Katie Melua

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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. (read more)

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Add this track to your playlist Nine Million Bicycles full track	3:14	92,141	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist The Closest Thing to Crazy full track	4:12	70,689	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Spider's Web full track	3:58	63,957	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Just Like Heaven full track	3:34	63,076	Buy mp3

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Top Tracks, Last Week

–	1	Add this track to your playlist Nine Million Bicycles full track	2,140
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Spider's Web full track	1,758
–	3	Add this track to your playlist Just Like Heaven full track	1,641
–	4	Add this track to your playlist Piece by Piece full track	1,511
–	5	Add this track to your playlist Shy Boy full track	1,467
–	6	Add this track to your playlist The Closest Thing to Crazy full track	1,425
–	7	Add this track to your playlist I Cried for You full track	1,274
1	8	Add this track to your playlist Halfway Up the Hindu Kush full track	1,161
1	9	Add this track to your playlist Blues in the Night full track	1,127
2	10	Add this track to your playlist On the Road Again full track	1,092
–	11	Add this track to your playlist If You Were A Sailboat full track	1,042
–	12	Add this track to your playlist Blue Shoes full track	1,034
–	13	Add this track to your playlist I Do Believe in Love full track	1,000
–	14	Add this track to your playlist Crawling Up a Hill full track	948
–	15	Add this track to your playlist Blame It on the Moon full track	896
–	16	Add this track to your playlist Mary Pickford full track	835
2	17	Add this track to your playlist What I Miss About You full track	834
–	18	Add this track to your playlist Thank You, Stars full track	814
1	19	Add this track to your playlist In My Secret Life full track	796
3	20	Add this track to your playlist My Aphrodisiac Is You full track	785

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Top Tracks, Last Six Months

–	1	Add this track to your playlist Nine Million Bicycles full track	34,829
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Spider's Web full track	24,212
–	3	Add this track to your playlist Just Like Heaven full track	23,244
–	4	Add this track to your playlist The Closest Thing to Crazy full track	21,839
–	5	Add this track to your playlist Piece by Piece full track	21,493
–	6	Add this track to your playlist Shy Boy full track	21,162
–	7	Add this track to your playlist Halfway Up the Hindu Kush full track	19,636
–	8	Add this track to your playlist I Cried for You full track	19,030
–	9	Add this track to your playlist Blues in the Night full track	18,002
–	10	Add this track to your playlist On the Road Again full track	17,562
–	11	Add this track to your playlist Blue Shoes full track	16,531
–	12	Add this track to your playlist I Do Believe in Love full track	16,080
–	13	Add this track to your playlist If You Were A Sailboat full track	14,971
–	14	Add this track to your playlist Blame It on the Moon full track	14,338
–	15	Add this track to your playlist Crawling Up a Hill full track	13,666
–	16	Add this track to your playlist Thank You, Stars full track	12,720
–	17	Add this track to your playlist My Aphrodisiac Is You full track	12,161
–	18	Add this track to your playlist Call Off the Search full track	11,463
–	19	Add this track to your playlist Tiger in the Night full track	10,489
1	20	Add this track to your playlist Faraway Voice full track	10,197
1	21	Add this track to your playlist Lilac Wine full track	10,118
–	22	Add this track to your playlist Mockingbird Song full track	10,026
–	23	Add this track to your playlist What I Miss About You full track	9,434
3	24	Add this track to your playlist Mary Pickford full track	8,905
–	25	Add this track to your playlist If the Lights Go Out full track	8,718
2	26	Add this track to your playlist Learnin' the Blues full track	8,629
1	27	Add this track to your playlist Spellbound full track	8,626
5	28	Add this track to your playlist In My Secret Life full track	8,454
–	28	Add this track to your playlist Perfect Circle full track	8,454
–	30	Add this track to your playlist Ghost Town full track	8,369
2	31	Add this track to your playlist What it Says On the Tin full track	8,306
–	32	Add this track to your playlist It's All In My Head full track	8,279
2	33	Add this track to your playlist Scary Films full track	8,122
1	34	Add this track to your playlist Belfast (Penguins and Cats) full track	6,387
1	35	Add this track to your playlist Dirty Dice full track	6,383
1	36	Add this track to your playlist I Think It's Going to Rain Today full track	6,261
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