Amy Winehouse: Back To Black, The album of the century
One month after the death of Amy Winehouse, Back to Black album has just beaten the record for best selling album of the century.
It is well known, the death of an artist boost sales of her albums. Amy Winehouse is no exception to the rule because her album Back to Black is so far the best selling album of the 21st century. The cake has gone to 3,259,100 copies, and delights in place of Back to Bedlam by James Blunt (3,245,118 copies). We are still far from absolute record held by Michael Jackson with his album Thriller, which he has passed 108 million copies worldwide since its release in 1982.
Tribute
Sales are not about to stop because the tributes to Amy Winehouse to be endless reports. This will for example yet the case at the next MTV Video Music Awards. Several artists will go up because the stage to perform tracks from soul diva died on 23 July. We know already that Adele, Christina Aguilera, Bruno Mars or Mark Ronson will be in the game.
Novel
The posthumous popularity of the star continues to hold, since Back to Black dominates the charts, especially in the UK who rediscovers a passion for the enfant terrible of soul music. Fans of the star have been discovered on the Internet a new song to Amy Winehouse: a cover of Body and Soul, classic jazz repertoire, with the beautiful performer Tony Bennett. The jazzman was the only one who accomplished the feat Amy to return to the studio and for good reason, the 85 year old man was her idol. The title appears on the next album by Tony Bennett, and profits from the sale of the album will be donated to the Foundation Amy Winehouse, created by the father of the singer, whose goal is to help addicts and alcohol.
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