Katie Melua

Katie Melua
Melua in 2017
Melua in 2017
Background information
Birth nameKetevan Melua
Born (1984-09-16) 16 September 1984 (age 40)
Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
OriginLondon, England
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano[1]
Years active2000–present
Labels
Spouse
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(m. 2012; div. 2020)​
[2]
Websitekatiemelua.com

Ketevan "Katie" Melua (/ˈmɛluːə/;[3] Georgian: ქეთევან "ქეთი" მელუა, IPA: [kʰetʰevan melua];[4] born 16 September 1984) is a British singer and songwriter. She was born in Kutaisi, Georgia and raised in Belfast and London.[5] Under the management of composer Mike Batt, she was signed to the small Dramatico record label.[6] She made her musical debut in 2003 and within three years, she was the United Kingdom's best-selling female artist[7] as well as Europe's highest selling European female artist.[8]

In November 2003, Melua released her first album, Call Off the Search, which reached the top of the United Kingdom album charts and sold 1.8 million copies in its first five months of release.[9] Her second album, Piece by Piece, was released in September 2005, and to date has gone platinum (one million units sold) four times.[10] She released her third studio album Pictures in October 2007.[11]

According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2008, Melua had amassed a fortune of £18 million, making her the seventh-richest British musician under the age of 30.[12]

She possesses a mezzo-soprano vocal range.[13]

  1. ^ McCormick, Neil (29 May 2004). "Easy does it". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  2. ^ Duff, Seamus (13 September 2020). "Katie Melua fears fans think new album is 'divorce record' after marriage split". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  3. ^ Katie Melua Interview at ARD Morgenmagazin Part I. Retrieved 27 November 2022 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ Howard Isaac Aronson, Georgian. A Reading Grammar, Columbus 1982, p. 18: "Stress in Georgian is extremely weak and has no effect on vowel quality. The stress is so weak that linguists have not been able to agree on exactly where it falls. In words of four and fewer syllables, the stress falls on either the initial syllable or the antepenultimate syllable (third from the end)."
  5. ^ Dramatico (2003). "biography". The Official Katie Melua website. Archived from the original on 10 January 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  6. ^ Leve, Ariel (5 November 2006). "The hitman and her". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Interview: Katie Melua". MyVillage (Interview). Interviewed by Carter, Mandy. 1 August 2006. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010.
  8. ^ "IFPI confirm Katie Melua as Europe's highest selling European female artist in 2006". Press release. 12 November 2006. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  9. ^ Loftus, Johnny (2004). "review of Call off the Search". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  10. ^ Monger, James Christopher (2005). "review of Piece by Piece". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  11. ^ McCormick, Neil (15 September 2007). "Katie Melua: I want to start afresh". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  12. ^ "Katie Melua worth a staggering £18m". The Belfast Telegraph. 26 April 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2008.
  13. ^ "Artist vocal range | Singing carrots".