Amy Macdonald

**Amy Macdonald** is a Scottish singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 2007 hit single "" from her debut studio album of the same name. Macdonald to date has sold over 12 million records worldwide.

## Early life

Macdonald was born on 25 August 1987 in Bishopbriggs, Scotland, located near Glasgow, she attended the Bishopbriggs High School. She was inspired by Travis playing at T in the Park in 2000 and after hearing "Turn" she wanted to play it herself. She bought a Travis cord book and taught herself by playing her father’s guitar. At the age of 15 she started to play at pubs and coffee houses around Glasgow.

### 2007–2008: _This Is the Life_

In July 2007, Macdonald released her debut studio album **', the album peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart and has sold over 900,000 copies in the UK, the album includes the singles "", "", "", "" and "". Her single "This Is the Life", is considered as her most successful single, reaching number one in six countries and reaching the top 10 in 11 other countries.

### 2010–2011: _A Curious Thing_

Macdonald released her second studio album **' in March 2010, the album peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart, selling more than 267,000 copies in the UK. The album includes the singles "", "", "", "" and "".

### 2012: _Life in a Beautiful Light_

In June 2012, she released her third studio album, **', the album peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart, selling over 174,000 copies in the UK. The album includes the singles "", "" and "".

### 2017–2018: _Under Stars_

In February 2017, she released her fourth studio album, **', the album peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart. The album includes the singles "", "Automatic" and "Down by the Water". In December 2017, she released a Christmas single, "" with all proceeds going to Alzheimer's Research. She released her first greatest hits album, **' in November 2018, the album includes all of her successful songs, plus a previously unreleased songs, "Woman of the World" & "This Time's Everything". The album peaked at number 46 on the UK Albums Chart.

### 2020–2021: _The Human Demands_

In October 2020, she released her fifth studio album, **', the album peaked at number ten on the UK Albums Chart. The album includes the singles "", "Crazy Shade of Blue", "" and "".

### 2025–2026: _Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For?_

On 23 April 2025, Macdonald announced her sixth studio album, **'. She also released the title track as the lead single and announced a UK and Europe tour which will run from November 2025 to February 2026. In an interview she said that the lead single from the album, "", was inspired by live music after watching videos of U2 performing at The Sphere in Las Vegas, she also said that another song from the album, "Can You Hear Me", was inspired by the crowd at the TRNSMT Music Festival. The album also includes the singles "Forward" and "Can You Hear Me?". The album was released on 11 July 2025 and peaked at number eight on the UK Albums Chart.

## Discography

- **' (2007)
- **' (2010)
- **' (2012)
- **' (2017)
- **' (2020)
- __ (2025)

## Awards and nominations

|Year|Award|Category|Result|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2007|Silver Clef Award|Best Newcomer||||
|2008|Daily Record|Scottish Person of the Year||||
|rowspan="7"|2009|rowspan="2"|Swiss Music Awards|Best International Album – 'This Is The Life'||
|Best International Song – 'This Is The Life'||||||
|rowspan="3"|Echo Awards|Best Newcomer International||||
|Best International Female||||||
|Single of the Year for "This Is the Life"||||||
|rowspan="2"|NRJ Music Awards|International Album of the Year for _This Is the Life_||||
|International Revolution of the Year||||||
|2010|Tartan Clef Award|Best Album – 'A Curious Thing'||||
|rowspan="2"|2011|Swiss music awards|Best International Album Rock/Pop – 'A Curious Thing'|||
|Echo Awards|Best International Rock/Pop Female|||||
|rowspan="2"|2013|Scottish Fashion Awards|Scottish Fashion Icon|||
|Echo Awards|Best International Rock/Pop Female|||||
|2014|Scottish Fashion Awards|Scottish Fashion Icon||||
|2015|Scottish Music Awards|King Tut's Songwriting Award||||
|2018|Forth Radio Awards|The Forth International Music Icon Award||||
|2020|Scottish Music Awards|Women In Music Award||||

## Other websites

- Amy Macdonald Official site

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Amy Macdonald
- **img**: Amy Macdonald 2010 1.JPG
- **caption**: Amy Macdonald at Rix FM Festival in Stockholm
- **background**: solo_singer
- **birth name**: Amy Elizabeth Macdonald
- **origin**: Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland
- **occupation**: Singer, songwriter, musician
- **instrument**: Vocals, guitar, keyboard
- **genre**: Rock music, Rock, Soft rock, Folk rock,
- **years active**: 2007–present
- **label**: Vertigo Records, Vertigo, Mercury Records, Mercury, Melodramatic Records
- **website**: [http://www.amymacdonald.co.uk/ www.amymacdonald.co.uk]