AMY WINEHOUSE

AGE: 24
OCCUPATION: Singer-songwriter
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: The only artist thus far to get audiences excited about a song about rehab, this beehive do'd Brit (and gossip magnet) wowed U.S. and U.K. audiences with her retro stylings and velvety jazz and R&B vocals on her award-winning debut album.

CON: Between the drug abuse, alcohol addiction, and co-dependent devotion to her "Blake, incarcerated," the songstress too often sees her name preceded by the adjective "troubled." Is she another one of those brightest/briefest lights?