[9] Her second album, Piece by Piece, was released in September 2005 and to date[update] has gone platinum (one million units sold) four times. [54], Melua's third album, Pictures, was released in the UK on 1 October 2007[55] and was announced to be, at least temporarily, the last of her albums in collaboration with Mike Batt as lead writer and producer. How did it go? Mike does this all the time. ... Katie Melua Is A Member Of . It sold out. All user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.

She is best known for being a Blues Singer. [68] The second single, "Airtime" premiered on 24 July 2020. “We bonded over our taste in music,” laughs Katie, “which was weird considering the age difference between us. Katie stated “On this record I simply wanted to find beautiful songs and to really sing my heart out. Katie Melua’s birth sign is Virgo and she has a ruling planet of Mercury. [35] Melua won the contest by singing Badfinger's "Without You". She is a Georgian-British Singer, Songwriter and Musician. Katie holds Georgian citizenship.

Mike was in his fifties, Katie had just turned eighteen. On 10 August 2005, just before she turned 21, Melua became a British citizen along with her parents and brother. Melua is a patron of Fair Trees, the organisation that is trying to stop exploitation of cone pickers in Ambrolauri, Georgia, by the European Christmas tree industry. “With ‘Call Off The Search’, I was so busy and knew so little about the industry that I wasn’t fully aware what an achievement it was. It sold 3.6 million copies worldwide. The single achieved the number 10 spot in the UK chart. Silver ("Learnin' the Blues"), John Mayall ("Crawling up a Hill"), Randy Newman ("I Think It's Going to Rain Today") and James Shelton ("Lilac Wine", originally a UK hit for singer Elkie Brooks). Her debut album reached the top of the U.K. charts and sold 1.8 million copies within five months; her second release was certified Platinum four times. Then I discovered Eva Cassidy, and literally weeks later, I met Mike.”. [56] The album also featured a cover of "In My Secret Life" by Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson. Then I started getting into artists like Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Cat Stevens – older artists whose music felt raw and real. [5] Melua is signed to the small Dramatico record label, under the management of composer Mike Batt,[6] and made her musical debut in 2003. It was an instant classic. Melua embarked on a concert tour in support of Piece by Piece, the UK leg of which started in Aberdeen, Scotland on 20 January 2006. “I hope people enjoy the songs, the variety of ideas on this record, with romance, melancholia and a few retro inspired jazz songs. 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. She is 36 years old and is a Virgo. That’s how you know whether a song is good or not — when it can survive without such protection.” Reunited with her band, a summer of outdoor shows around Europe concluded the tour before Katie settled down to start work on her fourth album. 35 Year Olds. The previous year, my music had been very pop and R&B, I wrote on a computer and listened to Eminem, Groove Armada and So Solid Crew. 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"https://" : "http://") [41], Melua's debut album, Call off the Search, was released on 3 November 2003 and featured two songs written by Melua: "Belfast (Penguins and Cats)", a song about Melua's experience of her time in the troubled capital of Northern Ireland, and "Faraway Voice", a song about the death of Eva Cassidy. When it’s just me on stage with my acoustic guitar, I feel like I get to know the audience on my own terms first.” Katie opened the concert, with just her electric guitar for accompaniment, singing ‘Piece By Piece’ – the title track of her second album – and ‘Lilac Wine’ before taking a seat at the grand piano to play the Georgian folk song ‘Yellow Leaves’ (or Qviteli Potlebi) subsequently being joined by her band. I wanted the music to be inspired by the future, something unknown that's never been heard before, but at the same time hold on to the values of the music of the past, to try and tap into something that's so ancient and old that it's kind of forgotten. [22], While performing at BRIT School showcase, Melua caught the eye of songwriter and producer Mike Batt. The band line-up was the same as on the first album. to raise money for famine relief in Africa. “It was perfect, intact, complete – Mike played it on a piano, with no other accompaniment, and I realized how few songs around at that time you could do that with. 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. Katie along with her band set a Guinness World Record for playing the deepest underwater concert at 303 meters below sea level in 2006. document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "[11], Melua released four singles from the album: "If You Were a Sailboat", "Mary Pickford", "If the Lights Go Out", and "Ghost Town". The lead single off the album, "A Love like That", which was produced by Leo Abrahams,[67] received its first airplay on 30 June 2020 on BBC Radio 2. Zz Ward. Ruling Planet: Katie Melua has a ruling planet of Mercury and has a ruling planet of Mercury and by astrological associations Wednesday is ruled by Mercury. The family remained in Belfast, living close to Falls Road, until Melua was 12.

According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2008, Melua has a fortune of £18 million, making her the seventh richest British musician under thirty. Katie Melua is one of Britain’s most successful recording artists of the millennium selling more than 11 million albums, 1 million concert tickets and receiving 56 platinum awards. Zodiac Sign: Katie Melua is a Virgo. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Chinese Zodiac: Katie Melua was born in the Year of the Rat. Mike wrote songs like ‘Mary Pickford’ and ‘Scary Films’. All Rights Reserved, Katie Melua is a Virgo and her 37th birthday is in, The 36-year-old Georgian was born in the Millennials Generation and the Year of the Rat. The 1980s was the decade of big hair, big phones, pastel suits, Cabbage Patch Kids, Rubik’s cubes, Yuppies, Air Jordans, shoulder pads and Pac Man. Melua's seventh album, In Winter, was released on 14 October 2016. I don’t even play with an orchestra now. 8, on 16 October 2020. She is arguably the greatest singer in this generation.