There will be no further posthumour material released by Amy Winehouse if Universal Music chairman David Joseph is to be believed, as he claims to have destroyed all of Amy's demos following her death in July 2011.

Amy Winehouse / Credit: FAMOUS

Amy Winehouse / Credit: FAMOUS

Speaking to Billboard magazine he explained: "It was a moral thing. Taking a stem or a vocal is not something that would ever happen on my watch. It now can't happen on anyone else's."

Though they'll now never be heard, the nature of the songs was hinted at back in 2011 during an interview with Stefan Skarbek - a songwriter who admitted he'd worked with Amy on five collaborative tracks that were owned by Universal.

At the time he told Rolling Stone magazine: "We did songs like Monkey Boy, which were just fun tongue-in-cheek songs. My biggest thing with her was she'd come to the studio in London and she'd always come in with some crazy story, boyfriend troubles or things like that."

Meanwhile, it's clear that Amy's legacy lives on, as the singer continues to inspire and influence other artist's music to this day.

Sam Smith revealed to Q magazine: "Without a question the album that changed my life would have to be Amy Winehouse's debut album, 'Frank'. I can still remember hearing it in my dad's car when I was 11 on the way to school. I think he bought it because he read a good review in Q magazine, funnily enough.

"It totally blew me away. It was so honest emotionally. It reminds me that I need to try and be that honest in my own song writing. I never got to meet her, but she'll always be an icon."


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