Biography

Pop magpie Mika's bright, kaleidoscopic music has drawn comparisons to everyone from Queen and Elton John to the Scissor Sisters and Rufus Wainwright. Born Michael Holbrook Penniman in Beirut to a Lebanese mother and American father, Mika and his parents moved to Paris while he was still a very young child, and eventually London by the time he was nine years old. The frequent moves, incidents like his father being taken hostage at Kuwait's American Embassy, and bullying at school affected young Mika to the point where he stopped talking and was taken out of school for six months. At this point, music became Mika's lifeline, and he soon began formal musical training, which included voice lessons. Along with studies at the Royal College of Music, in his teens and early twenties Mika also recorded with the Royal Opera House and created a jingle for Orbit chewing gum. He dropped out of school to concentrate on his take on pop music, inspired by freewheeling songwriters like Prince and Harry Nilsson. His debut single, "Relax, Take It Easy," appeared in fall 2006, but it was its follow-up, "Grace Kelly," that broke Mika in the U.K. Released in January 2007, the song hit number one on the singles chart thanks to heavy downloading, following in the footsteps of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy." Mika's full-length debut, Life in Cartoon Motion, did just as well when it was released that February, and was topping the U.K. charts around the time it was released in the U.S. that March. The album sold over five million copies worldwide, and Mika earned a 2008 Grammy nomination for Best Dance Record for "Live Today" as well as that year's Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year, among other accolades. Mika collaborated with producer Greg Wells, Imogen Heap, and Final Fantasy's Owen Pallett on his second album. Initially named We Are Golden after its lead single, the album's title was changed to The Boy Who Knew Too Much for its fall 2009 release.

Top Albums
1. Life In Cart..	2. The Boy Who ..	3. The Boy Who ..	4. iTunes Festi..	5. iTunes Festi..
6. We Are Golde..	7. We Are Golde..

Top Songs
	Name	Album	Time	Price
1.	Grace Kelly	Life In Cartoon Motion	3:07	$1.29
2.	Lollipop	Life In Cartoon Motion	3:03	$1.29
3.	Blame It On the Girls	Boy Who Knew Too Much (Delu..	3:33	$1.29
4.	Love Today	Life In Cartoon Motion	3:55	$1.29
5.	Relax, Take It Easy	Life In Cartoon Motion	3:44	$1.29
6.	Happy Ending	Life In Cartoon Motion	4:36	$1.29
7.	Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)	Life In Cartoon Motion	4:08	$1.29
8.	Kick Ass	Kick-Ass (Music from the Mo..	3:11	$1.29
9.	We Are Golden	Boy Who Knew Too Much (Delu..	3:58	$1.29
10.	Rain	Boy Who Knew Too Much (Delu..	3:43	$1.29
11.	Any Other World	Life In Cartoon Motion	4:19	$1.29
12.	One Foot Boy	Boy Who Knew Too Much (Delu..	2:58	$1.29
13.	Blue Eyes	Boy Who Knew Too Much (Delu..	2:49	$1.29
14.	We Are Golden	We Are Golden - Single	3:57	$1.29
15.	Stuck In the Middle	Life In Cartoon Motion	4:08	$1.29
16.	My Interpretation	Life In Cartoon Motion	3:35	$1.29
17.	Vive Le Vent	Noël ! Noël !! Noël !!!	2:50	$0.99
18.	Still My Baby Girl	Naturally	5:31	$0.99
19.	Faltu	F.A.L.T.U (Original Soundtr..	4:43	$0.99
20.	Best of Mika	On Stage	5:33	$1.29
21.	We are Golden	Dynamite	3:05	$0.99
22.	We Are Golden (Bob Sinclar's Big..	We Are Golden (Remixes) - E..	2:55	$0.99
23.	We Are Golden (Don Diablo Remix) [Ra..	We Are Golden (Remixes) - E..	3:24	$0.99
24.	We Are Golden (Calvin Harris Remix) ..	We Are Golden (Remixes) - E..	3:31	$0.99
25.	Lady Jane	Boy Who Knew Too Much (Delu..	3:18	$1.29

Top Music Videos
1. Grace Kelly	2. Lollipop	3. Love Today	4. Big Girl (You ..	5. We Are Golden
6. Happy Ending	7. Relax, Take It..	8. Kick Ass (MIKA..	9. Blame It On th..	10. We Are Golden
11. Rain	12. Big Girl (You ..	13. Lollipop (Live..	14. Grace Kelly (L..	15. Love Today (Li..
16. Making of We A..	17. Documentary - ..

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