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Did Amy Winehouse's death benefit Adele?
Amy Winehouse was basically the shooting star of 2006/2007 and significantly changed the music industry with her album "Back to Black". After that, the retro-sound celebrated a comeback with people like Gnarls Barkley, Duffy and many others returning to a more soulful sound. Adele released 19 during the height of Amy's success. Amy was charting all over the world with Back to Black and Valerie while Adele was having a cute success with her album.
In retrospective, it seems like Adele released 21 at the perfect time. Amy was already on a downward spiral even though her music was very popular. A lot of years passed with no follow up to Back to Black and Adele seemed to fill the void Amy had left.
Do you agree that Adele only became this giant force due to Amy Winehouse and her passing/downward spiral, or do you think Adele wouldve become as successful as she is today even if Amy had delivered more quality records?
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