Duffy, the blonde, petite Welsh singer with the vintage-soul voice, is back with her second album, Endlessly. When she first exploded on the scene in 2008 with her multi-platinum, Grammy-winning debut, Rockferry, the U.K. press compared her to another blonde—the late, great Dusty Springfield. But Duffy's influences are Marvin Gaye, Phil Spector, and Arcade Fire, and she actually sounds more like the Motown-era Diana Ross, cabaret chanteuse Genevieve Waite, and jazz great Billie Holiday—all of whom she claims she never listened to while growing up. For Endlessly, which she calls her “second chapter,” Duffy (born Aimée Ann Duffy) co-wrote and co-produced with Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Albert Hammond and collaborated on one track with the Roots. This second chapter includes torch songs that showcase the distinctive voice that brought her worldwide acclaim. “The attention is—and was—at times extreme,” she says, “but this is the life I chose. I dance my way through it—I'm having fun.”