Amy MacDonald

Amy Macdonald (born 25 August 1987 in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire) is a Scottish singer and songwriter.

Her debut album, This Is The Life, was released on 30 July 2007 and has sold 2.4 million copies. Her first single, "Poison Prince", was released on 7 May 2007. She played shows at music festivals such as Glastonbury, Hyde Park, T in the Park, and V festival. Amy is signed to record company Vertigo. Amy's vocal range is contralto.

Macdonald started playing on stage acoustic gigs at 15. Her influences include Travis, Pete Doherty, and The Libertines. After several shows in mainland Europe, Macdonald played at festivals such as V Fest during the summer of 2008.

In 2008, Macdonald was engaged to Falkirk striker Steve Lovell.

Reviewers have described Macdonald as softly spoken but with a booming singing voice. Despite her Scottish origins, her singing voice is described as partly Irish and similar to Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries. She has called herself a slight tomboy. On her MySpace blog, she mentions cars, such as Audis, and video games as her interests. Macdonald expressed how fast her life is moving when she mentions her admiration when meeting other singers from the UK such as Travis's Fran Healy and Elton John.

Macdonald got press coverage when she questioned whether the 2007 winner of The X Factor, Leon Jackson, was suffering from tonsillitis, referring to it as "lazyitis". This was because Amy had tonsillitis at the same time but still performed at Glasgow and at the BBC's Hogmanay Live show the same night.

Macdonald is the first artist to have a single featured on Bebo/iTunes' "Free Single of the Week" program. The free single, Youth of Today, was written when she was 15.

She appeared as a musical performing guest on British and foreign shows such as The Album Chart Show, Loose Women, Friday Night Project, Taratata (France), and This Morning. She has also won the best newcomer award at the Silver Clef awards.