Katie Melua

Katie Melua (Georgian: ???? ?????) (born September 16 1984) is a singer and musician born in Georgia, but raised in Northern Ireland.

Early life

Katie Melua was born in T'bilisi, 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 there, where she attended Catholic schools.

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T'bilisi - 1984 - Batumi - Ajaria - 1993 - Belfast - Northern Ireland

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The family moved again to southwest London in 1998. At the age of 15, Melua won a talent competition on British TV channel ITV by singing Nilsson's Without You. In her final years of schooling, she attended the Brit School for the Performing Arts undertaking a BTEC with an A-level in music. She started writing songs in 2001 while studying at the school. She became a British citizen on August 11 2005.

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London - 1998 - ITV - Nilsson's - Brit School for the Performing Arts - BTEC - 2001 - August 11

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