Katie Melua

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Katie Melua was born in Georgia (former USSR) in 1984, growing up under the communist regime in the capital, Tbilisi. The family left Georgia when Katie was eight and moved to Belfast where her father got a job as a heart surgeon. Katie didn’t always want to be a singer or songwriter. Her ambition when she was thirteen was to be a politician or a historian “I honestly thought I’d be able to bring peace to the world...if I ruled it!)” The family lived in Belfast for five years before moving to South East London. At sixteen, Katie joined the BRIT School for Performing Arts. Composer/producer Mike Batt paid a visit to the school. Katie signed to Batt’s record label Dramatico, but stayed at the BRIT School to complete her studies where she graduated with distinction in July 2003. Unable to secure a contract with a Major record company, Katie and Mike decided to put her album Call Off The Search (containing the song “The Closest Thing To Crazy”) out on Batt’s own, small record label. After an appearance on The Royal Variety Show, 19 year old Katie shot to the top of the UK album charts and became the biggest selling female artist for the next two years. Her two albums, (the second of which contained the hit “Nine Million Bicycles”) have sold more than 10 million copies to date. She and her family took British nationality in 2005. In December 2007, Katie topped the charts with a duet with her idol, the late Eva Cassidy, entitled “What A Wonderful World”, with proceeds from the single going to support the UK work of the British Red Cross. The past years have been quite extraordinary for Katie (now 24). She has had a Dutch tulip named in her honor, met and played for Nelson Mandela in South Africa visiting his Aids charity, has become a hard working Ambassador for Save The Children, raced at 160mph around Grand Prix, flown a plane, learned to dive and parachute freefall, set a Guinness World Record for deepest underwater concert (19 miles under water on a gas rig in the North Sea), and picked up various prestigious awards within Europe, including a World Music Award, a Golden Camera Award, and two German Echo Awards. Katie’s third studio album, Pictures, confirms Katie’s status as a unique and remarkable vocalist, and reveals the third chapter of what is destined to be a long musical career.

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Please follow this link to see Katie Melua perform 'If You Were A Sailboat' on The Jimmy Kimmel Show.

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Nov 30, 02:23 PM

Thanks Katie, she's truly ecclectic in essence... lovely!
Oct 24, 05:30 PM

i like this !
Oct 21, 01:52 AM

wow this is hot............
Oct 18, 04:32 AM

You are welcome there ;) there will be no problem with accomodation :D I know that You won't come and even read this message but however You have the most amazing voice I've ever heard ;) Good Luck !!! :)
Oct 16, 11:41 AM

She is one of my favorite singers! Really cool!
Oct 16, 11:39 AM

Katie Melua is cool!
Oct 16, 11:39 AM

Katie Melua is cool!
Oct 10, 03:22 AM

wow, great song

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