The new movie revisits the singer’s 2008 turns at the 50th Grammy Awards and the Glastonbury Festival.
Amy Winehousewas a scrappy Londoner with a palpable persona and a soulful voice that put her contemporaries to shame.
Critics and fans alike threw around terms like once in a generation," and with good reason.
Amy Winehouse in 2008; Marisa Abela in ‘Back to Black’.Peter Macdiarmid/Getty; Dean Rogers/Focus Features
Nobody, not even the music legends she idolized, sounded quite like her.
Below, we revisit those two watershed moments and explore their significance in Winehouses legacy nearly 20 years later.
She alternated between crooning staccato and gleeful shrieks as she waved to her loved ones.
Amy Winehouse performing on the 2008 Grammys from London.Peter Macdiarmid/Getty
It was priceless but also so emotional to have those guys on set, Taylor-Johnson said in a statement.
She notably beat a pre-Fearlessera Taylor Swift for Best New Artist and snagged Song of the Year for Rehab.
But her win for Record of the Year was the moment that went down in music history.
Amy Winehouse at the 2008 Glastonbury Festival.Jim Dyson/Getty
Her fellow nominees were formidable: Justin Timberlake, Rihanna, Foo Fighters, and Beyonce.
(Herlast studio recording was with Bennettat Abbey Road Studios just four months before her death).
(His albums calledWhat Goes Around Comes Around?!).
But the room didnt erupt until Bennett announced her as the winner.
Amys reaction has gone down as one of the most iconic moments in the award show’s history.
Her grin settled into a disbelieving, pinch-me-so-I-know-its-real gape.
No matter how many times you rewatch the clip, youd be hard-pressed not to feel an emotional pang.
It should have been one of the best nights of Winehouses life, and maybe it was.
She was successful, surrounded by loved ones, and, at the time, sober.
I was so overwhelmed.
I was so proud of her.
She grabbed me, pulled me up on stage, and took me off the stage.
And I was having a bit of a panic attack," Ashby recalls in the doc.
“I said, I cant believe this is happening.
Im so proud of you.
Watch Amy Winehouse win Record of the Year for Rehab at the 50th Grammy Awards below.
Ill find you, take your phone, ring your mum, and tell her about your bad manners.
But expectations werent as high ahead of her 2008 homecoming.
