Mika

ByAngel Arraras

Bruno Gonzalezand

Victor Lopez

Index

• Life (1/2)• Life (2/2)• Family• Discography• Awards• Curiosities

Life (1/2)• He was born in Beirut,

Lebanon, the 18th August of 1983

• When he was one year old his family was forced to leave Lebanon and move to Paris

• He first learnt playing the piano from Joe Dassin

• At nine years old his family moved to London, where he continued his musical studies

Life (2/2)

• His first single was “Relax, take it easy”

• In his first album almost all his songs were of an autobiographical topic

• But other songs, like “Big girl” were a protest to discrimination (in this song he complain about the social position of fat woman)

Family• He has one young brother, another young sister and two older

sisters• His sister Yasmine (called with the artistic name of Dawack) painted

the cartoon art for his album Life in Cartoon Motion, and she is currently a fashion designer

• All of his brothers and sisters speak fluently french and mandarin chinese

Discography

• Life in Cartoon Motion (2007)– 2006 -Relax, take it easy– 2007 -Grace Kelly

-Lollipop

-Love Today

-Big Girl (You are beautiful)

-Happy Ending

• The Boy Who Knew Too Much (2009)

– 2009 -We Are Golden

-Blame It on the Girls

-Rain– 2010 -Kick Ass

Awards

2007

BBC Sound of 2007

Mika

Sound of 2007 Won

World Music AwardsBest-Selling New Artist Won

Best-Selling Male Pop/Rock Artist

Won

Best-Selling British Artist

NominatedMTV Europe Music Awards

2007 Best Solo Artist Nominated

2008

“Grace Kelly”

Best Track Nominated

The Record of the Year

2007Record of the Year

Nominated

Third place

The 50th Grammy Awards “Love Today” Best Dance Recording Nominated

2008 BRIT Awards

Mika British Male Solo Artist Nominated

Life in Cartoon

MotionBritish Album Nominated

“Grace Kelly” British Single Nominated

Mika

British Breakthrough Act

Won

2009MTV Europe Music Awards

2009Best Male Nominated

2010 2010 BRIT Awards British Male Solo Artist Nominated

Curiosities

• In his London school he experienced severe bullying and he also had problems with dyslexia

• There was a controversy with his sexuality, because in one song (Billy Brown) he sings about one affair of one man with another man