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Also known as Amie Ann Duffy, Aimee Anne Duffy

Welsh singer

OverviewAI-generated

Duffy, born Ann Duffy on June 23, 1984, in Bangor, is a British singer, songwriter, composer, and film actor. She is a soprano vocalist who performs in pop, soul, rhythm and blues, and blues genres. Her musical career began in 2004, and she has been associated with A&M Records and Polydor. Duffy was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

She was educated at the University of Chester and formed her group in Cardiff. In addition to her music, Duffy has worked as an actress. Her discography includes various releases, and she has been referenced by 730 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 40 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
56

Top works

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via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, UK

Duffy is a Welsh singer-songwriter and actress.

Known for

  • Duffy - Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival 20092025
  • Nighthawk: Maison Margiela Artisanal 2024 — Narrator (voice)2024
  • Legend — Timi Yuro2015
  • Piaf: Hymnes à la Môme — Self2013
  • OK! TV2011
  • Patagonia — Sissy2010
  • Do It Yourself: The Story of Rough Trade — Self2009
  • Duffy: SWR3 New Pop Festival 2008 — Self2009
  • Skavlan — Self - Guest2009
  • Duffy: BBC One Sessions Live at LSO St. Luke's — Self2008

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1984
00s10sbluesfemale vocalistspopsoft rock

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,921,541
Total plays
31,686,275

Tags

soulfemale vocalistsbritishpopsinger-songwriter

There are at least two artists with this name: 1) Aimée Anne Duffy (born 23 June 1984), known mononymously as Duffy, is a 60s-sounding Welsh blues singer - known professionally as Duffy - released her debut single Rockferry in December 2007. After relocating to London in 2006, she came to the attention of Rough Trade. She is often compared to late ’60s soul diva Dusty Springfield and has experienced significant mainstream success with the single Mercy reaching #1 in the United Kingdom. <a hre

via Last.fm · Duffy

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. PD-1 Blockade in Tumors with Mismatch-Repair Deficiency

    · 2015 · cited 8,239x

  2. Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

    · 2012 · cited 6,169x

  3. Mismatch repair deficiency predicts response of solid tumors to PD-1 blockade

    · 2017 · cited 5,794x

  4. The Immune Landscape of Cancer

    · 2018 · cited 4,776x

  5. Rapid Prototyping of Microfluidic Systems in Poly(dimethylsiloxane)

    · 1998 · cited 4,621x

via Crossref · CC0

Key facts

Born
Aimée Anne Duffy , ( 1984-06-23 ) 23 June 1984 (age 41) , Bangor , Wales
Genres
Soul blue-eyed soul neo soul pop pop rock
Occupations
Singer songwriter actress
Instrument
Vocals
Years active
2003–2011, 2015, 2026–present
Labels
A&M Mercury Island BMG
Website
iamduffy .com

via Wikipedia infobox

Article · Italiano

Duffy, pseudonimo di Aimée Anne Duffy (Bangor, 23 giugno 1984), è una cantante, compositrice e attrice britannica. Vincitrice di un Grammy Awards, ha raggiunto la notorietà a livello globale nel 2008, anno di pubblicazione dell'album di debutto, Rockferry e della hit Mercy. Grazie a ciò ha venduto oltre 13 milioni di copie in tutto il mondo ed è stata riconosciuta nel Regno Unito con tre Brit Awards e un Ivor Novello. Duffy inizia la sua carriera con la partecipazione ad un talent gallese, grazie al quale pubblica dapprima un EP e successivamente nel 2008 l'album Rockferry, che è stato il più venduto in Regno Unito e quarto nel mondo Dall'album vengono estratti i brani Mercy, Warwick Avenue e Rain on Your Parade. Dopo aver ottenuto nomine in importanti premiazioni, tra cui MTV Europe Music Award, MTV Video Music Awards e World Music Awards, nel 2010 rilascia il secondo album in studio Endlessly e la hit Well, Well, Well, decidendo dopo pochi mesi di allontanarsi dalle scene musicali, sebbene avvii una carriera cinematografica recitando nei film Patagonia(2011) e Legend(2015). Assieme ad Adele e alla scomparsa Amy Winehouse, è considerata una delle esponenti della nuova generazione del soul bianco.

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Gallery (5)

Duffy · Vinony