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GIFFONI EXPERIENCE 2016 - 15.24 July

MIKA

JULY 22nd

BIOGRAPHY

Mika debuted on the music scene with the album "Life In Cartoon Motion" – which includes  hits such as “Relax Take It Easy” – reaching  the top of the album charts in 11 countries including the  UK. His sophomore album “The Boy Who Knew Too Much” (2009), also reached the top 10 in many countries while his following record “The Origin of Love” (2012) confirmed his relevance thanks to high profile collaborations with Pharrell Williams, on the track "Celebrate", and with Ariana Grande for the duet “Popular Song”, that yielded a music video with over 134 Million views to date. The singer also published an exclusive release for Italy, "Songbook Vol. 1", which includes the hit song “Stardust” with X Factor Italia 2012 winner Chiara Galiazzo that went on to become a double platinum disc. His latest album “No Place In Heaven” was released in 2015. The singer recently released a song with Italian star and fellow X Factor Italia judge Fedez "Beautiful Disaster", and contributed to the soundtrack of director Ivan Cotroneo’s film "Un Bacio" with the track "Hurts". His accolades include Brit Awards, Grammys, World Music and MTV Awards. The singer has sold over 10 million records to date. He is expected to return on Italian TV with a one man show on RAI 2 in the Autumn.

Photo Credits: PETER LINDBERGH

  • Filmography:

    CINEMA
    Zoolander
    , by Ben Stiller (2016)

    TV
    X Factor Italia
    , Sky Uno, 2013-2014-2015
    The Voice: la plus belle voix, TF1, 2014-2015-2016
    Mika Show, Rai 2, 2016 


  • Discography:

    ALBUM
    2007 - Life in Cartoon Motion (Universal Music Italy)
    2009 - The Boy Who Knew Too Much (Universal Music Italy)
    2012 - The Origin of Love (Universal Music Italy)
    2015 - No Place in Heaven (Universal Music Italy)
    2015 - No Place in Heaven Special Edition (Universal Music Italy)

    EP
    2006 - Dodgy Holiday (Universal Music Italy)
    2009 - Songs for Sorrow (Universal Music Italy)

    COMPILATION ALBUMS
    2013 - Songbook Vol. 1 (Universal Music Italy)

    SINGLES
    2007 - Grace Kelly (Universal Music Italy)
    2007 - Relax, Take It Easy (Universal Music Italy)
    2007 - Love Today (Universal Music Italy)
    2007 - Happy Ending (Universal Music Italy)
    2008 - Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) (Universal Music Italy)
    2008 - Lollipop (Universal Music Italy)
    2009 - We Are Golden (Universal Music Italy)
    2009 - Rain (Universal Music Italy)

    2009 - Blame It on the Girls (Universal Music Italy)
    2010 - Kick Ass (We Are Young) (Universal Music Italy)
    2011 - Elle me dit (Universal Music Italy)
    2012 - Celebrate (featuring Pharrell Williams)

    2012 - Underwater (Universal Music Italy)
    2013 - Popular Song (featuring Ariana Grande(Universal Music Italy)
    2013 - Live Your Life (Universal Music Italy)
    2013 - Stardust (featuring Chiara(Universal Music Italy)

    2014 - Boum Boum Boum (Universal Music Italy)
    2015 - Talk About You (Universal Music Italy)
    2015 - Good Guys (Universal Music Italy)
    2015 - Staring at the Sun (Universal Music Italy)

    2015 - All She Wants (Universal Music Italy)
    2015 - Beautiful Disaster (featuring Fedez)
    2015 - Je Chante (Universal Music France)

    DVD
    2007 - Live in Cartoon Motion
    2008 - Live Parc des Princes Paris