Her first two albums charted her rise from obscurity and her struggle to find love with the man who would become her husband.Now Amy Winehouse's posthumous third album will give a blow-by-blow account of the tumultuous years that followed, telling of the marriage and divorce from drug addict Blake Fielder-Civil.
It maps her decline into alcohol and drug addiction that contributed to her death last Saturday.
A spokesman for Amy's family said that throughout last year she had been working on a follow-up to her last release, 2006's critically acclaimed Back To Black.
'Amy always had a notebook on her and would write down lyrics and ideas,' he said. 'People who have heard the new songs say that they are very, very good and that they are as autobiographical as ever.
'The period after 2006 was when Amy went through the most emotional upheaval, with Blake going to prison and then their divorce.'
Fielder-Civil, 33, was jailed for seven months in 2008 after an attack on a pub landlord. The two-year marriage ended in divorce in 2009.
Amy, who died aged 27 at her £1.8 million North London home, had been working on the third album with Miami-based producer Salaam Remi throughout the last year. She had recorded up to a dozen songs during a working trip to Jamaica.
Most of the songs are demos, for which Amy penned lyrics and laid down a backing track. Sources said it was likely they would be released next year, using Amy's vocals or contributions from friends, with proceeds going to a charity set up by her father Mitch to help others struggling with addiction.
Mr Remi, who co-produced Back To Black, said the new album was still a 'work in progress'.
Meanwhile, Amy is said to have been worth £6 million when she died, much of it in companies overseen by her father. Industry insiders now put that fortune at £10 million – and rising – because of lucrative tours before her death and sales after it.
One said: 'We are seeing the creation of an international cult around Amy. The fortune it creates could top £60 million or more.'
Since her death, Back To Black has topped the iTunes charts in 17 countries.
Britain's Official Charts Company said Amy could have seven songs in this week's Top 40.
It maps her decline into alcohol and drug addiction that contributed to her death last Saturday.
Lovers: Blake Fielder-Civil with Amy Winehouse pictured in 2007
'Amy always had a notebook on her and would write down lyrics and ideas,' he said. 'People who have heard the new songs say that they are very, very good and that they are as autobiographical as ever.
'The period after 2006 was when Amy went through the most emotional upheaval, with Blake going to prison and then their divorce.'
Fielder-Civil, 33, was jailed for seven months in 2008 after an attack on a pub landlord. The two-year marriage ended in divorce in 2009.
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Most of the songs are demos, for which Amy penned lyrics and laid down a backing track. Sources said it was likely they would be released next year, using Amy's vocals or contributions from friends, with proceeds going to a charity set up by her father Mitch to help others struggling with addiction.
Mr Remi, who co-produced Back To Black, said the new album was still a 'work in progress'.
Heyday: Since her death, Winehouse's second album, Back To Black, has topped the charts in 17 countries
One said: 'We are seeing the creation of an international cult around Amy. The fortune it creates could top £60 million or more.'
Since her death, Back To Black has topped the iTunes charts in 17 countries.
Britain's Official Charts Company said Amy could have seven songs in this week's Top 40.
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