Amy Winehouse

Wildly talented but also just plain wild, Amy Winehouse has got pipes that are more R&B drenched than Joss Stone's, and her lyrics are more autobiographical than Lily Allen's. Winehouse also leads the kind of tabloid-rich lifestyle that would make even Britney Spears blush. But Back to Black proves that her material is stronger than the hype. "Tears Dry on Their Own" proudly recalls Motown classics, while cuts like "Wake Up Alone," "Some Unholy War" and "Love Is a Losing Game" show what the English Winehouse can do when she stops cribbing a posed toughness from American hip-hop songs.