Rockferry - Duffy

I am reviewing the album Rockferry by Duffy which is an excellent album. The album is soul and alternative music influenced and Duffy was the first Welsh lady to top the British singles chart since Bonnie Tyler with Total Eclipse Of The Heart in 1983. She was born in Bangor in North Wales in 1984 and her parents separated when she was 10. Apparently her stepfather's life was in danger and they had to live in a safe house for a while and she ran away to be with her father. Several members of her family wouldn't speak to her for years afterwards. Her father's partner had taken out a contract on her stepfather and as a result had to serve a prison sentence. She doesn't play any particular musical instrument. The best track is probably Mercy  but she also had a huge hit with Warwick Avenue. The latter was based on an experience in London when she struggled to make sense of the London Underground system. She won 3 Brit Awards & 1 Grammy for the work on this album. Adele cited her as a major influence in her acceptance speech at the 2009 Brit Awards. She did have an acting role in the 2010 film Patagonia and is currently taking a extended break from her work. The film is about someone journeying from Patagonia in Argentina to Wales. There is a huge Welsh community in Patagonia with many people still speaking Welsh there. This is one of my favorite albums and she did do a follow up album which wasn't as successful but still pretty good. She has a university degree in commercial art.