After a two year hiatus from touring and recording, controversial singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse has announced that her third studio album will be released in the coming months. She told the Metro newspaper that "the album will be six months at most. It's going to be very much the same as my second album" which is good news for Winehouse fans who've had to wait five years since the release of her mega-selling breakthrough album 'Back to Black' - which has gone on to become an all-time classic and garnered Winehouse critical acclaim and multiple awards around the world.
That album also began a downward spiral for Amy, who by all accounts has succumb to all the trappings of fame; a failed marriage, drug and alcohol abuse as well as rumoured eating disorders and self harming. She couldn't even go to the Grammys in 2008 to collect her 5 awards as her US visa was denied following charges of cannabis possession in the UK. Winehouse suffered more embarrassment that year when she was caught smoking crack on video tape which was sold to a national newspaper.
Amy and her record label will be hoping a third album will erase memories of any previous bad publicity and re-establish her as a major recording artist, but can she top the amazing 'Back to Black? Hits like 'Rehab' 'You Know I'm No Good' and 'Love is a Losing Game' have defined Winehouse's career and set in motion a major change within the music industry towards that style of music. With hit-maker Mark Ronson on board, things do look hopeful for the project, but it remains to be seen whether it will live up to its predecessor or be a sad attempt to mimic that albums success.
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