Editing Amy Studt (section)

==History==
Studt was born in [[London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findmypast.com/BirthsMarriagesDeaths.jsp|title=Births England and Wales 1984-2006|website=Findmypast.com|access-date=22 June 2009|archive-date=4 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104084417/http://www.findmypast.com/BirthsMarriagesDeaths.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Growing up in [[Bournemouth]], [[Dorset]], she started having lessons on the piano, guitar and learning the [[oboe]]. Studt's father is a violinist and a conductor who has worked with artists including [[Roy Robinson]], [[Shirley Bassey]] and [[The Beatles]] (either touring or recording) and has featured in several films, while her mother is a pianist.

In the 1800s, the Studt family brought to the United Kingdom (from [[Kingdom of Denmark|Denmark]]) one of the first steam-run travelling funfairs, The Studt Funfair, which included music, rides, a [[freak show]], and a circus with lion tamers; they were, and still are, a highly regarded showmen family. They were of [[Germans|German]] and [[Danes|Danish]] extraction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/nfca/researchandarticles/neathfair|title=Neath Fair - Research and Articles - National Fairground and Circus Archive - The University of Sheffield|website=Sheffield.ac.uk|date=30 April 2015 }}</ref> Amy's father Richard started playing violin at the age of four, and later rejected the family's funfair business to choose a life of music, meeting Amy's mother Delia at Southampton University and going on to lead the [[London Symphony Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classical-artists.com/rstudt/default.htm|title=Classical Artists Worldwide - Richard Studt (Violinist and conductor)|website=Classical-artists.com}}</ref>

Amy struggled with depression, self-harm and being bullied during her teenage years, struggling at school; she attended five different schools before dropping out entirely, at the age of 15, to pursue her music.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2244365.No_longer_a_little_girl/|title=No longer a little girl|newspaper=[[Bournemouth Echo]]}}</ref> Her depression led to being diagnosed with [[chronic fatigue syndrome]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wattpad.com/amp/175711693|title=Famous Self-Harmers: Amy Studt|accessdate=17 October 2021}}</ref> At the age of 13, Amy attended [[Bryanston School]], [[Dorset]] on a 50% music scholarship<ref>{{cite book|title=People Educated at Bryanston School: Adrian Heath (Painter), Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Alec Bangham, Amy Studt, Andrew L - Livros na Amazon Brasil- 9781156097922 |id={{ASIN|1156097924|country=br}} }}</ref> by which time Studt had written 42 songs. Her father suggested she record some in a local studio and, she laid them all down live to tape. She gave or sold the finished CD to various friends, with one reaching [[Simon Fuller]] (manager of [[Annie Lennox]], the [[Spice Girls]] and [[Amy Winehouse]] among others)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Beauties-below-20/articleshow/1229361.cms|title=Beauties below 20! |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> who signed her that same year to both his own 19 Management and to [[Sony BMG]] Publishing.

===2002–2004: ''False Smiles''===
In 2001, Studt was signed to [[Polydor Records]] and [[Universal Records]] at the age of 15, and delivered her debut album that same year. In July 2002, Studt released her first single, "[[Just a Little Girl]]", which entered the UK charts at No. 14.

In June 2003, Studt released her second single "[[Misfit (Amy Studt song)|Misfit]]", which made it to a chart position of No. 6 in the UK. Alongside the success of "Misfit" was the release of Studt's debut album ''[[False Smiles]]'', which entered the chart at No. 24 and later climbed to its peak position of No. 18, going Gold in the UK and selling over 260,000 copies.

September 2003 saw the release of the third cut from the album, "[[Under the Thumb]]". This became her second Top 10 and third Top 20 single, entering at No. 10, which also helped push the album to a peak of No. 18. ''False Smiles'' was re-released at the beginning of 2004, adding one new track: a cover of the [[Sheryl Crow]] classic, "[[All I Wanna Do (Sheryl Crow song)#Cover versions|All I Wanna Do]]" on request of Crow herself who sang the backing vocals. The single peaked at No. 21 and subsequently, Studt was dropped from her record label [[Polydor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/studt%20dropped%20by%20her%20label |title=Studt Dropped By Her Label |website=Contactmusic.com |date=2004-03-04 |accessdate=2020-04-08}}</ref>

===2007–2009: ''My Paper Made Men''===
In early 2006, after some time away from the public eye, Studt signed to the indie label [[19 Entertainment]]. She also toured with [[Razorlight]] under the alias 'Jane Wails', saying: ' I was quite frightened of getting on stage and people having preconceived ideas of what I was about. I didn't want them saying, " Ooh, isn't she that girl from before, blah blah blah?'".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/interviews/a94253/amy-studt/|title=Amy Studt|date=22 April 2008|website=Digitalspy.com}}</ref>

"[[Furniture (song)|Furniture]]", a single taken from the album ''[[My Paper Made Men]], ''was released on 3 December 2007. Studt worked on the title song with [[Imogen Heap]] collaborator [[Guy Sigsworth]], and her new songs received rave reviews. The ''LA Times'' wrote: 'Positively incandescent torch-singing Londoner with a hair-raising emotional range that varies from cut-glass fragility to cat-o'-nine-tails avenger'<ref name="pressreader.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/los-angeles-times/20071230/283115654624347|title=Brits accent quirky, diverse new voices |date=30 December 2007 |via=PressReader}}</ref> suggesting that listeners should "ignore any dim memories of her mid-teens pop phase [from] a while ago."''<ref name="pressreader.com"/>''

"[[Chasing the Light]]" was the next single, released on 28 April 2008. The album ''[[My Paper Made Men]]'' was released as a digital download on 5 May that year, and physically on 2 March 2009, along with the third single, "[[Nice Boys (Amy Studt song)|Nice Boys]]". It was then made public in April that Studt was dropped by her record label, and she chose to then leave her management shortly after.

===2009–present: third studio album===
In 2017, Studt took part in a panel at AIM'S Indie-Con, discussing mental health within the music industry; she spoke openly about how in 2009, after moving back from [[New York City]], she suffered a nervous breakdown at 22 years old and was diagnosed with rapid-cycling [[bipolar disorder]]. During a hospitalization that followed, she found that they had a piano, so she continued to write whilst inside.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musically.com/2017/02/01/how-can-we-prioritise-mental-health-in-the-music-industry/|title=How can we prioritise mental health in the music industry?|website=Musically.com|date=February 2017 }}</ref>

In 2015, Studt announced that she had been working on a new album with Toby Kid from indie pop band [[Hatcham Social]], and in 2017 she released a teaser single of two songs with Ditto Music as the first two released tunes from her soon to come third album: "I Was Jesus in Your Veins" and "Different Colour Pills". The eventual album, titled ''Happiest Girl in the Universe'', was ultimately released in October 2019.