Amy Winehouse wins BRIT Award after Back to Black biopic skyrockets her music ... trends now

Amy Winehouse's parents, Mitch and Janis, have accepted a BRIT Billion Award on her behalf after the Back to Black biopic skyrocketed her music to one billion UK streams.

The late Rehab hitmaker's parents accepted the award following renewed interest in the music legend upon releasing the movie Back to Black.

Amy tragically passed away from accidental alcohol poisoning aged 27 in 2011.

Mitch and Janis received the Camden soul singer's trophy earlier this week after her most-loved tracks spiked in plays in recent weeks.

In a joint statement, her parents said: 'We of course wish that Amy was here today accepting this award in person, but it's amazing that she is still winning awards for her incredible talent and achievements.

'It's wonderful that her music is being discovered by new audiences of young people who love it just as much as her contemporaries. We are so proud of Amy. Thank you.'

The one-of-a-kind singer released two seminal studio albums: 2003's Frank and 2006's Back to Black.

The title track from her second album Back to Black is her most-streamed song in the UK, with over 150 million streams.

The song peaked at Number 8 in the Official Singles Chart and is followed closely by Valerie, Amy, and Mark Ronson's cover of The Zutons' single, which has over 135 million streams in the UK.

Tears Dry on Their Own, Rehab, You Know I'm No Good, and Love Is a Losing Game from the much-lauded album of the same name have over 50 million streams each.

Despite its boost to the late singer's streaming figures, Sam Taylor-Johnson's film was not entirely a hit.

The biopic has been slated by film critics as a 'poor piece of filmmaking' and a 'Saturday-night impersonation' of the star.

The film tells the life story of the late singer, portrayed by Marisa Abela.

The flick premiered in London on Monday, and the first reviews praised both the film'sdirector and cast.

Awarding the film just one star, the Evening Standard described Back To Black as a 'poor, poor piece of filmmaking' by reviewer Hamish Macbain.

He wrote: 'This is a film that does not paint a nice or fair picture of her as a human, nor get across how special an artist she was. The final scene, in particular, with its completely and utterly baseless, sensationalist implications, made me physically gasp in horror.'

The Daily Mail's Peter Hoskin also gave the movie one star and criticised filmmakers for rushing through key details of Amy's life. 

He wrote: 'All of the usual sins of biopics are committed here – only more so. We rush so quickly from Winehouse's becardiganed early years to her mid-noughties pomp to her alcohol-induced demise that we barely get to know her and those around her.

'Instead: a rapid tick-box exercise. Her dad Mitch (Eddie Marsan) driving a black cab? Check. Drinks in the Dublin Castle in Camden? Check. 

'An origin story for the beehive? Ugh. Check. Even the death of Winehouse's beloved grandmother, Cynthia – played with grace and wit by Lesley Manville, in by far the film's best performance – is merely a shot or two in yet another lazy montage.'