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Pop magpie Mika's bright, kaleidoscopic music has drawn comparisons to everyone from Queen and Elton John to the Scissor Sisters and Rufus Wainwright. Born Michael Holbrook Penniman in Beirut to a Lebanese mother and American father, Mika and his parents moved to Paris while he was still a very young child, and eventually London by the time he was nine years old. The frequent moves, incidents like his father being taken hostage at Kuwait's American Embassy, and bullying at school affected young Mika to the point where he stopped talking and was taken out of school for six months. At this point, music became Mika's lifeline, and he soon began formal musical training, which included voice lessons. Along with studies at the Royal College of Music, in his teens and early twenties Mika also recorded with the Royal Opera House and created a jingle for Orbit chewing gum. He dropped out of school to concentrate on his take on pop music, inspired by freewheeling songwriters like Prince and Harry Nilsson. His debut single, Relax, Take It Easy, appeared in fall 2006, but it was its follow-up, Grace Kelly, that broke Mika in the U.K. Released in January 2007, the song hit number one on the singles chart thanks to heavy downloading, following in the footsteps of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy." Mika's full-length debut, Life in Cartoon Motion, did just as well when it was released that February, and was topping the U.K. charts around the time it was released in the U.S. that March. ~ Heather Phares, All Music GuideMore

Most Popular Music Videos (8)

Grace Kelly
(Duration: 3:24)
Jul 17th, 7:00pm
Lollipop
(Duration: 3:13)
Jul 15th, 6:35am
Happy Ending
(Duration: 3:40)
Jul 15th, 5:52am
Relax, Take It Easy
(Duration: 3:36)
Jul 15th, 5:51am
Love Today
(Duration: 3:23)
Jul 17th, 7:11pm
Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)
(Duration: 3:10)
Jul 15th, 6:01am
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Fan Comments

Sep 13th, 3:05am
where is the original We Are Golden song? :o
May 29th, 10:24am
lolllipop !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
May 11th, 5:14pm
I love you man!!! :D
Dec 28th, 2:34am
mika rocksss!!!
Nov 16th, 2:31pm
every photo on that playlist was taken off of google and or other search sites. nothing of it is personal. they are all from google. u r awesome rock on
Nov 9th, 3:29pm
yeah mika rocks:]]
Oct 3rd, 10:27pm
let me be the first to say Mika rocks. much love Mika