8 merchandise is available now on Katie Melua’s Official Store, featuring plantable sprout lyric pencils, a personalised Katie Melua Dopper™ bottle, and a beautiful biodegradable Album No. Ketevan also entered the top 10 in France, Poland, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland in its first week of release. [28], In September 2010, Melua was ordered by her doctors to stop working for a few months after suffering a nervous breakdown, resulting in her hospitalisation for six weeks. [31] The couple married on 1 September 2012 in the Nash Conservatory at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, southwest London. The segment in which Melua appeared, entitled "Don't", was a faux trailer, directed by Edgar Wright and produced in the style of a 1970s' Hammer House of Horror film trailer. But newly divorced Katie Melua has said she now regrets her unrealistic portrayals of eternal romantic love. D. Elliott. Were you there? [15] She spent her first years with her grandparents in Tbilisi[16] before moving with her parents and brother to the town of Batumi, Ajaria, where her father worked as a heart specialist. In June 2020, Melua supported the Georgian Red Cross Society in their efforts to assist the vulnerable population in Georgia during the COVID-19 pandemic by performing a live charity concert featuring songs that were requested by her followers on her social media accounts. Melua had been a fan of Queen since her childhood in Georgia when her uncles played the band's music, so performing with May was a realisation of a childhood dream. The video for 'Airtime', which again featured actor Billy Howle and was also directed by Charlie Lightning, was shot around Herne Bay over two days and was filmed according to COVID-19 lockdown guidelines. The album was produced, arranged and conducted by Mike Batt. It sold 3.6 million copies worldwide. [73], On 2 October 2006, Melua entered the Guinness Book of Records for playing the deepest underwater concert 303 metres below sea level on the Norwegian Statoil's Troll A platform in the North Sea. Katie Melua, Soundtrack: Miss Potter. [62][63], Melua's fifth studio album, Secret Symphony was released on 5 March 2012 and also debuted high in the UK album chart. Melua is also partly of Canadian[21] and Russian ancestry. 'Album No.8' is out now. Batt's disputed lyrics were: We are 12 billion light-years from the edge. [48], Both sides amicably agreed that the new lyrics were less likely to achieve commercial success, amidst a discussion about scientific accuracy versus artistic licence. Who is Katie Melua dating? As a result, all touring and promotional activities were postponed until the following year. Songwriters include Lauren Christy, Guy Chambers and Rick Nowels, with William Orbit producing. It was co-produced by Mike Batt and his son, singer-songwriter Luke Batt, both of whom contributed songs, separately and in collaboration with Melua. [72], In 2009, Melua was named as the new face of the leading French cashmere designer, Eric Bompard. I was completely out of it for two weeks, and in hospital for six. [19] During her time in Northern Ireland, Melua attended St Catherine's Primary School on the Falls Road and later moved to Dominican College, Fortwilliam. That's a guess – no-one can ever say it's true, but I know that I will always be with you.[48]. She attended the 2013 fundraising ball for the charity. Includes the new single 'A Love Like That'. She moved to the United Kingdom at the age of eight – first to Northern Ireland and then to London in 1999. [29], Melua opened up about the breakdown years later in an interview with The Independent, saying that it ended up being one of the best things that had ever happened to her, as she said it helped to quash a feeling of superiority she felt by being a successful musician in the music industry. [32] A 2020 interview with the national Swedish news agency TT revealed that the couple separated but remained friends. [65][66] For this record, Melua went back to her native Georgia to record an album with the Gori Women's Choir, a native Georgian all-woman singing troupe. Dec 04 2020. Multi award-winning recording artist Katie Melua has announced an extensive headline winter 2020 tour. The album contains four more songs written by Melua herself, four more by Batt (including "Nine Million Bicycles"), one Batt/Melua collaboration and three more songs described as new versions of "great songs". 8 is the forthcoming full length studio album by Katie Melua, released worldwide October 16th. [54] Towards the end of 2006, Melua released the single, "It's Only Pain", which was written by Mike Batt. 8. "[11], Melua released four singles from the album: "If You Were a Sailboat", "Mary Pickford", "If the Lights Go Out", and "Ghost Town". [83], Melua has stated that the rock band Queen were a huge influence on her as a child/teenager, with one of her memories of music being her uncle playing records by Queen and Led Zeppelin. [26], Melua is occasionally referred to as an 'adrenaline junkie' because she enjoys roller coasters and funfairs and often paraglides and hang glides. 7688 Followers. Melua is signed to the small Dramatico record label, under the management of composer Mike Batt, and made her musical debut in 2003. 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The other six songs on the album were by Mike Batt.[44]. [36] This changed in 2000, at the age of 15, when Melua took part in a talent competition on British television channel ITV called "Stars Up Their Noses" (a spoof of Stars in Their Eyes) as part of the children's programme Mad for It. The Georgian-born British singer, 36, … Its lead single was the Mike Batt song, "Nine Million Bicycles", which was released a week before the album on 19 September and was number three in the UK singles chart. [citation needed] "Ghost Town" was Melua's first reggae-sounding song. Melua said in a statement: "This album was going to be my 'singer's album'. Dec 17 2020. In 1993, when Melua was eight, the family moved to Belfast, Northern Ireland, in the aftermath of the Georgian Civil War. Most Read. This new album is no exception with her crystal cut diction and succinct sublime songs, all of which are brilliant, my very favourite is 'I Will Be There'. Stream Tracks and Playlists from Katie Melua on your desktop or mobile device. But the public hasn’t seen much of sultry singer Katie Melua of late. Melua also collaborated with Andrea McEwan on the album, who wrote the lyrics for "What I Miss About You" and "Dirty Dice". to raise money for famine relief in Africa. Melua's seventh album, In Winter, was released on 14 October 2016. [18][77] Later in 2005, through her role as a goodwill ambassador to the charity Save the Children, Melua went to Sri Lanka where she observed the work the charity was doing for children in the area after the civil war and Indian Ocean tsunami. There was a bunch of things going on, things at home and crazy work schedules, and you really believe the world revolved around you and it doesn't. Online / Streaming Events. The video for the song features British actor Billy Howle and was directed by Charlie Lightening,[69] who has directed videos for the likes of Paul McCartney, Jamiroquai and Liam Gallagher. Melua is fluent in English and speaks some Russian; despite still speaking her native Georgian fluently she has admitted that she cannot write songs in the language. [60], The iTunes version of the album includes a cover of the Prince song "Under the Cherry Moon" as a bonus track. [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. [26] Becoming a British citizen meant that Melua had held three citizenships before she was 21; first Soviet, then Georgian and finally, British. It was the same feeling I had the first time I went skydiving. Melua also covered songs by Delores J. The local people in this region of Georgia are paid a pittance to risk their lives climbing 30 m high fir trees to collect the cones from which the seeds are extracted and sent to Christmas tree nurseries in Europe. The 35-year-old Georgia-born British singer tied-the … A fansite for singer Katie Melua. We still consider ourselves to be Georgian, because that is where our roots are, and I return to Georgia every year to see my uncles and grandparents, but I am proud to now be a British citizen". Over the past few years, Melua has been returning regularly to Georgia and making music there now that the quality of the region’s recording studios have improved. [17] She has stated that this is related as much to her dislike of spending and glamour as it is to her support for the charity,[18] and admits that she looks "like a tramp" and that her hairdresser playfully calls her look "the Romanian window cleaner".[82]. Ketevan "Katie" Melua (/ˈmɛluːə/;[3] Georgian: ქეთევან "ქეთი" მელუა, IPA: [kʰɛtʰɛvɑn mɛluɑ];[4] born 16 September 1984) is a Georgian-British singer and songwriter. When studying at the school, Melua began to write songs and met her future manager and producer, Mike Batt. Today's date ( Click a heading to expand/collapse an entry. After growing up in … When asked about Melua being an 'adrenaline junkie', Mike Batt said, "she enjoys extremes, but in life her emotions are always in check". I wasn't trying to get away from anything. [45] Wogan played "The Closest Thing to Crazy" frequently in the summer of 2003. Reservoir has signed Katie Melua to a worldwide publishing deal.. Headliners . The family remained in Belfast, living close to Falls Road, until Melua was 14. 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. 8 people found this helpful. [24], Melua has not attended university, though she has often stated her desire to do so, saying that English literature, history and physics would be her courses of choice should she have the chance to go to university.[25].