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Singer Katie Melua plays down diving 'fright' ". BBC News. 4 December 2009 . Retrieved 10 February 2010. Melua opened up about the breakdown years later in an interview with The Independent, saying that it ended up being one of the best things that had ever happened to her, as she said it helped to quash a feeling of superiority she felt by being a successful musician in the music industry. "....It was petrifying, but it put a stop to fantasies of being able to do anything. The oddest thing about this job is the sense of superiority you get. It was a huge wake-up call. I was completely out of it for two weeks, and in hospital for six. There was a bunch of things going on, things at home and crazy work schedules, and you really believe the world revolved around you and it doesn't." [30] My Life in Travel: Katie Melua". The Independent. London. 26 February 2005. Archived from the original on 2 August 2009 . Retrieved 10 February 2010. 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.

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. Katie Melua And Nic Cage Receive German Honour". Hello!. 2 February 2007 . Retrieved 10 February 2010. The Melua family then moved to Sutton, London and some time later moved again to Redhill, Surrey. In 2008, Melua moved out of her parents' home in Maida Vale to an apartment in Notting Hill, [20] where she transformed the spare bedroom into a recording studio.

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Major, Michael (12 January 2023). "Katie Melua Releases New Song 'Golden Record' ". Broadway World . Retrieved 13 January 2023. Spahr, Wolfgang (27 March 2007). "Echo Awards handed out in Berlin". Monsters and Critics. Archived from the original on 8 November 2007 . Retrieved 10 February 2010. Thrower, Kimberly (13 August 2009). "Katie Melua named as the face of Eric Bompard cashmere". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 16 August 2009 . Retrieved 10 February 2010.

After the ceremony, Melua stated her pride at her newest nationality. "As a family, we have been very fortunate to find a happy lifestyle in this country and we feel we belong. We still consider ourselves to be Georgian, because that is where our roots are, and I return to Georgia every year to see my uncles and grandparents, but I am proud to now be a British citizen". [26] Personal life [ edit ] Batt, Mike (6 October 2005). "A few million light years short of reality". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 10 February 2010. In November 2004 Melua was asked to take part in Band Aid 20 in which she joined a chorus of British and Irish pop singers to create a rendition of " Do They Know It's Christmas?" to raise money for famine relief in Africa. [99] Then in March 2005, Melua sang " Too Much Love Will Kill You" with Brian May at the 46664 concert in George, South Africa for Nelson Mandela's HIV charity. Melua had been a fan of Queen since her childhood in Georgia when her uncles played the band's music, so performing with May was a realisation of a childhood dream. [23] [100] Later in 2005, through her role as a goodwill ambassador to the charity Save the Children, Melua went to Sri Lanka where she observed the work the charity was doing for children in the area after the civil war and Indian Ocean tsunami. [101] In 2006 Melua donated all the proceeds from her single " Spider's Web" to the charity. [102]Rundschau, Wuppertaler (18 September 2020). "ESC-Blog des Wuppertaler Musikexperten Peter Bergener: Katie Melua und ihre besondere Verbindung zu Wuppertal". Wuppertaler Rundschau (in German) . Retrieved 30 November 2020. On 7 July 2007, Melua performed at the German leg of Live Earth in Hamburg [103] and in December of that year, Melua released a cover of the Louis Armstrong song " What a Wonderful World" in which she sang with a recording of the late Eva Cassidy. All profits from the single, which entered the UK singles chart at No. 1 on 16 December 2007, went to the Red Cross. [104] Colin Polonowski (17 March 2010). "In The House with Katie Melua". The Music Fix. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010 . Retrieved 17 March 2010. Katie Melua releases new single '14 Windows' for Royal Medical Benevolent Fund". Music-News.com. 8 September 2023 . Retrieved 12 September 2023. Katie Melua - Golden Record (Official Video)". YouTube. 12 January 2023 . Retrieved 13 January 2023.

Singh, Simon (30 September 2005). "Katie Melua's bad science". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 10 February 2010. Melua embarked on a 27 date spring tour throughout Europe and the UK, titled the Love & Money Tour, including a headline performance at the Royal Albert Hall. [87] [88] The first single and video from the record "Golden Record" debuted on 12 January 2023. [89] Melua has said of the song: "Writing Golden Record, it was like I was finally making peace with it all, accepting how things have changed in the industry, being happy with my lot at home and ready to face the fear of letting go of the forever funfair of the music industry." [86] Other singles released from the album included "Those Sweet Days" [90] and "Quiet Moves". [91] a b Leve, Ariel (5 November 2006). "The hitman and her". The Sunday Times . Retrieved 27 November 2022. 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 ]We are 12billion light-years from the edge. That's a guess– no-one can ever say it's true, but I know that I will always be with you. [51] a b c Lobley, Katrina (27 May 2005). "Georgia peach". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 10 February 2010. Katie Melua: Ville inte göra en skilsmässoskiva". Vk.se. 29 August 2020 . Retrieved 16 October 2020. We are 13.7billion light-years from the edge of the observable universe / That's a good estimate with well-defined error bars / And with the available information / I predict that I will always be with you. [51] Malt, Andy (3 November 2017). "Katie Melua covers Sting's Fields Of Gold for Children In Need". Complete Music Update . Retrieved 10 October 2022.

Cardew, Ben (26 August 2022). "William Orbit: The Painter Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved 16 January 2023.Melua, Katie (15 June 2005). "Katie Melua in Sri Lanka". Save the Children. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007 . Retrieved 10 February 2010. Singer Katie Melua to host live show in support of Georgian Red Cross Society". Agenda.ge. 22 June 2020 . Retrieved 30 June 2020.