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==Biography==
===Early life===
Raised in [[Nefyn]] on the [[Llŷn Peninsula]] in [[North Wales]], with her twin sister, Katy, and older sister Kelly, Aimee Anne Duffy's parents divorced when she was 10, and she moved to [[Pembrokeshire]] with her mother and sisters, while her father
Duffy's early interest in singing was apparently inspired by her father John Duffy's videotape of the 1960s television rock show ''[[Ready Steady Go!]]''<ref name="the times">"[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3145557.ece Interview: Duffy the voice: a new star is born]", ''Times Online''. URL last accessed [[2008-02-07]]</ref> - she says she grew up without a record collection of her own.<ref name="Indy1">{{citeweb|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/duffy-little-voice-784702.html|title=Duffy: Little voice|author=Sharp, Rob|publisher=The Independent|date=2008-02-23|accessdate=2008-05-10}}</ref> Duffy started singing at age 6 and at that age carried around a notebook in which she scribbled lyrics. She was booted from her school choir because her voice was "too big; I didn't fit in".<ref>[http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/you/article.html?in_article_id=563477&in_page_id=1908 Ive seen the really dark side of addiction says new music megastar Duffy You Magazine 3 May, 2008]</ref>
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