Profile of Duffy

Type(s) of Music: Pop, soul

Full name: Amie Ann Duffy

Place of birth: Bangor (Wales), United Kingdom

Date of birth: June 23, 1984

Musical Influences:

Biography of Duffy

Duffy (born Amie Ann Duffy, 23 June 1984), is a Welsh singer-songwriter. Her debut album Rockferry was released in March 2008 and entered the UK Album Chart at number one. It was the best selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008[2] and has sold over 5.5 million copies worldwide. In 2009, she won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album for Rockferry, and she was nominated for two other Grammy awards.[3] She also won three BRIT Awards, the UK's premier music honour. Duffy was the first Welsh female to achieve a number one pop single in twenty-five years with her second single "Mercy".[4]

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Background information

Birth name Amie Ann Duffy[1]

Also known as Duffy

Born 23 June 1984 (1984-06-23) (age 24)

Bangor, Gwynedd,

Wales, United Kingdom

Genre(s) Pop, soul

Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter

Voice type(s) Mezzo-Soprano

Years active 2003–present

Label(s) A&M/Polydor, Mercury (US)

Website www.iamduffy.com

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Life and career

Early life

Duffy was born in Bangor, Gwynedd and raised in Nefyn on the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales, with her twin sister, Katy Ann, and older sister Kelly. She grew up speaking Welsh as her mother tongue.[5] Her parents divorced when she was ten and she moved to Pembrokeshire with her mother and sisters. She dropped her first name at the age of nineteen, calling herself Duffy professionally and personally.[6]

Duffy's introduction to soul music and inspiration to get into the music industry occurred while watching Whoopi Goldberg's performance in the movie Sister Act.[7] It is known that Duffy watched her father's videotapes of the 1960s television rock show Ready Steady Go![8] – she says she grew up without a record collection of her own.[9] Duffy began singing at age six and carried around a notebook which she filled with scribbled lyrics. She was later asked to leave her school choir because her voice was "too big" and she "didn't fit in."[10]

In 1998 (aged thirteen), Duffy was briefly put in a police safe house when authorities uncovered a plot by her stepfather's ex-wife to pay a hitman £3000 to kill her stepfather, identified as Philip Smith. Smith's ex-wife, Dawn Watson, was sentenced to a 3½ year jail term for soliciting to murder. "I was so terrified. I felt so ill", Duffy recounted in 2008, as reported by the NME magazine and The Sun. A 1998 article in the Daily Mirror, another British tabloid, quotes a man identified as Philip Smith describing similar circumstances, though the stepdaughter's name is spelled Aimy — not Aimée — and the surname Duffy is not mentioned.[11][12][13][14] Duffy describes living in the safe house as a dog eat dog, claustrophobic and isolating experience. At age fifteen she ran away back to her father's house in Nefyn. Duffy said in retrospect, "It was a horrendous thing to do". Her mother and her sisters did not speak to her for about a year afterwards.

Duffy has admitted to smoking "not just cigarettes" during her teenage years, at a time when she was "quite mischievous" and always looking for trouble. She says that these activities with friends occurred as a result of boredom. Duffy cites the effects of her stepfather's ex-wife's alcoholism as well as her desire not to become a "celebrity" as reasons she does not use drugs or alcohol currently.[15][16]

Early career

After finishing her GCSEs in Pembrokeshire,[9] Duffy returned to Nefyn when she was fifteen, and started singing in various local bands.

Then Duffy spent a year working in Switzerland, collaborating with the writer-producer Soren Mounir under the name Soulego.[17]

Duffy returned to Wales in 2003 and was invited to appear on Wawffactor, a Welsh television show on S4C, which has been compared to Pop Idol. She was expected to win, but came second to winner Lisa Pedrig.[18] Duffy claims that she was conned into the appearance; she later called it "the unhappiest time in my life."[19]

In her teens Duffy wanted (and expected) to be a world famous pop star, and as such felt that she let others use her "as a vehicle for their vision not mine." At age eighteen, thinking her dreams were not going to come true, she "became almost a quite withdrawn singer". After a re-evaluation she decided to just make music for no other purposes than her own fulfilment.[20]

Duffy was elected president of the Students' union at Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor in Pwllheli, North Wales before transferring to the University of Chester in England. She was advised by a lecturer to "Go on the dole, love, and become a singer".[9] She also built up a following at Alexander's, a local jazz and blues club, performing with guitarist David Burton from the band The Invisible Wires.[21]

She recorded a three-song Welsh EP in 2004 written and produced by Paul Eastham of international celtic rock band "Coast" and also appeared on two tracks on the album See You in the Morning by Mint Royale while working as a waitress in a fishery. Owen Powell of Catatonia and Richard J. Parfitt of Newport band 60ft Dolls, introduced Duffy in August 2004 to Jeannette Lee, former Public Image Ltd. member turned music manager and part-owner of Rough Trade Records.[22] Lee moved Duffy to Crouch End in London,[23] and orchestrated a meeting between Duffy and Suede's ex-guitar player Bernard Butler.

After Butler had given Duffy a soul music "education" by downloading tracks on to her iPod that she could listen to while around London or travelling back to Wales, the pair co-wrote with her and helped create a new retro sound.[24] The tracks included Al Green, Bettye Swann, Ann Peebles, Beyoncé, Doris Duke, Scott Walker, Phil Spector and Burt Bacharach.[9]. Duffy was quoted as saying Bettye Swann "is one of my biggest inspirations" particularly her song Cover Me because "it marks the time I got interested in physical contact. I was 19, and here was a woman singing "Cover me, spread your precious love all over me". It's very tender, but it's also, hilariously, quite crude".[25]

Breakthrough

Duffy was contracted to A&M Records on 23 November 2007. She performed on the BBC Two television show Later with Jools Holland,[26] which resulted in a second appearance on the related New Year's Eve show Hootenanny, on which, among other things, she performed with soul legend Eddie Floyd. On 22 February 2008, she appeared on Later with Jools Holland for a third time and performed "Rockferry", "Mercy", and "Stepping Stone". She also appeared on the BBC Two television programme The Culture Show on 23 February 2008 and performed "Mercy".

In January 2008, she came second to Adele in the annual BBC News Online poll of industry experts Sound of 2008, for acts to emerge in the coming year.[27] In Wales, she seems set to become the "pop" equivalent of mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins. A number of commentators have remarked on her unaffected personality and natural charm.[8] In January 2008 she released a Welsh language EP entitled Aimée Duffy.

Rockferry

Butler and his musical partner David McAlmont, and a number of other musicians formed the backbone of Duffy's band for her debut album entitled Rockferry, which was released on Polydor Records on 3 March 2008.[28] According to Duffy, "The album took nearly four years to make. We had to hire cheap, tiny studios and sometimes there would be three-week periods between writing and recording." Bernard Butler who was not initially paid, produced four songs for the album, including the single, "Rockferry".[29] The singles "Mercy" and "Stepping Stone", were co-written & produced by Steve Booker, and the second single "Warwick Avenue", by Jimmy Hogarth and Eg White. Duffy released the debut limited edition single "Rockferry" in November 2007 followed by the Steve Booker co-written & produced single, "Mercy", which went straight to number one. The single was physically released on 25 February 2008.[citation needed]

She has revealed that both "Mercy" and "Stepping Stone" are autobiographical; "Mercy" is about "sexual liberty" and "not doing something somebody else wants you to do", and "Stepping Stone" is about not expressing her feelings to a person she fell in love with.[30] Warwick Avenue was the second single released from the album. The video for the song was filmed at Warwick Avenue underground station and Merrick Square, London.[citation needed]

By May, "Mercy" was a staple on VH1 and a hot Adult Contemporary radio hit and had been featured in the season finale of the American television medical drama Grey's Anatomy as well as the soundtrack album for Sex and the City: The Movie.[31][32][33] A remix of "Mercy", featuring rap artist The Game, was released on 10 May.[34] On 13 May Rockferry was released in the United States to positive reviews.[35][36][37] Because of its cheap production values the album is reaping Duffy substantial financial benefits.[29] Despite her album's success in the United States Duffy was quoted as saying “I don’t like how big American stars consider themselves an exception from humanity".[38]

In November 2008, the single Rain On Your Parade was released. The song was co-written & produced by Steve Booker. The song was first released on download sales only on 10 November 2008 before being released physically on 17 November 2008.[39] Duffy describes this song as "a big, disco-y dance song".[40] The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number twenty-two before rising to a peak of fifteen the following week. The track was included on the deluxe edition of Rockferry.

At the 2008 MOJO Awards, Duffy won the "Song of the Year" award for "Mercy"[41] and was nominated also for "Album of the Year" and "Breakthrough Act". These three nominations were the largest number of nominations for any one act.[42] She also received a 2008 Q Award in the category of Breakthrough Act,[43] a nomination for the Q category of Best Track for "Mercy",[44] a Music of Black Origin Award nomination for Best UK Female.[45] At the MTV Europe Music Awards, she received three nominations in the categories of Album of the Year,Most Addictive Track, and New Act.[46] She performed at the EMA show.[47]

At the 51st Grammy Awards held in February 2009, Duffy won a Grammy Award in the category of Best Pop Vocal Album for Rockferry. Earlier she had been nominated for awards in the categories of Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her single "Mercy".[3]

Duffy equalled Coldplay with four 2009 Brit Awards nominations. She eventually won three awards, including Best Album for Rockferry, tying the record for the most won in one night.[48] "I cannot tell you what this means after five years of hard work," said the singer.[49] At the awards ceremony she performed "Warwick Avenue". Songwriter Bernard Butler gained an award for his work on the Rockferry album.

Sales

In January 2008 Duffy's EP 'Aimée Duffy reached the number 1 spot on Siart C2.[citation needed] When the single "Mercy" hit the top of the charts in February 2008 Duffy became the first Welsh female to achieve a number one pop single in the past 25 years, and the only female from the Llŷn Peninsula to ever top the UK Singles Chart.[citation needed] It remained at number one for five weeks. The second single from the album, "Warwick Avenue" was at the number 3 position on the UK Singles Chart on 1 June.[50] The title track "Rockferry" peaked at number 45.[29] The single Rain on Your Parade debuted at number twenty-two on 10 November and rose to a peak of number fifteen the following week.[39][51]

With a total of 1.685m physical and digital sales, Rockferry was the best selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008. "Mercy" was the third best selling single for the year with over 500,000 copies sold.[2] As of 26 December, 2008 in its 43rd week on the charts Rockferry had risen to the number 6 position from number 10 the previous week.[52]

In the United States, the album peaked at the number 4 on the Billboard 200.[53] The singles "Mercy" and "Warwick Avenue" peaked at number 27 and 96 respectively.[54] By November 2008 500,000 copies of Rockferry had been sold and had been certified Gold by the RIAA.[55][38]

Rockferry topped the Pan-European Album Chart, and "Mercy" topped the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles chart on 21 April 2008.[56] On 12 June the album topped the European albums charts with Mercy at number 2 on the European singles chart.[57] By 21 August Rockferry had reached number one in 11 markets.[58] On 30 October Rockferry had been in the top 100 on Billboards Euro Albums chart for 34 straight weeks and was residing at the number 10 position.[59] Rockferry was the world's fourth bestselling album in 2008 selling 4.5m copies.[60]

Comparisons with others

Under the sub-title, "The New Amys", Adam Thompson wrote in The Times on 30 December 2007 that "Duffy, Gabriella Cilmi and Adele lead the charge to be the next Winehouse. First sightings seem to indicate that they are all bright-eyed innocents with bags of talent — a familiar starting point, no?" Duffy herself dislikes being referred to as "the new Dusty Springfield".[61] She said at first she did not understand the comparisons to Springfield and believes the comparisons with others or putting her in a movement is "a gimmick" and noted that "nobody is replaceable".[40] Singer-songwriter Alison Goldfrapp said while Duffy has a great voice, she was trained to sound essentially like Amy Winehouse as part of a business plan, mistakenly believing that Duffy had attended the Brit School.[62]

British singer Estelle said that she does not agree with those who describe Duffy and Adele as soul singers but that she is happy that they have been successful.[63] In North America, Duffy is seen as part of a recent wave of British singers or "British invaders" consisting of females with a unique take on writing and performing songs. Motown has been seen as an influence in this wave.[64][65][66][67][68]

Touring

Her first American performances took place at the SXSW conference,[69] and the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was her first festival gig. The Coachella performance started off with sound problems but she "delighted the crowd with 'Rockferry', 'Serious', 'Warwick Avenue' and 'Mercy'."[70] To coincide with the release of Rockferry Duffy performed at the Apollo Theater in New York City[71] Duffy commented "Every time I'm in America, I feel there's some atmosphere -- I can't put my finger on it -- but there's some excitement that exists nowhere else. And I think it's because soul music, black music, is basically what started pop music".[40]

Duffy has played a number of festivals in Europe, including the Vieilles Charrues Festival in France,[72] the Hove Festival in Norway the Accelerator Festival in Sweden, Glastonbury and Evolution Festival's in England, the Electric Picnic festival in Ireland,[73] Connect Festival in Scotland on Sunday 31 August,[74] Wakestock in her native Wales, the V Festival on 16 August[75] and the Roskilde Festival in Denmark.[76]

In North America she has performed at Lollapalooza on 1 August in Chicago[77] and the All Points West Music and Arts Festival at Liberty State Park, on the 8 August.[78] She played the Virgin Mobile Festival at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on 10 August.[79] On 3 September Duffy played an intimate club gig and then answered questions at New York's China Club.[80]

On television, Duffy performed on Late Night with Conan O'Brien,[81] The Late Show With David Letterman,[82] Saturday Night Live,[83] and Austin City Limits.[84] Her 45 minute concert at an East End of London church was aired on BBC1 on 12 October. During the show she performed a new song "Rain on Your Parade".[4] On the 28 October Duffy sang "Stepping Stone" on The View. The singer became star struck when she was interviewed by co-host Whoopi Goldberg.[85]

Duffy played a fourteen-city North American tour. Plans had called for her to open for Coldplay on six of the dates.[86] A performance at the Quicken Loans Arena left The Cleveland Leader to wonder why Duffy was not the headlining act.[87] Duffy is using the tour to test new songs including "Rain in Your Parade" and "Fool for You".[88]

Duffy accidentally set her entire left side of her hair on fire in a Cleveland dressing room. The incident occurred when after blowing out a candle that was melting she bent down not realizing the candle was still lit. The incident caused her more embarrassment than harm.[89] At New York's Webster Hall, Duffy apologized to the audience after briefly bursting in to tears.[38] Duffy explained this happens in one out of every 15 of her shows when she feels exposed for reasons she does not understand.[90]

Duffy toured the United Kingdom and Ireland during November and December 2008.[91] She performed at the Live In London concert at the O2 Arena on 26 November.[92] Duffy was quoted in a British tabloid as saying she is proud to represent the British Music Scene abroad and to explain that Great Britain encompasses more than London.[93]

In December 2008, Duffy was among several singers who performed for Prince Charles, and his wife Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall, at the London Palladium for the 80th anniversary Royal Variety Performance.[94] On 20 December she performed on the final of the BBC television show Strictly Come Dancing[95] and on the 2008 editions of Jools Holland's New Years Eve Show[96] and the Top of The Pops Christmas special.[97]

In February, 2009 Duffy performed on United States talk shows Rachael Ray and The Tonight Show With Jay Leno[98][99]

Future projects

As of July 2008 Duffy has been constantly writing material for a second album, compiling "loads of books" of song ideas. Duffy said that she will not constantly reinvent herself for each album.[100] Duffy with several other artists are working on the soundtrack to an upcoming independent film about the British northern soul scene of the early 1970s entitled Souled Out.[101]

According to Duffy's website the singer will tour Australia where she will perform at the V Festival and Japan in 2009.

On 14 February Duffy is scheduled to perform on Austin City Limits[102] followed by an 18 February performance at the 2009 Brit Awards.[103]

Personal Life

In August 2008 it was reported that Duffy will appear in a advertisement in Fashion Rocks Magazine for Nivea endorsing their new line of skin care and body care products.[104]

Duffy says that she does not mind people illegally downloading her music because she believes most people who do are kids who cannot afford the CDs and will buy them when they get older.[105] Duffy's single "Mercy" is in EA Sports FIFA 09.

Duffy performed at a BBC sponsored Children in Need benefit concert, singing her new single Rain on your parade and Mercy.[106]

Duffy has been named the "star" of a multi-million pound European Diet Coke advertising campaign, which was launched on ITV immediately following the Brit Awards on 18 February, 2009.[107] Duffy, who is a heavy drinker of the product, is scheduled to appear in a series of 30 and 60 second adverts with other young women.[108][109]

Duffy recorded a cover of Paul McCartney's James Bond theme song "Live and Let Die". It was used on the War Child charity album entitled Heroes, which is was released on 16 February 2009.[110] McCartney, who hand picked Duffy to do the cover in the Spring of 2008, said that Duffy's version "is great - I was really impressed". Ben Knowles, director of the project, described Duffy's cover as a "really stripped bare, northern soul version".[111][112]

Johnny Rotten incident

Duffy claimed that at the Mojo Awards show in June 2008, Sex Pistols lead singer John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) heckled her.[113] According to Duffy, when she went to make peace with him, "I walked past him, said 'Hi, you all right?', and next thing I was literally slammed against the wall, pinned by his arm at my throat. He called me a cunt. The violence was awful".[38] According to Lydon, "I was doing an interview and she came up behind me - I didn't see anything".[114] He claimed she was a "young girl who made the mistake of trying to jump on my back".[115] He said he hadn't realised who Duffy was, saying: "Oh, she got an award? I quite like her."[116] Although she left upset, Duffy later blamed herself for what happened.[38]

Dealing with fame

In September 2008, Duffy mentioned that she was "on the borderline of a nervous breakdown" because of the pressure that fame has brought her. She also said that she had considered becoming a recluse, but eventually decided against the idea for the sake of her fans. Although acknowledging that most people do mean well, she finds it "scary" when people recognize her in the street, and has been fearful of her image possibly changing the person she truly is.[117][118]

"Duffydil" flower

It was announced that Duffy has had a special variant of Daffodil (a flower traditionally associated with Wales) named after her, called the "Duffydil". She picked the variant she wanted to be named after her from a selection grown by the Really Welsh Trading Company.[119] Duffy said of this, "The Duffydil, brilliant! Maybe now I can forgive myself for stealing them from people's gardens!".[120][121][122] The flower will be revealed at the RHS show in Cardiff, April 2009.[123]

Discography

Main article: Duffy discography

Studio albums

2008: Rockferry

Singles

2007: "Rockferry"

2008: "Mercy"

2008: "Warwick Avenue"

2008: "Stepping Stone"

2008: "Rain on Your Parade"

 EPs

2004: Aimée Duffy

2008: Live from London

Awards and nominations

Duffy awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations

BRIT Awards  3 4

Grammy Awards  1 3

MOBO Awards  0 1

MOJO Awards  1 2

MTV Europe Music Awards  0 3

Q Awards  1 2

World Music Awards  0 2

Totals

Awards won 6[nb 1]

Nominations 17[nb 1]

Best British Female

Year Award Category Title Result

2008 MOJO Awards Song of the Year "Mercy" Won

Album of the Year Rockferry Nominated

Vodafone Live Music Awards Best Female  Nominated[124]

Q Awards Breakthrough Act  Won

Best Track "Mercy" Nominated

MTV Video Music Awards Best UK Video "Warwick Avenue" Nominated

MTV Africa Music Awards Best Female Act  Nominated

MTV Europe Music Awards Album of the Year Rockferry Nominated

Most Addictive Track "Mercy" Nominated

New Act  Nominated

MOBO Awards Best UK Female  Nominated

UK Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Best Singer  Nominated

Premios 40 Principales Best Non-Spanish International Song "Mercy" Nominated[125]

World Music Awards Best Selling Pop/Rock Female Artist  Nominated[126]

Best Selling New Artist  Nominated[126]

Urban Music Awards Best Neo Soul Act  Nominated[127]

Most Inspiring Act  Nominated[127]

UK Festival Awards Festival Pop Act  Nominated[128]

Best Newcomer Awards  Nominated[128]

2009 Music Producers Guild Awards Single of the Year "Mercy" Nominated[129]

U.K. Album of the Year Rockferry Nominated[129]

51st Annual Grammy Awards Best New Artist  Nominated[3]

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance "Mercy" Nominated[3]

Best Pop Vocal Album Rockferry Won

Echo Music Awards Best International Female Artist Rock/Pop  Nominated[130]

Brit Awards Best British female  Won

Best British single "Mercy" Nominated

Best British album Rockferry Won

Best British breakthrough act  Won

NRJ Music Awards International Revelation of the Year  Nominated[citation needed]

International Album of the Year  Nominated[citation needed]

Meteor Ireland Music Awards Best International Female  Nominated[131]

Royal Horticultural Society Flower Named for Duffy daffodil Won[132]

^ a b Total awards and nominations only takes into account those referenced in this table.

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86.   ^ Duffy tours with Coldplay after Fashion Rocks gig Ticket News 18 August

87.   ^ Concert Review: Coldplay Disappoints, Duffy Exhilarates Cleveland Leader 22 October 2008

88.   ^ Duffy Testing Out New Songs On Tour Billboard 20 October 2008

89.   ^ Duffy sets hair on fire backstage BBC 1 November 2008

90.   ^ Duffy's strange success atv.tv

91.   ^ "Duffy announces UK and Irish tour". NME. 2008-09-15.

92.   ^ Duffy success sealed as she joins top UK acts at special London gig Hello Magazine 27 November 2008

93.   ^ Interview with Gorden Smart The Sun 31 October 2008

94.   ^ Royals attend variety performance BBC 11 December 2008

95.   ^ Adele at the Roundhouse, NW1 The Times 22 December, 2008

96.   ^ Duffy's Hoot With Jools The Daily Record 24 December, 2008

97.   ^ Coldplay, Alexandra Burke, Duffy Set For Top Of The Pops Christmas Special Gigwise 17 December 2008

98.   ^ Courier-Journal TV Listings for 3 February, 2009

99.   ^ Plant, Krauss Get Post-Grammys Push Billboard 11 February, 2009

100.                        ^ Duffy: I won't change my style Virgin Media

101.                        ^ Paul Weller, Duffy, Mark Ronson's band for Northern Soul film soundtrack NME 14 August 2008

102.                        ^ Sarah Mclachlan And Duffy To Perform On 'austin City Limits' CKTB radio

103.                        ^ Kings Of Leon, Girls Aloud, Duffy for BRIT Awards 2009

104.                        ^ "Popular Welsh Singer lands First US Endorsement Deal". CareFair.com. 2008-08-07.

105.                        ^ Duffy: downloading music illegally is 'amazing' The Guardian Unlimited 30 July 2008

106.                        ^ Scots pledge £1.8m to BBC charity Carrick Gazette 15 November 2008

107.                        ^ The Brit Awards 2009 as it happened The Times 18 February, 2009

108.                        ^ No mercy for Duffy in diet Coke campaign UTalk Marketing

109.                        ^ Duffy named as new face of 'Diet-Coke' TV adverts The Telegraph 14 January

110.                        ^ Humbling response delays Heroes, by Adam Woods - musicweek.com Retrieved 7 October 2008

111.                        ^ Duffy - McCartney Loves Duffy Cover contactmusic 22 September 2008

112.                        ^ Will Duffy sing her own Bond song? Western Mail 14 January 2009

113.                        ^ Daniel Kilkelly (16 August 2008). Duffy denies holding Lydon grudge. Digital Spy.

114.                        ^ Alex Fletcher (18 June 2008). Rotten denies Duffy wrongdoing. Digital Spy.

115.                        ^ Daniel Kilkelly (2 August 2008). Lydon refuses to apologise to Duffy. Digital Spy.

116.                        ^ Adam Sherwin (18 June 2008). People: John Lydon; Joan River; David Davis: Show Duffy some Mercy please, Mr Rotten. The Times Online.

117.                        ^ Soul singer Duffy 'pushed to the brink of a breakdown' by her new-found fame The Telegraph 29 September 2008

118.                        ^ Duffy: I'm borderline on a nervous breakdown The Guardian 2 October 2008

119.                        ^ The Press Association: Duffy spawns new "Duffydil" flower

120.                        ^ Channel 4 News- Duffy's Duffydil

121.                        ^ Duffy has flower named after her BBC 13 February, 2009

122.                        ^ Duffy Spawns new "Duffydil" flower - Yahoo! news

123.                        ^ Duffy's Duffydil - singer has flower named after her - mirror.co.uk

124.                        ^ Juliette to host music awards Virgin Media 27 August 2008

125.                        ^ Kate Ryan and Amy Winehouse battle for Spanish award Belgovision 11 October 2008

126.                        ^ a b The Envelope Los Angeles Times 8 November 2008

127.                        ^ a b Urban Music Awards Website

128.                        ^ a b UK Festival Awards Website

129.                        ^ a b Ronson And Eno Lead Producers Awards contactmusic.con 7 January, 2009

130.                        ^ British talent nominated at German industry awards Musicweek 16 January, 2009

131.                        ^ Meteor Awards 2009 - Presenter & Nominees Revealed Hot Press 28 January, 2009

132.                        ^ Duffy has flower named after her BBC 13 February, 2009

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