Katie Melua in Helsinki

Katie Melua is a Georgian-British singer-songwriter, born in Kutaisi in 1984 and raised in Belfast and London. She sings jazz-tinged pop and folk, and became known through her debut album Call Off the Search, followed by songs including “The Closest Thing to Crazy” and “Nine Million Bicycles.” In 2006, Melua and her band performed 303 metres beneath the North Sea inside Norway’s Troll A gas platform, a record-setting concert documented as Concert Under the Sea. She later toured In Winter with the Gori Women’s Choir, whose voices were central to the album. A 2023 date on the Love & Money Tour took her to London’s Royal Albert Hall.