Police said that Singer Amy Winehouse was found dead Saturday in her London home,
Police confirmed that a 27-year-old female was pronounced dead at the home in Camden Square northern London; the cause of death was not immediately known. London Ambulance Services said Winehouse had died before the two ambulance crews it sent arrived at the scene.
Born in 1983 to taxi driver Mitch Winehouse and his pharmacist wife Janis, Winehouse grew up in the north London suburbs.
When she was 10, she and a friend formed a rap group, Sweet 'n' Sour.
She attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School.
later went to the Brit School, a performing arts academy in the "Fame" mold, and was originally signed to "Pop Idol" svengali Simon Fuller's 19 Management.
Her jazz-influenced 2003 debut album, "Frank," was critically praised and sold well in Britain. It earned Winehouse an Ivor Novello songwriting award, two Brit nominations and a spot on the shortlist for the Mercury Music Prize.
Released in Britain in the fall of 2006, "Back to Black" brought Winehouse global fame.
"Back to Black" was released in the United States in March 2007 and went on to win five Grammy awards, including song and record of the year for "Rehab."
Singer Amy Winehouse poses in the pressroom at the annual "Nationwide Mercury Music Prize" at the Grosvenor House on September 7, 2004 in London.
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