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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2017 - 14.22 JULY

MIKA

JULY 15th

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: Riccardo Ambrosio

  • Filmography:

    CINEMA
    Zoolander 2
    , by Ben Stiller (2016)

    TELEVISION
    X Factor Italia
    , Sky Uno, 2013-2014-2015
    The Voice: la plus belle voix, TF1, 2014-2015-2016-2017
    Stasera Casa Mika, Rai 2, 2016
    Mika Love Paris, Rai 2, 2016


  • Discography:

    STUDIO ALBUM
    2007 - Life in Cartoon Motion (Island Records, Universal Music Italy)
    2009 - The Boy Who Knew Too Much (Island Records, Universal Music Italy)
    2012 - The Origin of Love (Island Records, Universal Music Italy)
    2015 - No Place in Heaven (Virgin Records, Universal Music Italy)

    LIVE ALBUM
    2015 - Mika et l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Republic Records, Casablanca)
    2016 - Sinfonia Pop (Universal Music Group, Eagle Vision)

    ALBUM VIDEO
    2007 - Live in Cartoon Motion (Universal Island Records)
    2008 - Live Parc des Princes Paris (Universal Records, Casablanca, Island Records Group)
    2016 - Sinfonia Pop (Universal Music Group, Eagle Vision)
    2016 - Mika Love Paris (Republic Records, Casablanca)

    EP
    2006 - Dodgy Holiday (Casablanca Records, Universal Music Italy)
    2007 - iTunes Festival: London 2007 (Casablanca Records)
    2009 - Songs for Sorrow (Universal Music Italy)
    2009 - iTunes Festival: London 2009 (Casablanca Records)

    COMPILATION ALBUMS
    2013 - Songbook Vol. 1 (Universal Records)

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

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

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

    2014 - Boum Boum Boum
    2015 - Talk About You
    2015 - Good Guys
    2015 - Staring at the Sun

    2015 - All She Wants
    2015 - Beautiful Disaster (featuring Fedez)
    2015 - Je Chante