Katherine Jenkins

Katherine Jenkins Background

Katherine Jenkins was born on 29 June 1980 in Neath, Wales in the United Kingdom. She is an award-winning Welsh mezzo-soprano singer and her first album 'Premiere' made her the fastest-selling mezzo-soprano to date and she later became the first British classical artist to have two number one albums in that same year. She also stands as the first female artist to win two consecutive Classical BRIT Awards.

She has released four classical number one studio albums to date, with a fifth album recently released on November 19, 2007. Her albums feature arias, popular songs, hymns and classical crossover music and she has performed in a large number of concerts around the United Kingdom and other countries, including the United States and Australia.

She was in a relationship with songwriter and former Worlds Apart boy band singer Steve Hart for 4 years, however, they kept details of their relationship private, and were rarely seen in public together. Jenkins confirmed the couple had split in November 2006, so that she could concentrate on her career.She is currently dating Welsh television presenter Gethin Jones.Jenkins has commented "Yes, it's pretty serious, but honestly I don't want to go into it very much. I like to keep my private life private and I don't want people to think that I'm trying to exploit the relationship. We are together because we like each other and not because we want any publicity from it."