LONDON — Amy Winehouse, the jazz-pop diva best known for refusing to enter drug rehab in her hit song, entered a treatment facility Thursday.
The announcement came just days after the 24-year-old was pictured in the British tabloid The Sun inhaling fumes from a small pipe. Police are investigating.
“Amy decided to enter the facility today after talks with her record label, management, family and doctors,” Universal Music Group said in a statement. The statement also indicated Winehouse still planned to attend and perform at the Grammys, to be held Feb. 10 in Los Angeles.
“She has come to understand that she requires specialist treatment to continue her ongoing recovery from drug addiction,” the statement said.
Winehouse, who is nominated for six Grammy Awards for her acclaimed “Back to Black” album, seems to be as famous for her drug problems as for her music. Since the album’s U.S. release last year, she has canceled a slew of appearances amid reports of drug use.
In the album’s most popular song, “Rehab,” she references her struggles, singing: “They tried to make me go to rehab/ I said no, no, no.”
Universal said it hoped Winehouse would “come back to full health and fulfill her incredible potential with the label.”
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