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Katie Melua凯蒂·玛露19岁，俄罗斯人，成长于俄罗斯及英国。2003年底，首支单曲“The Closest Thing To Crazy”发行便强登英国金榜Top 10。不久，广获好评的首张专辑一举挤下英伦人气天后Dido/蒂朵、击退Norah Jones，荣获6周英国金榜后座，成为英国2004开春迄今最畅销专辑。声线兼备蓝调、民谣、爵士味道的Katie Melua，常被乐评拿来与诺拉·琼丝相提并论。但她那相较甜美清澈的年轻嗓音，让人遥想起已逝的跨界流行爵士美声Eva Cassidy。而在被Mike Batt发掘的那天，Katie所演唱的正好就是受Eva启发而学下的创作曲“Faraway Voice”。此外，她也自承在音乐方面受到Queen、Joni Mitchell、Bob Dylan和印度音乐及爱尔兰民谣等多类乐风的影响。

The House is the fourth studio album by the Georgian-born British singer-songwriter Katie Melua, and will be released on 24 May 2010. This is Melua's first studio album not to be produced by Mike Batt. The first single from the album, "The Flood", will be released on 17 May 2010 and was written by Melua, Guy Chambers and Lauren Christy.