Ketevan "Katie" Melua (lang-ka??????? "????" ????? AudioKa-Melua.ogglisten, IPA-enm??lu?.?; born 16 September 1984) is a Georgian (Georgian people)-British (British people) singer, songwriter and musician. Born in Georgia, she moved to Northern Ireland at the age of eight and then to England at fourteen. Melua is signed to the small Dramatico record label, under the management of songwriter Mike Batt, and made her musical debut in 2003. In 2006, she was the United Kingdoms bestselling female artist and Europes highest selling European female artist.

In November 2003, at the age of nineteen, Melua released her first album, Call off the Search, which reached the top of the United Kingdom album charts and sold 1.8 million copies in its first five months of release. Her second album, Piece by Piece (Piece by Piece (album)), was released in September 2005 and As of2006alt=to date has gone platinum four times. Melua released her third studio album Pictures (Pictures (Katie Melua album)) in October 2007, which was the last of her albums to be made in collaboration with Mike Batt.

According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2008, Melua has a fortune of � (Pound sterling)18 million, making her the seventh richest British musician under thirty. It was reported in 2009 that she had lost almost half of her fortune as a result of the global economic downturn (Late-2000s recession).