Editing Amy Studt (section)

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Amy Studt
| image           = Amy Studt 2017.jpg
| caption         = Studt in 2017
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| alias           =
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1986|3|22|df=y}}
| birth_place     = [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
| origin          = [[Bournemouth]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
| instrument      = Vocals, piano
| genre           = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[alternative rock|alternative]]
| years_active    = 2002–present
| occupation      = Singer, songwriter
| label           = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]], [[19 Entertainment]]
| associated_acts = [[Hatcham Social]], [[Guy Sigsworth]]
| website         = {{URL|www.amystudt.com}}
}}

'''Amy Jane Studt''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|t|ʌ|t}}, born 22 March 1986) is a British singer, songwriter and musician from [[London]]. Growing up in a musical family, with her father a violinist and conductor who had toured with [[Roy Orbison]], and her mother a pianist, Studt began writing music at the age of six, teaching herself piano, guitar, and oboe. At 12 years old she contracted the rare bone disease [[osteomyelitis]] in her hip, leaving her bedridden. Studt used this time for her hobbies, and two years later, with the advice of her father, she recorded her first two demo albums which would go on to get her signed to [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]. Studt released her first single "[[Just a Little Girl]]" in July 2002. The single peaked at number 14 on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. It was followed almost a year later by "[[Misfit (Amy Studt song)|Misfit]]", which came to be her highest-charting single, peaking at number six on the UK Singles Chart. That same month, her debut album ''[[False Smiles]]'' was released, selling over 260,000 copies and being certified Gold. Two more singles were released, "[[Under the Thumb]]" in late 2003 and "[[All I Wanna Do (Sheryl Crow song)#Cover versions|All I Wanna Do]]" (a cover of the tune by [[Sheryl Crow]]) in early 2004, but only to diminishing sales that prompted [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] to drop Studt in February 2004, all before her 18th birthday.

From then on until the end of 2006, Studt stayed out of the public eye. But in 2007 it was announced that she was working on a new album, now with the Indie label [[19 Entertainment]]. She released her first single "[[Furniture (song)|Furniture]]", followed by "[[Chasing the Light]]"; and the album, ''[[My Paper Made Men]]'', was issued on 5 May 2008.

In early 2009, Studt moved to [[New York City]]; on her return, she began building a recording studio and continued writing and recording. She went quiet from 2009 to 2017, after suffering a nervous breakdown at 22 years old and being diagnosed with rapid-cycling bipolar disorder and a non-associative anxiety disorder, along with other physical illnesses during her 20s. After three hospitalizations and recovery from addiction, Studt wrote about her experiences with suffering, illness and heartbreak, ‘...but ultimately survival and hope’ which she explains she put into her songwriting for her third album.

In 2017, Studt announced she had been working with Toby Kid from [[Hatcham Social]] and released two teaser songs from her soon to come third album, "I Was Jesus in Your Veins" and "Different Colour Pills". The album itself, titled ''Happiest Girl in the Universe'', was released in October 2019.