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Also known as Ketevan Melua

English-Georgian singer and songwriter

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Katie Melua is a singer-songwriter, composer, and jazz musician born in Kutaisi, Georgia, in 1984. She holds citizenship in the Soviet Union, Georgia, and the United Kingdom, and resides in London and Belfast. Melua is educated at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology. Her musical career began in 2003, and she is influenced by Queen.

Melua performs in the genres of pop music, blues, jazz, and traditional folk music. She sings in English and Georgian and plays the guitar. Her voice type is mezzo-soprano. She has received the Order of Honour. Her name in her native language is ქეთევან მელუა.

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Kutaisi, Georgia

Katie Melua is a British-Georgian singer and songwriter. She her musical debut in 2003.

Known for

  • Katie Melua: From the Rivoli Ballroom2020
  • Peter Maffay - MTV Unplugged — Herself - Song2017
  • Katie Melua - Avo Session Basel — Herself2012
  • Katie Melua - With the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra — Herself2011
  • Moraeus Med Mera — Self - Guest2011
  • Berlin Live — Self - Performer2011
  • A Concert by the Lake — Self2010
  • The Michael Ball Show — Self2010
  • SRF bi de Lüt Live — Self2009
  • Live from Studio Five — Self2009

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1984
00s10sblueseasy listeningfemale vocalistsfemale vocals

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,105,088
Total plays
30,046,704

Tags

jazzfemale vocalistsbluessinger-songwriterpop

Ketevan “Katie” Melua (Georgian: ქეთევან “ქეთი” მელუა, surname pronounced IPA: /ˈmeluˌɑː/; born 16 September 1984) is a British-Georgian singer, musician, and composer. She was born in the Georgian S.S.R., 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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Katie+Melua">Read more on

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Kutaisi
Languages spoken
Georgian
Field of work
music composing
Instrument
voice
Official website
katiemelua.com
Image
Katie Melua-1050903.jpg
Residence
Belfast
Voice type
mezzo-soprano
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Katie Melua
date of birth
1984-09-16
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influenced by
Queen
start of work period
2003-00-00
name in native language
ქეთევან მელუა
social media followers
325000
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Ketevan "Katie" Melua (/ˈmɛluːə/; Georgian: ქეთევან "ქეთი" მელუა, IPA: [kʰetʰevan melua]; born 16 September 1984) is a British singer. She was born in Kutaisi, Georgia and raised in Belfast and London. Under the management of composer Mike Batt, she was signed to the small Dramatico record label. She made her musical debut in 2003 and within three years, she was the United Kingdom's best-selling female artist as well as Europe's highest-selling female artist.

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. Her second album, Piece by Piece, was released in September 2005, and to date has gone platinum (one million units sold) four times. She released her third studio album Pictures in October 2007.

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