fbpx
Wikipedia

Mika (singer)

April 11, 2024

For the New Zealand Māori singer, see Mika X. For the Swiss train, see BLS RABe 528.

Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.[6][7] (born 18 August 1983), known professionally as Mika (/ˈmiːkə/ MEE-kə, stylised in all caps), is a singer-songwriter born in Beirut, Lebanon, and raised in Paris and London.

Mika
Mika at the London Roundhouse on 3 July 2022
Born
Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.

(1983-08-18) 18 August 1983 (age 40)
Beirut, Lebanon
Other namesMica/Mika Penniman
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Lebanon
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • producer
  • actor
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • keyboards
Years active2006–present
Labels
Websiteyomika.com

After recording his first extended play, Dodgy Holiday, Mika was predicted to be the number-one breakthrough act of 2007 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2007.[8] Mika released his first full-length studio album, Life in Cartoon Motion, on Island Records in 2007, which has sold more than 8.3 million copies worldwide and helped Mika win a Brit Award—Best British Breakthrough act—and receive a Grammy Award nomination.[9] He topped the UK Singles Chart in January 2007 with "Grace Kelly" and has since gone on to record four more platinum-selling studio albums (most recently My Name is Michael Holbrook released in October 2019), as well as serve as judge/mentor on both the French version of The Voice and the Italian version of X Factor.

Mika also starred for two seasons in his own television variety show in Italy, Stasera Casa Mika [it], which won the 2017 Rose d'Or Award for Entertainment,[10] and has hosted his own BBC Radio 2 show The Art of Song. In 2022, he co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest alongside Italian singer Laura Pausini and Italian television presenter Alessandro Cattelan.[11]

In addition to his musical career, Mika has also worked as a visual artist and designer on various projects, among them sunglasses for the Italian eyewear company Lozza,[12] a clothing line for Belgian retailer JBC,[13] pens for the 100th anniversary of Pilot,[14] and (along with his sister Yasmine) three watches for Swiss company Swatch.[15]

Life and career

1983–2006: Childhood and early career

On 18 August 1983, Mika was born in Beirut, the third of five children—he has two older sisters, Yasmine and Paloma, a younger sister Zuleika, and a younger brother, Fortuné. His parents are an American-born Lebanese-Syrian mother (Mary Joan "Joannie", née Mouakad, daughter of John Mouakad and Odette Farah) and an American father (Michael Holbrook Penniman, son of William Frederick Penniman III and Dorothy Dyar). Mika's father was a banker[16][17] born in Jerusalem. His paternal grandfather William Frederick Penniman III was a diplomat.[17][18] Mika's maternal grandfather John Mouakad was Syrian (from Damascus).[19][20]

When Mika was a year old, his family was forced to leave war-torn Lebanon and moved to Paris, France.[18][21]

The family lived happily for a time in Paris.[22] "I was brought up as a Parisian boy, you know," Mika said in an interview. "With the pencil-striped trousers and the hat that I had to wear to school. It was very traditional..."[23]

The first piano piece the young Mika learned to play was "Les Champs-Élysées", by Joe Dassin.[18] At the age of 7, he wrote his first song, a piano instrumental called "Angry", which he describes as "awful".[16]

In 1990 Mika's father went on a business trip to Kuwait and became trapped in the U.S. embassy for seven months when the Gulf War broke out. When the elder Penniman returned home, he had to take a new job, which meant a move to London.[24]

The family moved to London when Mika was 9 years old. There, he attended the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, where he experienced severe bullying and had problems with dyslexia. In response to these experiences Mika was home-schooled by his mother and trained in music by Alla Ardakov (Ablaberdyeva), a Russian opera professional. He also studied with the Royal Opera in London and made his stage debut as a chorus member in Strauss's Die Frau Ohne Schatten at the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden.[22] He continued as a boy soprano with the Royal Opera and, at 15, he showcased his vocal range in a 1998 production of The Pilgrim's Progress by Vaughan Williams.[25]

Although still young, Mika also worked singing jingles for a variety of companies, most notably Orbit chewing gum and British Airways.[26]

Once he returned to school, Mika attended St Philip's School in Kensington, where he was the head of the Schola Cantorum (the St Philip's Choir). Later he attended Westminster School in London, where he starred in a number of school productions to great acclaim.[25]

After a very brief stint (one day) at the London School of Economics, Mika then managed to gain entrance to the Royal College of Music. By day, Mika studied and practiced his scales, but by night, he visited the rock and electro clubs of Soho and Camden, and wrote pop songs.[25][26]

Mika left the Royal College of Music to record his first album at Casablanca Records.[27] His first single was a limited 7"/download release called "Relax, Take It Easy" (2006). It was playlisted by UK's BBC Radio 1 and was made Record of the Week by DJ Scott Mills. His Dodgy Holiday EP also became available for download. The song "Billy Brown" was available for free download for a week from the iTunes Store. A song titled 'Overrated', which was recorded in 2004, was "unofficially" released online. His debut radio appearance was on Dermot O'Leary's BBC Radio 2 show in September 2006.

2007–2008: Life in Cartoon Motion

Main article: Life in Cartoon Motion

The comparisons to Freddie Mercury are fine. They started long before I made the record – I've even referred to it in Grace Kelly. A Freddie comparison is a compliment. He's a genius and one of the best there's ever been.

—Mika following being named the BBC's Sound of 2007[8]

In 2007, things took off for Mika. His single "Grace Kelly" was released by Universal Music for digital download on 8 January 2007. On 19 January 2007, he appeared on Later... with Jools Holland, and on The Friday Night Project.[28] That same month, Mika was voted the top of the BBC News website's Sound of 2007 poll.[29] "Grace Kelly" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart on 21 January 2007, and stayed at number one for five weeks.

The single featured on his debut album, Life In Cartoon Motion, which was released on 5 February 2007. The album went straight to number one in the UK and 11 other countries, and brought comparisons with artists such as Freddie Mercury,[30][31] Scissor Sisters,[32] Elton John,[33] Prince,[34] Robbie Williams[35] and David Bowie.[35] The song "Grace Kelly", in fact, references Mercury in the lyrics: "I try to be like Grace Kelly/But all her looks were too sad/So I tried a little Freddie/I've gone identity mad." The album went on to sell more than 8.3 million copies worldwide and rack up 2.8 billion streams.

Life in Cartoon Motion has a coming of age theme and deals with Mika's transition from childhood to the present, though he has stated that not all of the songs are autobiographical. His songs often deal with difficult topics. For instance, in "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" the theme of larger women suffering from discrimination is explored. Mika has said that the fact that his mother was a big woman, and that he had seen the prejudices against her, helped him to write the song.[36] In another example of dealing with more difficult subject matter, in the song "Billy Brown", Mika writes about a man (who is married to a woman) who has an affair with a man.

 
Mika performing at the V Festival in 2007

Mika toured the United States in June 2007, 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[37] and 14 February 2008 and for Jimmy Kimmel Live! on 27 March 2007.[38] He also performed live on So You Think You Can Dance on 26 July 2007.

On 10 October 2007, Mika began his Dodgy Holiday Tour, playing at venues across Europe. On 17 November 2007, Mika started the UK leg of his tour in Glasgow, Scotland, with support from Palladium. The North American leg of his tour began in January 2008 with support from The Midway State and Creature and continued through February with a stop in Los Angeles for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, where he was nominated for "Best Dance Recording" for his song "Love Today".[39]

On 20 February 2008, Mika opened the 2008 Brit Awards with a live performance of "Love Today", "Grace Kelly", and a duet, "Standing in the Way of Control", with Beth Ditto of Gossip. He was awarded the BRIT Award for Best British Breakthrough Artist later that night.[40]

2009–2010: The Boy Who Knew Too Much

Main article: The Boy Who Knew Too Much (album)

Prior to the release of his second studio album, Mika released a limited-edition extended play titled Songs for Sorrow on 8 June 2009.[41] The EP includes 4 tracks and a 68-page book featuring lyrics and exclusive illustrated interpretations of each song by some of Mika's favourite artists and designers, among them Jim Woodring, Sophie Blackall, Alber Elbaz, and his own sister, DaWack.[41] The song "Blue Eyes" was used to promote the EP, and was A-listed on the BBC Radio 2 playlist.[42]

Mika's second studio album The Boy Who Knew Too Much was released on 21 September 2009.[43] Mika recorded the majority of the album in Los Angeles with producer and musician Greg Wells, who also produced his debut album Life in Cartoon Motion.[44] The album has been described as Mika dealing with his adolescent teenage years and "in a sense is kind of part two" of his first album.

The album was originally titled We Are Golden after the first single from the album, "We Are Golden". On 20 July 2009 in an on-air interview with DJ Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 1, Mika revealed he was considering renaming the album, because he wanted "something a little more ridiculous".[45] On 6 August 2009 it was confirmed that the album's title would change to The Boy Who Knew Too Much.[46]

The first single from the album, "We Are Golden", made its radio debut in the United Kingdom on 20 July 2009, on BBC Radio 2[47] and was released for download on 6 September 2009, with the physical release following on 7 September 2009.[43] The single debuted at number 4 on the UK Singles Chart on 13 September 2009. Mika's promotional tour of the single included live performances at the iTunes Festival 2009 at The Roundhouse in Camden, London and on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross in September 2009. It was reported that Mika spent £25,000 on drinks after inviting fans to join him at his local pub via Twitter on 7 September 2009 to celebrate the release of his single.[48]

"Blame It on the Girls" was released as the second single in the United States and Japan. This was alongside "Rain" being the second single in the United Kingdom, which was released on 23 November.[49] "Blame It on the Girls" was released as a single in the United Kingdom on 15 February 2010.[50] His American promotional tour consisted of live performances on Good Morning America in New York City on 25 September 2009 and the Late Show with David Letterman on 14 October 2009.

In November 2009 Mika performed "Rain" and "We Are Golden" live at the Sydney Opera House for the Australian Idol Grand Final. He also performed on Sunrise on the Seven Network in Australia. On 30 November 2009, Mika performed "Let It Snow" in a duet with Japanese pop star Hikaru Utada.[51]

At Blackpool's Opera House in December 2009 Mika had the opportunity to perform in the Royal Variety Performance in front of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The Royal Variety Performance is an annual gala evening, which, ever since it was established in 1912, is traditionally attended by members of the British Royal Family. Mika sang his single, "Rain," during the evening, which included performances by Lady Gaga, Michael Bublé, Miley Cyrus, Bette Midler, and Whoopi Goldberg, and later had the chance to meet Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.[52]

On 21 March 2010 Mika performed a song he had written, "Gave It All Away", with Boyzone on ITV1 for Boyzone: A Tribute To Stephen Gately.[53]

In May 2010 Mika released the single "Kick Ass (We Are Young)", the title track to the 2010 film Kick-Ass. The song played during the film's closing credits.[54]

2010–2014: The Origin of Love, X Factor Italy and Songbook Vol.1

 
Mika in New York City October 2012

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.[55] Mika announced the title of the album, The Origin of Love in a French interview on 17 June.[56] 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.[57] He described the album as less childlike and more serious.

The first single released from the album was Elle me dit, Mika's first French track. It was released online on 1 July 2011. The video for the song was released 16 August and featured the French actress Fanny Ardant, along with a number of other well-known French actors and personalities.

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 again 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.

On 8 June 2012, the video for "Make You Happy" was released on Vimeo.[58] The song served as a buzz single for the album.[59] On 14 June 2012, "Celebrate", which features Pharrell Williams, was announced as the album's lead single.[60][61] The album was released internationally on 17 September 2012 and in the UK on 8 October 2012.[62]

Included on this album was "Popular Song", which Mika co-wrote and performed on the album with songwriter Priscilla Renea (who now goes by the professional name Muni Long). The song, which borrowed a well-known melody from the musical "Wicked" by Stephen Schwartz, was later remixed and released as a duet in 2013 with Ariana Grande before she reached "superstar" status.[63]

The 2012 Summer Olympics took place in London from 25 July to 12 August 2012, and before the gold medal beach volleyball game on 8 August, Mika performed "Grace Kelly" and "Celebrate" on the sand court.[64] The same day he also did a Q&A with fans and performed a short set for Rock The Games, which live-streamed on the YouTube channel of the London 2012 games.[65][66]

On 23 April 2013, Mika was revealed to be the new judge on the seventh season of The X Factor Italy. He was the first international mentor on the Italian edition of the show.[67] Mika returned to the panel for the eighth and ninth series of the show before leaving to focus on other projects.

Mika released a compilation album, on 18 November 2013, in Italy titled Songbook Vol. 1, including 20 songs from his three previous albums, plus a few re-worked tracks.[68]

On 17 January 2014, Mika took part in the Italian television show Le Invasioni Barbariche on La7, and performed a duet with the Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Dario Fo of the song "Ho visto un Re", written by Fo and played by Enzo Jannacci.[69] That same evening, Mika was presented with a platinum disc for the album Songbook Vol. 1.

Mika joined The Voice: la plus belle voix (the French version of the television show The Voice) as a judge/mentor in 2014. One of his contestants, Kendji Girac, won the competition that year.

Mika released another French single on 11 June 2014, Boum Boum Boum. The video (which came out 7 July) was filmed entirely in Spain on the set of the famous western The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, and features Mika in a variety of guises—from cowboy to James Bond-like spy.

2015–2018: No Place in Heaven

Main article: No Place in Heaven

In February 2015, Mika performed a series of three concerts with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of conductor Simon Leclerc. The concerts featured a selection of Mika's songs scored for a full orchestra by Mika and Leclerc. The concerts met with glowing reviews, with some calling the presentations "memorable"[70] and "a beautiful collaboration between the artist and the orchestra."[71] Mika and Leclerc followed up the Montreal concerts with a similar performance in October 2015 at the Teatro Sociale in Como, Italy. The concert, performed in conjunction with L'Orchestra Sinfonica and Coro Affinis Consort, was televised and a DVD featuring the recording was issued under the title "Sinfonia Pop".[72]

Mika's next album was preceded by the single Talk About You, which previewed on 25 March 2015, with the official video on YouTube a few days later.

Mika began a tour to support the upcoming album on 3 May 2015 in Brooklyn, New York, and subsequently toured in major cities around the world. On 25 May 2015 the official video for the next single, Good Guys, was released.

Mika's fourth album, No Place in Heaven, was released on 15 June 2015.[73] He described the album as "direct, low-down, open, candid, playful, yet a mature pop album which takes its inspiration from '60s pop music".[74] On 13 November 2015 the album was re-released in the form of a double-disc deluxe edition, containing a number of bonus tracks on Disc 1 as well as a full-length orchestral bonus disc, which includes a performance by Mika with L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal.[75]

The following year, Mika began filming for his own television show, called Stasera Casa Mika, in Italy.[76] The variety show featured a number of Italian actors, musicians and other cultural icons, as well as performers from around the world, including Kylie Minogue, Sting, LP and Dita von Teese. In addition to music, the show had comedy sketches and serious looks at life around Italy. The show won the 2017 Rose d'Or as Best Entertainment Series.[77]

Starting 1 January 2016 and periodically through January 2019, Mika hosted a series of episodes (11 in total) of Mika: The Art Of Song on BBC Radio 2. In the programs, he discussed musical influences and focused on a variety of artists, including Joni Mitchell and Carole King.

In early 2016, Hurts, a song from the No Place in Heaven album, was remixed and released as an uptempo single. The song was included on the soundtrack of the Italian film Un Bacio (A Kiss), directed by Ivan Cotroneo. A video for the single was directed by Cotroneo as well, and featured clips from the movie and Mika alongside the film's three principal actors. The theme of the film and video was fighting against homophobia and bullying. At the time, Mika was quoted as saying, "It was extraordinary to find out how the words of my song were perfect for the film. So the collaboration with Ivan was born naturally."[78]

Mika reunited with conductor Simon Leclerc at the end of 2016 to perform two concerts at the Teatro dell'Opera di Firenze in collaboration with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. The concerts were performed 30 and 31 December with the orchestra and choir of Maggio Musicale, under the direction of Leclerc, who had previously conducted Mika's symphonic performances in Montreal and Como.[79]

In February 2017, Mika performed a medley of his own songs at the Sanremo Festival, as well as a tribute to the late George Michael.[80]

Mika released a single, "It's My House", which also served as the theme song for the second series of his show Stasera Casa Mika in October 2017. The following month (November 2017), Mika featured on the album Dalida by Ibrahim Malouf, a tribute album to the late Egyptian-Italian-French singer. Mika performed a cover of the Egyptian song "Salma Ya Salama", which Dalida had sung in both Arabic and French in 1977.

In 2018, Mika featured on Adam to Eve no Ringo, a tribute album to Japanese musician Ringo Sheena, covering Sheena's song "Sid to Hakuchūmu" from her debut album Muzai Moratorium (1999).[81]

Mika collaborated with the French singers Doriand and Philippe Katerine on a single called "Danser Entre Hommes" in late 2018. It was released by Doriand on 30 August 2019. All three men appear in the song's music video.[82]

2019–2020: My Name Is Michael Holbrook

Main article: My Name Is Michael Holbrook

In May 2019, Mika released the single "Ice Cream" and announced his fifth studio album, My Name Is Michael Holbrook, for release on 4 October 2019.[83] The album, described as "intensely personal" by a number of reviewers, also contains elements of "disco-tinged exuberance" and "joyous pop" with "anthemic choruses and vocal harmonies".[84]

Mika collaborated with singer Jack Savoretti on single "Youth And Love", which was released on 28 June 2019. The original version of the song appeared on Savoretti's March 2019 album Singing To Strangers. The new duet was produced by Cam Blackwood, with Mika's vocals recorded at his home studio in Florence.[85] It received a worldwide exclusive play from Zoe Ball on her BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show, first airing on 19 June 2019 and was subsequently added to BBC Radio 2's New Music Playlist (A list). (A special edition of Savoretti's album was released on 6 December 2019 including "Youth And Love" with Mika as the 20th track.) Savoretti subsequently appeared on a track on Mika's new album, "Ready to Call This Love".[86]

Mika was a guest at singer Andrea Bocelli's charity orchestral concert at Teatro Del Silenzio in Lajatico, Italy on 25 July 2019, and duetted with him on the song "Ali Di Libertà". Mika also sang his own "Happy Ending" and "Tiny Love", accompanied by the orchestra, a troupe of dancers, Ida Falk-Winland, and Max Taylor, and was interviewed onstage by the host. The concert was broadcast on Italian television network RAI1 on 14 September 2019.[87]

Several singles and accompanying videos were released in the months leading up to the debut of the My Name Is Michael Holbrook album: "Tiny Love", "Dear Jealousy", "Tomorrow", and "Sanremo". The album was promoted in September 2019 with the seven-date Tiny Love Tiny Tour at small venues in New York, Montreal, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Mexico City. In addition, Mika appeared on the American TV show Late Night with Seth Meyers on 11 September 2019, performing new song "Tiny Love", along with "Big Girl" from his first album.[88]

In October 2019, Mika was honored with the Music Award at the 2019 Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards[89] hosted in London by the UK's Attitude magazine. The award acknowledged that "after staring down homophobia at the start of his pop career, Mika is now making unapologetically queer music that also processes his past pain." In a related article in Attitude, Mika noted, "If I didn't have music, I would not have been able to understand or deal with my sexuality in the same way. It's always been at the centre of my writing."

Mika launched a worldwide tour, known as the Revelation Tour, in London on 10 November 2019. The 2019 leg of the tour included dates in Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland and Belgium. It continued in 2020 with stops in Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, and Italy[90] then went on to several dates in New Zealand and Australia.[91] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mika announced in February 2020 the cancellation of the Asian leg of the tour in Japan, China and South Korea.[92] Subsequently, the North and South American leg of the tour were cancelled, including a performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.[93][94]

In between concert stops, Mika made several television appearances, including: a live episode of X Factor Italia (24 October 2019);[95] the finale of France's The Voice Kids (October 2019);[96] and the live finale of Danse Avec les Stars (23 November 2019).[97] Mika also performed on top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris as part of its 130th anniversary celebration in October 2019.[98]

In January 2020, Mika released the album "MIKA Live at Brooklyn Steel", for digital download/streaming only. It is a recording of his 13 September 2019 concert at the venue Brooklyn Steel in New York.[99]

With touring on hold due to the pandemic, Mika returned to Italian television and X Factor Italia as a judge in the summer/fall of 2020.[100]

After the devastating explosion that hit Beirut in August 2020, Mika was moved to honor his Lebanese heritage and organized a streaming concert in aid of the citizens of that city. The resulting concert film, titled "I Love Beirut", featured a number of international performers, including Kylie Minogue, Danna Paola, Louane, Salma Hayek and Rufus Wainwright.[101] It was viewed in 106 countries around the globe and raised more than €1 million.[102]

The summer of 2020 also saw Mika release a number of collaborations. In August, he released Le Coeur Holiday with the French rapper Soprano, with whom he had worked on The Voice France. The video for this song was an animated short that featured cartoon versions of the singers in a touching tale of friendship.[103] Also in August, Mika duetted with Italian singer Michele Bravi on an updated version of Bella d'estate, originally recorded in 1987 by the singer Mango.[104] Rounding out the summer of international collaborations, on 11 September 2020, Mika appeared along with Mexican singer and actress Danna Paola on her single titled Me, Myself.[105]

Mika sang vocals on one more single around this time, this for the Canadian singer-songwriter Pierre Lapointe. The song, "Six Heures d'Avion Nous Séparent", appears on Lapointe's 2020 album Chansons Hivernales.[106]

Just before Christmas 2020, Mika hosted "Do Re MIKA Sol", a concert to benefit the charity Imagine for Margo, held in the pediatric department of the French Institut Curie. The concert was broadcast live on Facebook. Mika performed a set of Christmas carols for patients and their families, and hospital staff, accompanied by members of the 100 Voices of Gospel.[107] Mika closed out 2020 by performing several times at the Palace of Versailles near Paris. In mid-December he performed an intimate live concert with the Royal Opera of Versailles with a variety of classical and other musicians. An album of the concert, Mika a l'Opéra Royal de Versailles, was later released in early 2021.[108] Mika also performed at the New Year's Eve celebration, La Grande Soirée, filmed at Versailles, which aired on France 2, where he performed an 8-minute opening medley of some of his biggest hits. He also ended the program with a medley of his songs, with an array of fireworks and pyrotechnics as backdrop to ring in the new year.[109]

2021–2022: Other ventures during the COVID-19 pandemic

 
Mika at the Philharmonie de Paris, October 2021

Touring and most live performances continued to be on hold in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so Mika turned to a number of other projects.

In March 2021, Mika launched a project that was billed as an open-air exhibition to give colours back to Paris. Collaborating with a number of artists and his sister Yasmine, Mika created a series of posters that were displayed on the Morris columns and other advertising boards around the city.[110]

Mika quarantined in Canada for two weeks in Spring 2021 so that he could then work on the Canadian version of the talent show Star Académie.[111] He served as artistic director for two episodes, during which he coached the young contestants and performed with them, as well. In addition to singing a number of his most popular songs, Mika joined in on covers of David Bowie's Heroes and Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.

For Pride Month in June, Mika partnered with job-search platform Indeed for an initiative called "Soundtrack of Empathy". The initiative encouraged workers to share their music playlists with colleagues, in an effort to create a more empathetic workplace. Along with the "Soundtrack of Empathy", Mika performed a live-streamed benefit concert, which raised $40,000 for Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation. There was also an influencer roundtable featuring artists selected by Mika, who spoke about the shared language of music and how it naturally encourages empathy and sparks vulnerability.[112]

Mika performed at two private concerts hosted by jeweler Chopard during the Cannes Film Festival in July.[113] While attending these events, he was followed by Italian filmmaker Pif, who filmed a special episode on a day in Mika's life, which was broadcast in the fall on Italian television show Il Testimone (The Witness).[114]

Mika continued his work as a judge on X Factor Italia in 2021, alongside co-judges singer Emma Marrone, Italian rapper and producer Hell Raton, and Manuel Agnelli, of the Italian band Afterhours. He also rejoined The Voice in France, for a special "All-Stars" 10th anniversary edition.[115]

September 2021 marked Mika's return to larger performances, as he headlined a private event hosted by American Express for its premium cardholders. The concert was held at Salle Pleyel in Paris for about 2000 attendees.[116]

Reuniting once again with composer and conductor Simon Leclerc, Mika performed orchestral versions of many of his hits during two sold-out concerts in October at the Philharmonie de Paris. The concerts were performed with the National Orchestra de France and the Choeur Stella Maris on 23 and 24 October.[117] The 23 October concert was filmed and subsequently broadcast on TV in both France and Italy.[118] It was later also broadcast on several PBS stations in the United States.[119]

In early December 2021, Mika announced that he would be continuing his partnership with Indeed, which would sponsor a short North American tour in spring 2022. With stops in New York (Brooklyn), Boston, Montreal and Toronto, the "For the Rite of Spring Tour" was scheduled to span three weeks in April.[120] Additional dates were added to the For the Rite of Spring Tour, including two dates at the Coachella festival in California. Unfortunately, Mika became ill and needed to cancel the Boston date, and reschedule the others, but eventually the tour took place.

After concluding the "For the Rite of Spring Tour", Mika jetted to Turin (Torino), Italy, to serve as co-host for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 alongside Italian singer Laura Pausini and TV presenter Alessandro Cattelan.[121] The show was broadcast live globally, with audience figures reaching 161 million viewers. Of the experience, Mika said in an Instagram post: "With this performance I asked myself, what's the fundamental message? This time around it was love. It's this idea that love is this one thing that can break down barriers, it's this one thing that makes you feel like a superhero. Love goes over everything else. It opens every door. When you feel love, everything is possible. When you don't feel love, well, the world is a tougher, harder, darker place. The entire arena, every single person, including all the different artists and delegations, were given the same flag in their hand. Not the flag of a country, but for the first time at Eurovision, the flag of love. A flag with a red heart. All of us waving it the air together, on air, at the grand final of Eurovision."[122]

On 13 May, Mika released the single "Yo Yo". The lyric video for the single was released at the same time. Mika performed "Yo Yo" for the first time as part of the interval act at the grand final of the Eurovision contest on 14 May 2022.[123] The video for Yo Yo was directed by Mika and was released on 14 June.[124]

The summer following Mika's Eurovision stint was one of his busiest ever. He kicked off the season with a performance at Disneyland Paris Pride, an appearance that was postponed from two years earlier due to the pandemic.[125]

Immediately afterward, Mika flew to New York to participate in Take Pride Live!, an hour-long YouTube Pride Month special sponsored by Indeed, and hosted by Terrell Grice. During the program, Mika debuted a new song, Who's Gonna Love Me Now? The ballad is featured in the directorial debut of Emmy, Tony, and Grammy Award winner Billy Porter called Anything's Possible.[126]

Mika then returned to London after a more than two-year absence for a sold-out concert at the famous Roundhouse in Camden on 3 July 2022.[127] He followed that with an array of festival shows throughout July, August, and into early September, with stops in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain and Sardinia.[128] Due to insurmountable technical and logistical problems, however, a planned "Magic Piano Tour" covering 10 dates in Italy in September and October was indefinitely postponed.[129]

In between the festival shows, Mika found time to record and release a single, "Bolero", with Italian singer BabyK. The single came out 17 June, with the video featuring both singers releasing on 14 July. Mika promoted the single by performing it with BabyK at the TIM Summer Hits show in Italy.[130]

In addition, Mika retained one Italian concert date—at the famed Arena di Verona on 19 September.[131] There, nearly 20,000 fans were entertained for almost two hours, with confetti, balloons, bubbles, fan actions and more in an explosive end-of-summer celebration.[132]

In October, Mika performed in Monte Carlo, at a charity event organised by the Venetian Arts Foundation to benefit the Prince Albert II Foundation, and its coastal resilience and marine protection projects.[133]

2023 and related projects

On 18 January 2023, Mika released a new single, "Keep It Simple", with French singer-songwriter Vianney.

Later in January, he hosted "Le Gala des Pieces Jaunes", a charity show in support of Paris' Hospital Foundation, which works to better the daily lives of hospitalized children and their families. In addition to acting as presenter, Mika performed a medley of his songs, as well as "Keep It Simple" with Vianney. Also performing at the gala were South Korean girl group Blackpink, Pharrell Williams, Pascal Obispo, Kid Cudi, Gautier Capuçon, Khatia Buniatishvili and Daniel Lozakovich. During the evening, appeals for donations were launched by the artists. The show was broadcast on French television on 28 January.[134]

The soundtrack for Mika's first film score, for the French-language film Princes of the Desert (Zodi et Tehu, Freres du desert) directed by Éric Barbier and starring Alexandra Lamy, Youssef Hajdi, and Nadia Benzakour, was released on 3 February 2023. (The film hit French theaters on 8 February 2023.)[135] To create the score, Mika worked with 160 musicians from around the world, including celebrated South African artist Nomfundo Moh and classical Berber musicians from Morocco.[136][137]

A new UK television program called The Piano, featuring Mika as a judge, was broadcast on UK's Channel 4 starting 15 February 2023. The series, produced by Love Productions (also responsible for The Great British Bake Off), followed a number of musicians on a journey from playing in public train stations around the UK to the Royal Festival Hall stage. Hosted by Claudia Winkleman, the show also featured Chinese concert pianist Lang Lang as judge alongside Mika.[138][139]

Mika was the featured performer at the 2023 Rose Ball (Bal de la Rose), an annual charity gala that benefits the Princess Grace Foundation. Held in Monaco on 25 March, the 67th edition of the Rose Ball had the theme of "Bollywood" and was designed by French designer Christian Louboutin. Members of Monaco's royal family hosted the event, held at the Salle des Étoiles at Sporting Monte-Carlo, which was attended by celebrities and socialites from around the world. Mika's youngest sister Zuleika accompanied him to this event.[140]

Mika played two dates in Japan in May—Osaka on 23 May and Tokyo on 24 May.[141] Continuing on from Japan, MIKA performed in South Korea for the Seoul Jazz Festival on 26 May.[142][143] Mika returned to the UK festival scene in 2023, and performed on 26 April at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival,[144] the Isle of Wight Festival on 18 June,[145] and on 21 June for the Bristol Sounds Music Festival.[146] He performed at more than a dozen other European cities over the summer, as well as Casablanca (Morocco) in June, Athens (Greece) in July, and Monte Carlo (Monaco) in August.[147] Mika ended his summer touring schedule with an appearance at Brava Madrid in Spain in September.[148]

Mika worked on two new albums throughout 2023, one completely in the French language, the other in English. A single from the French-language album, titled C'est la vie, was performed for the first time at the Francofolies de Spa in Belgium, in July.[149] The performance was filmed and subsequently used as the music video when the single was officially released on 1 September 2023. In mid-October, Mika finally announced the title of the album as Que ta tete fleurisse toujours (May Your Head Always Bloom).[150] Que ta tete fleurisse toujours was released on 1 December 2023.[151] No release date has been announced for the English album as yet.[152]

Apocalypse Calypso, another single from the French-language album, was released on 20 October 2023. The lyric video for the song was posted a few days later and an official music video was posted on 3 November 2023.[153]

On 8 September, Mika announced a new tour to support his new album, to be called the Apocalypse Calypso Tour, starting in March 2024. The tour will visit 16 cities in France, with additional stops in Luxembourg, Geneva, Amsterdam, Brussels and Berlin.[154] Mika will then take the tour to the UK and Ireland, with stops in Brighton, Manchester, Wolverhampton, London and Dublin.[155]

Mika also worked with the Mêlée des Chœurs on an initiative that combined music and rugby. Students were selected to sing the national anthems of countries participating in the 2023 Rugby World Cup, which started in September, and received guidance from Mika, deemed the "godfather" of the operation. Mika performed alongside a group of children at the final of the Rugby World Cup at the Stade de France on 28 October.[156][157]

In early October, Mika announced that he would be rejoining The Voice in France for its 2024 season, season 13, as a judge alongside Vianney, Zazie, and BigFlo and Oli.[158]

The year closed out with Mika's appearance on a Christmas special of The Piano, which reunited him with co-judge Lang Lang and host Claudia Winkleman, as well as a number of the performers showcased in the original series. In addition, English comedians Tom Allen and Jo Brand appeared on the program, which also featured a performance by Grammy-winning singer Gregory Porter.[159]


2024: Que ta tête fleurisse toujours

Mika began 2024 doing promo for the new album, with interviews at various radio shows and publications,[160][161] as well as filming for two TV series: The Voice in France[162] and The Piano in the UK.[163] The Voice France began airing on 10 February 2024.

Mika has also ushered in 2024 by picking several awards: His French-language album Que ta tête fleurisse toujours was named "French-language album of the Year" the Pure Charts Awards (voted on by the public);[164] and the TV program The Piano was named "Best Original Programme" at the 2024 Broadcast Awards.[165] In addition, he's been nominated as "Breakthrough Composer of the Year" by the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) for making "the difficult jump from pop music to film music with his excellent score for the action/adventure (Zodi and Tehu) Princes of the Desert." [166]

The Apocalypse Calypso Tour, in support of Mika's French album Que ta tête fleurisse toujours, begins in Clermont-Ferrand in France on 26 February, and will continue into April. Mika also has announced that he will appear at a number of festivals throughout Summer 2024, with stops in France, Belgium, Spain, Greece, the UK and Italy.[167]

Personal life

Mika's legal name is Michael Holbrook Penniman, Jr., but he was given the nickname Mica by his mother. As he grew older, he changed the 'c' to a 'k'.[168]

Mika has one younger brother and one younger sister along with two older sisters. His oldest sister Yasmine, who works as an artist under the nom de plume DaWack, painted the cartoon art for his two albums Life in Cartoon Motion[169] and The Boy Who Knew Too Much.[170]

Mika was raised as a Melkite Catholic, and in a 2013 interview he described himself as "still a Roman Catholic". He also acknowledged how the church and its ceremonies influenced his musical training and later work.[171]

In addition to English, Mika speaks French,[18] Spanish and Italian[172] fluently; in an interview on 28 September 2009 with The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1, he commented that he had taken Mandarin Chinese lessons for nine years but does not speak it very well; he also mentioned that his three sisters speak it fluently. He also speaks a little Arabic, in a Lebanese dialect.[173] Mika holds dual UK and US citizenship.[174]

In August 2010, Mika acquired a golden retriever puppy, which he named Melachi (the Witch). Her nickname is Mel or Moo.[175] Several years later, in the spring of 2015, he added a second golden retriever puppy, which he named Amira.[176]

Early in his career, many questions about Mika's sexual orientation arose, but he declined to label himself. In a September 2009 interview in Gay & Night, Mika commented on his sexuality: "I've never ever labelled myself. But having said that, I've never limited my life, I've never limited who I sleep with ... Call me whatever you want. Call me bisexual, if you need a term for me ..."[177] In a March 2010 interview with the London Evening Standard, he stated: "I consider myself label-less because I could fall in love with anybody – literally – any type, any body. I'm not picky."[178]

In an August 2012 interview with the magazine Instinct, the singer described himself as gay.[179] In recent years, Mika has been more open about his family life and his personal relationship with film-maker Andreas Dermanis, with whom he has been involved for more than 15 years.[180]

In July 2015, posters advertising Mika's upcoming concert in Florence, Italy, were defaced and marked with a homophobic slur.[181] In response to this, Mika and his team launched a campaign against homophobia and the discrimination of the LGBTQ+ community in Italy, posting on social media with the slogan and hashtag #rompiamoilsilenzio (Let's Break the Silence). Mika also wrote about the experience for Italian publications, speaking out against not only homophobia, but bullying in general.[182]

Mika has stated that he practices transcendental meditation and finds it useful.[183]

Since 2013, he has spent a lot of time in Italy, where he has a house and a studio in Tuscany in the province of Florence. Mika also owns a home in Miami, Florida, a 1920s Spanish-style home that he has restored and in which he has built a recording studio.[184][185]

Side projects and endorsements

Mika has often written songs for other musicians, saying, "I write songs for other people under different names most of the time. I have a little family of three names. One of them has been discovered – it's Alice."[186] One such song, "Ci Parliamo da Grandi", was recorded and made famous by Italian singer Eros Ramazotti.[187]

Mika served as a model for fashion designer Paul Smith's spring/summer 2007 global ad campaign.[188]

In 2012 and 2013, Mika served as the face of Lozza sunglasses in advertising campaigns. He also designed a line of sunglasses for the Italian eyewear company.[189]

Also in 2013, Mika designed a line of clothing for Belgian retailer JBC. The collection included items for men, women and children. At the time of the line's release, Mika told journalists, "For the menswear collection I took inspiration from my own wardrobe. I like easy to wear, stylish clothing that you can put on quickly in the morning and still look stylish." For the children's and women's collections, Mika took inspiration from his youth. "I grew up in a house with three sisters and was always made to tag along on all kinds of shopping trips."[13]

Mika and his sister Yasmine designed two watches for Swiss watchmaker Swatch in 2013, in honor of the company's 30th anniversary. The watches were unveiled in November 2013 at the Venice Biennale.[190] The regular edition "Kukulakuku" has a large watch face dominated by blue and comes in a plastic box, while the strictly limited edition "Kukulakuki" has a smaller face dominated by white and comes in a special tin and box.[191]

Mika lent his song "Live Your Life" to the advertising campaign for Spanish beer San Miguel in 2013, appearing in a commercial that doubled as the song's music video. He also appeared in print ads for the brand.[192]

Belgian telecommunications company Mobistar featured Mika in an online film in 2014, with him singing "Grace Kelly" in front of a crowd at the Antwerp train station to promote the company's "Have a Nice Day" campaign. The film was accompanied by an in-store poster campaign. Mika did a signing session at the Mobistar concept store in Liege, then performed a concert in Brussels for invitation-only/Mobistar competition winners on 18 September 2014.

Mika is the narrator and voice of the main character, Mustafa, in the 84-minute French-language version of the animated film The Prophet. The film was produced by Salma Hayek and is based on a book of poetry by world-renowned Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist Kahlil Gibran.[193] At the Cannes film festival in 2014, Mika joined Hayek, her husband and her daughter (who also voices a character in the French version), and actress Julie Gayet on the red carpet to celebrate the film's launch.[194] The French version was released in theaters in France on 2 December 2015 and on DVD/Blu-ray in August 2016. To promote its theatrical release Hayek and Mika appeared together on the French TV shows C à Vous on 1 December 2015 and Le Grand 8 on 2 December 2015.

In Trieste, Italy, on 11–12 July 2014, Mika and his sister Yasmine were two of the judges for the International Talent Support Contest (ITS). They judged 10 pieces in the Swatch-sponsored "ITS ARTWORK" category.[195]

Mika covered the song "Je Chante" by Charles Trenet for TGV's advertising campaign in 2015, and appeared in a related video/commercial. The song is on Mika's November 2015 reissue of No Place In Heaven as the 15th track on the French edition of the album.[196]

In May 2016, Mika and Yasmine unveiled another Swatch watch that they had designed.[197] This Swatch was named Mumu-Cucurrucucu. It has an engraved golden dial with a bright-colored geometric design dominated by white and green, and comes in a box also designed by Mika and his sister.

Mika was part of an advertising campaign for the Peugeot 108 automobile in March 2017. At the time he said, "The new campaign is a fun collision of my world and that of the 108."[198]

Also, at the end of 2017, Mika began a collaboration with Pilot pens. He and his sister Yasmine designed a collection of 24 different pens to help celebrate Pilot's 100th anniversary.[199] As part of the promotion for this collaboration, a newly remixed (by Ryan Riback) version of Mika's song "Celebrate" was released and used in advertisements.[200]

Mika became an Opel brand ambassador in Italy in autumn 2020 and starred in a commercial for the Corsa-e in September 2020, one for the 100% electric Mokka-e in October 2020, and one for Opel Grandland X Plug-in-Hybrid in February 2021. All three commercials prominently featured his song "Domani".[201]

At the International Talent Support (ITS) Contest in October 2020, Mika and his sister Yasmine were on the international jury, helping to decide the winners of the ITS Responsible Fashion Award and the ITS Responsible Accessories Award. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the jury met virtually and no in-person event was held. The results were live-streamed on 23 October 2020, but Mika and Yasmine only appeared as photos while the host introduced the jurors.[202]

In October 2021, Mika announced that he had invested in a French company called Divie, which produces products made with CBD oil. Mika noted that he had used CBD for some time, especially on tour, and believed in its benefits.[203]

Philanthropy

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 in 2009. 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 and was broadcast on BBC1 and Radio 2.[204]

Also in November 2009, Mika performed an acoustic concert at London's Union Chapel as part of the "Little Noise Sessions" organised by the charity Mencap. Singing alongside Mika during this concert was the a cappella group The King's Singers.[205]

Mika and his sister Yasmine worked on a special project for Coca-Cola in early 2010, designing an artistic, limited edition aluminum Coke bottle that also benefited charity. The "Happiness Bottle" was, according to Mika, inspired by Japanese psychedelic posters from the 1960s. It has a red background and features a bright yellow sun along with some tribal figures and other symbols. There was also a collector's version of the bottle that was packaged in a decorated box that opened to show a 3D scene.[206] Mika talked about the project at the time, saying, "When I said yes to Coca-Cola for this project, one of the conditions that I had, and I was very clear about this since the beginning, was that I wanted to have a charity side attached to it. So I said: OK, I'll draw this bottle, but all the money that they would pay me will go to a charity. So I chose Hôpitaux de France and Hôpitaux de Paris, and particularly their 'Maison des adolescents' project. This charity side for me was the most important of all."[207]

Mika teamed up with some of the biggest names in pop to record a cover version of REM's 'Everybody Hurts' in support of charities helping relief efforts after an earthquake hit the island of Haiti in early 2010. Mika played piano and shared vocals with the likes of Mariah Carey, Kylie Minogue, Jon Bon Jovi, Rod Stewart, Michael Buble and Susan Boyle. The track was organised by Simon Cowell and The Sun newspaper.[208] Mika also donated various pieces of memorabilia for auction to raise additional funds for Haiti, including a milk carton prop used in his video for the single "Rain", as well as the t-shirt he wore in the Haiti video, plus an autographed CD single of "Everybody Hurts". At the time, Mika said on his website, "I was hugely honoured to be asked by The Sun to be part of this single. I am really pleased with how it turned out, it sounds fantastic, and I hope the public will support it to raise money for this worthy cause." He also donated a signed poster to the charity Oxfam UK to help raise funds for its work in Haiti.[209]

In 2012, Mika offered tickets and flights to one of his shows anywhere in the world to raise money for the UK charity London's Air Ambulance, in conjunction with members of the Mika Fan Club (MFC). The resulting raffle raised more than £6,600.[210]

In both 2012 and 2013, Mika contributed some of his doodles to the UK charity Epilepsy Action's National Doodle Day auction. His doodles raised more than £1000 for the organization.

Mika participated in the televised January 2013 Les Enfoirés, a yearly charity show, at Bercy Arena in France. In that show he was featured on Psy's "Gangnam Style" (with Lorie, Zazie and Amel Bent), Niagara's "J'ai vu" (with Michael Jones, Lorie and Zaz), and Les Enfoirés' "La Chanson des Restos" (with 38 of the other Enfoirés). The songs on which Mika accompanied (in the choir or on stage dancing) were Laurent Voulzy's "Jeanne", Johnny Hallyday's "Fils de personne", Michel Telo's "Ai Se Eu Te Pego", Shy'm's "Et alors", children's song "A la pêche aux moules", Patrick Bruel's "Place des Grands Hommes", Téléphone's "New-York avec toi", Joe Dassin's "L'Amérique", and Les Enfoirés's "Attention au départ". Several of these songs appear on the Les Enfoirés 2-disc CD La Boîte À Musique Des Enfoirés released September 2013 and the single disc DVD released in March 2013. During a non-televised scene change Mika and Shy'm sang "Elle me dit" together; and at the end he picked her up and carried her off.[211]

For Christmas 2014, Mika contributed a design to a collection of Christmas cards sold in Italy, the proceeds of which went to the European Association for Research in Surgical Oncology. The original design was also auctioned off for charity, raising €1,075.[212]

Over the years, Mika has supported the French charitable organisation Imagine for Margo/Children without Cancer. In 2014 and 2015, Mika and the late photographer Peter Lindbergh worked together on an advertising campaign for the charity. Mika's image continues to be used in ads for the organisation[213] and in December 2020 Mika performed a concert to benefit the charity at the pediatric department of the French Institut Curie that was broadcast live on Facebook.[214]

In December 2015, Mika visited Lebanon with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and spent time with refugees who had been forced to flee their homes during the ongoing conflict in Syria. Since then, he has made several video messages in support of this organisation[215] and in November 2017 was a special guest at a UNHCR charity event held in Milan.[216]

Mika hosted the charity show Le Gala des Pieces Jaunes at the Zénith in Paris in support of the Hospital Foundation in late January 2023. In addition to presenting, Mika performed a medley of his songs, along with a new single, 'Keep It Simple' ft. Vianney. Also performing at the gala were South Korean girl group Blackpink, Pharrell Williams, Pascal Obispo, Kid Cudi, Gautier Capuçon, Khatia Buniatishvili and Daniel Lozakovich. During the evening, appeals for donations were launched by the artists: the contributions of each one making it possible to change the daily life of hospitalized children and their families. The show was later broadcast on French TV channel France2.[217]

Discography

Main article: Mika discography

Filmography

Tours

  • Dodgy Holiday Tour (2007–2008)
  • Songs for Sorrow Acoustic Tour (2009)
  • 1955 Tour (2009)
  • Imaginarium Tour (2010)
  • The Origin of Love Tour (2012)
  • An Intimate Evening (2013)
  • No Place in Heaven Tour (2015–2016)
  • Tiny Love Tiny Tour (2019)
  • Revelation Tour (2019–2020)
  • For the Rite of Spring (2022)
  • Apocalypse Calypso Tour (2024)

Awards and nominations

In March 2010, Mika became the youngest person ever to be honored with the French Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier [Knight]) for services to music.[218]

In recognition of his efforts for aiding Lebanon via the "I Love Beirut" concert, Mika received the Order of Merit (Lebanon) in January 2021.[219]

Mika has also been nominated for and won many other awards and honors in the music industry:

Award Year Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
Amadeus Austrian Music Awards 2008 Best International Single "Grace Kelly" Nominated
Attitude Awards 2019 The Music Award Mika Won [220]
BBC Sound of... 2007 Sound of 2007 Mika Won [221]
BT Digital Music Awards 2007 Best Pop Artist Mika Nominated [222]
Brit Awards 2008 British Single of the Year "Grace Kelly" Nominated [223]
British Album of the Year Life in Cartoon Motion Nominated
British Breakthrough Act Mika Won
British Male Solo Artist Nominated
2010 Nominated [224]
British LGBT Awards 2023 Music Artist Nominated [225]
Capital FM's Awards 2008 Favorite UK Male Artist Won [226]
Favorite UK Album Life in Cartoon Motion Won
Coca-Cola Onstage Awards 2017 Best International Pop Show Mika Won [227]
2020 Best International Artist Won [228]
Danish Music Awards 2008 Foreign Newcomer of the Year Mika Won [229]
ECHO Awards 2008 Best International Newcomer Mika Won [230]
Best International Male Nominated
Flaiano Prizes 2018 Best Television Programm Stasera casa Mika Won [231]
Denmark Gaffa Awards 2020 Best Foreign Solo Act Mika Nominated [232]
Best Foreign Album My Name Is Michael Holbrook Nominated
GLAAD Media Award 2020 Outstanding Music Artist Nominated [233]
Gay Music Chart Awards 2015 Best British Music Video "Good Guys" Won [234]
Grammy Awards 2008 Best Dance Recording "Love Today" Nominated [235]
IFMCA Awards 2023 Breakthrough Composer of the Year Zodi and Tehu, Princes of the Desert soundtrack Nominated [236]
IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Awards 2007 Top 10 Best Selling Foreign Albums Life in Cartoon Motion Won [237]
Ivor Novello Awards 2008 Songwriter of the Year Mika Won [238]
Best Selling British Song "Grace Kelly" Nominated
Los Premios 40 Principales 2007 Best International Song "Grace Kelly" Nominated
Best International Artist Mika Nominated
MTV Asia Awards 2008 Favorite Breakthrough Artist Mika Nominated
MTV Australia Awards 2008 Video of the Year "Happy Ending" Nominated [239]
MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 Most Addictive Track "Grace Kelly" Nominated [240]
Best Solo Act Mika Nominated
2009 Best Male Nominated [241]
MTV Italian Music Awards 2008 Man of the Year Mika Nominated [242]
2010 Nominated [243]
2011 Too Much Award Nominated [244]
2015 #MTVAwardsStar Nominated [245]
MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2008 Best New Artist in a Video "Grace Kelly" Nominated [246]
NME Awards 2008 Worst Dressed Mika Nominated [247]
Worst Album Life in Cartoon Motion Nominated
NRJ Music Awards 2008 International Song of the Year "Relax, Take It Easy" Nominated [248]
Music Video of the Year Nominated
International Album of the Year Life in Cartoon Motion Nominated
International Revelation of the Year Mika Won
2010 International Male Artist of the Year Nominated [249]
2012 Won [250]
International Song of the Year "Elle me dit" Nominated
Music Video of the Year Nominated
Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards 2007 Fave International Singer Mika Nominated [251]
Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards 2007 Best Music Video "Grace Kelly" Nominated [252]
Best Male Singer Mika Nominated
2008 Best Singer Nominated [253]
Q Awards 2007 Best Breakthrough Act Mika Nominated [254]
2009 Best Video "We Are Golden" Nominated [255]
Radio Disney Music Awards 2014 Best Musical Collaboration "Popular Song" (feat. Ariana Grande) Nominated [256]
Rose d'Or 2017 Best Entertainment Series Stasera casa Mika Won [257]
Silver Palm - Order of Merit 2021 Lebanese National Award Mika Won [258]
Swiss Music Awards 2008 Best International Newcomer Mika Nominated [259]
TMF Awards 2008 Best International Pop Mika Won
Best International Male Nominated
Best International New Nominated
Teen Choice Awards 2007 Choice Male Breakout Artist Mika Nominated
The Record of the Year 2007 Record of the Year "Grace Kelly" Nominated
UK Festival Awards 2007 Best Festival Pop Act Mika Nominated [260]
UK Music Video Awards 2009 Best Art Direction in a Video "We Are Golden" Nominated [261]
Victoires de la Musique 2012 Original Song of the Year "Elle me dit" Nominated [262]
Virgin Media Music Awards 2007 Best UK Act Mika Nominated [263]
Most Fanciable Male Nominated
Best Track "Grace Kelly" Nominated
Vodafone Live Music Awards 2007 Best Live Male Mika Won [264]
World Music Awards 2007 World's Best Selling New Artist Mika Won
World's Best Selling Pop/Rock Male Artist Won
World's Best Selling British Artist Won
2014 World's Best Live Act Nominated [265]
World's Best Male Act Nominated
World's Best Entertainer Nominated
World's Best Song "Popular Song" (feat. Ariana Grande) Nominated
World's Best Video Nominated
"Underwater" Nominated
World's Best Song Nominated
World's Best Album The Origin of Love Nominated
Songbook Vol. 1 Nominated
Žebřík Music Awards 2007 Himself Best International Discovery Nominated [266]
Best International Male Nominated
2009 Nominated
"Rain" Best International Song Nominated
2014 "Boum Boum Boum" Best International Video Nominated [267]


References

  1. ^ Heather Phares. "Mika | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Mika Returns: How the Glam-Pop Star Rejected Industry Standards to Make His Boldest Record Yet". Billboard. 27 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Single Review: Mika – 'Talk About You' – Renowned For Sound".
  4. ^ . Universal Music. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Global Pop Phenomenon, MIKA, Releases Sophomore Album, We Are Golden, September 22" (Press release). Business Wire. 14 July 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  6. ^ Pareles, Jon (31 March 2007). "A rising British pop star revives a Mercurial style". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 June 2007.
  7. ^ Cotton, Fearne; Adam Luck (28 September 2009). "Mika at Live Lounge". BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
  8. ^ a b "Sound of 2007: Mika". BBC News. Retrieved 10 February 2015
  9. ^ "Brit Awards 2008: The winners". BBC. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  10. ^ "How Mika sold 10m albums… then reinvented himself as an award-winning TV star". Music Business Worldwide. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  11. ^ Moore, Sam (3 February 2022). "Mika set to co-host Eurovision 2022". NME. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Otticanet Magazine - Lozza sunglasses: when the past comes back in fashion". Otticanet.com (in German). Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Mika presents "Grace Kelly" collection". vrtnws.be. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Pilot Pen celebrates 100 years with popstar Mika - Channel Info". Channelinfo.net. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  15. ^ "MUMU-CUCURRUCUCU - SUOZ210 - Swatch® United States". Swatch.com. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  16. ^ a b Mccaffrey, Julie; Adam Luck (29 January 2007). . Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 15 February 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2007.
  17. ^ a b McLean, Craig (18 August 2010). "V Festival 2010: Mika interview". The Telegraph.
  18. ^ a b c d "Mika". Mytaratata.com. 24 March 2023.[permanent dead link]
  19. ^ a b Guyard, Bertrand (6 October 2015). "Mika: "Avec Le Prophète, Salma Hayek a fait un film d'art"". Le Figaro (in French).
  20. ^ Krémer, Pascale (9 February 2019). "Mika : " A l'école, j'étais un extraterrestre "". Le Monde (in French).
  21. ^ Porter, Hugh (23 January 2007). "", Time. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
  22. ^ a b "Mika". The Guardian. 21 January 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  23. ^ "Boy Wonder". Interview Magazine. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  24. ^ . 10 February 2007. Archived from the original on 10 February 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  25. ^ a b c McCaffrey, Julie (29 January 2007). "MIKA TEENAGE PRODIGY OF THE ROYAL OPERA". mirror. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  26. ^ a b "'Suddenly they all wanted to dance with me'". The Guardian. 27 April 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  27. ^ "Arts and Entertainment : Music". The Times. Retrieved 18 July 2015. (subscription required)
  28. ^ "Mika – Biography, Photos, News, Videos, Reviews". Contactmusic.com. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  29. ^ Youngs, Ian (4 January 2007). "Singer Mika tops BBC talent". BBC News.
  30. ^ . Metro. 24 January 2007. Archived from the original on 2 June 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2007.
  31. ^ Jones, Emma (5 January 2007). "Sound of 2007: Mika". BBC News. Retrieved 22 June 2007.
  32. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (7 December 2006). "Mika". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 June 2007.
  33. ^ Bray, Elisa (1 March 2007). . The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2007.
  34. ^ Phares, Heather. "Mika". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  35. ^ a b "Introducing the sound of 2007: Mika". The Belfast Telegraph. 23 January 2007. Archived from the original on 3 February 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2007.
  36. ^ "Player – Art explosion from Mika". BBC News. 12 July 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  37. ^ "Episode 16.142". The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Season 16. Episode 142. 26 March 2007. NBC.
  38. ^ "Episode 5.111". Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Season 5. Episode 111. 27 March 2007. ABC.
  39. ^ "Mika". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  40. ^ NME (20 February 2008). "Mika wins the British Breakthrough Act award at the Brit Awards 2008". NME. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  41. ^ a b . MikaSounds.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  42. ^ "BBC Radio 2 Playlist". BBC. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  43. ^ a b . MikaSounds.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
  44. ^ "Caspar Llewellyn Smith tails singer Mika, from Los Angeles to London and beyond | The Observer". The Guardian. 14 June 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  45. ^ "BBC Newsbeat – Music – Mika promises fans 'gig at home'". BBC News. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  46. ^ . Mikasounds.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  47. ^ "Radio 2 Programmes – Ken Bruce, 20/07/2009". BBC. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  48. ^ . Mikasounds.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  49. ^ . Mikasounds.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  50. ^ . Mikasounds.com. 5 January 2010. Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  51. ^ . Celebritytwitter.com. 30 November 2009. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  52. ^ Charity, Royal Variety. "Artistes at the Royal Variety | Royal Variety Charity". Royalvarietycharity.org. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  53. ^ "TV Overnights: Boyzone tribute dominates the Sunday night ratings - The Media Leader". 22 March 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  54. ^ Balls, David (5 March 2010). "Mika records 'Kick-Ass' movie theme". Digital Spy. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  55. ^ "Mika: 'Music gives me a sense of identity'". Digital Spy. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  56. ^ Magali Vogel (17 January 2011). [Mika: My sister's accident made me think]. France Soir (in French). Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  57. ^ Cisneros, Salvador (24 July 2011). "Mika regresa en francés", Mural, p. 26.
  58. ^ "Mika Is Back With New Song And Video For 'Make You Happy' From 'The Origin of Love'". 9 June 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  59. ^ "New Music And Short Film From Mika: "Make You Happy"". Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  60. ^ "Mika previews new single 'Celebrate' – listen". Digital Spy. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  61. ^ "Mika Teams Up With Pharrell on New Song "Celebrate"". 14 June 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  62. ^ "Mika confirms new album 'The Origin of Love' details". Digital Spy. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  63. ^ Grady Smith (29 April 2013). "Mika and Ariana Grande remix 'Wicked' song 'Popular'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  64. ^ "Artist Mika performs between games at the Women's Beach Volleyball on..." Getty Images. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  65. ^ "Rock the Games: Live on YouTube". YouTube UK Blog. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  66. ^ Mika London part 1 (interview), retrieved 4 November 2022
  67. ^ "Mika – X Factor Italia". Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  68. ^ . Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  69. ^ . Il Fatto Quotidiano. 13 June 2012. Archived from the original on 20 January 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  70. ^ "Mika à la Maison symphonique: union saisissante". TVA Nouvelles. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  71. ^ "En photos | Mika avec l'OSM à la Maison symphonique". Sors-tu.ca (in French). 11 February 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  72. ^ MIKA - Sinfonia Pop, retrieved 15 February 2023
  73. ^ "Mika announces new album 'No Place in Heaven'". New Musical Express. 2 April 2015.
  74. ^ Katz, Evan Ross (15 May 2015). "Mika Finds a New Happy Place with No Place in Heaven". Out Magazine.
  75. ^ "MIKA (8) - No Place in Heaven". Discogs. 12 November 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  76. ^ Corner, Lewis (21 September 2016). "Whatever happened to Mika?". Digital Spy.
  77. ^ Alcinii, Daniele (20 September 2017). ""You Can't Ask That," "Bigheads" receive Rose D'Or Awards". Realscreen.
  78. ^ "Mika contro bulli e omofobi nel video diretto da Ivan Cotroneo". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 4 February 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  79. ^ "Music and theatre. Events that light up holidays in Florence". Firenzemadeintuscany.com. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  80. ^ Martet, Christophe (10 February 2017). . Unicorn Booty. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  81. ^ "椎名林檎トリビュート盤にMIKAが参加 "シドと白昼夢"を歌う" [Mika is added to Ringo Sheena tribute album, sings "Sid to Hakuchūmu"] (in Japanese). Cinra. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  82. ^ "Doriand, Katerine et Mika s'unissent pour danser entre hommes". Melody TV (in French). 1 September 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  83. ^ a b "Ice Cream Is Out Today!! I'm so happy to announce also that my brand new album 'My Name is Michael Holbrook' will be released on 4 October! I'll also be heading out on tour…. see you soon ❤️🍦 #MikaIceCream". Twitter. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  84. ^ "12 Years After 'Grace Kelly,' Mika Turns Personal Trauma Into Joyous Pop Once More". HuffPost. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  85. ^ "Jack Savoretti Teams up with Mika for re-imagined 'Youth and Love'". 28 June 2019.
  86. ^ Ready To Call This Love (feat. Jack Savoretti) by MIKA, 4 October 2019, retrieved 1 November 2022
  87. ^ ""Ali di libertà", Andrea Bocelli torna su Rai 1 con la serata benefica". Fidelity News (in Italian). 19 August 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  88. ^ Reed, Ryan (12 September 2019). "Watch Mika Play 'Tiny Love,' 'Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)' on 'Seth Meyers'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  89. ^ . Attitude.co.uk. 9 October 2019. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  90. ^ "Shows". Mika Sounds. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  91. ^ "Mika announces Australia and New Zealand tour dates for 2020 | NME Australia". NME. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  92. ^ "Dates in Japan, China and South Korea postponed". Mika Sounds. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  93. ^ "Important Announcement". Mika Sounds. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  94. ^ "Coachella 2020: Full Lineup Announced". Pitchfork. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  95. ^ Basso, Fabrizio (24 October 2019). "Mika ritrova se stesso, Michael Holbrook, e va X Factor". tg24.sky.it. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  96. ^ "The Voice Kids La Finale : voici les stars qui viendront chanter en direct le 25 octobre - Actualités en direct et info en continu" (in French). 21 October 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  97. ^ "Dals Finale - Mika interprète en live son titre " Dear Jealousy " - Danse avec les stars". MYTF1 (in French). 23 November 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  98. ^ "Un show animé par Stéphane Bern et Marie-Sophie Lacarrau ce soir sur France 2, pour les 130 ans de la Tour Eiffel". Leblogtvnews.com (in French). Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  99. ^ Peacock, Tim (1 February 2020). "MIKA Releases New Live Album, Live From Brooklyn Steel". uDiscover Music. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  100. ^ "X Factor 2021: foto su I giudici | Sky". xfactor.sky.it. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  101. ^ "Singer Mika on raising money for Lebanon". BBC News. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  102. ^ "Mika 'I ❤️ Beirut' concert raises over €1m for people of Lebanon". Savethechildren.org.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  103. ^ "Le Coeur Holiday – Mika". Movimenti.com. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  104. ^ ""Bella d'Estate": la prima volta di Mika e Michele Bravi". Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). 28 August 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  105. ^ "Danna Paola and Mika released a Spanglish track "Me, Myself". Music video premieres tomorrow". BreatheHeavy | Exhale. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  106. ^ "Duo sur fond de rupture amoureuse pour Pierre Lapointe et Mika [VIDÉO]". Le Soleil (in French). 21 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  107. ^ "Do Ré MIKA Sol". Imagine for Margo. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  108. ^ Forrest, Eleanor (19 February 2021). "MIKA Releases New Live Album 'A L'Opera Royal De Versailles'". uDiscover Music. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  109. ^ "PHOTOS - Mika - Enregistrement de l'émission La grande soirée du 31 à Versailles, qui sera diffusée sur France 2. © Tiziano Da Silva - Cyril Moreau / Bestimage". Purepeople.com (in French). Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  110. ^ StephaneL (26 February 2021). "Mika brings colour back to Paris". Jcdecaux.com. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  111. ^ "Quarantaine obligatoire : Mika prend la pose avant de se joindre à Star Académie!". Noovomoi.ca (in French). Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  112. ^ Cooper, Mariah (1 October 2021). "How Indeed's Pride campaign with Mika encouraged authenticity at work". Prweek.com. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  113. ^ "La Cote des Montres: Chopard's Paradise Dinner - Mika lights up the Croisette". Lacotedesmontres.com. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  114. ^ "Il Testimone - stagione 9 episodio 4 | Sky". guidatv.sky.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  115. ^ "Mika back for "The Voice All Stars": "I like the idea of sitting in an armchair and being a fan"". Paris Beacon-News. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  116. ^ "Concert Mika x American Express à la Salle Pleyel | Revivez les meilleurs moments du concert de MIKA à la Salle Pleyel ! Grâce à notre programme de parrainage Golden Tickets, tous nos clients ayant... | By American Express | Facebook". Facebook.com. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  117. ^ "Mika envoûte la Philharmonie de Paris". Vanity Fair (in French). 25 October 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  118. ^ La pop de Mika, version symphonique ! - 24/10 (in French), retrieved 4 January 2022
  119. ^ "Mika - Live at the Paris Philharmonic". Thirteen.org. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  120. ^ Century, Sara (16 December 2021). "Indeed and Mika Team Up for Music and Networking Tour". Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  121. ^ "Eurovision 2022 Hosts: Laura Pausini, Alessandro Catellan and Mika". eurovision.tv. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  122. ^ "MIKA on Instagram: "Eurovision Song Contest 2022! A performance to communicate a message of ♥️ With this performance I asked myself, what's the fundamental message? This time around it was love. It's this idea that love is this one thing that can break down barriers, it's this one thing that makes you feel like a superhero. Love goes over everything else. It opens every door. When you feel love, everything is possible. When you don't feel love, well, the world is a tougher, harder, darker place. The entire arena, every single person, including all the different artists and delegations, were given the same flag in their hand. Not the flag of a country, but for the first time at Eurovision, the flag of love. A flag with a red heart. All of us waving it the air together, on air, at the grand final of Eurovision. Big thank you toso many people who helped make this happen! Thank you to the whole RAI team da Claudio Fasulo e Silvia Levato as well as Simona Martinelli. My authors Ivan Cotroneo and Tiziana Martinengo Annalisa Leo The wonderful Eurovision set designer Francesca Montinaro, Scenoluminoso and Pietro My custom performance looks 🥼❤️by Mira Mikati @miramikatistudio and custom shoes @louboutinworld Yo-yo costumes by Alexia Hentsch, Love today Marching band costumes @brunosimeone Art directed with me by the wonderful @carolinastamerragrassi Choreography by @laccioland Huge thank you to @247productions @studiojobofficial @mati.network @gipsyclara @rivolta_sara @rossorame @ggmaresca @claudiosantux @duccioforzano & the dancers, volunteers and everyone else who made this incredible moment possible. M xx @airworks Hair Geraldine Fougerat Makeup Cristiana Casto Archivist costume assistant Anna Cuvailova 📷@eby_hq @capturedbycorinne @adambgoodall"". Instagram. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  123. ^ Kelleher, Patrick (14 May 2022). "Mika declared true winner of Eurovision after powerful, captivating medley". PinkNews. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  124. ^ Major, Michael. "VIDEO: MIKA Releases the Video for His New Single 'Yo Yo'". Broadway World. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  125. ^ "Celebrating Pride Month at Disneyland Paris". Disney Parks Blog. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  126. ^ Take Pride Live! Hosted by @TERRELL ft. @MIKA @Victoria Monét, @VINCINT & Amy Schneider | Indeed, retrieved 11 October 2022
  127. ^ "Mika Announces Headline London Roundhouse Show in 2022". off the record. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  128. ^ "Mika in concert at the Nîmes Festival in July 2022: date price reservation". New.in-24.com. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  129. ^ "MIKA: THE MAGIC PIANO TOUR suspended to future dates, show in Verona on September 19 2022 confirmed". Help.ticketmaster.it. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  130. ^ ItalianPostNews (19 June 2022). "Baby K and Mika announce the release of Bolero, the new single for the summer". Italian Post. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  131. ^ Peacock, Tim (13 May 2022). "Mika Returns With Emotive New Single, 'Yo Yo'". uDiscover Music. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  132. ^ "Music, crowd bath in Verona for Mika - LaPresse US". Lapresse.us. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  133. ^ Esteve, Camille (10 October 2022). ""Dreaming in Azur": Venice and Monaco join forces to combat climate change". Monaco Tribune. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  134. ^ "GALA DES PIECES JAUNES LE CONCERT EVENEMENT-EP001-28/01/2023". TV5MONDE États-Unis. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  135. ^ AlloCine, Les secrets de tournage du film Zodi et Téhu, frères du désert (in French), retrieved 11 July 2023
  136. ^ Mahone, Maria-G.- (4 February 2023). "ZODI & TEHU SOUNDTRACK". Mika. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  137. ^ "Quand Mika rencontre Alexandra Lamy". parismatch.com (in French). 13 February 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  138. ^ Hogan, Michael (3 February 2023). "'Bake Off for pianos': the spine-tingling talent show that makes people weep with joy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  139. ^ "Bake Off team whip up fresh keyboard stars in new TV contest – with a secret". The Guardian. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  140. ^ Good, Rana. "The 2023 Rose Ball Delights With Bollywood Performances And Royal Glamour". Forbes. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  141. ^ "MIKA｜LIVE INFORMATION". Smash-jpn.com. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  142. ^ Penniman Jr., Michael (19 January 2023). "mikainstagram". Instagram. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  143. ^ Seoul Jazz Festival (18 April 2023). "[The 15th Seoul Jazz Festival 2023] Schedule". Instagram. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  144. ^ "MIKA | Cheltenham Festivals". Cheltenhamfestivals.com. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  145. ^ "Isle of Wight Festival 2023 Headliners - Line-up Announcement - Isle of Wight Festival". isleofwightfestival.com. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  146. ^ Penniman Jr., Michael (21 April 2023). "MIKA Story Highlights "Tour 2023"". Instagram. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  147. ^ "Tour". Mika. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  148. ^ "Brava Madrid – Madrid se pone Brava" (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  149. ^ "Francofolies de Spa : Juliette Armanet et Mika mettent la barre haut dès le premier jour". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  150. ^ "MIKA Announces New Album "Que ta tête fleurisse toujours", Shares New Song "Apocalypse Calypso"". pm studio world wide news (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  151. ^ "Instagram". Instagram.com. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  152. ^ "Mika sur Alouette : "Mon nouvel album sortira le 1er décembre !"". Aalouette.fr (in French). Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  153. ^ MIKA - Apocalypse Calypso (Official Music Video), retrieved 9 December 2023
  154. ^ Johnson, Laura. "Mika Announces Spring European Arena Shows For Apocalypse Calypso Tour - Stereoboard". Stereoboard.com. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  155. ^ Yates, Jonny (26 September 2023). "Mika announces UK and Ireland tour dates and ticket details". PinkNews. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  156. ^ "Découvrez la Mêlée des chœurs | Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2023". Opéra Comique (in French). Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  157. ^ Purepeople. "Diaporama : Mika associé à la Coupe du monde de rugby, le chanteur annonce une collaboration surprenante". Purepeople.com. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  158. ^ Belgique, N. R. J. "Mika de retour dans The Voice : il met en garde ses camarades". Nrj.be (in French). Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  159. ^ Hogan, Michael (25 December 2023). "The Piano at Christmas review – so moving it's spine-tingling". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  160. ^ "Mika de retour dans The Voice : "En France, c'est le seul pays au monde où les talents ont eu des grandes carrières"". franceinfo (in French). 5 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  161. ^ "Les interviews Radio SCOOP". www.radioscoop.com (in French). 28 September 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  162. ^ "The Voice 2024 - Le Making of de la Bande Annonce de la nouvelle saison - The Voice | TF1". TF1+ (in French). 13 January 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  163. ^ "Lang Lang et Mika en tournage musical à Cardiff". Figaro Live (in French). 7 January 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  164. ^ Brulhatour. "Purecharts Awards 2024 : Purecharts et RFM dévoilent le palmarès". La Lettre Pro de la Radio & des Médias - La Puissance du Média Radio (in French). Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  165. ^ "Winners". Broadcast Awards. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  166. ^ "IFMCA Award Nominations 2023". IFMCA: International Film Music Critics Association. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  167. ^ "Tour". Mika. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  168. ^ "Mika: 10 things you never knew about your favourite star". Gold Coast Bulletin. Australia. 21 August 2007. p. 28.
  169. ^ "Mika- Life in Cartoon Motion". 23 October 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  170. ^ "The Boy Who Knew Too Much". 3 December 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  171. ^ Rule, Doug (27 March 2013). "Pop and Circumstance". Metro Weekly. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  172. ^ "È Mika la nuova star di X Factor "Studio l'italiano e guardo Sanremo" – Musica – Spettacoli". la Repubblica. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  173. ^ . YouTube. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  174. ^ "International music star Mika sets sights on U.S." Reuters.com. 19 September 2009.
  175. ^ @mikasounds (4 November 2010). "Just because... here is a pic of my new dog. Meet Melachi The Witch http://yfrog.com/3ul1auj" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  176. ^ "MIKA on Instagram: "Last night... The new pup"". Instagram. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  177. ^ Wareham, Hannah Clay (23 September 2009). "Mika: 'Call me bisexual'", Bay Windows. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
  178. ^ Eyre, Hermione (12 March 2010). . London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 15 March 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
  179. ^ "Mika confirms sexuality: 'I'm gay'". Digital Spy. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  180. ^ "Mika : "Ma mère, ma force, mon héros"". parismatch.com (in French). Paris Match. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  181. ^ "Scritta omofoba su poster di MikaIl cantante la pubblica: "Non ho paura, l'amore fa quel che vuole"". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 9 August 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  182. ^ Mika: «Se non avessi reagito agli insulti avrei tradito il 13enne che sono stato»
  183. ^ Holbrook, Michael (15 October 2019). "Emission Passage des arts animée par Claire Chazal sur France 5, Invité: Mika" (Video). YouTube. Retrieved 19 February 2020. La Méditation Transcendantale (...) C'est très utile France TV
  184. ^ "VIDEO. Envoyé spécial. Les mondes de Mika". Franceinfo (in French). 29 January 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  185. ^ "Photos and Pictures - EXCLUSIVE!! Mika has recently purchased this $1.45 million dollar Miami Beach mansion. The British singer-songwriter was all smiles as he visited the property today where he spent an hour and a half inside with friends. The 4,771 square foot, two story residence boasts 3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bathrooms, and also has a 1 bedroom 1 bathroom carriage house over the garage as well as magnificent gardens and a pool. Built in Miami's heyday of the 1920s, this spacious Spanish classic has been lovingly restored, keeping much of its original, unique charm. The interior boasts a two story exposed beam ceiling, wood-burning fireplace, chandeliers and arched doorways. Lush palm trees and colorful plantings surround the covered patio and pool. Miami, FL 3/23/11 Fees must be agreed prior to publication". imagecollect.com. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  186. ^ "Mika – The Things They Say 14407 – Contactmusic News". Contactmusic.com. 26 November 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  187. ^ "Eros Ramazzotti e Mika riscoprono la loro "Ci parliamo da grandi": video". Radio Italia. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  188. ^ "TBT: Mika for Paul Smith Campaign". The Fashionisto. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  189. ^ Picanya, Optica. "Mika diseña su propia colección de gafas de sol para Lozza. – Optica Picanya" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  190. ^ Mika 4 Swatch - The Interview, archived from the original on 30 October 2021, retrieved 18 December 2019
  191. ^ "Swatch and Mika in creative collaboration - Swatch Group". Swatchgroup.com. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  192. ^ Spain, *S,C,P,F. "San Miguel - "Mika"". Adforum.com. Retrieved 6 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  193. ^ "Mika ("Le Prophète") : "Je suis de partout et de nulle part"". Tflinfo.fr. 2 December 2015.
  194. ^ "PHOTOS - Mika sur le tapis rouge du festival de Cannes 2014". Purebreak.com.
  195. ^ "ITS 2014". Itsweb.org. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  196. ^ "TBWA Paris". Tbwa-paris.com. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  197. ^ "Mumu by Mika - Swatch® United States". Swatch.com. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  198. ^ "MIKA and the PEUGEOT 108: a chic and elegant partnership". Media.stellantis.com. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  199. ^ "2018: 100 Anni di Pilot con Mika". Digitalissimo - Cartoleria e Web (in Italian). 30 November 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  200. ^ Pilot - 100th anniversary - TV commercial, archived from the original on 30 October 2021, retrieved 18 December 2019
  201. ^ "Opel, Mika ambassador di Corsa-e per mobilità sostenibile. Consolidata la partnership con X-Factor". motori.ilmessaggero.it. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  202. ^ "ITS 2020". Itsweb.org.
  203. ^ Fourny, Marc (24 October 2021). "Mika investit dans le CBD, issu du cannabis". Lepoint.fr (in French). Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  204. ^ "Big stars for huge charity gig". News.bbc.co.uk. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  205. ^ "Stars line up for church gigs". BBC News. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  206. ^ "Coffret collector pour la Happiness Bottle de Mika". Cocacolaweb.fr/ (in French). Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  207. ^ MIKA Happiness Bottle, retrieved 8 January 2023
  208. ^ "- YouTube". Youtube.com. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  209. ^ "Oxfam Launches Celebrity Charity Auction For Haiti". Look to the Stars. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  210. ^ "Mika offers concert prize for life-saving charity | Young Hollywood". younghollywood.com. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  211. ^ "PHOTOS - Mika et Shy'm - Spectacle des Enfoirés 2013, La boîte à musique". Purepeople.com (in French). Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  212. ^ "Christmas wishes designed by Mika - CharityStars". Charitystars.com. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  213. ^ "National awareness campaign - Imagine for Margo". 7 June 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  214. ^ delphine (21 December 2020). "Do Ré MIKA Sol". Imagine for Margo. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  215. ^ . YouTube. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2019.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  216. ^ . Chi è Chi Online (in Italian). 4 October 2017. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  217. ^ Le gala des pièces jaunes Le concert événement (in French), 28 January 2023, retrieved 7 February 2023
  218. ^ "Pop Knight Mika". Contactmusic.com. 5 March 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  219. ^ Saeed, Saeed (26 January 2021). "Mika receives Lebanon's National Order of Merit for Beirut tribute concert". The National. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  220. ^ "The winners from the Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards, powered by Jaguar". Attitude.co.uk. 9 October 2019.
  221. ^ "Sound of 2007: The Top 10". 5 January 2007 – via BBC News.
  222. ^ Oatts, Joanne (3 October 2007). "In full: BT Digital Music Awards 2007 winners". Digital Spy.
  223. ^ "Who won (and lost) at the 2008 BRIT Awards". Officialcharts.com.
  224. ^ "BRITs rewind 2010: Gaga dominates, Spice Girls return". Officialcharts.com.
  225. ^ "Top 10 Music Artists 2023 - British LGBT Awards". Britishlgbtawards.com. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  226. ^ "Capital Awards Pictures and Photos - Getty Images". Gettyimages.no.
  227. ^ "Coca Cola Onstage Awards 2017, I Vincitori E L'Evento Al Fabrique di Milano". 23 March 2017.
  228. ^ . onstageweb.com (in Italian). 3 March 2020. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  229. ^ "Danish Music Awards vindere 2008". Vi Unge. 24 February 2008.
  230. ^ . Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  231. ^ Flaiano, Premi. "Flaiano International Awards Winners year 2018". en.premiflaiano.com.
  232. ^ . gaffa.dk. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  233. ^ "The Nominees for the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards". Glaad.org. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  234. ^ "Gay Music Chart: Gay Music Chart Awards 2015 - The Results". Gaymusicchart.blogspot.com. 3 March 2016.
  235. ^ "Billboard". 22 August 2009 – via Google Books.
  236. ^ "IFMCA Award Nominations 2023". 8 February 2024.
  237. ^ . 17 April 2011. Archived from the original on 17 April 2011.
  238. ^ "2008 Ivor Novello Awards winners announced". MusicRadar. 22 May 2008.
  239. ^ "MTV Australia Awards All The Nominees!". Mtv.com.au.
  240. ^ "MTV EMA 2007: битва титанов!". Вслух.ру.
  241. ^ Levine, Nick (5 November 2009). "In full: 2009 MTV EMAs - The Winners". Digital Spy.
  242. ^ "Trl Awards 08: le nomination!". Soundsblog.it. 6 May 2008.
  243. ^ "Festivalbar - News - TRL Awards 2010: le nomination". Festivalbar.it.
  244. ^ Borgese, Vittoria (3 March 2011). "Ecco tutte le nomination dei TRL Awards 2011". Melodicamente.com.
  245. ^ . 30 April 2015. Archived from the original on 30 April 2015.
  246. ^ "mtv japan announce nominees for mtv video music awards japan ..." yumpu.com.
  247. ^ "Shockwaves NME Awards 2008: Winners' list | NME". NME. 29 February 2008.
  248. ^ "NRJ Music Awards 2008 : les lauréats". Chartsinfrance.net.
  249. ^ "NRJ Music Awards 2010 : les nominés sont... - NRJ Music Awards 2019 | TF1". MYTF1. 23 November 2009.
  250. ^ "NRJ Music Awards 2012 : La liste des nominés". melty. 5 December 2011.
  251. ^ . 22 August 2007. Archived from the original on 22 August 2007.
  252. ^ Oatts, Joanne (30 July 2007). "In full: Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards UK nominees". Digital Spy.
  253. ^ "NickALive!: Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards UK 2008 Nominees Press Release". 30 August 2008.
  254. ^ "Q Announces Nominees for the 2007 Q Awards". exclaim.ca.
  255. ^ Balls, David (26 October 2009). "In full: Q Awards 2009 winners". Digital Spy.
  256. ^ Brandon, Emily (22 February 2014). "Just Announced: The 2014 RDMA Categories and Nominees | Disney Playlist". Oh My Disney.
  257. ^ "World's best entertainment shows honoured at 56th Rose d'Or Awards". Ebu.ch. 19 September 2017.
  258. ^ "Mika receives Lebanon National Order of Merit". Thenationalnews.com. 26 January 2021.
  259. ^ "Radio Swiss Pop - Music database - Musician". Radioswisspop.ch.
  260. ^ Mika, MikaFan ru | Крупнейший фан-сайт о. "Награды Мики".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  261. ^ "UK Music Video Awards 2009 - here are the nominations! | News | Promonews". Promonewstv.
  262. ^ "Photos - Mika lors de la cérémonie des Victoires de la musique le 3 mars 2012". Purepeople.com.
  263. ^ . 7 December 2007. Archived from the original on 7 December 2007.
  264. ^ Fletcher, Alex (20 September 2007). "Mika, Winehouse bag Vodafone awards". Digital Spy.
  265. ^ "Forum de Mika France - Voir le sujet - World Music Awards: Mika nominé 9 fois!! Viens voter :)". Mikafrance.com.
  266. ^ "2010-2004 – Anketa Žebřík".
  267. ^ "Historie". anketazebrik.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 8 October 2021.

External links

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mika (singer).
  • Official website
  • Mika at IMDb

April 11, 2024
mika, singer, zealand, māori, singer, mika, swiss, train, rabe, michael, holbrook, penniman, born, august, 1983, known, professionally, mika, stylised, caps, singer, songwriter, born, beirut, lebanon, raised, paris, london, mikamika, london, roundhouse, july, . For the New Zealand Maori singer see Mika X For the Swiss train see BLS RABe 528 Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr 6 7 born 18 August 1983 known professionally as Mika ˈ m iː k e MEE ke stylised in all caps is a singer songwriter born in Beirut Lebanon and raised in Paris and London MikaMika at the London Roundhouse on 3 July 2022BornMichael Holbrook Penniman Jr 1983 08 18 18 August 1983 age 40 Beirut LebanonOther namesMica Mika PennimanCitizenshipUnited KingdomUnited StatesLebanonOccupationsSinger songwriter producer actorMusical careerGenresPop 1 glam pop 2 power pop 3 Instrument s Vocals keyboardsYears active2006 presentLabelsCasablanca Republic Universal 4 5 Websiteyomika wbr comAfter recording his first extended play Dodgy Holiday Mika was predicted to be the number one breakthrough act of 2007 in an annual BBC poll of music critics Sound of 2007 8 Mika released his first full length studio album Life in Cartoon Motion on Island Records in 2007 which has sold more than 8 3 million copies worldwide and helped Mika win a Brit Award Best British Breakthrough act and receive a Grammy Award nomination 9 He topped the UK Singles Chart in January 2007 with Grace Kelly and has since gone on to record four more platinum selling studio albums most recently My Name is Michael Holbrook released in October 2019 as well as serve as judge mentor on both the French version of The Voice and the Italian version of X Factor Mika also starred for two seasons in his own television variety show in Italy Stasera Casa Mika it which won the 2017 Rose d Or Award for Entertainment 10 and has hosted his own BBC Radio 2 show The Art of Song In 2022 he co hosted the Eurovision Song Contest alongside Italian singer Laura Pausini and Italian television presenter Alessandro Cattelan 11 In addition to his musical career Mika has also worked as a visual artist and designer on various projects among them sunglasses for the Italian eyewear company Lozza 12 a clothing line for Belgian retailer JBC 13 pens for the 100th anniversary of Pilot 14 and along with his sister Yasmine three watches for Swiss company Swatch 15 Contents 1 Life and career 1 1 1983 2006 Childhood and early career 1 2 2007 2008 Life in Cartoon Motion 1 3 2009 2010 The Boy Who Knew Too Much 1 4 2010 2014 The Origin of Love X Factor Italy and Songbook Vol 1 1 5 2015 2018 No Place in Heaven 1 6 2019 2020 My Name Is Michael Holbrook 1 7 2021 2022 Other ventures during the COVID 19 pandemic 1 8 2023 and related projects 1 9 2024 Que ta tete fleurisse toujours 2 Personal life 3 Side projects and endorsements 4 Philanthropy 5 Discography 6 Filmography 7 Tours 8 Awards and nominations 9 References 10 External linksLife and career1983 2006 Childhood and early career On 18 August 1983 Mika was born in Beirut the third of five children he has two older sisters Yasmine and Paloma a younger sister Zuleika and a younger brother Fortune His parents are an American born Lebanese Syrian mother Mary Joan Joannie nee Mouakad daughter of John Mouakad and Odette Farah and an American father Michael Holbrook Penniman son of William Frederick Penniman III and Dorothy Dyar Mika s father was a banker 16 17 born in Jerusalem His paternal grandfather William Frederick Penniman III was a diplomat 17 18 Mika s maternal grandfather John Mouakad was Syrian from Damascus 19 20 When Mika was a year old his family was forced to leave war torn Lebanon and moved to Paris France 18 21 The family lived happily for a time in Paris 22 I was brought up as a Parisian boy you know Mika said in an interview With the pencil striped trousers and the hat that I had to wear to school It was very traditional 23 The first piano piece the young Mika learned to play was Les Champs Elysees by Joe Dassin 18 At the age of 7 he wrote his first song a piano instrumental called Angry which he describes as awful 16 In 1990 Mika s father went on a business trip to Kuwait and became trapped in the U S embassy for seven months when the Gulf War broke out When the elder Penniman returned home he had to take a new job which meant a move to London 24 The family moved to London when Mika was 9 years old There he attended the Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle where he experienced severe bullying and had problems with dyslexia In response to these experiences Mika was home schooled by his mother and trained in music by Alla Ardakov Ablaberdyeva a Russian opera professional He also studied with the Royal Opera in London and made his stage debut as a chorus member in Strauss s Die Frau Ohne Schatten at the Royal Opera House in London s Covent Garden 22 He continued as a boy soprano with the Royal Opera and at 15 he showcased his vocal range in a 1998 production of The Pilgrim s Progress by Vaughan Williams 25 Although still young Mika also worked singing jingles for a variety of companies most notably Orbit chewing gum and British Airways 26 Once he returned to school Mika attended St Philip s School in Kensington where he was the head of the Schola Cantorum the St Philip s Choir Later he attended Westminster School in London where he starred in a number of school productions to great acclaim 25 After a very brief stint one day at the London School of Economics Mika then managed to gain entrance to the Royal College of Music By day Mika studied and practiced his scales but by night he visited the rock and electro clubs of Soho and Camden and wrote pop songs 25 26 Mika left the Royal College of Music to record his first album at Casablanca Records 27 His first single was a limited 7 download release called Relax Take It Easy 2006 It was playlisted by UK s BBC Radio 1 and was made Record of the Week by DJ Scott Mills His Dodgy Holiday EP also became available for download The song Billy Brown was available for free download for a week from the iTunes Store A song titled Overrated which was recorded in 2004 was unofficially released online His debut radio appearance was on Dermot O Leary s BBC Radio 2 show in September 2006 2007 2008 Life in Cartoon Motion Main article Life in Cartoon Motion The comparisons to Freddie Mercury are fine They started long before I made the record I ve even referred to it in Grace Kelly A Freddie comparison is a compliment He s a genius and one of the best there s ever been Mika following being named the BBC s Sound of 2007 8 In 2007 things took off for Mika His single Grace Kelly was released by Universal Music for digital download on 8 January 2007 On 19 January 2007 he appeared on Later with Jools Holland and on The Friday Night Project 28 That same month Mika was voted the top of the BBC News website s Sound of 2007 poll 29 Grace Kelly reached number one on the UK Singles Chart on 21 January 2007 and stayed at number one for five weeks The single featured on his debut album Life In Cartoon Motion which was released on 5 February 2007 The album went straight to number one in the UK and 11 other countries and brought comparisons with artists such as Freddie Mercury 30 31 Scissor Sisters 32 Elton John 33 Prince 34 Robbie Williams 35 and David Bowie 35 The song Grace Kelly in fact references Mercury in the lyrics I try to be like Grace Kelly But all her looks were too sad So I tried a little Freddie I ve gone identity mad The album went on to sell more than 8 3 million copies worldwide and rack up 2 8 billion streams Life in Cartoon Motion has a coming of age theme and deals with Mika s transition from childhood to the present though he has stated that not all of the songs are autobiographical His songs often deal with difficult topics For instance in Big Girl You Are Beautiful the theme of larger women suffering from discrimination is explored Mika has said that the fact that his mother was a big woman and that he had seen the prejudices against her helped him to write the song 36 In another example of dealing with more difficult subject matter in the song Billy Brown Mika writes about a man who is married to a woman who has an affair with a man nbsp Mika performing at the V Festival in 2007Mika toured the United States in June 2007 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 37 and 14 February 2008 and for Jimmy Kimmel Live on 27 March 2007 38 He also performed live on So You Think You Can Dance on 26 July 2007 On 10 October 2007 Mika began his Dodgy Holiday Tour playing at venues across Europe On 17 November 2007 Mika started the UK leg of his tour in Glasgow Scotland with support from Palladium The North American leg of his tour began in January 2008 with support from The Midway State and Creature and continued through February with a stop in Los Angeles for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards where he was nominated for Best Dance Recording for his song Love Today 39 On 20 February 2008 Mika opened the 2008 Brit Awards with a live performance of Love Today Grace Kelly and a duet Standing in the Way of Control with Beth Ditto of Gossip He was awarded the BRIT Award for Best British Breakthrough Artist later that night 40 2009 2010 The Boy Who Knew Too Much Main article The Boy Who Knew Too Much album Prior to the release of his second studio album Mika released a limited edition extended play titled Songs for Sorrow on 8 June 2009 41 The EP includes 4 tracks and a 68 page book featuring lyrics and exclusive illustrated interpretations of each song by some of Mika s favourite artists and designers among them Jim Woodring Sophie Blackall Alber Elbaz and his own sister DaWack 41 The song Blue Eyes was used to promote the EP and was A listed on the BBC Radio 2 playlist 42 Mika s second studio album The Boy Who Knew Too Much was released on 21 September 2009 43 Mika recorded the majority of the album in Los Angeles with producer and musician Greg Wells who also produced his debut album Life in Cartoon Motion 44 The album has been described as Mika dealing with his adolescent teenage years and in a sense is kind of part two of his first album The album was originally titled We Are Golden after the first single from the album We Are Golden On 20 July 2009 in an on air interview with DJ Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 1 Mika revealed he was considering renaming the album because he wanted something a little more ridiculous 45 On 6 August 2009 it was confirmed that the album s title would change to The Boy Who Knew Too Much 46 The first single from the album We Are Golden made its radio debut in the United Kingdom on 20 July 2009 on BBC Radio 2 47 and was released for download on 6 September 2009 with the physical release following on 7 September 2009 43 The single debuted at number 4 on the UK Singles Chart on 13 September 2009 Mika s promotional tour of the single included live performances at the iTunes Festival 2009 at The Roundhouse in Camden London and on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross in September 2009 It was reported that Mika spent 25 000 on drinks after inviting fans to join him at his local pub via Twitter on 7 September 2009 to celebrate the release of his single 48 Blame It on the Girls was released as the second single in the United States and Japan This was alongside Rain being the second single in the United Kingdom which was released on 23 November 49 Blame It on the Girls was released as a single in the United Kingdom on 15 February 2010 50 His American promotional tour consisted of live performances on Good Morning America in New York City on 25 September 2009 and the Late Show with David Letterman on 14 October 2009 In November 2009 Mika performed Rain and We Are Golden live at the Sydney Opera House for the Australian Idol Grand Final He also performed on Sunrise on the Seven Network in Australia On 30 November 2009 Mika performed Let It Snow in a duet with Japanese pop star Hikaru Utada 51 At Blackpool s Opera House in December 2009 Mika had the opportunity to perform in the Royal Variety Performance in front of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh The Royal Variety Performance is an annual gala evening which ever since it was established in 1912 is traditionally attended by members of the British Royal Family Mika sang his single Rain during the evening which included performances by Lady Gaga Michael Buble Miley Cyrus Bette Midler and Whoopi Goldberg and later had the chance to meet Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip 52 On 21 March 2010 Mika performed a song he had written Gave It All Away with Boyzone on ITV1 for Boyzone A Tribute To Stephen Gately 53 In May 2010 Mika released the single Kick Ass We Are Young the title track to the 2010 film Kick Ass The song played during the film s closing credits 54 2010 2014 The Origin of Love X Factor Italy and Songbook Vol 1 nbsp Mika in New York City October 2012Before the release of his third album Mika stated in numerous interviews that it would be more simplistic and less layered than the previous one 55 Mika announced the title of the album The Origin of Love in a French interview on 17 June 56 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 57 He described the album as less childlike and more serious The first single released from the album was Elle me dit Mika s first French track It was released online on 1 July 2011 The video for the song was released 16 August and featured the French actress Fanny Ardant along with a number of other well known French actors and personalities 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 Ahlund Greg Wells was again 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 On 8 June 2012 the video for Make You Happy was released on Vimeo 58 The song served as a buzz single for the album 59 On 14 June 2012 Celebrate which features Pharrell Williams was announced as the album s lead single 60 61 The album was released internationally on 17 September 2012 and in the UK on 8 October 2012 62 Included on this album was Popular Song which Mika co wrote and performed on the album with songwriter Priscilla Renea who now goes by the professional name Muni Long The song which borrowed a well known melody from the musical Wicked by Stephen Schwartz was later remixed and released as a duet in 2013 with Ariana Grande before she reached superstar status 63 The 2012 Summer Olympics took place in London from 25 July to 12 August 2012 and before the gold medal beach volleyball game on 8 August Mika performed Grace Kelly and Celebrate on the sand court 64 The same day he also did a Q amp A with fans and performed a short set for Rock The Games which live streamed on the YouTube channel of the London 2012 games 65 66 On 23 April 2013 Mika was revealed to be the new judge on the seventh season of The X Factor Italy He was the first international mentor on the Italian edition of the show 67 Mika returned to the panel for the eighth and ninth series of the show before leaving to focus on other projects Mika released a compilation album on 18 November 2013 in Italy titled Songbook Vol 1 including 20 songs from his three previous albums plus a few re worked tracks 68 On 17 January 2014 Mika took part in the Italian television show Le Invasioni Barbariche on La7 and performed a duet with the Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Dario Fo of the song Ho visto un Re written by Fo and played by Enzo Jannacci 69 That same evening Mika was presented with a platinum disc for the album Songbook Vol 1 Mika joined The Voice la plus belle voix the French version of the television show The Voice as a judge mentor in 2014 One of his contestants Kendji Girac won the competition that year Mika released another French single on 11 June 2014 Boum Boum Boum The video which came out 7 July was filmed entirely in Spain on the set of the famous western The Good The Bad and the Ugly and features Mika in a variety of guises from cowboy to James Bond like spy 2015 2018 No Place in Heaven Main article No Place in Heaven In February 2015 Mika performed a series of three concerts with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under the direction of conductor Simon Leclerc The concerts featured a selection of Mika s songs scored for a full orchestra by Mika and Leclerc The concerts met with glowing reviews with some calling the presentations memorable 70 and a beautiful collaboration between the artist and the orchestra 71 Mika and Leclerc followed up the Montreal concerts with a similar performance in October 2015 at the Teatro Sociale in Como Italy The concert performed in conjunction with L Orchestra Sinfonica and Coro Affinis Consort was televised and a DVD featuring the recording was issued under the title Sinfonia Pop 72 Mika s next album was preceded by the single Talk About You which previewed on 25 March 2015 with the official video on YouTube a few days later Mika began a tour to support the upcoming album on 3 May 2015 in Brooklyn New York and subsequently toured in major cities around the world On 25 May 2015 the official video for the next single Good Guys was released Mika s fourth album No Place in Heaven was released on 15 June 2015 73 He described the album as direct low down open candid playful yet a mature pop album which takes its inspiration from 60s pop music 74 On 13 November 2015 the album was re released in the form of a double disc deluxe edition containing a number of bonus tracks on Disc 1 as well as a full length orchestral bonus disc which includes a performance by Mika with L Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal 75 The following year Mika began filming for his own television show called Stasera Casa Mika in Italy 76 The variety show featured a number of Italian actors musicians and other cultural icons as well as performers from around the world including Kylie Minogue Sting LP and Dita von Teese In addition to music the show had comedy sketches and serious looks at life around Italy The show won the 2017 Rose d Or as Best Entertainment Series 77 Starting 1 January 2016 and periodically through January 2019 Mika hosted a series of episodes 11 in total of Mika The Art Of Song on BBC Radio 2 In the programs he discussed musical influences and focused on a variety of artists including Joni Mitchell and Carole King In early 2016 Hurts a song from the No Place in Heaven album was remixed and released as an uptempo single The song was included on the soundtrack of the Italian film Un Bacio A Kiss directed by Ivan Cotroneo A video for the single was directed by Cotroneo as well and featured clips from the movie and Mika alongside the film s three principal actors The theme of the film and video was fighting against homophobia and bullying At the time Mika was quoted as saying It was extraordinary to find out how the words of my song were perfect for the film So the collaboration with Ivan was born naturally 78 Mika reunited with conductor Simon Leclerc at the end of 2016 to perform two concerts at the Teatro dell Opera di Firenze in collaboration with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino The concerts were performed 30 and 31 December with the orchestra and choir of Maggio Musicale under the direction of Leclerc who had previously conducted Mika s symphonic performances in Montreal and Como 79 In February 2017 Mika performed a medley of his own songs at the Sanremo Festival as well as a tribute to the late George Michael 80 Mika released a single It s My House which also served as the theme song for the second series of his show Stasera Casa Mika in October 2017 The following month November 2017 Mika featured on the album Dalida by Ibrahim Malouf a tribute album to the late Egyptian Italian French singer Mika performed a cover of the Egyptian song Salma Ya Salama which Dalida had sung in both Arabic and French in 1977 In 2018 Mika featured on Adam to Eve no Ringo a tribute album to Japanese musician Ringo Sheena covering Sheena s song Sid to Hakuchumu from her debut album Muzai Moratorium 1999 81 Mika collaborated with the French singers Doriand and Philippe Katerine on a single called Danser Entre Hommes in late 2018 It was released by Doriand on 30 August 2019 All three men appear in the song s music video 82 2019 2020 My Name Is Michael Holbrook Main article My Name Is Michael Holbrook In May 2019 Mika released the single Ice Cream and announced his fifth studio album My Name Is Michael Holbrook for release on 4 October 2019 83 The album described as intensely personal by a number of reviewers also contains elements of disco tinged exuberance and joyous pop with anthemic choruses and vocal harmonies 84 Mika collaborated with singer Jack Savoretti on single Youth And Love which was released on 28 June 2019 The original version of the song appeared on Savoretti s March 2019 album Singing To Strangers The new duet was produced by Cam Blackwood with Mika s vocals recorded at his home studio in Florence 85 It received a worldwide exclusive play from Zoe Ball on her BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show first airing on 19 June 2019 and was subsequently added to BBC Radio 2 s New Music Playlist A list A special edition of Savoretti s album was released on 6 December 2019 including Youth And Love with Mika as the 20th track Savoretti subsequently appeared on a track on Mika s new album Ready to Call This Love 86 Mika was a guest at singer Andrea Bocelli s charity orchestral concert at Teatro Del Silenzio in Lajatico Italy on 25 July 2019 and duetted with him on the song Ali Di Liberta Mika also sang his own Happy Ending and Tiny Love accompanied by the orchestra a troupe of dancers Ida Falk Winland and Max Taylor and was interviewed onstage by the host The concert was broadcast on Italian television network RAI1 on 14 September 2019 87 Several singles and accompanying videos were released in the months leading up to the debut of the My Name Is Michael Holbrook album Tiny Love Dear Jealousy Tomorrow and Sanremo The album was promoted in September 2019 with the seven date Tiny Love Tiny Tour at small venues in New York Montreal San Francisco Los Angeles and Mexico City In addition Mika appeared on the American TV show Late Night with Seth Meyers on 11 September 2019 performing new song Tiny Love along with Big Girl from his first album 88 In October 2019 Mika was honored with the Music Award at the 2019 Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards 89 hosted in London by the UK s Attitude magazine The award acknowledged that after staring down homophobia at the start of his pop career Mika is now making unapologetically queer music that also processes his past pain In a related article in Attitude Mika noted If I didn t have music I would not have been able to understand or deal with my sexuality in the same way It s always been at the centre of my writing Mika launched a worldwide tour known as the Revelation Tour in London on 10 November 2019 The 2019 leg of the tour included dates in Spain France Italy Switzerland and Belgium It continued in 2020 with stops in Netherlands Luxembourg France and Italy 90 then went on to several dates in New Zealand and Australia 91 Due to the COVID 19 pandemic Mika announced in February 2020 the cancellation of the Asian leg of the tour in Japan China and South Korea 92 Subsequently the North and South American leg of the tour were cancelled including a performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 93 94 In between concert stops Mika made several television appearances including a live episode of X Factor Italia 24 October 2019 95 the finale of France s The Voice Kids October 2019 96 and the live finale of Danse Avec les Stars 23 November 2019 97 Mika also performed on top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris as part of its 130th anniversary celebration in October 2019 98 In January 2020 Mika released the album MIKA Live at Brooklyn Steel for digital download streaming only It is a recording of his 13 September 2019 concert at the venue Brooklyn Steel in New York 99 With touring on hold due to the pandemic Mika returned to Italian television and X Factor Italia as a judge in the summer fall of 2020 100 After the devastating explosion that hit Beirut in August 2020 Mika was moved to honor his Lebanese heritage and organized a streaming concert in aid of the citizens of that city The resulting concert film titled I Love Beirut featured a number of international performers including Kylie Minogue Danna Paola Louane Salma Hayek and Rufus Wainwright 101 It was viewed in 106 countries around the globe and raised more than 1 million 102 The summer of 2020 also saw Mika release a number of collaborations In August he released Le Coeur Holiday with the French rapper Soprano with whom he had worked on The Voice France The video for this song was an animated short that featured cartoon versions of the singers in a touching tale of friendship 103 Also in August Mika duetted with Italian singer Michele Bravi on an updated version of Bella d estate originally recorded in 1987 by the singer Mango 104 Rounding out the summer of international collaborations on 11 September 2020 Mika appeared along with Mexican singer and actress Danna Paola on her single titled Me Myself 105 Mika sang vocals on one more single around this time this for the Canadian singer songwriter Pierre Lapointe The song Six Heures d Avion Nous Separent appears on Lapointe s 2020 album Chansons Hivernales 106 Just before Christmas 2020 Mika hosted Do Re MIKA Sol a concert to benefit the charity Imagine for Margo held in the pediatric department of the French Institut Curie The concert was broadcast live on Facebook Mika performed a set of Christmas carols for patients and their families and hospital staff accompanied by members of the 100 Voices of Gospel 107 Mika closed out 2020 by performing several times at the Palace of Versailles near Paris In mid December he performed an intimate live concert with the Royal Opera of Versailles with a variety of classical and other musicians An album of the concert Mika a l Opera Royal de Versailles was later released in early 2021 108 Mika also performed at the New Year s Eve celebration La Grande Soiree filmed at Versailles which aired on France 2 where he performed an 8 minute opening medley of some of his biggest hits He also ended the program with a medley of his songs with an array of fireworks and pyrotechnics as backdrop to ring in the new year 109 2021 2022 Other ventures during the COVID 19 pandemic nbsp Mika at the Philharmonie de Paris October 2021Touring and most live performances continued to be on hold in 2021 due to the COVID 19 pandemic so Mika turned to a number of other projects In March 2021 Mika launched a project that was billed as an open air exhibition to give colours back to Paris Collaborating with a number of artists and his sister Yasmine Mika created a series of posters that were displayed on the Morris columns and other advertising boards around the city 110 Mika quarantined in Canada for two weeks in Spring 2021 so that he could then work on the Canadian version of the talent show Star Academie 111 He served as artistic director for two episodes during which he coached the young contestants and performed with them as well In addition to singing a number of his most popular songs Mika joined in on covers of David Bowie s Heroes and Leonard Cohen s Hallelujah For Pride Month in June Mika partnered with job search platform Indeed for an initiative called Soundtrack of Empathy The initiative encouraged workers to share their music playlists with colleagues in an effort to create a more empathetic workplace Along with the Soundtrack of Empathy Mika performed a live streamed benefit concert which raised 40 000 for Lady Gaga s Born This Way Foundation There was also an influencer roundtable featuring artists selected by Mika who spoke about the shared language of music and how it naturally encourages empathy and sparks vulnerability 112 Mika performed at two private concerts hosted by jeweler Chopard during the Cannes Film Festival in July 113 While attending these events he was followed by Italian filmmaker Pif who filmed a special episode on a day in Mika s life which was broadcast in the fall on Italian television show Il Testimone The Witness 114 Mika continued his work as a judge on X Factor Italia in 2021 alongside co judges singer Emma Marrone Italian rapper and producer Hell Raton and Manuel Agnelli of the Italian band Afterhours He also rejoined The Voice in France for a special All Stars 10th anniversary edition 115 September 2021 marked Mika s return to larger performances as he headlined a private event hosted by American Express for its premium cardholders The concert was held at Salle Pleyel in Paris for about 2000 attendees 116 Reuniting once again with composer and conductor Simon Leclerc Mika performed orchestral versions of many of his hits during two sold out concerts in October at the Philharmonie de Paris The concerts were performed with the National Orchestra de France and the Choeur Stella Maris on 23 and 24 October 117 The 23 October concert was filmed and subsequently broadcast on TV in both France and Italy 118 It was later also broadcast on several PBS stations in the United States 119 In early December 2021 Mika announced that he would be continuing his partnership with Indeed which would sponsor a short North American tour in spring 2022 With stops in New York Brooklyn Boston Montreal and Toronto the For the Rite of Spring Tour was scheduled to span three weeks in April 120 Additional dates were added to the For the Rite of Spring Tour including two dates at the Coachella festival in California Unfortunately Mika became ill and needed to cancel the Boston date and reschedule the others but eventually the tour took place After concluding the For the Rite of Spring Tour Mika jetted to Turin Torino Italy to serve as co host for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 alongside Italian singer Laura Pausini and TV presenter Alessandro Cattelan 121 The show was broadcast live globally with audience figures reaching 161 million viewers Of the experience Mika said in an Instagram post With this performance I asked myself what s the fundamental message This time around it was love It s this idea that love is this one thing that can break down barriers it s this one thing that makes you feel like a superhero Love goes over everything else It opens every door When you feel love everything is possible When you don t feel love well the world is a tougher harder darker place The entire arena every single person including all the different artists and delegations were given the same flag in their hand Not the flag of a country but for the first time at Eurovision the flag of love A flag with a red heart All of us waving it the air together on air at the grand final of Eurovision 122 On 13 May Mika released the single Yo Yo The lyric video for the single was released at the same time Mika performed Yo Yo for the first time as part of the interval act at the grand final of the Eurovision contest on 14 May 2022 123 The video for Yo Yo was directed by Mika and was released on 14 June 124 The summer following Mika s Eurovision stint was one of his busiest ever He kicked off the season with a performance at Disneyland Paris Pride an appearance that was postponed from two years earlier due to the pandemic 125 Immediately afterward Mika flew to New York to participate in Take Pride Live an hour long YouTube Pride Month special sponsored by Indeed and hosted by Terrell Grice During the program Mika debuted a new song Who s Gonna Love Me Now The ballad is featured in the directorial debut of Emmy Tony and Grammy Award winner Billy Porter called Anything s Possible 126 Mika then returned to London after a more than two year absence for a sold out concert at the famous Roundhouse in Camden on 3 July 2022 127 He followed that with an array of festival shows throughout July August and into early September with stops in France Switzerland Belgium Spain and Sardinia 128 Due to insurmountable technical and logistical problems however a planned Magic Piano Tour covering 10 dates in Italy in September and October was indefinitely postponed 129 In between the festival shows Mika found time to record and release a single Bolero with Italian singer BabyK The single came out 17 June with the video featuring both singers releasing on 14 July Mika promoted the single by performing it with BabyK at the TIM Summer Hits show in Italy 130 In addition Mika retained one Italian concert date at the famed Arena di Verona on 19 September 131 There nearly 20 000 fans were entertained for almost two hours with confetti balloons bubbles fan actions and more in an explosive end of summer celebration 132 In October Mika performed in Monte Carlo at a charity event organised by the Venetian Arts Foundation to benefit the Prince Albert II Foundation and its coastal resilience and marine protection projects 133 2023 and related projects On 18 January 2023 Mika released a new single Keep It Simple with French singer songwriter Vianney Later in January he hosted Le Gala des Pieces Jaunes a charity show in support of Paris Hospital Foundation which works to better the daily lives of hospitalized children and their families In addition to acting as presenter Mika performed a medley of his songs as well as Keep It Simple with Vianney Also performing at the gala were South Korean girl group Blackpink Pharrell Williams Pascal Obispo Kid Cudi Gautier Capucon Khatia Buniatishvili and Daniel Lozakovich During the evening appeals for donations were launched by the artists The show was broadcast on French television on 28 January 134 The soundtrack for Mika s first film score for the French language film Princes of the Desert Zodi et Tehu Freres du desert directed by Eric Barbier and starring Alexandra Lamy Youssef Hajdi and Nadia Benzakour was released on 3 February 2023 The film hit French theaters on 8 February 2023 135 To create the score Mika worked with 160 musicians from around the world including celebrated South African artist Nomfundo Moh and classical Berber musicians from Morocco 136 137 A new UK television program called The Piano featuring Mika as a judge was broadcast on UK s Channel 4 starting 15 February 2023 The series produced by Love Productions also responsible for The Great British Bake Off followed a number of musicians on a journey from playing in public train stations around the UK to the Royal Festival Hall stage Hosted by Claudia Winkleman the show also featured Chinese concert pianist Lang Lang as judge alongside Mika 138 139 Mika was the featured performer at the 2023 Rose Ball Bal de la Rose an annual charity gala that benefits the Princess Grace Foundation Held in Monaco on 25 March the 67th edition of the Rose Ball had the theme of Bollywood and was designed by French designer Christian Louboutin Members of Monaco s royal family hosted the event held at the Salle des Etoiles at Sporting Monte Carlo which was attended by celebrities and socialites from around the world Mika s youngest sister Zuleika accompanied him to this event 140 Mika played two dates in Japan in May Osaka on 23 May and Tokyo on 24 May 141 Continuing on from Japan MIKA performed in South Korea for the Seoul Jazz Festival on 26 May 142 143 Mika returned to the UK festival scene in 2023 and performed on 26 April at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival 144 the Isle of Wight Festival on 18 June 145 and on 21 June for the Bristol Sounds Music Festival 146 He performed at more than a dozen other European cities over the summer as well as Casablanca Morocco in June Athens Greece in July and Monte Carlo Monaco in August 147 Mika ended his summer touring schedule with an appearance at Brava Madrid in Spain in September 148 Mika worked on two new albums throughout 2023 one completely in the French language the other in English A single from the French language album titled C est la vie was performed for the first time at the Francofolies de Spa in Belgium in July 149 The performance was filmed and subsequently used as the music video when the single was officially released on 1 September 2023 In mid October Mika finally announced the title of the album as Que ta tete fleurisse toujours May Your Head Always Bloom 150 Que ta tete fleurisse toujours was released on 1 December 2023 151 No release date has been announced for the English album as yet 152 Apocalypse Calypso another single from the French language album was released on 20 October 2023 The lyric video for the song was posted a few days later and an official music video was posted on 3 November 2023 153 On 8 September Mika announced a new tour to support his new album to be called the Apocalypse Calypso Tour starting in March 2024 The tour will visit 16 cities in France with additional stops in Luxembourg Geneva Amsterdam Brussels and Berlin 154 Mika will then take the tour to the UK and Ireland with stops in Brighton Manchester Wolverhampton London and Dublin 155 Mika also worked with the Melee des Chœurs on an initiative that combined music and rugby Students were selected to sing the national anthems of countries participating in the 2023 Rugby World Cup which started in September and received guidance from Mika deemed the godfather of the operation Mika performed alongside a group of children at the final of the Rugby World Cup at the Stade de France on 28 October 156 157 In early October Mika announced that he would be rejoining The Voice in France for its 2024 season season 13 as a judge alongside Vianney Zazie and BigFlo and Oli 158 The year closed out with Mika s appearance on a Christmas special of The Piano which reunited him with co judge Lang Lang and host Claudia Winkleman as well as a number of the performers showcased in the original series In addition English comedians Tom Allen and Jo Brand appeared on the program which also featured a performance by Grammy winning singer Gregory Porter 159 2024 Que ta tete fleurisse toujours Mika began 2024 doing promo for the new album with interviews at various radio shows and publications 160 161 as well as filming for two TV series The Voice in France 162 and The Piano in the UK 163 The Voice France began airing on 10 February 2024 Mika has also ushered in 2024 by picking several awards His French language album Que ta tete fleurisse toujours was named French language album of the Year the Pure Charts Awards voted on by the public 164 and the TV program The Piano was named Best Original Programme at the 2024 Broadcast Awards 165 In addition he s been nominated as Breakthrough Composer of the Year by the International Film Music Critics Association IFMCA for making the difficult jump from pop music to film music with his excellent score for the action adventure Zodi and Tehu Princes of the Desert 166 The Apocalypse Calypso Tour in support of Mika s French album Que ta tete fleurisse toujours begins in Clermont Ferrand in France on 26 February and will continue into April Mika also has announced that he will appear at a number of festivals throughout Summer 2024 with stops in France Belgium Spain Greece the UK and Italy 167 Personal lifeMika s legal name is Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr but he was given the nickname Mica by his mother As he grew older he changed the c to a k 168 Mika has one younger brother and one younger sister along with two older sisters His oldest sister Yasmine who works as an artist under the nom de plume DaWack painted the cartoon art for his two albums Life in Cartoon Motion 169 and The Boy Who Knew Too Much 170 Mika was raised as a Melkite Catholic and in a 2013 interview he described himself as still a Roman Catholic He also acknowledged how the church and its ceremonies influenced his musical training and later work 171 In addition to English Mika speaks French 18 Spanish and Italian 172 fluently in an interview on 28 September 2009 with The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1 he commented that he had taken Mandarin Chinese lessons for nine years but does not speak it very well he also mentioned that his three sisters speak it fluently He also speaks a little Arabic in a Lebanese dialect 173 Mika holds dual UK and US citizenship 174 In August 2010 Mika acquired a golden retriever puppy which he named Melachi the Witch Her nickname is Mel or Moo 175 Several years later in the spring of 2015 he added a second golden retriever puppy which he named Amira 176 Early in his career many questions about Mika s sexual orientation arose but he declined to label himself In a September 2009 interview in Gay amp Night Mika commented on his sexuality I ve never ever labelled myself But having said that I ve never limited my life I ve never limited who I sleep with Call me whatever you want Call me bisexual if you need a term for me 177 In a March 2010 interview with the London Evening Standard he stated I consider myself label less because I could fall in love with anybody literally any type any body I m not picky 178 In an August 2012 interview with the magazine Instinct the singer described himself as gay 179 In recent years Mika has been more open about his family life and his personal relationship with film maker Andreas Dermanis with whom he has been involved for more than 15 years 180 In July 2015 posters advertising Mika s upcoming concert in Florence Italy were defaced and marked with a homophobic slur 181 In response to this Mika and his team launched a campaign against homophobia and the discrimination of the LGBTQ community in Italy posting on social media with the slogan and hashtag rompiamoilsilenzio Let s Break the Silence Mika also wrote about the experience for Italian publications speaking out against not only homophobia but bullying in general 182 Mika has stated that he practices transcendental meditation and finds it useful 183 Since 2013 he has spent a lot of time in Italy where he has a house and a studio in Tuscany in the province of Florence Mika also owns a home in Miami Florida a 1920s Spanish style home that he has restored and in which he has built a recording studio 184 185 Side projects and endorsementsMika has often written songs for other musicians saying I write songs for other people under different names most of the time I have a little family of three names One of them has been discovered it s Alice 186 One such song Ci Parliamo da Grandi was recorded and made famous by Italian singer Eros Ramazotti 187 Mika served as a model for fashion designer Paul Smith s spring summer 2007 global ad campaign 188 In 2012 and 2013 Mika served as the face of Lozza sunglasses in advertising campaigns He also designed a line of sunglasses for the Italian eyewear company 189 Also in 2013 Mika designed a line of clothing for Belgian retailer JBC The collection included items for men women and children At the time of the line s release Mika told journalists For the menswear collection I took inspiration from my own wardrobe I like easy to wear stylish clothing that you can put on quickly in the morning and still look stylish For the children s and women s collections Mika took inspiration from his youth I grew up in a house with three sisters and was always made to tag along on all kinds of shopping trips 13 Mika and his sister Yasmine designed two watches for Swiss watchmaker Swatch in 2013 in honor of the company s 30th anniversary The watches were unveiled in November 2013 at the Venice Biennale 190 The regular edition Kukulakuku has a large watch face dominated by blue and comes in a plastic box while the strictly limited edition Kukulakuki has a smaller face dominated by white and comes in a special tin and box 191 Mika lent his song Live Your Life to the advertising campaign for Spanish beer San Miguel in 2013 appearing in a commercial that doubled as the song s music video He also appeared in print ads for the brand 192 Belgian telecommunications company Mobistar featured Mika in an online film in 2014 with him singing Grace Kelly in front of a crowd at the Antwerp train station to promote the company s Have a Nice Day campaign The film was accompanied by an in store poster campaign Mika did a signing session at the Mobistar concept store in Liege then performed a concert in Brussels for invitation only Mobistar competition winners on 18 September 2014 Mika is the narrator and voice of the main character Mustafa in the 84 minute French language version of the animated film The Prophet The film was produced by Salma Hayek and is based on a book of poetry by world renowned Lebanese American writer poet and visual artist Kahlil Gibran 193 At the Cannes film festival in 2014 Mika joined Hayek her husband and her daughter who also voices a character in the French version and actress Julie Gayet on the red carpet to celebrate the film s launch 194 The French version was released in theaters in France on 2 December 2015 and on DVD Blu ray in August 2016 To promote its theatrical release Hayek and Mika appeared together on the French TV shows C a Vous on 1 December 2015 and Le Grand 8 on 2 December 2015 In Trieste Italy on 11 12 July 2014 Mika and his sister Yasmine were two of the judges for the International Talent Support Contest ITS They judged 10 pieces in the Swatch sponsored ITS ARTWORK category 195 Mika covered the song Je Chante by Charles Trenet for TGV s advertising campaign in 2015 and appeared in a related video commercial The song is on Mika s November 2015 reissue of No Place In Heaven as the 15th track on the French edition of the album 196 In May 2016 Mika and Yasmine unveiled another Swatch watch that they had designed 197 This Swatch was named Mumu Cucurrucucu It has an engraved golden dial with a bright colored geometric design dominated by white and green and comes in a box also designed by Mika and his sister Mika was part of an advertising campaign for the Peugeot 108 automobile in March 2017 At the time he said The new campaign is a fun collision of my world and that of the 108 198 Also at the end of 2017 Mika began a collaboration with Pilot pens He and his sister Yasmine designed a collection of 24 different pens to help celebrate Pilot s 100th anniversary 199 As part of the promotion for this collaboration a newly remixed by Ryan Riback version of Mika s song Celebrate was released and used in advertisements 200 Mika became an Opel brand ambassador in Italy in autumn 2020 and starred in a commercial for the Corsa e in September 2020 one for the 100 electric Mokka e in October 2020 and one for Opel Grandland X Plug in Hybrid in February 2021 All three commercials prominently featured his song Domani 201 At the International Talent Support ITS Contest in October 2020 Mika and his sister Yasmine were on the international jury helping to decide the winners of the ITS Responsible Fashion Award and the ITS Responsible Accessories Award Due to the global COVID 19 pandemic the jury met virtually and no in person event was held The results were live streamed on 23 October 2020 but Mika and Yasmine only appeared as photos while the host introduced the jurors 202 In October 2021 Mika announced that he had invested in a French company called Divie which produces products made with CBD oil Mika noted that he had used CBD for some time especially on tour and believed in its benefits 203 PhilanthropyMika 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 in 2009 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 and was broadcast on BBC1 and Radio 2 204 Also in November 2009 Mika performed an acoustic concert at London s Union Chapel as part of the Little Noise Sessions organised by the charity Mencap Singing alongside Mika during this concert was the a cappella group The King s Singers 205 Mika and his sister Yasmine worked on a special project for Coca Cola in early 2010 designing an artistic limited edition aluminum Coke bottle that also benefited charity The Happiness Bottle was according to Mika inspired by Japanese psychedelic posters from the 1960s It has a red background and features a bright yellow sun along with some tribal figures and other symbols There was also a collector s version of the bottle that was packaged in a decorated box that opened to show a 3D scene 206 Mika talked about the project at the time saying When I said yes to Coca Cola for this project one of the conditions that I had and I was very clear about this since the beginning was that I wanted to have a charity side attached to it So I said OK I ll draw this bottle but all the money that they would pay me will go to a charity So I chose Hopitaux de France and Hopitaux de Paris and particularly their Maison des adolescents project This charity side for me was the most important of all 207 Mika teamed up with some of the biggest names in pop to record a cover version of REM s Everybody Hurts in support of charities helping relief efforts after an earthquake hit the island of Haiti in early 2010 Mika played piano and shared vocals with the likes of Mariah Carey Kylie Minogue Jon Bon Jovi Rod Stewart Michael Buble and Susan Boyle The track was organised by Simon Cowell and The Sun newspaper 208 Mika also donated various pieces of memorabilia for auction to raise additional funds for Haiti including a milk carton prop used in his video for the single Rain as well as the t shirt he wore in the Haiti video plus an autographed CD single of Everybody Hurts At the time Mika said on his website I was hugely honoured to be asked by The Sun to be part of this single I am really pleased with how it turned out it sounds fantastic and I hope the public will support it to raise money for this worthy cause He also donated a signed poster to the charity Oxfam UK to help raise funds for its work in Haiti 209 In 2012 Mika offered tickets and flights to one of his shows anywhere in the world to raise money for the UK charity London s Air Ambulance in conjunction with members of the Mika Fan Club MFC The resulting raffle raised more than 6 600 210 In both 2012 and 2013 Mika contributed some of his doodles to the UK charity Epilepsy Action s National Doodle Day auction His doodles raised more than 1000 for the organization Mika participated in the televised January 2013 Les Enfoires a yearly charity show at Bercy Arena in France In that show he was featured on Psy s Gangnam Style with Lorie Zazie and Amel Bent Niagara s J ai vu with Michael Jones Lorie and Zaz and Les Enfoires La Chanson des Restos with 38 of the other Enfoires The songs on which Mika accompanied in the choir or on stage dancing were Laurent Voulzy s Jeanne Johnny Hallyday s Fils de personne Michel Telo s Ai Se Eu Te Pego Shy m s Et alors children s song A la peche aux moules Patrick Bruel s Place des Grands Hommes Telephone s New York avec toi Joe Dassin s L Amerique and Les Enfoires s Attention au depart Several of these songs appear on the Les Enfoires 2 disc CD La Boite A Musique Des Enfoires released September 2013 and the single disc DVD released in March 2013 During a non televised scene change Mika and Shy m sang Elle me dit together and at the end he picked her up and carried her off 211 For Christmas 2014 Mika contributed a design to a collection of Christmas cards sold in Italy the proceeds of which went to the European Association for Research in Surgical Oncology The original design was also auctioned off for charity raising 1 075 212 Over the years Mika has supported the French charitable organisation Imagine for Margo Children without Cancer In 2014 and 2015 Mika and the late photographer Peter Lindbergh worked together on an advertising campaign for the charity Mika s image continues to be used in ads for the organisation 213 and in December 2020 Mika performed a concert to benefit the charity at the pediatric department of the French Institut Curie that was broadcast live on Facebook 214 In December 2015 Mika visited Lebanon with UNHCR the UN Refugee Agency and spent time with refugees who had been forced to flee their homes during the ongoing conflict in Syria Since then he has made several video messages in support of this organisation 215 and in November 2017 was a special guest at a UNHCR charity event held in Milan 216 Mika hosted the charity show Le Gala des Pieces Jaunes at the Zenith in Paris in support of the Hospital Foundation in late January 2023 In addition to presenting Mika performed a medley of his songs along with a new single Keep It Simple ft Vianney Also performing at the gala were South Korean girl group Blackpink Pharrell Williams Pascal Obispo Kid Cudi Gautier Capucon Khatia Buniatishvili and Daniel Lozakovich During the evening appeals for donations were launched by the artists the contributions of each one making it possible to change the daily life of hospitalized children and their families The show was later broadcast on French TV channel France2 217 DiscographyMain article Mika discography Life in Cartoon Motion 2007 The Boy Who Knew Too Much 2009 The Origin of Love 2012 No Place in Heaven 2015 My Name Is Michael Holbrook 2019 83 Zodi amp Tehu freres du desert soundtrack 2023 Que ta tete fleurisse toujours 2023 FilmographyLive in Cartoon Motion 2007 Live Parc des Princes Paris 2008 Cadences obstinees 2014 as Lucio The Prophet 2015 voice of Mustafa for the French version 19 Mika Love Paris Live a Bercy 2016 Sinfonia Pop 2016 ToursDodgy Holiday Tour 2007 2008 Songs for Sorrow Acoustic Tour 2009 1955 Tour 2009 Imaginarium Tour 2010 The Origin of Love Tour 2012 An Intimate Evening 2013 No Place in Heaven Tour 2015 2016 Tiny Love Tiny Tour 2019 Revelation Tour 2019 2020 For the Rite of Spring 2022 Apocalypse Calypso Tour 2024 Awards and nominationsIn March 2010 Mika became the youngest person ever to be honored with the French Order of Arts and Letters Chevalier Knight for services to music 218 In recognition of his efforts for aiding Lebanon via the I Love Beirut concert Mika received the Order of Merit Lebanon in January 2021 219 Mika has also been nominated for and won many other awards and honors in the music industry Award Year Category Nominee s Result Ref Amadeus Austrian Music Awards 2008 Best International Single Grace Kelly NominatedAttitude Awards 2019 The Music Award Mika Won 220 BBC Sound of 2007 Sound of 2007 Mika Won 221 BT Digital Music Awards 2007 Best Pop Artist Mika Nominated 222 Brit Awards 2008 British Single of the Year Grace Kelly Nominated 223 British Album of the Year Life in Cartoon Motion NominatedBritish Breakthrough Act Mika WonBritish Male Solo Artist Nominated2010 Nominated 224 British LGBT Awards 2023 Music Artist Nominated 225 Capital FM s Awards 2008 Favorite UK Male Artist Won 226 Favorite UK Album Life in Cartoon Motion WonCoca Cola Onstage Awards 2017 Best International Pop Show Mika Won 227 2020 Best International Artist Won 228 Danish Music Awards 2008 Foreign Newcomer of the Year Mika Won 229 ECHO Awards 2008 Best International Newcomer Mika Won 230 Best International Male NominatedFlaiano Prizes 2018 Best Television Programm Stasera casa Mika Won 231 Denmark Gaffa Awards 2020 Best Foreign Solo Act Mika Nominated 232 Best Foreign Album My Name Is Michael Holbrook NominatedGLAAD Media Award 2020 Outstanding Music Artist Nominated 233 Gay Music Chart Awards 2015 Best British Music Video Good Guys Won 234 Grammy Awards 2008 Best Dance Recording Love Today Nominated 235 IFMCA Awards 2023 Breakthrough Composer of the Year Zodi and Tehu Princes of the Desert soundtrack Nominated 236 IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Awards 2007 Top 10 Best Selling Foreign Albums Life in Cartoon Motion Won 237 Ivor Novello Awards 2008 Songwriter of the Year Mika Won 238 Best Selling British Song Grace Kelly NominatedLos Premios 40 Principales 2007 Best International Song Grace Kelly NominatedBest International Artist Mika NominatedMTV Asia Awards 2008 Favorite Breakthrough Artist Mika NominatedMTV Australia Awards 2008 Video of the Year Happy Ending Nominated 239 MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 Most Addictive Track Grace Kelly Nominated 240 Best Solo Act Mika Nominated2009 Best Male Nominated 241 MTV Italian Music Awards 2008 Man of the Year Mika Nominated 242 2010 Nominated 243 2011 Too Much Award Nominated 244 2015 MTVAwardsStar Nominated 245 MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2008 Best New Artist in a Video Grace Kelly Nominated 246 NME Awards 2008 Worst Dressed Mika Nominated 247 Worst Album Life in Cartoon Motion NominatedNRJ Music Awards 2008 International Song of the Year Relax Take It Easy Nominated 248 Music Video of the Year NominatedInternational Album of the Year Life in Cartoon Motion NominatedInternational Revelation of the Year Mika Won2010 International Male Artist of the Year Nominated 249 2012 Won 250 International Song of the Year Elle me dit NominatedMusic Video of the Year NominatedNickelodeon Australian Kids Choice Awards 2007 Fave International Singer Mika Nominated 251 Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards 2007 Best Music Video Grace Kelly Nominated 252 Best Male Singer Mika Nominated2008 Best Singer Nominated 253 Q Awards 2007 Best Breakthrough Act Mika Nominated 254 2009 Best Video We Are Golden Nominated 255 Radio Disney Music Awards 2014 Best Musical Collaboration Popular Song feat Ariana Grande Nominated 256 Rose d Or 2017 Best Entertainment Series Stasera casa Mika Won 257 Silver Palm Order of Merit 2021 Lebanese National Award Mika Won 258 Swiss Music Awards 2008 Best International Newcomer Mika Nominated 259 TMF Awards 2008 Best International Pop Mika WonBest International Male NominatedBest International New NominatedTeen Choice Awards 2007 Choice Male Breakout Artist Mika NominatedThe Record of the Year 2007 Record of the Year Grace Kelly NominatedUK Festival Awards 2007 Best Festival Pop Act Mika Nominated 260 UK Music Video Awards 2009 Best Art Direction in a Video We Are Golden Nominated 261 Victoires de la Musique 2012 Original Song of the Year Elle me dit Nominated 262 Virgin Media Music Awards 2007 Best UK Act Mika Nominated 263 Most Fanciable Male NominatedBest Track Grace Kelly NominatedVodafone Live Music Awards 2007 Best Live Male Mika Won 264 World Music Awards 2007 World s Best Selling New Artist Mika WonWorld s Best Selling Pop Rock Male Artist WonWorld s Best Selling British Artist Won2014 World s Best Live Act Nominated 265 World s Best Male Act NominatedWorld s Best Entertainer NominatedWorld s Best Song Popular Song feat Ariana Grande NominatedWorld s Best Video Nominated Underwater NominatedWorld s Best Song NominatedWorld s Best Album The Origin of Love NominatedSongbook Vol 1 NominatedZebrik Music Awards 2007 Himself Best International Discovery Nominated 266 Best International Male Nominated2009 Nominated Rain Best International Song Nominated2014 Boum Boum Boum Best International Video Nominated 267 References Heather Phares Mika Biography AllMusic Retrieved 18 July 2015 Mika Returns How the Glam Pop Star Rejected Industry Standards to Make His Boldest Record Yet Billboard 27 September 2019 Single Review Mika Talk About You Renowned For Sound Artists Universal Music Archived from the original on 29 May 2015 Retrieved 27 June 2013 Global Pop Phenomenon MIKA Releases Sophomore Album We Are Golden September 22 Press release Business Wire 14 July 2009 Retrieved 27 June 2013 Pareles Jon 31 March 2007 A rising British pop star revives a Mercurial style The New York Times Retrieved 22 June 2007 Cotton Fearne Adam Luck 28 September 2009 Mika at Live Lounge BBC Radio 1 Retrieved 29 September 2009 a b Sound of 2007 Mika BBC News Retrieved 10 February 2015 Brit Awards 2008 The winners BBC Retrieved 28 September 2014 How Mika sold 10m albums then reinvented himself as an award winning TV star Music Business Worldwide 27 October 2017 Retrieved 11 October 2022 Moore Sam 3 February 2022 Mika set to co host Eurovision 2022 NME Retrieved 11 October 2022 Otticanet Magazine Lozza sunglasses when the past comes back in fashion Otticanet com in German Retrieved 11 October 2022 a b Mika presents Grace Kelly collection vrtnws be 7 May 2013 Retrieved 11 October 2022 Pilot Pen celebrates 100 years with popstar Mika Channel Info Channelinfo net Retrieved 11 October 2022 MUMU CUCURRUCUCU SUOZ210 Swatch United States Swatch com Retrieved 11 October 2022 a b Mccaffrey Julie Adam Luck 29 January 2007 Mika Teenage prodigy of the Royal Opera Daily Mirror Archived from the original on 15 February 2008 Retrieved 22 June 2007 a b McLean Craig 18 August 2010 V Festival 2010 Mika interview The Telegraph a b c d Mika Mytaratata com 24 March 2023 permanent dead link a b Guyard Bertrand 6 October 2015 Mika Avec Le Prophete Salma Hayek a fait un film d art Le Figaro in French Kremer Pascale 9 February 2019 Mika A l ecole j etais un extraterrestre Le Monde in French Porter Hugh 23 January 2007 A Prejudice Goes Pop Time Retrieved 17 May 2009 a b Mika The Guardian 21 January 2007 Retrieved 11 October 2022 Boy Wonder Interview Magazine 22 September 2009 Retrieved 22 February 2023 A Prejudice Goes Pop Tuesday Jan 23 2007 Page 1 TIME 10 February 2007 Archived from the original on 10 February 2007 Retrieved 16 October 2022 a b c McCaffrey Julie 29 January 2007 MIKA TEENAGE PRODIGY OF THE ROYAL OPERA mirror Retrieved 2 November 2022 a b Suddenly they all wanted to dance with me The Guardian 27 April 2007 Retrieved 2 November 2022 Arts and Entertainment Music The Times Retrieved 18 July 2015 subscription required Mika Biography Photos News Videos Reviews Contactmusic com Retrieved 28 September 2014 Youngs Ian 4 January 2007 Singer Mika tops BBC talent BBC News Mika uses Freddie s piano Metro 24 January 2007 Archived from the original on 2 June 2008 Retrieved 22 June 2007 Jones Emma 5 January 2007 Sound of 2007 Mika BBC News Retrieved 22 June 2007 Sullivan Caroline 7 December 2006 Mika The Guardian London Retrieved 22 June 2007 Bray Elisa 1 March 2007 V is for victory and for virtuoso The Independent London Archived from the original on 30 September 2007 Retrieved 22 June 2007 Phares Heather Mika AllMusic Retrieved 12 May 2008 a b Introducing the sound of 2007 Mika The Belfast Telegraph 23 January 2007 Archived from the original on 3 February 2007 Retrieved 20 March 2007 Player Art explosion from Mika BBC News 12 July 2007 Retrieved 9 January 2010 Episode 16 142 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Season 16 Episode 142 26 March 2007 NBC Episode 5 111 Jimmy Kimmel Live Season 5 Episode 111 27 March 2007 ABC Mika Grammy com Retrieved 1 November 2022 NME 20 February 2008 Mika wins the British Breakthrough Act award at the Brit Awards 2008 NME Retrieved 13 October 2022 a b Pre Order the Songs for Sorrow EP MikaSounds com Archived from the original on 14 July 2009 Retrieved 14 June 2009 BBC Radio 2 Playlist BBC Retrieved 9 January 2010 a b Mika Goes Golden MikaSounds com Archived from the original on 17 July 2009 Retrieved 15 June 2009 Caspar Llewellyn Smith tails singer Mika from Los Angeles to London and beyond The Observer The Guardian 14 June 2009 Retrieved 9 January 2010 BBC Newsbeat Music Mika promises fans gig at home BBC News 20 July 2009 Retrieved 27 September 2009 MikaSounds Latest News The Boy Who Knew Too Much Mikasounds com Archived from the original on 10 August 2009 Retrieved 27 September 2009 Radio 2 Programmes Ken Bruce 20 07 2009 BBC 20 July 2009 Retrieved 9 January 2010 MikaSounds Latest News Check Out The Baying Mob at Mika s Single Launch Mikasounds com Archived from the original on 26 July 2012 Retrieved 9 January 2010 MikaSounds Latest News Watch Blame it on the Girls Mikasounds com Archived from the original on 26 July 2012 Retrieved 9 January 2010 MikaSounds Blog Next Single Blame It on the Girls Out February 15th Mikasounds com 5 January 2010 Archived from the original on 26 July 2012 Retrieved 16 May 2010 Mika celebrity Twitter mikasounds Was joined on stage by Hikaru Utada tonight We sang Celebritytwitter com 30 November 2009 Archived from the original on 3 November 2020 Retrieved 9 January 2010 Charity Royal Variety Artistes at the Royal Variety Royal Variety Charity Royalvarietycharity org Retrieved 6 December 2022 TV Overnights Boyzone tribute dominates the Sunday night ratings The Media Leader 22 March 2010 Retrieved 13 October 2022 Balls David 5 March 2010 Mika records Kick Ass movie theme Digital Spy Retrieved 13 October 2022 Mika Music gives me a sense of identity Digital Spy 19 August 2010 Retrieved 28 September 2014 Magali Vogel 17 January 2011 Mika L accident de ma sœur m a fait reflechir Mika My sister s accident made me think France Soir in French Archived from the original on 9 July 2012 Retrieved 28 September 2014 Cisneros Salvador 24 July 2011 Mika regresa en frances Mural p 26 Mika Is Back With New Song And Video For Make You Happy From The Origin of Love 9 June 2012 Retrieved 9 June 2012 New Music And Short Film From Mika Make You Happy Archived from the original on 27 January 2013 Retrieved 9 June 2012 Mika previews new single Celebrate listen Digital Spy 14 June 2012 Retrieved 14 June 2012 Mika Teams Up With Pharrell on New Song Celebrate 14 June 2012 Retrieved 14 June 2012 Mika confirms new album The Origin of Love details Digital Spy Retrieved 28 September 2014 Grady Smith 29 April 2013 Mika and Ariana Grande remix Wicked song Popular Entertainment Weekly Retrieved 13 October 2022 Artist Mika performs between games at the Women s Beach Volleyball on Getty Images 8 August 2012 Retrieved 4 November 2022 Rock the Games Live on YouTube YouTube UK Blog Retrieved 4 November 2022 Mika London part 1 interview retrieved 4 November 2022 Mika X Factor Italia Retrieved 14 June 2012 Newsic Italy Songbook Vol 1 Archived from the original on 9 November 2013 Retrieved 8 November 2013 Tv Dario Fo e Mika cantano Jannacci Ho visto un re Il Fatto Quotidiano 13 June 2012 Archived from the original on 20 January 2014 Retrieved 18 January 2014 Mika a la Maison symphonique union saisissante TVA Nouvelles 10 February 2015 Retrieved 20 October 2019 En photos Mika avec l OSM a la Maison symphonique Sors tu ca in French 11 February 2015 Retrieved 20 October 2019 MIKA Sinfonia Pop retrieved 15 February 2023 Mika announces new album No Place in Heaven New Musical Express 2 April 2015 Katz Evan Ross 15 May 2015 Mika Finds a New Happy Place with No Place in Heaven Out Magazine MIKA 8 No Place in Heaven Discogs 12 November 2015 Retrieved 20 October 2019 Corner Lewis 21 September 2016 Whatever happened to Mika Digital Spy Alcinii Daniele 20 September 2017 You Can t Ask That Bigheads receive Rose D Or Awards Realscreen Mika contro bulli e omofobi nel video diretto da Ivan Cotroneo Corriere della Sera in Italian 4 February 2016 Retrieved 22 April 2023 Music and theatre Events that light up holidays in Florence Firenzemadeintuscany com Retrieved 1 November 2022 Martet Christophe 10 February 2017 Watch Mika s Moving Tribute to George Michael During the Sanremo Music Festival Unicorn Booty Archived from the original on 18 February 2017 Retrieved 23 June 2017 椎名林檎トリビュート盤にMIKAが参加 シドと白昼夢 を歌う Mika is added to Ringo Sheena tribute album sings Sid to Hakuchumu in Japanese Cinra 5 April 2018 Retrieved 14 April 2018 Doriand Katerine et Mika s unissent pour danser entre hommes Melody TV in French 1 September 2019 Retrieved 1 November 2022 a b Ice Cream Is Out Today I m so happy to announce also that my brand new album My Name is Michael Holbrook will be released on 4 October I ll also be heading out on tour see you soon MikaIceCream Twitter 31 May 2019 Retrieved 31 May 2019 12 Years After Grace Kelly Mika Turns Personal Trauma Into Joyous Pop Once More HuffPost 7 October 2019 Retrieved 13 October 2022 Jack Savoretti Teams up with Mika for re imagined Youth and Love 28 June 2019 Ready To Call This Love feat Jack Savoretti by MIKA 4 October 2019 retrieved 1 November 2022 Ali di liberta Andrea Bocelli torna su Rai 1 con la serata benefica Fidelity News in Italian 19 August 2019 Retrieved 6 December 2022 Reed Ryan 12 September 2019 Watch Mika Play Tiny Love Big Girl You Are Beautiful on Seth Meyers Rolling Stone Retrieved 18 December 2019 Attitude Music Award Mika Attitude co uk 9 October 2019 Archived from the original on 18 December 2019 Retrieved 18 December 2019 Shows Mika Sounds Retrieved 18 December 2019 Mika announces Australia and New Zealand tour dates for 2020 NME Australia NME 13 December 2019 Retrieved 18 December 2019 Dates in Japan China and South Korea postponed Mika Sounds 27 February 2020 Retrieved 4 May 2022 Important Announcement Mika Sounds 13 March 2020 Retrieved 4 May 2022 Coachella 2020 Full Lineup Announced Pitchfork 3 January 2020 Retrieved 4 May 2022 Basso Fabrizio 24 October 2019 Mika ritrova se stesso Michael Holbrook e va X Factor tg24 sky it Retrieved 18 December 2019 The Voice Kids La Finale voici les stars qui viendront chanter en direct le 25 octobre Actualites en direct et info en continu in French 21 October 2019 Retrieved 18 December 2019 Dals Finale Mika interprete en live son titre Dear Jealousy Danse avec les stars MYTF1 in French 23 November 2019 Retrieved 18 December 2019 Un show anime par Stephane Bern et Marie Sophie Lacarrau ce soir sur France 2 pour les 130 ans de la Tour Eiffel Leblogtvnews com in French Retrieved 18 December 2019 Peacock Tim 1 February 2020 MIKA Releases New Live Album Live From Brooklyn Steel uDiscover Music Retrieved 27 May 2021 X Factor 2021 foto su I giudici Sky xfactor sky it 9 June 2020 Retrieved 27 May 2021 Singer Mika on raising money for Lebanon BBC News Retrieved 27 May 2021 Mika I Beirut concert raises over 1m for people of Lebanon Savethechildren org uk Retrieved 11 October 2022 Le Coeur Holiday Mika Movimenti com Retrieved 13 October 2022 Bella d Estate la prima volta di Mika e Michele Bravi Vanity Fair Italia in Italian 28 August 2020 Retrieved 13 October 2022 Danna Paola and Mika released a Spanglish track Me Myself Music video premieres tomorrow BreatheHeavy Exhale 11 September 2020 Retrieved 13 October 2022 Duo sur fond de rupture amoureuse pour Pierre Lapointe et Mika VIDEO Le Soleil in French 21 October 2020 Retrieved 1 November 2022 Do Re MIKA Sol Imagine for Margo 21 December 2020 Retrieved 4 January 2022 Forrest Eleanor 19 February 2021 MIKA Releases New Live Album A L Opera Royal De Versailles uDiscover Music Retrieved 11 October 2022 PHOTOS Mika Enregistrement de l emission La grande soiree du 31 a Versailles qui sera diffusee sur France 2 c Tiziano Da Silva Cyril Moreau Bestimage Purepeople com in French Retrieved 11 October 2022 StephaneL 26 February 2021 Mika brings colour back to Paris Jcdecaux com Retrieved 17 October 2022 Quarantaine obligatoire Mika prend la pose avant de se joindre a Star Academie Noovomoi ca in French Retrieved 17 October 2022 Cooper Mariah 1 October 2021 How Indeed s Pride campaign with Mika encouraged authenticity at work Prweek com Retrieved 4 January 2022 La Cote des Montres Chopard s Paradise Dinner Mika lights up the Croisette Lacotedesmontres com Retrieved 4 January 2022 Il Testimone stagione 9 episodio 4 Sky guidatv sky it in Italian Retrieved 17 October 2022 Mika back for The Voice All Stars I like the idea of sitting in an armchair and being a fan Paris Beacon News 27 September 2021 Retrieved 1 November 2022 Concert Mika x American Express a la Salle Pleyel Revivez les meilleurs moments du concert de MIKA a la Salle Pleyel Grace a notre programme de parrainage Golden Tickets tous nos clients ayant By American Express Facebook Facebook com Retrieved 17 October 2022 Mika envoute la Philharmonie de Paris Vanity Fair in French 25 October 2021 Retrieved 4 January 2022 La pop de Mika version symphonique 24 10 in French retrieved 4 January 2022 Mika Live at the Paris Philharmonic Thirteen org Retrieved 10 December 2023 Century Sara 16 December 2021 Indeed and Mika Team Up for Music and Networking Tour Retrieved 4 January 2022 Eurovision 2022 Hosts Laura Pausini Alessandro Catellan and Mika eurovision tv 2 February 2022 Retrieved 2 February 2022 MIKA on Instagram Eurovision Song Contest 2022 A performance to communicate a message of With this performance I asked myself what s the fundamental message This time around it was love It s this idea that love is this one thing that can break down barriers it s this one thing that makes you feel like a superhero Love goes over everything else It opens every door When you feel love everything is possible When you don t feel love well the world is a tougher harder darker place The entire arena every single person including all the different artists and delegations were given the same flag in their hand Not the flag of a country but for the first time at Eurovision the flag of love A flag with a red heart All of us waving it the air together on air at the grand final of Eurovision Big thank you toso many people who helped make this happen Thank you to the whole RAI team da Claudio Fasulo e Silvia Levato as well as Simona Martinelli My authors Ivan Cotroneo and Tiziana Martinengo Annalisa Leo The wonderful Eurovision set designer Francesca Montinaro Scenoluminoso and Pietro My custom performance looks by Mira Mikati miramikatistudio and custom shoes louboutinworld Yo yo costumes by Alexia Hentsch Love today Marching band costumes brunosimeone Art directed with me by the wonderful carolinastamerragrassi Choreography by laccioland Huge thank you to 247productions studiojobofficial mati network gipsyclara rivolta sara rossorame ggmaresca claudiosantux duccioforzano amp the dancers volunteers and everyone else who made this incredible moment possible M xx airworks Hair Geraldine Fougerat Makeup Cristiana Casto Archivist costume assistant Anna Cuvailova eby hq capturedbycorinne adambgoodall Instagram Retrieved 7 February 2023 Kelleher Patrick 14 May 2022 Mika declared true winner of Eurovision after powerful captivating medley PinkNews Retrieved 11 October 2022 Major Michael VIDEO MIKA Releases the Video for His New Single Yo Yo Broadway World Retrieved 11 October 2022 Celebrating Pride Month at Disneyland Paris Disney Parks Blog 27 June 2022 Retrieved 11 October 2022 Take Pride Live Hosted by TERRELL ft MIKA Victoria Monet VINCINT amp Amy Schneider Indeed retrieved 11 October 2022 Mika Announces Headline London Roundhouse Show in 2022 off the record 15 December 2021 Retrieved 4 January 2022 Mika in concert at the Nimes Festival in July 2022 date price reservation New in 24 com 16 December 2021 Retrieved 4 January 2022 MIKA THE MAGIC PIANO TOUR suspended to future dates show in Verona on September 19 2022 confirmed Help ticketmaster it Retrieved 10 December 2023 ItalianPostNews 19 June 2022 Baby K and Mika announce the release of Bolero the new single for the summer Italian Post Retrieved 11 October 2022 Peacock Tim 13 May 2022 Mika Returns With Emotive New Single Yo Yo uDiscover Music Retrieved 13 May 2022 Music crowd bath in Verona for Mika LaPresse US Lapresse us 20 September 2022 Retrieved 11 October 2022 Esteve Camille 10 October 2022 Dreaming in Azur Venice and Monaco join forces to combat climate change Monaco Tribune Retrieved 11 October 2022 GALA DES PIECES JAUNES LE CONCERT EVENEMENT EP001 28 01 2023 TV5MONDE Etats Unis 18 September 2023 Retrieved 18 September 2023 AlloCine Les secrets de tournage du film Zodi et Tehu freres du desert in French retrieved 11 July 2023 Mahone Maria G 4 February 2023 ZODI amp TEHU SOUNDTRACK Mika Retrieved 11 July 2023 Quand Mika rencontre Alexandra Lamy parismatch com in French 13 February 2023 Retrieved 11 July 2023 Hogan Michael 3 February 2023 Bake Off for pianos the spine tingling talent show that makes people weep with joy The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 7 February 2023 Bake Off team whip up fresh keyboard stars in new TV contest with a secret The Guardian 17 September 2022 Retrieved 11 October 2022 Good Rana The 2023 Rose Ball Delights With Bollywood Performances And Royal Glamour Forbes Retrieved 13 April 2023 MIKA LIVE INFORMATION Smash jpn com Retrieved 6 December 2022 Penniman Jr Michael 19 January 2023 mikainstagram Instagram Retrieved 25 January 2023 Seoul Jazz Festival 18 April 2023 The 15th Seoul Jazz Festival 2023 Schedule Instagram Retrieved 23 April 2023 MIKA Cheltenham Festivals Cheltenhamfestivals com Retrieved 15 February 2023 Isle of Wight Festival 2023 Headliners Line up Announcement Isle of Wight Festival isleofwightfestival com Retrieved 6 December 2022 Penniman Jr Michael 21 April 2023 MIKA Story Highlights Tour 2023 Instagram Retrieved 23 April 2023 Tour Mika Retrieved 13 April 2023 Brava Madrid Madrid se pone Brava in Spanish Retrieved 15 February 2023 Francofolies de Spa Juliette Armanet et Mika mettent la barre haut des le premier jour RTBF in French Retrieved 18 September 2023 MIKA Announces New Album Que ta tete fleurisse toujours Shares New Song Apocalypse Calypso pm studio world wide news in Japanese Retrieved 23 October 2023 Instagram Instagram com Retrieved 9 December 2023 Mika sur Alouette Mon nouvel album sortira le 1er decembre Aalouette fr in French Retrieved 18 September 2023 MIKA Apocalypse Calypso Official Music Video retrieved 9 December 2023 Johnson Laura Mika Announces Spring European Arena Shows For Apocalypse Calypso Tour Stereoboard Stereoboard com Retrieved 18 September 2023 Yates Jonny 26 September 2023 Mika announces UK and Ireland tour dates and ticket details PinkNews Retrieved 5 October 2023 Decouvrez la Melee des chœurs Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2023 Opera Comique in French Retrieved 18 September 2023 Purepeople Diaporama Mika associe a la Coupe du monde de rugby le chanteur annonce une collaboration surprenante Purepeople com Retrieved 18 September 2023 Belgique N R J Mika de retour dans The Voice il met en garde ses camarades Nrj be in French Retrieved 5 October 2023 Hogan Michael 25 December 2023 The Piano at Christmas review so moving it s spine tingling The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 18 February 2024 Mika de retour dans The Voice En France c est le seul pays au monde ou les talents ont eu des grandes carrieres franceinfo in French 5 February 2024 Retrieved 18 February 2024 Les interviews Radio SCOOP www radioscoop com in French 28 September 2022 Retrieved 18 February 2024 The Voice 2024 Le Making of de la Bande Annonce de la nouvelle saison The Voice TF1 TF1 in French 13 January 2024 Retrieved 18 February 2024 Lang Lang et Mika en tournage musical a Cardiff Figaro Live in French 7 January 2024 Retrieved 18 February 2024 Brulhatour Purecharts Awards 2024 Purecharts et RFM devoilent le palmares La Lettre Pro de la Radio amp des Medias La Puissance du Media Radio in French Retrieved 18 February 2024 Winners Broadcast Awards Retrieved 18 February 2024 IFMCA Award Nominations 2023 IFMCA International Film Music Critics Association 8 February 2024 Retrieved 18 February 2024 Tour Mika Retrieved 18 February 2024 Mika 10 things you never knew about your favourite star Gold Coast Bulletin Australia 21 August 2007 p 28 Mika Life in Cartoon Motion 23 October 2007 Retrieved 14 April 2021 The Boy Who Knew Too Much 3 December 2017 Retrieved 14 April 2021 Rule Doug 27 March 2013 Pop and Circumstance Metro Weekly Retrieved 15 May 2022 E Mika la nuova star di X Factor Studio l italiano e guardo Sanremo Musica Spettacoli la Repubblica 30 April 2013 Retrieved 18 July 2015 Mika in Beirut Speaking Arabic YouTube Archived from the original on 28 March 2014 Retrieved 28 September 2014 a href Template Cite AV media html title Template Cite AV media cite AV media a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link International music star Mika sets sights on U S Reuters com 19 September 2009 mikasounds 4 November 2010 Just because here is a pic of my new dog Meet Melachi The Witch http yfrog com 3ul1auj Tweet via Twitter MIKA on Instagram Last night The new pup Instagram Retrieved 1 November 2022 Wareham Hannah Clay 23 September 2009 Mika Call me bisexual Bay Windows Retrieved 18 August 2010 Eyre Hermione 12 March 2010 Mika takes off the rise of the Prince of Pop London Evening Standard Archived from the original on 15 March 2010 Retrieved 11 October 2010 Mika confirms sexuality I m gay Digital Spy 6 August 2012 Retrieved 8 October 2012 Mika Ma mere ma force mon heros parismatch com in French Paris Match Retrieved 21 October 2019 Scritta omofoba su poster di MikaIl cantante la pubblica Non ho paura l amore fa quel che vuole Corriere della Sera in Italian 9 August 2015 Retrieved 18 April 2023 Mika Se non avessi reagito agli insulti avrei tradito il 13enne che sono stato Holbrook Michael 15 October 2019 Emission Passage des arts animee par Claire Chazal sur France 5 Invite Mika Video YouTube Retrieved 19 February 2020 La Meditation Transcendantale C est tres utile France TV VIDEO Envoye special Les mondes de Mika Franceinfo in French 29 January 2016 Retrieved 17 October 2022 Photos and Pictures EXCLUSIVE Mika has recently purchased this 1 45 million dollar Miami Beach mansion The British singer songwriter was all smiles as he visited the property today where he spent an hour and a half inside with friends The 4 771 square foot two story residence boasts 3 bedrooms 3 1 2 bathrooms and also has a 1 bedroom 1 bathroom carriage house over the garage as well as magnificent gardens and a pool Built in Miami s heyday of the 1920s this spacious Spanish classic has been lovingly restored keeping much of its original unique charm The interior boasts a two story exposed beam ceiling wood burning fireplace chandeliers and arched doorways Lush palm trees and colorful plantings surround the covered patio and pool Miami FL 3 23 11 Fees must be agreed prior to publication imagecollect com Retrieved 17 October 2022 Mika The Things They Say 14407 Contactmusic News Contactmusic com 26 November 2009 Retrieved 9 January 2010 Eros Ramazzotti e Mika riscoprono la loro Ci parliamo da grandi video Radio Italia Retrieved 1 November 2022 TBT Mika for Paul Smith Campaign The Fashionisto 10 April 2014 Retrieved 16 October 2022 Picanya Optica Mika disena su propia coleccion de gafas de sol para Lozza Optica Picanya in Spanish Retrieved 13 October 2022 Mika 4 Swatch The Interview archived from the original on 30 October 2021 retrieved 18 December 2019 Swatch and Mika in creative collaboration Swatch Group Swatchgroup com Retrieved 13 October 2022 Spain S C P F San Miguel Mika Adforum com Retrieved 6 December 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Mika Le Prophete Je suis de partout et de nulle part Tflinfo fr 2 December 2015 PHOTOS Mika sur le tapis rouge du festival de Cannes 2014 Purebreak com ITS 2014 Itsweb org Retrieved 1 November 2022 TBWA Paris Tbwa paris com Retrieved 1 November 2022 Mumu by Mika Swatch United States Swatch com Retrieved 18 December 2019 MIKA and the PEUGEOT 108 a chic and elegant partnership Media stellantis com Retrieved 1 November 2022 2018 100 Anni di Pilot con Mika Digitalissimo Cartoleria e Web in Italian 30 November 2017 Retrieved 18 December 2019 Pilot 100th anniversary TV commercial archived from the original on 30 October 2021 retrieved 18 December 2019 Opel Mika ambassador di Corsa e per mobilita sostenibile Consolidata la partnership con X Factor motori ilmessaggero it Retrieved 1 November 2022 ITS 2020 Itsweb org Fourny Marc 24 October 2021 Mika investit dans le CBD issu du cannabis Lepoint fr in French Retrieved 17 October 2022 Big stars for huge charity gig News bbc co uk 16 October 2009 Retrieved 18 October 2022 Stars line up for church gigs BBC News 23 September 2009 Retrieved 18 October 2022 Coffret collector pour la Happiness Bottle de Mika Cocacolaweb fr in French Retrieved 8 January 2023 MIKA Happiness Bottle retrieved 8 January 2023 YouTube Youtube com Retrieved 18 October 2022 Oxfam Launches Celebrity Charity Auction For Haiti Look to the Stars 25 January 2010 Retrieved 18 October 2022 Mika offers concert prize for life saving charity Young Hollywood younghollywood com Retrieved 13 October 2022 PHOTOS Mika et Shy m Spectacle des Enfoires 2013 La boite a musique Purepeople com in French Retrieved 1 November 2022 Christmas wishes designed by Mika CharityStars Charitystars com Retrieved 8 January 2023 National awareness campaign Imagine for Margo 7 June 2017 Retrieved 14 April 2021 delphine 21 December 2020 Do Re MIKA Sol Imagine for Margo Retrieved 18 October 2022 MIKA stands WithRefugees YouTube Archived from the original on 14 October 2020 Retrieved 18 December 2019 a href Template Cite AV media html title Template Cite AV media cite AV media a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link UNHCR Al Charity Event Il 9 Novembre Ci Sara Anche Mika Chi e Chi Online in Italian 4 October 2017 Archived from the original on 4 August 2020 Retrieved 18 December 2019 Le gala des pieces jaunes Le concert evenement in French 28 January 2023 retrieved 7 February 2023 Pop Knight Mika Contactmusic com 5 March 2010 Retrieved 13 October 2022 Saeed Saeed 26 January 2021 Mika receives Lebanon s National Order of Merit for Beirut tribute concert The National Retrieved 13 October 2022 The winners from the Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards powered by Jaguar Attitude co uk 9 October 2019 Sound of 2007 The Top 10 5 January 2007 via BBC News Oatts Joanne 3 October 2007 In full BT Digital Music Awards 2007 winners Digital Spy Who won and lost at the 2008 BRIT Awards Officialcharts com BRITs rewind 2010 Gaga dominates Spice Girls return Officialcharts com Top 10 Music Artists 2023 British LGBT Awards Britishlgbtawards com 15 February 2023 Retrieved 10 December 2023 Capital Awards Pictures and Photos Getty Images Gettyimages no Coca Cola Onstage Awards 2017 I Vincitori E L Evento Al Fabrique di Milano 23 March 2017 I vincitori degli Onstage Awards 2020 onstageweb com in Italian 3 March 2020 Archived from the original on 26 September 2021 Retrieved 8 October 2021 Danish Music Awards vindere 2008 Vi Unge 24 February 2008 ECHO Preistrager Datenbank Archived from the original on 21 August 2019 Retrieved 14 October 2019 Flaiano Premi Flaiano International Awards Winners year 2018 en premiflaiano com Gaffa Prisen 20 GAFFA dk gaffa dk Archived from the original on 11 January 2020 Retrieved 21 February 2020 The Nominees for the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards Glaad org Retrieved 10 December 2023 Gay Music Chart Gay Music Chart Awards 2015 The Results Gaymusicchart blogspot com 3 March 2016 Billboard 22 August 2009 via Google Books IFMCA Award Nominations 2023 8 February 2024 IFPIHK 17 April 2011 Archived from the original on 17 April 2011 2008 Ivor Novello Awards winners announced MusicRadar 22 May 2008 MTV Australia Awards All The Nominees Mtv com au MTV EMA 2007 bitva titanov Vsluh ru Levine Nick 5 November 2009 In full 2009 MTV EMAs The Winners Digital Spy Trl Awards 08 le nomination Soundsblog it 6 May 2008 Festivalbar News TRL Awards 2010 le nomination Festivalbar it Borgese Vittoria 3 March 2011 Ecco tutte le nomination dei TRL Awards 2011 Melodicamente com MTV Awards 2015 Vota i tuoi preferiti 30 April 2015 Archived from the original on 30 April 2015 mtv japan announce nominees for mtv video music awards japan yumpu com Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 Winners list NME NME 29 February 2008 NRJ Music Awards 2008 les laureats Chartsinfrance net NRJ Music Awards 2010 les nomines sont NRJ Music Awards 2019 TF1 MYTF1 23 November 2009 NRJ Music Awards 2012 La liste des nomines melty 5 December 2011 Kids Choice Awards 07 Nominees WHO com 22 August 2007 Archived from the original on 22 August 2007 Oatts Joanne 30 July 2007 In full Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards UK nominees Digital Spy NickALive Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards UK 2008 Nominees Press Release 30 August 2008 Q Announces Nominees for the 2007 Q Awards exclaim ca Balls David 26 October 2009 In full Q Awards 2009 winners Digital Spy Brandon Emily 22 February 2014 Just Announced The 2014 RDMA Categories and Nominees Disney Playlist Oh My Disney World s best entertainment shows honoured at 56th Rose d Or Awards Ebu ch 19 September 2017 Mika receives Lebanon National Order of Merit Thenationalnews com 26 January 2021 Radio Swiss Pop Music database Musician Radioswisspop ch Mika MikaFan ru Krupnejshij fan sajt o Nagrady Miki a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link CS1 maint numeric names authors list link UK Music Video Awards 2009 here are the nominations News Promonews Promonewstv Photos Mika lors de la ceremonie des Victoires de la musique le 3 mars 2012 Purepeople com Best UK Act Awards 2007 Music Virgin Media 7 December 2007 Archived from the original on 7 December 2007 Fletcher Alex 20 September 2007 Mika Winehouse bag Vodafone awards Digital Spy Forum de Mika France Voir le sujet World Music Awards Mika nomine 9 fois Viens voter Mikafrance com 2010 2004 Anketa Zebrik Historie anketazebrik cz in Czech Retrieved 8 October 2021 External links nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mika singer Official website Mika at IMDbPreceded by nbsp Chantal Janzen Edsilia Rombley Jan Smit and Nikkie de Jager Eurovision Song Contest presenter2022 With Alessandro Cattelan and Laura Pausini Succeeded by nbsp Alesha Dixon Hannah Waddingham nbsp Julia Sanina and nbsp Graham Norton final Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mika singer amp oldid 1218021187, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.