Back to Black - Amy Winehouse

Back to Black is the second and final studio album by English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse, released on 27 October 2006 by Island Records. Winehouse predominantly based the album on her tumultuous relationship with her then-ex-boyfriend and future husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who temporarily left her to pursue his previous ex-girlfriend. Their short-lived separation spurred her to create an album that explores themes of guilt, grief, infidelity, heartbreak and trauma in a relationship.

Winehouse worked with producers Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson, as well as Sharon Jones' band The Dap-Kings, to capture the sounds of the 1960s while merging them with modern R&B and neo-soul music. Winehouse was influenced by the pop and soul music of 1960s girl groups. She recorded the album's tracks with Remi at Instrumental Zoo Studios in Miami between 2005 and 2006, and then with Ronson and the Dap-Kings at Chung King Studios and Daptone Records in New York between 2007 and 2008. At Metropolis Studios in London, Tom Elmhirst mixed the record.

Worldwide sales (in millions): 16.0