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''Like smoke, I stick around,'' Winehouse purrs on "Lioness: Hidden Treasures." It's a strange thing to hear the late songstress promise: Sticking around was never really her thing. For her, anything not meant to last -- the golden years of Motown, doomed romance -- was always worth loving more fiercely.

Amy Winehouse's record label said today that "Lioness: Hidden Treasures" will contain 12 songs - previously unreleased tracks, alternative versions of existing classics and brand-new songs.

Amy Winehouse's father has a book deal. HarperCollins announced Monday that Mitch Winehouse has agreed to terms with the publisher in the U.S. and Britain for the release of "Amy, My Daughter." HarperCollins says the book will come out in summer 2012.

Amy Winehouse never appeared on the MTV Video Music Awards during her short but celebrated career. Still, Sunday's show will take a break from its planned circus atmosphere to pay tribute to the British singer, who died a month ago after years of substance abuse.

Amy Winehouse is still hitting music milestones after her untimely death last month. Britain's Official Charts Company says Winehouse's Grammy-award winning "Back to Black" has become the best-selling album in the U.K. in the 21st century.

Toxicology tests have found that "no illegal substances" were in singer Amy Winehouse's system at the time of her death last month, her family said Tuesday.

People close to Amy Winehouse say she left a trove of unreleased music, but no decision has been made about whether it will be released....

Friends and family were saying goodbye to Amy Winehouse Tuesday at a private funeral ceremony in London.

Sources say the singer may have been dead for as many as six hours before being found by a security guard, alone in her bed with no signs of drugs nearby.

Singer Amy Winehouse, 27, has been found dead at her home, the Press Association reports. A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed that a 27-year-old woman had died in Camden and that the cause of death was as yet unexplained.