British singer Duffy poses for photographs in West London. Following the release of the singles “Rockferry” (2007) and “Mercy” (2008), the latter reaching singles charts worldwide, Duffy released her debut album ‘Rockferry’ in 2008. Her debut album sold over 7 million copies worldwide, spawning further successful singles. The album was also awarded the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. In 2010, Duffy released her second album Endlessly. Following its relative critical and commercial failure, in February 2011, Duffy announced she would take an extended hiatus from music before beginning work on her third album. Sadly, she has yet to release a third album and on Feb. 25, 2020, she revealed that the reason why she left the spotlight and paused her music career was because she was raped and ‘held captive’ for days. “You can only imagine the amount of times I thought about writing this. The way I would write it, how I would feel thereafter. Well, not entirely sure why now is the right time, and what it is that feels exciting and liberating for me to talk. I cannot explain it. Many of you wonder what happened to me, where did I disappear to and why,” she began in a post on Instagram.
