Thursday, December 27, 2007

Amy Winehouse: 2007 album is UK top-seller / Summoned to Norway court




Amy Winehouse's second album Back to Black is set to be the biggest-selling album of the year.

The troubled singer's soul-tinged CD, released at the end of 2006, has now sold more than 1.5m copies in the UK, achieving five platinum sales awards.

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Leona Lewis's Spirit and Mika's Life in Cartoon Motion are currently the second and third best selling albums of the year, with just over a week left to go.

Winehouse was recently nominated for six Grammys including song of the year.

The 24-year-old's debut album, Frank, also sold 300,000 copies in the UK this year, despite being released in 2003. (...)

Source: BBC News

AMY SUMMONED TO NORWAY CURT

British soul singer Amy Winehouse has been summoned to appear in a Norwegian court after she was arrested and fined in the country in October for drug use, police said Thursday.

Winehouse, her husband and her hairdresser, who were briefly arrested and fined 500 euros (725 dollars) for drug use and possession of seven grammes of marijuana in the western Norwegian town of Bergen on October 18, must appear in court on February 29, Bergen police lawyer Rudolf Christoffersen told AFP.

"The Gulating court (in Bergen) sent us a letter dated December 18, 2007, stating that ... this case cannot be tried in absentia," he said. (...)

Source: Music-News

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