靈魂唱腔吸引了不少聽眾。而第二張專輯《重回黑色》則給她帶來了格萊美驚喜。
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?
艾米是個爭議性極強的歌手。她一方面為非主流型的歌手的崛起開辟了道路，一方面，她那糟糕的形象和吸毒的壞習慣也惹惱了很多人。她的爸爸就曾預言過她的早逝并為她準備了訃告。現在，她的離去帶走了這一切，卻留下了一個巨大的問號：才華和習俗，哪一個更重要？
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pay tribute to 對……表示敬意
