Amy Macdonald (singer)
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| Born | August 25, 1987 [1] |
| Origin |  Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland |
| Genre(s) | Folk, Indie Pop, Alternative rock |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, drums, piano, vocals |
| Label(s) | Vertigo |
| Website | http://www.amymacdonald.co.uk/ |
Amy Macdonald (born 25 August 1987 in Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow[1]) is a Scottish singer/songwriter. Her debut album, This Is the Life, was released on 30 July 2007. Her first single, "Poison Prince", was released on 7 May 2007. She has been scheduled to play shows at music festivals such as Glastonbury, Hyde Park, T in the Park, and V festival. She has signed a record deal with Vertigo, the same record label which hosts The Killers and Razorlight. Macdonald started playing on-stage acoustic gigs at the age of 15. Her main influences include Travis and The Libertines. After playing several shows across mainland Europe, Macdonald plans to play at various festivals such as V Fest during the summer of 2008.
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Reviewers often cite Amy Macdonald as a shy spoken 20 year old girl who comes alive with her booming singing voice.[2] Despite her Scottish origins, her singing voice has been described as partly Irish.[3] She has also called herself a slight tomboy. On her MySpace blog, she mentions cars, such as Audis, and video games as her interests. Macdonald has also repeatedly expressed how fast her life is moving when she mentions her admiration when meeting other British singers such as Travis's Fran Healy and Elton John. She backed this up in an interview in October 2007, saying that she is glad that Kate Nash has come to prominence at the same time as her, as she feels that Nash has taken some of the spotlight from her,[4] so she can just get on with her music.
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Macdonald is also the first artist to have a single featured on Bebo/iTunes "Free single of the week" program starting 23 June 2007. The free single, Youth of Today, was written when she was 15 years old. The video for her next single, L.A. has been filmed in Malaga, Spain. The song itself is about having and valuing your own dreams. She has also appeared as a musical performing guest on several popular British and foreign shows such as The Album Chart Show, Loose Women, Friday Night Project, Taratata (France), and This Morning. Her next single will be This Is the Life from the album of the same name. The song was featured on Chris Evans's BBC Radio 2 as a possible future hit.[citation needed] Her album also won her the best newcomer of 2007 award by Radio Forth.[citation needed] She has attributed the success of her album to constant gigging rather than internet promotion.
[edit] Controversy
Macdonald gained some press coverage[5] when she questioned whether the 2007 winner of 'The X Factor, Leon Jackson, was suffering from tonsillitis. This was because Amy Macdonald herself was suffering from tonsillitis at the same time but she was still able to perform on stage at Glasgow and at the BBC's Hogmanay Live show the same night.[citation needed]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
| Year | Album | UK | DK | NL | CH | IRE | GER | AUS | FRA | PL |
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| 2007 | This Is the Life | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 32 | 107 | 17 |
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| 2007 | "Poison Prince" | "This Is the Life" | 136 | |||||||||||
| "Mr. Rock and Roll" | 12 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 1 | |||||||||
| "L.A." | 48 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| "This Is the Life" | 28 | 3 | 62 | 1 | 8 | 32 | ||||||||
| 2008 | "Run" | 75 | ||||||||||||
| "Poison Prince"(Re-Release) | 141 | 581 | ||||||||||||
Notes
1-Poison Prince has charted in the Swiss chart on downloads alone.
All Chart positions have come of "acharts".
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- ^ a b MSN Entertainment UK: Amy MacDonald
- ^ See for example Simpson, Dave (4 July 2007) "Amy Macdonald: The Lamp, Hull" Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved 30 September 2007. "Although her speaking voice seems almost shy, her vocals fire singing bullets against the rear wall.".
- ^ http://icscotland.icnetwork.co.uk/whatson/whatson2/tm_headline=amy-macdonald--king-tut--8217-s--glasgow--march-13---review&method=full&objectid=18756621&siteid=50141-name_page.html isScotland's review of Amy Macdonald's gig at King Tut’s, Glasgow, March 13 2007
- ^ Amy Macdonald: This is the life, video interview with stv.tv, October 2007
- ^ Tonsillitis? More like lazy-itis – star Macdonald attacks X Factor's Leon over cancelled concert, January 2, 2008
- ^ U.S. and Canadian Singles Chart Positions. All Music Guide. Accessed December 22, 2007.
[edit] External links
- Amy Macdonald Official Site
- T In The Park 2007 Interview at STV
- This Is the Life Review at Insider Guides[[
