Ketevan "Katie" Melua (Georgian: ქეთევან "ქეთი" მელუა) born 16 sep. 1984 (28 years ago), is a Georgian/British singer, songwriter and musician. She was born in Georgia, but moved to Northern Ireland at the age of eight and then relocated to England at the age of 14. Melua is signed to the small Dramatico record label, under the management of songwriter Mike Batt, and made her musical debut in 2003 (9 years ago). In 2006 (6 years ago), she was the United Kingdom's biggest-selling female artist and Europe's highest selling European female artist.
In Nov. 2003 (9 years ago), at the age of 19, 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. Her second album, Piece by Piece, was released in sep. 2005 (7 years ago) and to date has gone platinum four times. Melua released her third studio album pictures (wallpaper) in Oct. 2007 (5 years ago), which has been announced to be the last of her albums in collaboration with Mike Batt. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2008 (4 years ago), Melua has a fortune of £18 million, making her the seventh richest British musician under thirty. It was reported in 2009 (3 years ago) that she had lost almost half of her fortune as a result of the global economic downturn.
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