Katie Melua
Ketevan “Katie” Melua (Georgian: ქეთევან “ქეთი” მელუა, surname pronounced I… Read Full Bio ↴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. In 2006, she was the United Kingdom’s biggest-selling female artist and Europe’s highest selling European female artist.
In November 2003, 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 September 2005 and to date has gone platinum four times. Melua released her third studio album Pictures in October 2007, which has been announced to be the last of her albums in collaboration with Mike Batt. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2008, Melua has a fortune of £18 million, making her the seventh richest British musician under thirty.
In the summer of 2003, aged just 18 and still studying at the Brit School of Performing Arts in leafy Surrey, no-one, least of all Katie, would have predicted what the next few years would hold for the teenager. Four years later, Katie has sold more than 7.5 million albums becoming, in 2006, the year’s best selling British female in the world along the way.
Georgian born Katie relocated from Tbilisi to Belfast at the age of 8 due to her father’s profession as a heart surgeon and 5 years later moved to South East London. After her GCSEs Katie joined the Brit School for Performing Arts where she undertook a BTEC and Music A-level and discovered different styles of music including Queen, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Irish folk music and Indian music. On hearing an Eva Cassidy song Katie was blown away and when she discovered that Eva was no longer alive wrote the song ‘Faraway Voice’ as a tribute to her. It was this song that attracted the attention of the composer and producer Mike Batt. Katie signed to Batt’s record label Dramatico but stayed at the Brit School to complete her studies – she graduated with distinction in July 2003.
During the summer of 2003 her debut single, ‘The Closest Thing To Crazy’, attracted the attention of British station BBC Radio 2 and upon its release entered the charts at number 10. Released in November, Katie’s debut album ‘Call Off The Search’ hit the UK number 1 spot in January 2004 and has subsequently scored top 10 positions throughout Europe. The album has since been certified gold in Holland, Hong Kong and Switzerland, platinum in Denmark, New Zealand and Australia, 2 x platinum in Germany, Ireland, Norway and South Africa and received the IFPI Double Platinum Award for 2 million European Sales. In March 2005 ‘Call Off The Search’ hit the number 1 spot in Denmark, a year after its initial release and became a top five album in Japan. Katie was awarded Best International Newcomer at Germany’s ECHO Awards in April 2005. In Britain, Katie was the highest selling female artist in 2004 – ‘Call Off The Search’ has now sold 1.8 million copies and is 6 x platinum (in Britain alone) and worldwide sales exceed 3.5 million.
Katie joined the line up for the Band Aid 20 single to record a new version of ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’. As an ambassador for Save The Children this was particularly poignant for Katie. In March 2005 Katie was invited by Nelson Mandela to perform at his 46664 concert in aid of Mandela’s AIDS foundation. In addition to performing a full live set, Katie joined Queen on stage to perform a moving version of ‘Too Much Love Will Kill You’. Katie flew from South Africa to Sri Lanka where she experienced the work that is being done by Save The Children, particularly with child soldiers.
In August 2005 Katie and her family swore allegiance to The Queen and became British Citizens following a ceremony in Surrey, England. Katie was asked to perform at the Royal Wedding of Prince Pieter-Christiaan in Holland and at the Norwegian Royal Gala Concert in the presence of the Crown Prince Of Norway. Continuing the royal theme, the American TV show ‘Good Morning America’ broadcast live from Buckingham Palace and Katie was invited by the show to perform ‘Nine Million Bicycles’ and ‘The Closest Thing To Crazy’. Katie performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Norway.
In between her overseas travel Katie recorded her new album, ‘Piece By Piece’, which was released in Europe on September 26th 2005. The album comprises more self-penned songs including the title track as well as a cover of the 1987 Cure hit ‘Just Like Heaven’ that Katie recorded for a new DreamWorks film starring Reese Witherspoon. The first single, ‘Nine Million Bicycles’, preceded the album release and gave Katie her highest UK single chart entry at number 5. One week later and Katie entered the UK album charts at number 1 and Europe swiftly followed with the album reaching #1 in Norway, Denmark and Holland, #2 in Ireland, #2 in Iceland, #3 in South Africa, #4 in Poland and #2 in Germany giving an overall chart position of #2 on the Billboard European Top 100 Chart.
Katie was nominated for two Brit Awards in the “Best Female” and “Pop” categories, for the “Best International Female” at the Edison Awards in Holland and was awarded “Best International Female (Rock & Pop)” at the Echo Awards in Germany. Once again Katie was pronounced the highest selling female artist in Britain in 2005 selling more than 1 million albums.
It is fair to say that 2006 was yet another extraordinary year for 22 year old Katie. In addition to the awards nominations, Katie had a Dutch tulip named in her honour, toured America coast to coast, raced at 160mph round Grand Prix circuit Silverstone, flew a plane, launched Save The Children’s ‘Rewrite The Future’ campaign, made the headlines with a Guinness World Record for the deepest concert when she performed 303 meters beneath the North Sea in the leg of a gas rig and was awarded the World Music Award for Britain’s Biggest Selling Female. Whilst in 2004 and 2005, Katie was the greatest selling female artist in Britain, in 2006 Katie was the highest selling European female artist in the world selling more than 3 million copies of her second album ‘Piece By Piece’.
Awarded the Golden Camera Award for International Pop Artist at the start of 2007, Katie was presented with the Echo Award for International Female Artist in March 2007.
October 2007 saw the release of Katie’s third album ‘Pictures’ – a record which has delighted her legions of fans, confirmed Katie’s status as a unique and remarkable vocalist, and revealed the third chapter in what is destined to be a long musical career.
Katie’s fourth album, “The Katie Melua Collection”, is a musical summary of the 24 year old’s journey so far and is being released to coincide with Katie’s arena tour in October and November 2008.
www.katiemelua.com/
In November 2003, 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 September 2005 and to date has gone platinum four times. Melua released her third studio album Pictures in October 2007, which has been announced to be the last of her albums in collaboration with Mike Batt. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2008, Melua has a fortune of £18 million, making her the seventh richest British musician under thirty.
In the summer of 2003, aged just 18 and still studying at the Brit School of Performing Arts in leafy Surrey, no-one, least of all Katie, would have predicted what the next few years would hold for the teenager. Four years later, Katie has sold more than 7.5 million albums becoming, in 2006, the year’s best selling British female in the world along the way.
Georgian born Katie relocated from Tbilisi to Belfast at the age of 8 due to her father’s profession as a heart surgeon and 5 years later moved to South East London. After her GCSEs Katie joined the Brit School for Performing Arts where she undertook a BTEC and Music A-level and discovered different styles of music including Queen, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Irish folk music and Indian music. On hearing an Eva Cassidy song Katie was blown away and when she discovered that Eva was no longer alive wrote the song ‘Faraway Voice’ as a tribute to her. It was this song that attracted the attention of the composer and producer Mike Batt. Katie signed to Batt’s record label Dramatico but stayed at the Brit School to complete her studies – she graduated with distinction in July 2003.
During the summer of 2003 her debut single, ‘The Closest Thing To Crazy’, attracted the attention of British station BBC Radio 2 and upon its release entered the charts at number 10. Released in November, Katie’s debut album ‘Call Off The Search’ hit the UK number 1 spot in January 2004 and has subsequently scored top 10 positions throughout Europe. The album has since been certified gold in Holland, Hong Kong and Switzerland, platinum in Denmark, New Zealand and Australia, 2 x platinum in Germany, Ireland, Norway and South Africa and received the IFPI Double Platinum Award for 2 million European Sales. In March 2005 ‘Call Off The Search’ hit the number 1 spot in Denmark, a year after its initial release and became a top five album in Japan. Katie was awarded Best International Newcomer at Germany’s ECHO Awards in April 2005. In Britain, Katie was the highest selling female artist in 2004 – ‘Call Off The Search’ has now sold 1.8 million copies and is 6 x platinum (in Britain alone) and worldwide sales exceed 3.5 million.
Katie joined the line up for the Band Aid 20 single to record a new version of ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’. As an ambassador for Save The Children this was particularly poignant for Katie. In March 2005 Katie was invited by Nelson Mandela to perform at his 46664 concert in aid of Mandela’s AIDS foundation. In addition to performing a full live set, Katie joined Queen on stage to perform a moving version of ‘Too Much Love Will Kill You’. Katie flew from South Africa to Sri Lanka where she experienced the work that is being done by Save The Children, particularly with child soldiers.
In August 2005 Katie and her family swore allegiance to The Queen and became British Citizens following a ceremony in Surrey, England. Katie was asked to perform at the Royal Wedding of Prince Pieter-Christiaan in Holland and at the Norwegian Royal Gala Concert in the presence of the Crown Prince Of Norway. Continuing the royal theme, the American TV show ‘Good Morning America’ broadcast live from Buckingham Palace and Katie was invited by the show to perform ‘Nine Million Bicycles’ and ‘The Closest Thing To Crazy’. Katie performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Norway.
In between her overseas travel Katie recorded her new album, ‘Piece By Piece’, which was released in Europe on September 26th 2005. The album comprises more self-penned songs including the title track as well as a cover of the 1987 Cure hit ‘Just Like Heaven’ that Katie recorded for a new DreamWorks film starring Reese Witherspoon. The first single, ‘Nine Million Bicycles’, preceded the album release and gave Katie her highest UK single chart entry at number 5. One week later and Katie entered the UK album charts at number 1 and Europe swiftly followed with the album reaching #1 in Norway, Denmark and Holland, #2 in Ireland, #2 in Iceland, #3 in South Africa, #4 in Poland and #2 in Germany giving an overall chart position of #2 on the Billboard European Top 100 Chart.
Katie was nominated for two Brit Awards in the “Best Female” and “Pop” categories, for the “Best International Female” at the Edison Awards in Holland and was awarded “Best International Female (Rock & Pop)” at the Echo Awards in Germany. Once again Katie was pronounced the highest selling female artist in Britain in 2005 selling more than 1 million albums.
It is fair to say that 2006 was yet another extraordinary year for 22 year old Katie. In addition to the awards nominations, Katie had a Dutch tulip named in her honour, toured America coast to coast, raced at 160mph round Grand Prix circuit Silverstone, flew a plane, launched Save The Children’s ‘Rewrite The Future’ campaign, made the headlines with a Guinness World Record for the deepest concert when she performed 303 meters beneath the North Sea in the leg of a gas rig and was awarded the World Music Award for Britain’s Biggest Selling Female. Whilst in 2004 and 2005, Katie was the greatest selling female artist in Britain, in 2006 Katie was the highest selling European female artist in the world selling more than 3 million copies of her second album ‘Piece By Piece’.
Awarded the Golden Camera Award for International Pop Artist at the start of 2007, Katie was presented with the Echo Award for International Female Artist in March 2007.
October 2007 saw the release of Katie’s third album ‘Pictures’ – a record which has delighted her legions of fans, confirmed Katie’s status as a unique and remarkable vocalist, and revealed the third chapter in what is destined to be a long musical career.
Katie’s fourth album, “The Katie Melua Collection”, is a musical summary of the 24 year old’s journey so far and is being released to coincide with Katie’s arena tour in October and November 2008.
www.katiemelua.com/
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Katie Melua Lyrics
02.Crawling Up A Hill Every morning bout half past eight, My Mama wakes me…
04. Halfway Up the Hindu Kush The first time that I saw you I said for goodness…
05. Blues in the Night My mamma done told me When I was in pigtails My mamma…
11-FARAWAY VOICE Woo Faraway voice, We can hear your voice, What's it li…
11. I Cried for You You're beautiful so silently It lies beneath a shade of blue…
14 Windows You'd say what's on your mind needs to come through That's…
9 Millions Bicycles There are nine million bicycles in Beijing That's a fact I…
A Happy Place I'm going to find a happy I'm going to find a…
A Moment of Madness A moment of madness It's happened before It could turn into …
All In My Head Every night we fall into bed But it's all in my…
All Over the World All over the world People must meet and part There's someone…
belfast I got a ticket to the fast city Where the bells…
Belfast (Penguins and Cats) I've got a ticket to the fast city Where the bells…
Better than a Dream I used to dream myself to somewhere else each night I…
Blame It on the Moon Gonna blame it on the moon Didn't want to fall in…
Blowin' in the Wind ( Live / Bob Dylan Cover ) How many roads must…
Blue Shoes These blue shoes seem to suit me well When I feel…
Blues in the Night My mamma done told me When I was in pigtails My mamma…
Call Of The Search I won't spend my life, waiting for an angel to…
Call Off the Search I won't spend my life waiting for an angel to…
Chase Me If you chase me I'll be a firefly In the midnight sky I'll…
Closest Thing to Crazy How can I think I'm standing strong? Yet feel the…
Crawling Up a Hill Every morning 'bout half past eight My mama wakes me,…
Cry Baby Cry Cry baby cry Make your mother sigh She's old enough to know…
Darling Star When I look into your eyes, there's nothing you need…
Deep Purple When the deep purple falls Over sleepy garden walls And the …
Dirtu Dice Got an angel, on one shoulder and a devil on…
Dirty Dice Got an angel, on one shoulder And a devil on…
Downstairs to the Sun Can't say what came over me I wasn't what I…
Dreams On Fire Busy man, where am I on your list? You're so…
Fancy I remember it all very well lookin' back It was the…
Faraway Voice Ooh, faraway voice We can hear your voice What's it like to…
Faraway Voice (for Eva Cassidy Faraway voice We can hear you whoo voice What's it like to…
First Date He said everyone is getting married I said, well don't let…
Forgetting All My Troubles There's a secret the golden flower knows When you're falling…
Ghost Town The thing that makes me feel the most down Is the…
God On Drums Devil On The Bass Got God on the drums and the Devil on the…
Gold in Them Hills I know it doesn't seem that way But maybe it's the…
Golden Record All your friends are gonna leave you Busy making little crea…
Halfway Up the Hindu Kush The first time that I saw you I said for goodness…
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be li…
Heading Home When I′m there I'll call your name A good long look…
Heartstrings Is it a game, or is it a show? We don't…
I I don't know, I don't know Where I'll go or what…
I Cried for You You're beautiful so silently It lies beneath a shade of blue…
I Do Believe in Love They say we never landed on the moon There's no wind…
I Never Fall When you fall in love Too careless and too fast It may…
I Put A Spell On You ( Screamin' Jay Hawkins Cover / Live ) I put a…
I Think It Broken windows and empty hallways A pale dead moon in the…
I Will Be There She is like the lady down the road Or just the…
I'd Love to Kill You I'd love to kill you with a kiss I'd like to…
Idiot School If there was an idiot school I would be the top…
If the light go out They say the world must end somehow, They say the end's…
If the Lights Go Out They say the world must end somehow They say the end's…
If You Are So Beautiful Tu ase turpa ikavi Rad ver gamchnevdi iao Imad rom sikvaruli…
If You Were A Sail Boat If you're a cowboy I would trail you, If you're a…
If You Were A Sailboat If you were a cowboy I would trail you If you…
In My Secret Life I saw you this morning You were moving so fast Can't seem…
In My Secret Life www.MuzikosFanai.Lt I saw you this morning, You were moving so fast. Can't see…
It's All in My Head Every night we fall into bed But it's all in my…
It's Only Pain It's only pain It only hurts I am only down on the…
It's Over Your baby doesn't love you any more Golden days before they…
Its All in My Head Every night we fall into bed But it's all in my…
Its Only Pain It's only pain It only hurts I am only down on the…
Its Over Your baby doesn't love you any more Golden days before they…
Jack's Room Sunday, and mum was cleaning up jack's room I could call…
Junk Mail Then you left, didn't even leave a note Saved yourself, didn…
just like haven Show me how you do that trick The one that makes…
Kosmic Blues Time keeps movin' on, Friends they turn away, no no no But…
Kozmic Blues Time keeps movin' on, Friends they turn away, no no no But…
Learnin the Blues The tables are empty The dance floor's deserted You play th…
Learnin' the Blues The tables are empty the dance floor's deserted You play th…
Leaving the Mountain We were leaving the mountain, it needed the day I watched…
Lie In the Heat Ooh, ooh Ooh A day by the river is lovely with you The…
Lilac Wine The tables are empty, the dance floor's deserted You play t…
Looking for Clues It's crazy but I'm frightened By the sound of the telephone,…
Love & Money You didn't have to ask me if I was free…
Love Cats ( The Cure cover / Live ) Let's go and…
Love Is a Silent Thief Love is a deep wound, Love is a sharp knife Love is…
Love Me Tender Love me tender, love me sweet Never let me go You have…
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds Picture yourself in a boat on a river With tangerine trees…
Mad Mad Men Mad, mad men Wild, wild women And crazy girls It’s alwa…
Market Day in Guernica My children played a skipping game On market day in Guernica…
Mary Pickford Mary Pickford used to eat roses Thought that they'd make her…
mockingbird Now hush, now honey, here's the word My baby's gonna buy…
Moonshine Well my eyes are closed, but my heart's on fire 'Cause…
My Aphrodisiac Is You Some people say That oysters make you come on strong But I…
My Aphrosdisiac is you Some people say That oysters make you come on strong But…
Never Felt Less Like Dancing Never felt less like dancing I never felt more like hiding…
Nine Million Bicycles There are nine-million bicycles in Beijing That's a fact It'…
No Fear of Heights I never walked near the edge Used to fear falling I never…
Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out Once I lived the life of a millionaire Spending all my…
On the Road Again Well I'm so tired of cryin' but I'm out on…
Perfect Circle A mask is easily placed On a betrayed and broken face A…
Pick Me Up I had a day Wasn't inspired Leaves were swaying, saying go o…
Pictures on a Video Screen I open up one eye and I can see A million…
Piece by Piece First of all must go Your scent upon my pillow And then…
Plague of Love My father is a doctor He never told me About this problem Th…
Quiet Moves Rhythm pounds and ascending chords are all I hear A voice…
Red Balloons Mm Mm Mm I put my heart in a red balloon But I let…
Reefs Mary's written on the forum The burning forest needs our voi…
Sailing Ships from Heaven And she played the harmonium down by the sea Singing God…
Scary Films Scary films don't scare me now That you're around Since you'…
Secret Symphony You're like a secret symphony That was created just for me.…
Shirt of a Ghost Mary at home, as always, was ironing a pale shirt…
Shiver and Shake This party's done, everybody's going home Just you and I sta…
Shy Boy I'm sittin' in the window of a street cafe Watchin' you…
Sometimes When I'm Dreaming All the friends I believed in, I believed in for a…
Somewhere in the Same Hotel Somewhere in the same hotel, Was it in the bar? I saw…
Spellbound I heard that lately You've gone through a mysterious change …
Spider If a black man is racist, is it okay? If it's…
Spiders Web If a black man is racist, is it okay? When it's…
Stardust And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the…
Straight to DVD If they made a movie 'bout you and me, It would…
Thank You Some call it fate, some call it love Some call it…
Thankyou Stars Some call it faith, some call it love. Some call…
Thankyou, Stars Some call it faith, some call it love Some call it…
The Anniversary Song ( Eva cassidy Cover / Live ) Today has been a…
The Bit That I Don [Chorus] The bit that I don't get It's how it changed so…
The Bit That I Don't Get The bit that I don't get Is how it changed so…
The Closest Thing To Crazy How can I think I'm standing strong? Yet feel the…
The Cry of the Lone Wolf Everybody told me to walk away Though you made me feel…
The Flood Broken people get recycled And I hope that I will Sometimes…
The Flood (Danny Kirsch Dub) Broken people get recycled And I hope that I will Sometimes …
The Flood (Radio Edit) Broken people get recycled, and I hope that I will Sometimes…
The Flood - Original Radio Edit Broken people get recycled And I hope that I will Sometimes …
The House Oh Oh Oh Who is in that house? I opened the door to see Who…
The Little Swallow Shchedryk shchedryk, shchedrivochka, Pryletila lastivochka, …
The Love I I don't know, I don't know Where I'll go or what…
The Love I'm Frightened Of If I wait Don't move a muscle Maybe somehow we'll sparkle st…
The One I Love Is Gone I don't know, I don't know Where I'll go or what…
The Shirt Of A Ghost Mary at home, as always, was ironing a pale shirt…
The Walls of the World The sun is only shining like it always does But I…
This Year's Love This year's love had better last Heaven knows it's high time…
Those Sweet Days Sometimes I need to sit quietly all on my own Speak…
Tiger in the Night You are the tiger burning bright Deep in the forest of…
Tiger in the voice You are the tiger burning bright Deep in the forest of…
Tiny Alien Who are you my tiny alien Why do you love to…
Toy Collection I will not sell my toy collection If I did I…
Turn to Tell I turn to tell him things I still make tea…
Twisted Ooh baby I'm twisted Ooh baby I'm twisted I shouldn't keep …
Two Bare Feet Dancing cat and dancing mouse Down behind the Hyatt House Yo…
Voices in the Night My mamma done told me When I was in pigtails My mamma…
What a Wonderful World I see trees that are green red roses too I watch…
What I Miss About You Missing the train every morning at 8:52 Sipping coffee from …
What It Says on the Tin How can I say it? Where do I begin, Everything you…
When You Taught Me How to Dance When you taught me how to dance When you taught…
Where Does the Ocean Go Through a cloudy haze on the sun lit sea We waved…
Wonderful Life Here I go out to sea again The sunshine fills my…
Yellow Leaves You surely are a truly gifted kid But you're only good…
Your Longing Is Gone It used to really feel like we were high, flying You…