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Her breakout performance was a solo rendition of "Black Horse & The Cherry Tree" on Later with Jools Holland, in which she had 24 hours to prepare for after scheduled performer Nas canceled due to his father's ill health. Her performance caught the eye of many viewers, upstaging more established acts such as The Cure, Embrace and The Futureheads. Her debut album, "Eye to the Telescope", was re-released shortly after, and shot up the UK charts eventually peaking at 3 (on its first release, it entered at 73) and was nominated for the 2005 Mercury Music Prize. Her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" won Best Track at the 2005 Q Awards and beat off competition from James Blunt and Oasis. Nominated for three Brit Awards - including Best Breakthrough Artist and Best Female Artist (January 2006). Born in Edinburgh but grew up in the Scottish university town of St. Andrews. She also has some Chinese ancestry. Attended Royal Holloway, University of London, where she once won a battle of the bands competition. Won Best British Female Artist at BRIT Awards, 15th February 2006. "KT" stands for her initials in her name - "K"ate "T"unstall. Birth mother is half-Chinese and half-Scottish, birth father is Irish. Adopted into an English family when a few weeks old. Met her birth mother in her early 20s. Her birth father was a folk singer, a career Tunstall decided to follow years before she discovered this fact. [January 2008] Announced her engagement to her drummer, Luke Bullen. Presented the award for Folk Singer of the Year to Julie Fowlis at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. (4th February 2008).