LONDON — Amy Winehouse has made it to the top of the UK’s album chart more than four months after her death.
Her posthumous collection “Lioness: Hidden Treasures,” featuring original tracks and covers, bumped singer Olly Murs from the No. 1 slot following its release last Monday.
Producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi compiled the 12 songs after listening to hours of vocals by the singer.
Much of the new material came from sessions for the albums that made Winehouse’s name, “Frank” and “Back to Black.”
“Lioness” sold more than 194,000 copies in just a week — the singer’s biggest tally of her career, according to the Official Charts Company.
Some of the proceeds from the album will go to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, which her family has set up in her name and is aimed at supporting young people.
The singer, whose battle with substance abuse was well-publicized, died at age 27 on July 23. An inquest later found she had been more than five times the UK’s legal drunk driving limit when she died.