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Why is Amy winehouse a member of the 27 club?

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I often question this myself because personally, the 27 Club is sort of a Rock n Roll legend/myth so naturally you would expect that type of musicians to be labelled as part of the club. Amy Winehouse however, is one of the most popular singer/artist in this decade who has died at 27. read more

Because of the proximity of these three deaths, the kernel of the idea of a 27 Club was born. Brian Jones (d. 1969) and Robert Johnson (“King of the Delta Blues Singers”) (d. 1938) became retrospective members; Kurt Cobain (d. 1994) and Amy Winehouse (d. 2011) have reinforced the idea in recent times. read more

27 Club Graffiti in Tel Aviv depicting several members of the club The 27 Club is a list of popular musicians, artists, or actors who died at age twenty-seven. It originated with an unsupported claim of a "statistical spike" for the death of musicians at that age, but this has been repeatedly disproved by research. read more

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