Biografie van Katie Melua

<b>Ketevan "Katie" Melua</b> (lang-ka|??????? "????" ?????, English pronunciation of surname IPA2|?m?lu?? Audio|Ka-Melua.ogg|listen; born September 16 1984) is a Georgian-British singer, songwriter and musician. She was born in Georgia, but moved to Northern Ireland at the age of eight and then relocated to England at the age of 14. and Europe's highest selling European female artist.<br />
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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.<br />
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