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Amy Macdonald is a Scottish singer/songwriter. Her debut album, This Is The Life, was released on 30 July 2007 and has now sold over 1 million copies. Her first single, "Poison Prince", was released on 7 May 2007. She has played shows at music festivals such as Glastonbury, Hyde Park, T in the Park, and V festival. Amy is signed to record company Vertigo, the same record label which hosts The Killers and Razorlight. Her main influences include Travis and The Libertines.

Macdonald attended Bishopbriggs High School. She is a self taught musician and started to play her father's guitar after being inspired by Travis at the T in the Park Festival in 2000, where she heard Travis' song Turn and wanted to play it herself.

Macdonald started her trade at various pubs and coffee houses in and around Glasgow at the tender age of 15. She regularly played open mic slots at the city's Brunswick Cellars on Sauchiehall Street. She sent a demo CD to an advert in the back of NME magazine and was signed to production company 'Melodramatic'.

Reviewers often cited Amy Macdonald as a shy spoken 20 year old girl who comes alive with her booming singing voice. Despite her Scottish origins, her singing voice has been described as partly Irish. She has also called herself a slight tomboy.

Macdonald is the first artist to have a single featured on Bebo/iTunes "Free single of the week" program starting 23 June 2007. The free single, Youth of Today, was written when she was 15 years old. The video for her next single, L.A. has been filmed in Malaga, Spain. She has also appeared as a musical performing guest on several popular British and foreign shows such as The Album Chart Show, Loose Women, Friday Night Project, Taratata (France), and This Morning. She won the best newcomer awards at the prestigious silver clef awards.