U-Katie Melua wazalwa ngo-September 16, 1984 e-Kutaisi. Njengoba umndeni wentombazane uvame ukuthutha, ubuntwana bakhe badlulela naseTbilisi naseBatumi. Kwadingeka ngihambe ngenxa yomsebenzi kababa, udokotela ohlinzayo. Futhi lapho ngineminyaka engu-8, Katie washiya izwe lakubo, ukuzinza nomkhaya wakhe e-Northern Ireland, edolobheni Belfast.
Ukuhamba njalo akulula, ngoba kwakudingeka ukuzivumelanisa nezimo ezintsha njalo. Kodwa uCathy ucabanga ukuthi ubuntwana bakhe babujabule kakhulu. Yena nomfowabo baphathwa ngomusa, futhi baba nabangane kalula.
Le ntombazane yafunda esikoleni samaKatolika sase-Ireland, futhi umfowabo omncane waya kwesamaProthestani. Ngalezo zinsuku, Katie akazange ngisho ucabange umsebenzi wokudala. Ngangifuna ukuhlanganisa impilo yami nomlando noma ipolitiki.
Ngemva kokuhlala eBelfast iminyaka engaba mihlanu, umndeni wathuthela futhi, kulokhu waya enhloko-dolobha yaseGreat Britain - eLondon.
Inhlanhla yokuqala ka-Katie Melua
Isipiliyoni sokuqala sikaKatie sokucula kwaba ukuhlanganyela emqhudelwaneni womculo wezingane, okuhlekisayo obizwa ngokuthi "Izinkanyezi Zivula Ikhala Lazo." Futhi ngokushesha umculi oneminyaka engu-15 ubudala wathola impumelelo emangalisayo - waba ngumnqobi! Ingoma ethi Mariah Carey Without You yajabula ngale ntombazane, kodwa ayizange ithembele kunoma yini, ibambe iqhaza ekulingiseni ukuze ijabule.
Idiploma evela eBritish School of Performing Arts yaba isiqalo esihle emhlabeni womculo. U-Katy wayenentshisekelo ezindleleni nezitayela ezahlukene, okuhlanganisa umlando wase-Ireland nomculo wamaNdiya.
Umsebenzi ka-Eva Cassidy wenza umbono okhethekile entombazaneni. Lapho ezwa ukuthi umculi wayeseshonile, uKaty wabhala ingoma ethi Faraway Voice.
I-twist of Fate uCathy Melua
Ngemva kwalokho, kwenzeka umcimbi owanquma isiphetho Katie Melua. UMichael Butt, umqambi owayesesha futhi "ukukhuthaza" amathalenta, weza esikoleni sakhe.
Wayedinga abadlali bebhendi ye-jazz. Ngemuva kokungabaza kakhulu, uKatie wacula ingoma yakhe ayinikezele ku-Eva for Butt, yamshaya kwasani.
Uvumile ukuthi ngokuzenzakalelayo kwakukhona ososeshini no-Edith Piaf no-Eartha Kidd. UKaty wanikwa inkontileka ne-DRAMATICO, inkampani edumile yokuqopha.
Nokho, izifundo eSikoleni Wezobuciko zaqhubeka, ngoba kwakudingeka ukuthola idiploma. Inkanyezi yakhe yesikhathi esizayo yathola ngo-2003.
Ukubambisana kokuqala
U-Kathy usebenzisane no-Michael Batt ku-albhamu ethi Call of the Search. Le disc yaba yimpumelelo enkulu - esikhathini esingaphansi kwezinyanga eziyisithupha, kwathengiswa amakhophi angaphezu kwesigidi esi-1.
Wathatha indawo ehamba phambili emashadi hhayi kuphela e-UK, kodwa futhi emazweni amaningi aseYurophu, ethatha "igolide" kanye "ne-platinum" ngokuphindaphindiwe. I-albhamu iphinde yaduma kakhulu eNew Zealand, eNingizimu Afrika, naseHong Kong. Ngokuqondene ne-UK, ekhaya yaba "i-platinum" izikhathi eziyisithupha!
Isiphithiphithi esinjalo saletha umculi kuthelevishini - wamenywa ukuba enze uhlelo lweRoyal Variety show. Kulapho lo mculi ahlangana khona neNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth II, owavuma kuKathy ukuthi ukudlala kwakhe emsakazweni kwahlaba umxhwele. Ngemva kwesitatimende esinjalo, iNdlovukazi Katie yaduma kakhulu eNgilandi, yabe isithola ukuqashelwa emhlabeni wonke.
U-Katie Melua ekuphakameni kwenkazimulo yakhe
U-Katy waqala ukuvakasha njalo eYurophu naseMelika. Icwecwe lesibili lomculi, elithi Peace by Peace, elaqoshwa ngo-2005, lingelesikhathi esifanayo. Udume ngokuba phezulu ezilinganisweni ngosuku avela ngalo.
Kwakumangalisa, ngoba umculi wakwazi "ukuzungeza" izinkanyezi ezipholile kunazo zonke zesiteji sanamuhla. Kwabe sekungena ingoma ethi Nine Million Bicycles, ehlanganisa amaqoqo amaningi ezingoma ze-jazz avela emhlabeni jikelele.
U-Cathy uqophe inguqulo yekhava ye-Just Like Heaven yengoma ethi CURE yefilimu. Ngo-2007, i-albhamu yesithathu yomculi, Isithombe, yakhululwa.
Ngonyaka olandelayo, i-IFPI yabona u-Katy njengomculi we-No. 1 eYurophu. Ngokushesha, uKatie "wamakwa" e-Guinness Book of Records, enikeza ikhonsathi engaphansi kwamanzi eNorth Sea ekujuleni okungaphezu kwamamitha angu-300.
Ngo-2013, u-Katie waphinde wahlonishwa ngokuvela phambi kweNdlovukazi - wenza iminyaka engu-60 yokugcotshwa kuka-Elizabeth.
Impilo yomuntu siqu ka-Katie Melua
Ngenkathi efunda esikoleni sobuciko, uKathy wahlangana noLuke Pritchard, ilungu le-THE Kooks. Umbhangqwana waqala ukuthandana, abantu abasha babezokwenza ubuhlobo bube semthethweni.
Lokhu kwaqhubeka kwaze kwaba ngu-2005, lapho isoka linquma ukuthi alikhululekile eduze kwenkanyezi ethandwa kakhulu kunaye. U-Katie akazange athathe kalula. Kodwa kamuva wahlangana nomsubathi owayenesihloko esithi James Toseland.
Ehlabeke umxhwele ngalo mcimbi, lo mculi wabhala ingoma ethi Forgetting All My Troubles, kwase kulandela ethi I Never Fall, I Always Jamp. UJames wahlabeka umxhwele kakhulu ngokuthi uKatie wayengenasithakazelo empumelelweni yakhe yezemidlalo - wayenesithakazelo ezimfanelweni zomuntu siqu.
Ngobusuku obandulela uKhisimusi 2011, lo mbhangqwana wathembisana umshado, futhi ekwindla ka-2012, uKatie noJames bashada. Ngemva kokulimala ekuqeqesheni, uToseland washiya lo mdlalo futhi wadala iqembu le-rock, lapho wamema khona umfowabo kaKathy.
Georgia ekugcineni umculi Katie Melua
U-Katie ubiza izwe lakubo, iGeorgia, uthando lokuphila kwakhe. Ngokusho kokuvuma kwakhe, ucabanga ngeGeorgia cishe yonke iminithi. Umthelela wesiko laseGeorgia empilweni yomdwebi awunakulinganiswa ngokweqile. Ngokuvamile uculela izethameli zaseBrithani ngolimi lwakhe lwendabuko.
Ngo-2005, uKatie waba yisakhamuzi saseBrithani futhi uthi ujabule kuleli zwe. Kodwa umphefumulo nenhliziyo phakade kungokwaseGeorgia.
