Did anyone in America care about Amy Winehouse, or was it only the British that seemed to like her?

I think people liked her because she was a character that lived life in the fast lane, and everyone knew she was going to die young. It's a lot like Lady Gaga people are interested in her more than they are her music. She was a very strange woman, she was a very tragic woman, and she was just a woman. May she rest in peace.

I think you're speaking on behalf of lots of people, and that usually makes the person doing it look like a bit silly. She had Top 10 albums in the US, won 3 of the 4 Big Four Grammy Awards in the same night.

Actually, the British people had mixed views about her before her death - many liked her, others thought she was overrated, others thought she was wasting her talent, plenty mocked her and so on. The press regularly called her an embarrassment. I can find Daily Mail articles dating back less than a month which berate her, while they're lauding her today.

The truth isn't as clear cut as your question claims. Simplifying perceptions the way you are often leads to being perceived as a simpleton. Sorry to be rude, but you're clearly trying to be rude in your question. Also, it's the truth.

-----------------------------------------------------------

The crazy backcombed beehive, cat eyes and tattoos came long after Amy Winehouse enjoyed acclaim and plaudits, so the theory that it was the image that won her success is simply false.

You've also misconstrued what I've said. Although there always seems to be someone itching to be 'controversial' after a music celebrity's death, rubbishing their work and saying it was banal or unimpressive, be it Kurt Cobain or Janis Joplin - everyone's free to like or dislike a particular type of music.

That's not why I called you a simpleton. I called you that a) for the tactlessness on the day after her death, and b) for the lazy, wholly inaccurate simplifications of Amy Winehouse's popularity/notoriety on both sides of the Atlantic.

Ms. Winehouse was a fairly competent performer who, absent her psychological issues, could have been so much better. And y'gotta remember, the Brits are a lot like us Yanks in that they almost always root for the underdog. Amy had promise - and folks with a touch of heart know that encouragement is often what brings out the best in people. She tried, she failed. Too bad.

We never listened to her music but heard about her problems on the news from time to time. She will be missed by her loyal fans. Yes the media can make or break a person with sensationalism.

I think that some teens in america do like her look on YouTube there are lots of strokes about her by Americans like Danny noriega personally I sadly think she did worst to the world :( still pretty sad though

I noticed her when her first album came out, and I bought both of her albums because I didn't figure she would be around very long.

Kind of reminded me of Janis Joplin.

Great music, but like a shooting star, a flash of brilliance and then burned out and gone.

I'm American and I have never heard her sing a song. Yesterday they played a clip on the song Rehab, and I wasn't impressed. I believe she was a wanna be, and that she was destined for exactly what happened.

Yeah, im American and didnt really like her. I didnt even know she was British until she died, thats how little i knew about her. Only song ive ever heard of hers was Rehab.