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aka: Mika Penniman, Mica Penniman, Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.
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Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr., known by his stage name Mika, is a Lebanese-born British singer-songwriter. His discography includes five studio albums, four live albums, two compilation albums, eight extended plays, thirty-six singles, thirty-one music videos, and four video albums.
Mika released his first full-length studio album, Life in Cartoon Motion, on Island Records in 2007, which sold more than 5.6 million copies worldwide and helped Mika win a Brit Award—winning Best British Breakthrough act—and receive a Grammy Award nomination.
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In June 2007, Mika toured the United States with support from Sara Bareilles and Natalia Lesz. He also made several significant U.S. television appearances to support his new album. He was the musical act for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on 26 March 2007 and 14 February 2008 and for Jimmy Kimmel Live! on 27 March 2007. He also performed live on So You Think You Can Dance on 26 July 2007.
After recording his first extended play, Dodgy Holiday, Mika was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2007 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2007.
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In 2014, before the release of his third album, Mika stated in numerous interviews that it would be more simplistic and less layered than the previous one. Mika announced the title of the album, The Origin of Love in a French, interview on 17 June. Mika said he would include a number of French tracks on the album, and that the musical style would include elements of Daft Punk and Fleetwood Mac. He described the album as less childlike and more serious.
Mika collaborated with a number of artists on various tracks of this album, including Nick Littlemore of Empire of the Sun, Paul Steel, frYars, Doriand, Priscilla Renea, Billboard, Hillary Lindsey, Pharrell Williams, Benny Benassi and Klas Åhlund. Greg Wells was involved in the production of the album. At the time he was working on his own album, MIKA also contributed his vocals to the production of The All-American Rejects‘ 2012 album Kids in the Street. Around this time, Mika also collaborated with the singer Madonna, and the resulting song, Gang Bang, can be found on her album MDNA.
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On 14 June 2012, “Celebrate”, which features Pharrell Williams, was announced as the album’s lead single. The album was released internationally on 17 September 2012, and in the UK on 8 October 2012.
He served as a judge/mentor on both the French version of The Voice and the Italian version of X Factor. Mika has also starred in his own television variety show in Italy, Stasera Casa Mika, which won the 2017 Rose d’Or Award for Entertainment, and co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.
Mika participated in “Children in Need Rocks,” a charity event organized by singer Gary Barlow and held at London’s Royal Albert Hall ahead of the annual “Children in Need” appeal. Among those also performing that evening were Sir Paul McCartney, Dame Shirley Bassey, Leona Lewis, members of Take That, Paolo Nutini, Lily Allen, and Muse. The concert was held 12 November 2009 and was broadcast on BBC1 and Radio 2.
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