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Ketevan
"Katie" Melua (born
September 16, 1984) is a
British singer and
musician, born in
Georgia and raised in
Northern Ireland and
England from the age of
nine.
Katie
Melua's first album,
Call Off the Search, was
released in November
2003 and reached the top
of the United Kingdom
album charts. Her second
album, Piece by Piece,
was released in
September 2005 to
commercial
success.
Ketevan
Melua was born in
Kutaisi, Georgia in 1984
and spent most of her
childhood in the town of
Batumi, Ajaria where her
father worked as a heart
specialist. In 1993, the
family moved to Belfast,
Northern Ireland, as her
father had won a
position at the
prestigious Royal
Victoria Hospital, where
she attended St.
Catherine's Primary
School and Dominican
College,
Fortwilliam.
The
family moved again to
Redhill, Surrey, in
1998. At the age of
fifteen, Melua won a
talent competition on
British television
channel ITV by singing
Badfinger's Without You.
In her final years of
schooling, she attended
the Brit School for the
Performing Arts
undertaking a BTEC with
an A-level in music. She
started writing songs in
2001 while studying at
the school. During this
time, she was the
girlfriend of Luke
Pritchard from the band
The Kooks, which is
currently having success
in 2006.
Websites:
Katie
Melua
- The singer's official
website.
News:
Katie
Melua Sets Sea Gig
Record
03 October
2006
Dutch
Name Tulip After Katie
Melua
05 May 2006
Katie
Melua Made British
Citizen
13 August
2005
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