Amy Macdonald (born 25 August 1987 in Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow) is a Scottish singer/songwriter.
Her debut album, This Is the Life, was released on 30 July 2007 and has now sold over 1 million copies.
Her first single, "Poison Prince", was released on 7 May 2007.
She has been scheduled to play shows at music festivals such as Glastonbury, Hyde Park, T in the Park, and V festival.
She has signed a record deal with Vertigo, the same record label which hosts The Killers and Razorlight.
Macdonald started playing on-stage acoustic gigs at the age of 15.
Her main influences include Travis and The Libertines.
After playing several shows across mainland Europe, Macdonald plans to play at various festivals such as V Fest during the summer of 2008.
Reviewers often cite Amy Macdonald as a shy spoken 20 year old girl who comes alive with her booming singing voice.
Despite her Scottish origins, her singing voice has been described as partly Irish.
She has also called herself a slight tomboy.
On her MySpace blog, she mentions cars, such as Audis, and video games as her interests. Macdonald has also expressed how fast her life is moving when she mentions her admiration when meeting other singers from the UK such as Travis's Fran Healy and Elton John.
Macdonald gained some press coverage when she questioned whether the 2007 winner of 'The X Factor, Leon Jackson, was suffering from tonsillitis. This was because Amy Macdonald herself was suffering from tonsillitis at the same time but she was still able to perform on stage at Glasgow and at the BBC's Hogmanay Live show the same night.
讓Yahoo音樂網樂評驚艷不已，讚嘆為融合傳統民謠的Carole King和十足個性的Dolores O` Riordan，英國BBC更如發現珍寶般的直呼Amy Macdonald不思議的超齡深度創作功力，讓媒體一面倒的欽點入列年度最佳耀眼新貴名單。滿腦子的靈感，藉由簡單一把吉他輔佐，僅靠著一張細碟『This Is The Life』即寫下全球300萬令人咋舌的銷售量！
12歲拿著爺爺奶奶給的零用錢買下Travis樂團「The Man Who」專輯，從此便一頭栽進音樂世界。父親於聖誕節送的平價木吉他，開啟她的音樂創作生涯。15歲就以Acoustic自彈自唱的表演方式，廣受當地酒吧、咖啡廳的歡迎。就在將自錄的Demo帶寄到NME雜誌所刊登的製作公司後，不久即和唱片公司簽下契約，在20歲生日前發行個人首張專輯『This Is The Life』，一鳴驚人奪下英國、瑞士、荷蘭、墨西哥、丹麥的排行冠軍。於德國葛萊美音樂獎Echo Awards抱走「最佳國際新人」肯定，曾獲此殊榮的還有艾拉妮絲莫莉塞特、艾莉西亞凱斯、艾薇兒、克莉絲汀和Lady Gaga…等仍在國際舞台發光發熱的才女們。
醞釀近3年時間發行第二張新作【A Curious Thing】，Amy負責所有詞曲創作+空心吉他彈奏，操盤大任則交付曾任Britpop風潮中的佼佼者Cast貝斯手，並擔綱Echo & The Bunnymen客席樂手的Peter Wilkinson掌控。緊扣你雙耳的第一波主打“Don`t Tell Me That It`s Over”，更具吉他搖滾力道，加上Amy漂亮真假音轉換，大量弦樂的輔佐，華麗的增添此曲動人氣質，已快速登上英國點播榜Top18位置；激爆燦爛音樂火花的“Spark”，層次鮮明的交錯討喜旋律，極富未來攻榜的潛力；雖被愛情傷害過，卻仍渴望再度擁抱愛戀的“Love Love”，脫去那些心碎慢板的節拍，踩著重力加速度的頻率，能讓人暫時丟開那些惱人的情傷；雖然已是鎂光燈下聚焦人物，卻仍利用“An Ordinary Life”大聲吶喊出心中只想追尋平凡生活的終極目標；流露鄉村/民謠風的“This Pretty Face”、鋼琴柔美編織的“What Happiness Means To Me”，都是Amy再度讓人刮目相看的成熟自信佳作。
Amy Macdonald的處女作《This Is The Life》令她成為了世上最成功的英國女藝人之一。 該專輯分別在英國等五個不同的國家/地區取得了第一名的位置，更在12個國家/地區獲得了白金甚至多白金銷量，至今已在全球賣出三百萬張。 清新上口的民謠小調，加上Soft Rock相伴使其不會顯得單調，本人推薦她至今為止的兩張專輯。
專輯名稱：This Is The Life
歌手：Amy Macdonald國家：英國單曲Don't tell me it's over封面
一筆零用錢、一張CD、一把便宜吉他，簡單得不能再簡單的元素，奇妙地成就了英國新生代中最受矚目的創作型女歌手AmyMacdonald，而這個乍聽之下，宛如小紅莓的清新版，讓人聽過一次就忘不掉，今年開始已經成為流行樂壇廣為討論的焦點。20歲生日前發行了個人首張專輯《This Is TheLife》，一鳴驚人奪下英國、瑞士、荷蘭、丹麥的排行冠軍，並在6個國家登上排行前三名，全球專輯銷售已經突破兩百萬張！Amy快意的吉他搖滾架構，搭上個性十足的嗓音，在創作型女歌手中獨樹一格，辨識度極高。專輯中同名單曲“This Is The Life”和“Mr. Rock &Roll”，推出後紛紛搶占歐洲各國單曲榜冠軍；民謠旋律並加入弦樂的“Youth OfToday”，是她15歲寫下的作品，敘述兩代間思想觀念之差異；帶點墨西哥味道的開場，“Let& rsquo；s Start ABand”唱出了她的自信和音樂企圖心，決定要讓所有人刮目相看；充滿小酒館熱鬧氣息的“BarrowlandBallroom”，輕快的旋律不禁讓人隨樂起舞；“L.A.”則是Amy送給心目中偶像，因主演電影《斷背山》而聞名的JakeGyllenhaal/傑克葛倫霍的一首歌。這張充份展現AmyMacdonald唱功及創作能力的精彩作品，滾石雜誌不吝給予四顆星近滿分的高度評價！以一把吉它感動全球的超級女聲，發行僅半年全球銷量突破三百萬，21歲女生純手工創作，小紅莓的歌聲裝置於Travis/崔維斯的曲風。
※簡單女生不簡單…僅靠一張細碟即寫下全球300萬銷量的天才吉他創作才女
※交付曾任Britpop風潮中的佼佼者Cast貝斯手、並擔綱Echo & The Bunnymen客席樂手的Peter Wilkinson掌控
※緊扣雙耳的首波主打“Don`t Tell Me That It`s Over”快速登上英國點播榜TOP18
專輯曲目:
01. Don't Tell Me That It's Over
02. Spark
03. I Got No Roots
04. Love Love
05. An Ordinary Life
06. Give It All Up
07. My Only One
08. This Pretty Face
09. Troubled Soul
10. Next Big Thing
11. Your Time Will Come
12. What Happiness Means To Me / Hidden Track: Dancing In The Dark (Live In Philadelphia)
Amy
單曲Don't tell me it's over封面