Amy Winehouse tops album charts

Amy Winehouse's newest record has reached number one in the charts four months after her death.

The late singer's posthumous album Amy Winehouse Lioness: Hidden Treasures was released in the UK on December 5. The record consists of 12 previously unreleased archive recordings compiled by friends and music producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi.

According to The Official Charts Company the record has sold 194,000 copies in the UK since last Monday, which is the biggest weekly record sale tally in Amy's career.

Amy's mother Janis is elated that the record is doing so well.

"It's such amazing news that Amy's album has gone to number one, and just goes to show what she still means to people," she told British newspaper The Mirror.

"It's especially good for the foundation and knowing that every sale will go to help a deserving cause makes the news all the more special. I'm so proud of my daughter and so happy that she is still touching people. She's forever in my heart."

Some of the proceeds from the record will go to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, which was set up by Mitch in her memory.

Amy – who publicly battled with drink and drug demons - was found dead at her Camden home in North London in July. An inquest into her death in October heard she was more than five times the legal drinking and driving limit when she died.

She was just 27.

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