SINGING sensation Katie Melua is due to release the opening track, Shy Boy, from her multi-platinum album Piece by Piece on November 20 — and the Times is able to offer three lucky readers the chance to win a special edition copy of this hugely popular album, which also includes a bonus DVD. In Katie's three year career her worldwide album sales top seven million. In addition to great success in her adopted country of Britain,where she was the most successful female artist in 2004 and 2005 and where both her debut album Call Off The Search and her second album Piece By Piece topped the charts, Katie continues to be one of Britain's most successful exports selling more than three million copies of Piece By Piece worldwide. Piece By Piece has remained in the Billboard European chart for an unprecedented 56 weeks where it is still in the top five. This has been yet another extraordinary year for the 22-year-old. She was nominated for two Brit Awards, played to 150,000 people on her ten week European tour, had a Dutch tulip named after her, launched Save The Children's Rewrite The Future campaign and recently made the headlines with a Guinness World Record for the deepest concert when she performed 303 metres beneath the North Sea in the leg of a gas rig. Her last UK date this year will be December 3 at Wembley Arena. To win a copy of Katie Melua's Piece by Piece CD, answer these three questions. 1. What type of flower has been named after Katie Melua? 2. How long has Piece by Piece remained in the Billboard chart? 3. What was the name of Katie Melua's debut album? Send your answers on a postcard to Katie Melua Competition, Tavistock Times Gazette, 14 Brook Street, Tavistock, PL19 0HD to arrive no later than 1pm, November 17. The editor's decision is final — no correspondence will be entered into.
