May 2, 2008, London: Despite Amy Winehouse admitting this week that she is unlikely to release a new album this year, it seems she may have a good reason not to. Amy’s second album, ‘Back to Black’ has become Amazon.co.uk’s biggest selling album of all time – overhauling Coldplay’s 2005 album ‘X and Y’.

Winehouse has never been far from the public spotlight throughout the 18 months since the release of ‘Back to Black’, which still resides in the Amazon.co.uk overall Top Twenty bestsellers chart. Sales of the title actually doubled over the last week, continuing a trend of substantial sales uplifts on the back of publicity in the UK media.

Julian Monaghan, Head of Music Buying at Amazon.co.uk, commented: “The sales of ‘Back to Black’ have been consistently high for the last year and a half and we have seen massive uplifts on the title during periods when Amy Winehouse has commanded many column inches. However, just being in the newspapers or on the TV doesn't automatically mean that you sell vast amounts of CDs. The publicity generated has resulted in her music reaching a very wide audience but it is the quality of this album and the tracks on it that has made millions of people spend their hard earned cash on adding it to their collection. She has lead the way in a resurgence of British female music talent and she thoroughly deserves the mantle of the biggest selling album of all time.”

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