Love & Money

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Ketevan entered the UK charts at number 6, and with this accomplishment, Melua joined a very small group of female artists, which includes Madonna and Kate Bush, who have scored six consecutive UK top 10 studio albums. [72] Ketevan also entered the top 10 in France, Poland, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland in its first week of release.

Both sides amicably agreed that the new lyrics were less likely to achieve commercial success, amidst a discussion about scientific accuracy versus artistic licence. Melua said that she "should have known better" because she used to be a member of the astronomy club at school. [54] 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. Melua also covered songs by Delores J. 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). The other six songs on the album were by Mike Batt. [47] Katie Melua announces tour dates". The Belfast Telegraph. 20 January 2010 . Retrieved 10 February 2010. a b Billen, Andrew (24 January 2006). "I still shop at Oxfam". The Times. London . Retrieved 10 February 2010. Video of the performance show on Belgian TV". YouTube. 23 November 2006. Archived from the original on 5 May 2008 . Retrieved 10 February 2010.Singh, Simon (30 September 2005). "Katie Melua's bad science". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 10 February 2010.

In January 2023, Melua announced that her new album Love & Money would be released via BMG on 24 March 2023. Leo Abrahams, who worked with Melua on her 2020 record, Album No. 8, returned to produce the record. [85] Love & Money was recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios in the summer of 2022 when Melua was pregnant with her first child. [86] a b Wilkinson, Carl (27 February 2005). "Georgia on her mind". The Observer. London. Archived from the original on 1 April 2008 . Retrieved 10 February 2010. Howard Isaac Aronson, Georgian. A Reading Grammar, Columbus 1982, p. 18: "Stress in Georgian is extremely weak and has no effect on vowel quality. The stress is so weak that linguists have not been able to agree on exactly where it falls. In words of four and fewer syllables, the stress falls on either the initial syllable or the antepenultimate syllable (third from the end)." Gibson, Donald. "Lead Single/Video Released off Upcoming Katie Melua Studio LP, Ketevan". Write On Music . Retrieved 16 January 2023. Melua appeared in a segment of the 2007 film Grindhouse, written by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. 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. [95]They were interpreted by Singh as an assault on the accuracy of the work of cosmologists [52] which sparked a series of letters from other Guardian readers, agreeing or disagreeing. [53] On 15 October, Melua and Singh appeared on the BBC's Today programme, and Melua light-heartedly performed the song during the interview, including Singh's tongue-in-cheek amendments to the lyrics: Malt, Andy (3 November 2017). "Katie Melua covers Sting's Fields Of Gold for Children In Need". Complete Music Update . Retrieved 10 October 2022. Katie Melua releases new single '14 Windows' for Royal Medical Benevolent Fund". Music-News.com. 8 September 2023 . Retrieved 12 September 2023. 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. Melua and her band underwent extensive medical tests and survival training in Norway before flying by helicopter to the rig. After completing her GCSEs at the all-girls' grammar school Nonsuch High School in Cheam, Sutton, Melua attended the BRIT School for the Performing Arts in the London Borough of Croydon, undertaking a BTEC with an A-level in music. [25] Nationality [ edit ]

Youngs, Ian (15 November 2004). "Geldof hails new Band Aid single". BBC News . Retrieved 10 February 2010. a b c Lobley, Katrina (27 May 2005). "Georgia peach". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 10 February 2010. Katie Melua announces new album 'In Winter'!". Front View Magazine. 28 August 2016 . Retrieved 14 September 2016. Harrington, Richard (16 June 2004). "Katie Melua: A Debut With a Familiar Refrain". The Washington Post . Retrieved 10 February 2010.Coleman, Maureen (19 July 2007). "Katie true to her heart on new album". The Belfast Telegraph . Retrieved 10 February 2010. a b Meredith, Joe (5 September 2023). "Katie Melua supports doctors in need with RMBF charity single". Royal Medical Benevolent Fund . Retrieved 12 September 2023. In November 2003, Melua released her first album, Call Off the Search, which reached the top of the United Kingdom album charts and sold 1.8million copies in its first five months of release. [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. [10] She released her third studio album Pictures in October 2007. [11]

Davison, Tamara (4 August 2022). "Katie Melua pregnant with first child as she unveils baby bump on tour". Evening Standard . Retrieved 27 November 2022. Duff, Seamus (13 September 2020). "Katie Melua fears fans think new album is 'divorce record' after marriage split". Daily Mirror . Retrieved 16 October 2020. Melua is fluent in English and speaks some Russian; despite still speaking her native Georgian fluently [17] she has admitted that she cannot write songs in the language. Company announces its charity of the year – Isle of Man Today". Iomtoday.co.im. 30 January 2014. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014 . Retrieved 27 June 2014. In August 2022, Melua announced her pregnancy with her first child and gave birth to her son, Sandro, in December. [35] Speaking to ITV News in March 2023 ahead of her European Tour, Melua said that she shouldn't have to choose between childcare and her career and that Sandro would accompany her throughout the tour. [36] Career [ edit ] Early stage [ edit ]Melua Profile". purevolume. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010 . Retrieved 10 February 2010. Lister, David (14 October 2016). "Katie Melua interview: 'The oddest thing about this job is the sense of superiority you get' ". The Independent . Retrieved 17 October 2016. Interview". teen today. January 2006. Archived from the original on 4 August 2009 . Retrieved 10 February 2010.