Call Off the Search

Call off the Search is the debut studio album by British jazz and blues singer Katie Melua, released in 2003.

British songwriter, producer and arranger Mike Batt signed Melua to his Dramatico recording and management label after she performed at a showcase at the Brit School for the Performing Arts in early 2003.

Batt was looking for a young artist capable of "performing jazz and blues in an interesting way".

The second single from the album was the title track, "Call Off the Search", which gave Melua her second UK top twenty hit.

In the UK the album sold 1.8 million copies within its first five months of release, making it six times platinum.