New Amys

The "New Amys" was a term first applied in the British press towards the end of 2007 to various up and coming popular singing artistes whose material and vocal delivery bore some resemblance to those of an established star, Amy Winehouse.

The term
Under the sub-title, "The New Amys", Adam Thompson wrote in The Times on 30 December 2007 that "Duffy, Gabriella Cilmi and Adele lead the charge to be the next Winehouse. First sightings seem to indicate that they are all bright-eyed innocents with bags of talent — a familiar starting point, no?" Earlier in the month the Times media correspondent, Adam Sherwin, had referred to critics "voic support" for Adele as the "new Amy Winehouse" . However, the term, the "New Amys", was in use earlier in 2007 as, in early November, Paul Lester observed that the American country/soul singer Dawn Kinnard was "most likely to blow the New Amys out the water" .

==Prominent "Amys"==
The most prominent of the "New Amys" were Adele Adkins (born 1988), who performed simply as Adele, and Aimee Duffy (born 1984), known as Duffy, who had number one hits in the British sales charts in January and February 2008 with Chasing Pavements and Mercy respectively. They released their debut albums early in 2008: Adele's 19 reflected her age at the time, while the title track of Duffy’s Rockferry (due for release on 3 March 2008) first appeared as a single in November 2007. The use by both singers of a single name gave rise to comments in the media early in 2008 about "this year’s one-name-will-do" trend .

Another singer classified by some as a “new Amy” was Beth Rowley, whose album Little Dreamer was due to be released in April 2008 . .

Amy Winehouse
During this period Amy Winehouse’s troubled private life was widely publicised and, in February 2008, she was initially refused a visa to travel to the United States for the "Grammy" ceremony at which she won five awards .

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