Editor's Note: This article was updated on May 17, 2024, for the release of the 2024 biopic, Back to Black.
When the world first heard Amy Winehouse's Back to Black in 2006, the album changed pop music forever with its nostalgic, trauma-stricken grief, becoming her most enduring legacy. The story of the beloved beehive-wearing chanteuse and her iconic album was recently encapsulated in the long-awaited biopic, also titled Back to Black.
In honor of the new film, revisit the 50th GRAMMY Awards in 2008, the year Winehouse won her first five GRAMMYs: Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Rehab," Best Pop Vocal Album for Back to Black, and the coveted Best New Artist.
In this episode of GRAMMY Rewind, watch a genuinely surprised Winehouse accept the GRAMMY for Record Of The Year for "Rehab" as she celebrates with her band, who'd that night backed her for a satellite performance from London. With her mom by her side, Winehouse thanks her label, collaborators, parents, and, most of all, "for London!"
That evening, the then-rising singer/songwriter took home four additional GRAMMY Awards, including Song Of The Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Rehab," Best Pop Vocal Album for Back To Black, and Best New Artist.
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