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Katie Melua discography

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This is a listing of official releases by Katie Melua, a Georgian born, Northern Ireland raised, British singer and songwriter. Melua was the best-selling UK female artist of 2004, 2005 and 2006, and Europe's highest selling European female artist of 2006.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Title Chart positions Sales, certifications & other notes
[1]
UK IRL AUS GER AUT SWI NLD NOR ITA BEL FRA NZ EUR USA USA
(Jazz)
USA
(HS)
2003 Call off the Search
  • Studio album
  • Released: 3 November 2003 (UK)
    8 June 2004 (USA)
  • Format: CD/LP
1
1
13
8
-
29
6
2
-
76
41
4
-
161
1
7
UK: 6× platinum (1.8 million)
Germany: 2× platinum
Netherlands: platinum
Sales: 3.5 million+

Special Bonus Edition release has DVD;
Japanese release has extra track
2005 Piece by Piece
  • Studio album
  • Released: 26 September 2005 (UK)
    6 June 2006(USA)
  • Format: CD/LP
1
1
31
2
5
3
1
1
17
4
9
2
1
108
3
2
UK: 4× platinum
Poland: 2× platinum
Germany: 3× platinum
Netherlands: 3× platinum

Special Bonus Edition release has extra tracks and DVD;
US release has extra tracks;
Special release for Spanish store El Corte Inglés has extra tracks
2007 Pictures
  • Studio album
  • Released: 1 October 2007 (UK)
    5 May 2009 (USA)
  • Format: CD/2-LP
2
6
63
2
6
1
1
2
18
10
4
27
1
-
-
-
UK: platinum
Switzerland: 2x platinum
Poland: gold
Germany: platinum

Japanese release has extra tracks;
iTunes release has extra track;
Special release for US store Target has extra tracks

Other albums

Year Title Chart positions Sales, certifications & other notes
[2]
UK IRL AUS GER AUT SWI NLD NOR ITA BEL FRA NZ EUR USA USA
(Jazz)
USA
(HS)
2008 iTunes Live: Berlin Festival
  • Live album
  • Released: 13 May 2008 (UK)
  • Format: Download only
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Available only on iTunes
2008 The Katie Melua Collection
  • Compilation album
  • Released: 13 October 2008 (UK)
  • Format: CD/DVD
15
-
95
12
-
-
3
-
-
13
-
29
-
-
-
-
Belgium: gold
United Kingdom: gold

Released with DVD
2009 Live at the O2 Arena
  • Live album
  • Released: 18 May 2009 (UK)
  • Format: CD/LP
111
-
-
-
-
-
52
-
-
41
-
-
-
-
-
-

LP has three more tracks than CD;
iTunes release has extra tracks;
Portugese release has bonus CD

Singles & EPs

Year Title Chart positions Album
UK IRL NLD GER FRA ITA BEL SWI NOR
2003 "The Closest Thing to Crazy" 10 4 41 49
Call off the Search
2004 "Call off the Search" 19
"Crawling up a Hill" 41 88
2005 "Nine Million Bicycles" 5 11 2 31 56 17 4 43 10
Piece by Piece
"I Cried for You" / "Just Like Heaven" 35 45 29 50
2006 "Spider's Web" (Single version) 52 50 67 54
"It's Only Pain" 41 39 80 15
"Shy Boy" 16
2007 "If You Were a Sailboat" 23 10 62 15 12 5
Pictures
"Mary Pickford (Used to Eat Roses)"
"What a Wonderful World" (duet with Eva Cassidy) 1
Charity single
2008 "If the Lights Go Out" (Radio Mix version) 96 58
Pictures
"Ghost Town" (Radio Mix version)
"Toy Collection"
The Katie Melua Collection
"Two Bare Feet"
2010 "The Flood" [1]
Fourth studio album

† download only
‡ single originally available only at Tesco retailers

DVDs

Year Title Notes
2004 Call off the Search: Special Bonus Edition Available only with Special Bonus Edition release of the CD album. Contains live concert and promo videos.
2006 Katie Melua: On the Road Again Live concert.
2006 Piece by Piece: Special Bonus Edition Available only with Special Bonus Edition release of the CD album. Contains live concert Moment by Moment and promo videos.
2007 Katie Melua: Concert Under the Sea World record for deepest live concert ever performed.
2008 The Katie Melua Collection Available only with the CD album. Contains live concert The Arena Tour 2008.

Other releases

Year Title Notes
2004 "I Put a Spell on You" (Live) Single, only released in the United States.
2004 "Thank You, Stars" Single, only released in the United States.
2005 "Blame it on the Moon" Single, only released in Germany.
2005 "Fairytale of New York" (Live) Single, performed with The Pogues.
2006 "Spider's Web" (Live) 17 live versions recorded during her 2006 tour; available only on 7digital.[2]
2007 "The Closest Thing to Crazy" (Spanish version) aka "Esa Clase de Locura". Performed in Spanish.
2007 "Faraway Voice" (Spanish version) aka "Otra vez tu". Performed in Spanish.
2007 "Don't Try This at Home" Duet with Ali Campbell, on his album Running Free.
2007 "What a Wonderful World‎" Duet with Eva Cassidy; charity single for the Red Cross.
2008 "By the Light of the Magical Moon" Free; available only from The Times Online.[3]

† download only
‡ released only on special edition of Piece by Piece for Spanish department store El Corte Inglés, and also as a download

Soundtracks

Year Film Song
2005 Just Like Heaven "Just Like Heaven"
2006 Miss Potter "When You Taught Me How to Dance"
2006 Mía Sarah "Call off the Search", "Tiger in the Night"
2007 Nancy Drew "Looking for Clues"
2007 Le Coeur des Hommes 2 "Nine Million Bicycles", "Tiger in the Night"
2009 Faintheart "Toy Collection" (Acoustic version)

References