How Did Amy Winehouse Get Her Start?

SavvySugar — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:04:36 -0800

While Amy Winehouse won't attend the Grammys tonight, she's nominated for six awards and will accept any that she wins via satellite. You'd have to be living under a rock to have never at least heard "Rehab," but do you know how the troubled star got her break into the music biz?

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Forbes Names America's Top Pop Imports

SavvySugar — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:49:00 -0800

While the actor categories at this year's Oscars were swept by international talent spanning three countries, all of the artists who made Forbes' Top 10 Pop Imports come from either Canada or Britain. And while the Top 10 doesn't showcase a variety of nationalities, it certainly covers several musical genres. The artists who made the list had the most album sales and single-track download sales music in the U.S. last year. It's surely gives the bank accounts of foreign artists a boost when they can crack the U.S. market - check out the millions they brought in last year from U.S. sales alone.

Michael Buble (Canada) - $33 million
Nickelback (Canada) - $32.5 million
Amy Winehouse (England) - $20.5 million
Celine Dion (Canada) - $17.5 million
Nelly Furtado (Canada) - $14.6 million
Corinne Bailey Rae (England) - $13.3 million
Three Days Grace (Canada) - $10.5 million
Paul McCartney (England) - $9.5 million
Joss Stone (England) - $9 million
Feist (Canada) - $8.2 million

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