BACK TO BLACK

'''Back to Black''' is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, released by Island Records in October 2006 (see 2006 in music). The album contains the singles "Rehab", "You Know I'm No Good," "Back to Black," and "Tears Dry On Their Own."
During its first two weeks on sale, ''Back to Black'' sold a total of 70,784 copies in the UK, including 43,021 in its first week. By the end of the year, the album had been certified platinum (300,000 copies shipped, with 297,703 actually sold). To date, the album has sold more than 1,226,012 copies in the UK (reaching the million mark on June 13, 2007), and for the week ending January 27, 2007, sold 30,000 copies more than any other album.
It achieved its peak of number one on the UK Albums Chart for the week ending January 20, 2007, and with sales of more than 928,309 is currently the UK's biggest-selling album of 2007. On February 25, 2007, ''Back to Black'' climbed from a number two position to number one, making it three weeks at the top. Between January and July 2007, the album spent 27 consecutive weeks inside the UK Top 10. On July 13,2007, ''Back to Black'' was certified 4 x platinum in the UK in recognition of over 1.2 million shipments.^[1]
In December 2006 the album was released in Canada and on February 3, 2007 in Australia. It was released in the United States officially on March 13, 2007 via Universal Republic. The tracklist for the U.S. release is the same as the non-U.K. international release with an extra track, "You Know I'm No Good" featuring Ghostface Killah. The album debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 at number seven, selling about 51,000 copies in its first week on the chart.^[2] According to Nielsen SoundScan, as of June "Back to Black" has sold over 817,000 albums in the U.S. (certified Gold) making it the 23rd best-selling record of 2007.^[3] Upon the week of release in the U.S., copies had the same cover as all other versions, however, the following week copies with alternate covers were found in store. The track "Tears Dry On Their Own" features the backing music from the Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell hit, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough".
In July 2007, the album made the shortlist for the 2007 Mercury Music Prize. Other nominees include Klaxons, Dizzee Rascal, and the incumbent winner Arctic Monkeys. This is the second time Winehouse was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, her debut album ''Frank'' was shortlisted in 2004.
The album is currently ranked at #20 on Metacritic's Best Albums of 2007.^[4]
It was recently released in Brazil, entering the chart at #30.

Contents

Track listing

Chart performance

References

Track listing

#"Rehab" (Amy Winehouse) – 3:35
#"You Know I'm No Good" (Winehouse) – 4:17
#"Me & Mr. Jones" (Winehouse) – 2:33
#"Just Friends" (Winehouse) – 3:13
#"Back to Black" (Winehouse, Mark Ronson) – 4:01
#"Love Is a Losing Game" (Winehouse) – 2:35
#"Tears Dry on Their Own" (Winehouse, Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 3:06
#"Wake Up Alone" (Winehouse, Paul O'Duffy) – 3:42
#"Some Unholy War" (Winehouse) – 2:22
#"He Can Only Hold Her" (Winehouse, Richard Poindexter, Robert Poindexter) – 2:46
#"Addicted" (Ireland/UK/Japan only) (Winehouse) – 2:45
#"You Know I'm No Good" featuring Ghostface Killah (US/Japan only) (Winehouse) – 4:23
#"Close To The Front" (Japan only)
#"Hey Little Rich Girl" (Japan only)
#"Monkey Man" (Japan only)
#"Back To Black - The Rumble Strips Remix " (Japan only)

Chart performance

Chart (2006)	Providers	Peak position[5]	Certification	Sales
UK Albums Chart	BPI / The Official UK Charts Company	1	4x Platinum	1,226,012
UK Urban Albums Chart		1
Chart (2007)
Australian Albums Chart	ARIA	19	Gold	35,000+
Canada Albums Chart	CRIA	9	Gold	50,000
Danish Albums Chart	IFPI	1	Gold	15,000
Dutch Albums Chart	Mega Charts BV	3
Finnish Albums Chart	GLF	2	Gold	15,000
French Albums Chart	IFOP/SNEP	2	Gold	78,000
German Albums Chart	Media Control	7
Greek International Albums Chart	IFPI	1	Gold	10,000
Irish Albums Chart	IRMA	3	Platinum	15,000
Italian Albums Chart	FIMI	18	Gold	50,000
New Zealand Albums Chart	RIANZ	9	Gold	7,500+
Norwegian Albums Chart	VG Nett	1	Platinum	40,000
Polish Albums Chart	OLiS	33
Spanish Albums Chart	Promusicae	31
Swedish Albums Chart	GLF	5	Gold	20,000
Swiss Albums Chart	Media Control	14
U.S. ''Billboard'' 200'' Albums Chart	Billboard	6	Platinum	1,060,204
U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop Album Chart		5
U.S. Digital Album Chart		1
U.S. Top Internet Albums		4
United World Chart	Media traffic	2		3,992,000

References

1. www.bpi.co.uk
2. Katie Hasty, "Musiq, Lloyd Usher Six Big Debuts Onto Album Chart", Billboard.com, March 21, 2007.
3. Jonathan Cohen, "Winehouse, Nutini Team For September Shows", Billboard.com, June 19, 2007.
4. http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2007.shtml ''Metacritic.com''
5. "Amy Winehouse - Back To Black chart positions", aCharts.us, May 5, 2007.