Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black” becomes U.K.’s bestselling album of 21st century

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LONDON - Amy Winehouse is still hitting music milestones after her untimely death last month.

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LONDON – Amy Winehouse is still hitting music milestones after her untimely death last month.

Britain’s Official Charts Company says Winehouse’s Grammy-award winning “Back to Black” has become the bestselling album in the U.K. in the 21st century.

The company, which tracks music sales in the U.K., said Wednesday that “Back to Black” overtook James Blunt’s 2005 debut album to claim the title this week.

Kirsty Wigglesworth / The Associated Press
In this July 24, 2009 file photo, British singer Amy Winehouse leaves Westminster magistrates court in London after a judge acquitted her of assaulting a fan who asked to take her picture. Winehouse had no illegal drugs in her system when she died, and it is still unclear what killed the singer, her family said Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. The family said in a statement that toxicology tests showed
Kirsty Wigglesworth / The Associated Press In this July 24, 2009 file photo, British singer Amy Winehouse leaves Westminster magistrates court in London after a judge acquitted her of assaulting a fan who asked to take her picture. Winehouse had no illegal drugs in her system when she died, and it is still unclear what killed the singer, her family said Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. The family said in a statement that toxicology tests showed "alcohol was present" in the singer's body but it hasn't yet been determined if it contributed to her death.

Winehouse’s second album had jumped to the No. 1 spot on the charts shortly after the soul singer was found dead in her London town house on July 23. An initial post-mortem failed to determine cause of death, and Winehouse’s family said Tuesday that toxicology tests showed she had no illegal drugs in her system when she died.

An inquest into Winehouse’s death begins in October.

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