Who is duffy the singer

Welsh singer Duffy has shared a moving post on social media, after years away from the limelight. The year-old revealed on Instagram that she was drugged and raped after being held captive by an attacker and that "the recovery took time".

In her post she highlights her step back from the limelight, saying: "Many of you wonder what happened to me, where did I disappear to and why". We take a look at Duffy's career timeline - her early rise to fame followed by a decade-long hiatus from the music industry. After her parents divorce in , Duffy moves to Pembrokeshire. Her step-mother is subsequently jailed for three-and-a-half years. She later describes it as "terrifying". Wenjing Lin: Man guilty of murdering schoolgirl at family's Chinese takeaway in Wales.

Duffy records a three-song EP under the name Aimee Duffy, while also working as a waitress and in a fishmongers. The EP reaches number one in the Welsh charts. She names it after Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, where her grandma lived and her father was born. 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. The BBC attempted to contact Duffy to confirm the details of her post.

Image source, Getty Images. Duffy's debut album Rockferry went seven times platinum. Image source, Instagram. Duffy wrote about her ordeal to her 33, Instagram followers. Duffy went to number one in 12 countries with her single Mercy.

The recovery took time. But I can tell you in the last decade, the thousands and thousands of days I committed to wanting to feel the sunshine in my heart again, the sun does now shine. This article includes content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies.

To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'. If you have any questions I would like to answer them, in the spoken interview, if I can. I did not want to show the world the sadness in my eyes. I believe that not singing is killing me," she wrote. I've come to realise I can't erase myself, I live in my being, so I have to be completely honest and have faith in the outcome. She concludes: "I can now leave this decade behind.

Where the past belongs. Hopefully no more 'what happened to Duffy questions', now you know … and I am free. Katie Russell, the national spokeswoman for Rape Crisis in England and Wales, told the BBC: "Any experience of sexual violence or abuse can be traumatic and have wide-ranging, long-term impacts on the lives, health and wellbeing of those subjected to it.

Every survivor is unique and copes and recovers in their own way, and simply to survive an experience like this takes great courage and resilience. Like her, we want those people to know they are not alone. We are still here, to listen and provide support, and our thoughts and best wishes are with Duffy and all survivors, today and every day.

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