Duffy
Duffy | |
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 Duffy performing in July 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Aimee Anne Duffy |
| Born | 23 June 1984 Bangor, Wales |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2003–2011, 2015, 2020–present |
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| Website | iamduffy |
Amiee Ann Duffy (born 23 June 1984), usually known as just Duffy, is a Welsh singer, songwriter and actress from Bangor, Gwynedd. Her music style has been described as a mixture of soul, blue-eyed soul, pop rock, neo soul and pop music.
Career
[change | change source]2007–2008: Rockferry
[change | change source]Her debut studio album, Rockferry, was released on 3 March 2008 and sold more than 6.5 million copies.[1] The album and a single from the album, "Mercy", both reached number one on the in the UK.[2]
2009–2010: Endlessly
[change | change source]In 2009 she made an advertisement for Diet Coke. The ad caused problems because she is shown riding a bicycle at night without a helmet or lights.[3] Journalist Luke Lewis described the ad as "...blank, sterile and mildly unsettling."[4] Her second studio album, Endlessly was released on 29 November 2010, but did not sell very well with only 200,000 sold in the UK.[5]
2011–2020: Planned third album, acting debut
[change | change source]In 2011, producers David Banner and Albert Hammond announced that Duffy was in the studio for her third album, but nothing happened. In 2015, she appeared in the crime thriller film Legend, she played an American singer Timi Yuro, she also contributed to three songs for the soundtrack, her first recordings since 2010.
2025–present: Music return
[change | change source]In March 2025, she appeared in a video posted to TikTok, lip-syncing to a garage remix of her song "Mercy" by The Emotion.[6] On 8 April 2026, it was reported by The Mirror, that Duffy changed her legal name from Aimée Anne Duffy to Duffy Jones.[7] On 19 May 2026, she posted an image of herself in a recording studio, in the caption she said that she had missed her fans and that she was working on coming back.[8] On 6 June 2026, she announced that she would perform at an intimate gig in London on 5 July, her first live concert in fifteen years.[9]
Personal life
[change | change source]Duffy retreated from the public eye in 2011 after it was revealed in February 2020, she had been "raped and drugged and held hostage over some weeks".[10] She did not reveal the name of her attackers or when or where the attack took place.[11] In a longer statement she said that she had been drugged at a restaurant on her birthday, taken to a foreign country on a plane, and was then held captive in a hotel room and raped. Since the ordeal, she has said that she spent "almost 10 years completely alone" and, thanking her psychologist, said that she now felt she could "leave this decade behind", but added: "I very much doubt I will ever be the person people once knew".[12]
Discography
[change | change source]Studio albums
[change | change source]Filmography
[change | change source]Film
[change | change source]| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Patagonia | Sissy |
| 2015 | Legend | Timi Yuro |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Dean, Will (25 November 2010). "Duffy: Endlessly". The Guardian. London: GMG. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ↑ "Duffy tops UK charts once again". nme.com. 16 March 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ↑ Murray, Robin (17 June 2009). "Duffy Diet Coke Advert Cleared". Clash Music Latest Breaking Music News. Retrieved 6 November 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Lewis, Luke (3 November 2009). "Duffy's Diet Coke Ad: Watch And Shudder". Bored At Work?. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
blank, sterile, and mildly unsettling.
[permanent dead link] - ↑ Fitzpatrick, Rob (27 October 2011). "When bands fall off cliffs". The Guardian. London: GMG. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ↑ "Duffy returns to tease new release after kidnapping ordeal". nme.com. 26 March 2025.
- ↑ "Duffy's major change as she prepares for comeback after kidnap and rape ordeal". Daily Mirror. 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "Instagram". instagram.com.
- ↑ "Singer Duffy to return for first live concert in more than 15 years". BBC News. 6 June 2026.
- ↑ "Singer Duffy 'drugged, raped and held captive'". BBC News. 25 February 2020.
- ↑ "Pop star Duffy says she was raped, drugged and held captive". The Guardian. 25 February 2020.
- ↑ "Duffy: Singer was 'drugged for four weeks, raped and taken abroad'". BBC News. 5 April 2020.
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