Jump To Navigation Search Katherine Jenkins Birth Name Katherine Jenkins Born 29 June 1980 1980-06-29 Age 28 Origin Neath Wales Genre S Crossover Classical Occupation S Mezzo-Soprano Years Active 1998 – Present Label S Universal Warner Music Website Katherinejenkins.Co.Uk Katherine Jenkins Born 29 June 1980 In Neath Wales 1 Is An Award-Winning Welsh Mezzo-Soprano. Her First Album Premiere Made Her The Fastest-Selling Mezzo-Soprano To Date 1 And She Later Became The First British Classical Artist To Have Two Number One Albums In The Same Year. 2 She Also Stands As The First Female Artist To Win Two Consecutive Classical BRIT Awards. Jenkins Has Released Five Classical Number One Studio Albums To Date Selling 4 000 000 Copies. Her Sixth Album Sacred Arias Was Released On 20 October 2008. 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.