Katie Melua

Ketevan "Katie" Melua (Georgian: ქეთი მელუა) (born September 16 1984) is a singer and musician born in Georgia, but raised in Northern Ireland and England. Her first album, Call Off the Search, was released in November 200

Ketevan "Katie" Melua (Georgian: ქეთი მელუა) (born September 16 1984) is a singer and musician born in Georgia, but raised in Northern Ireland and England. Her first album, Call Off the Search, was released in November 2003 and reached the top of the United Kingdom album charts. Her second album, Piece by Piece, was released in September 2005 to commercial success.

Ketevan Melua was born in Kutaisi, Georgia in 1984 and spent most of her childhood in the town of Batumi, Ajaria where her father worked as a heart specialist. In 1993, the family moved to Belfast, Northern Ireland, as her father had won a position at the prestigeous Royal Victoria Hospital, where she attended St. Catherine's Primary School and Dominican College, Fortwilliam.