Duffy life and biography

Aimée Ann Duffy , known as Duffy, is a Welsh singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Her 2008 debut album Rockferry entered the UK Album Chart at number one. It was the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008 with 1.68 million copies sold. The album was certified several times Platinum and sold over 6 million copies worldwide, spawning the hits "Mercy" and "Warwick Avenue". With "Mercy", Duffy became the first Welsh female to achieve number-one on the UK Singles Chart since Bonnie Tyler topped the charts with "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1983.

In 2009, Duffy won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album for Rockferry, and she was nominated for two other Grammys at the 51st Grammy Awards. In 2009 she won three Brit Awards: British Breakthrough, Best Female Solo and Best British Album.

In 2010 she completed recording of her second album Endlessly that was released on 29 November and made her acting debut in the film Patagonia. In February 2011 it was announced that Duffy would take an extended hiatus from music before beginning work on her third album.

Duffy was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, and brought up in Nefyn on the Llyn Peninsula, in Gwynedd, Wales, with her twin sister, Katy Ann, and older sister Kelly; she would later write songs about both sisters. She grew up speaking Welsh as her mother tongue but, recognising its importance for a singing career, she soon learned English as well. Duffy's parents divorced when she was 10 and she moved to Pembrokeshire with her mother and sisters.

Discography

Studio albums:
2008: Rockferry
2010: Endlessly

Grammy Awards:
Best Pop Vocal Album Rockferry Won

BRIT Awards:
2009 : BRIT Awards 2009 British Female Duffy Won
British Single "Mercy" Nominated
British Album Rockferry Won
Breakthrough Act Duffy Won

Ivor Novello Awards:
2009 : 54th Ivor Novello Awards PRS for Most Performed Work "Mercy" Won

IFPI Platinum Europe Awards:
2008 : IFPI Platinum Europe Awards Best Album Title Rockferry Won
2009 : IFPI Platinum Europe Awards Best Album Title Rockferry Won

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