Mika discography

Mika discography
Mika discography

Mika in December 2009
Releases
Studio albums 2
EPs 4
Singles 12
Video albums 2
Music videos 12

The discography of Mika, a British pop singer-songwriter, consists of two studio albums, four extended plays, twelve singles, twelve music videos and two video albums.

Mika's debut single, "Relax, Take It Easy", was released in the United Kingdom in 2006. The Dodgy Holiday EP was also made available for download. His second single, "Grace Kelly", was released in January 2007 and debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, followed by his debut album, Life in Cartoon Motion, in February 2007. Other singles released were; "Love Today", "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)", "Happy Ending", and "Lollipop". Prior to the release of his second album, Mika released a limited-edition EP entitled Songs for Sorrow in June 2009.

Mika's second album, The Boy Who Knew Too Much, followed in September 2009. The first single from the album, "We Are Golden", made its debut at number four in the UK. "Rain" and "Blame It on the Girls" were released as the second and third UK singles with both peaking at number seventy-two. Mika also recorded the title track from the official soundtrack for the 2010 film Kick-Ass.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
FRA
[4]
GER
[5]
IRE
[6]
ITA
[7]
NLD
[8]
NOR
[9]
SWI
[10]
Life in Cartoon Motion 1 5 6 1 6 2 9 1 1 1
The Boy Who Knew Too Much
  • Released: 21 September 2009
  • Label: Island (#2712588)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
4 10 9 1 6 14 10 5 29 2

Extended plays

Title EP details UK
[19]
Dodgy Holiday EP
  • Released: 20 November 2006[20]
  • Label: Casablanca
  • Formats: digital download
97
iTunes Festival: London
  • Released: 28 August 2007[21]
  • Label: Casablanca
  • Formats: digital download
Songs for Sorrow
  • Released: 8 June 2009[22]
  • Label: Arista
  • Formats: CD, digital download
iTunes Live:
London Festival '09
  • Released: 11 August 2009[23]
  • Label: Casablanca
  • Formats: digital download

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
FRA
[4]
GER
[24]
IRE
[6]
ITA
[7]
NLD
[25]
NOR
[9]
SWI
[10]
"Relax, Take It Easy" [A] 2006 78 3 1 4 8 2 1 2 2 Life in Cartoon Motion
"Grace Kelly" 2007 1 2 3 82 4 1 1 4 1 2
"Lollipop" [A] 59 51 35 13 19 58
"Love Today" 6 3 5 13 5 25 46
"Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" 9 23 8 19 9 4 18 29
"Happy Ending" 7 7 29 28 29 12 10 10
"Relax, Take It Easy" / "Lollipop" [A] 18
"We Are Golden" 2009 4 10 17 19 29 14 3 20 19 11 The Boy Who Knew Too Much
"Blame It on the Girls" 72
"Rain" 72 90 5 56 4 24 28
"Kick Ass"
(vs. RedOne)
2010 84 54 54 8 5 56 Kick-Ass (Music from the Motion Picture)
"Elle me dit" 2011 1 16 The Origin of Love
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

As featured artist

Single Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[29]
AUS
[30]
AUT
[30]
GER
[31]
IRE
[32]
SWI
[30]
"Everybody Hurts"
(as part of Helping Haiti)
2010 1 28 23 16 1 16 Charity release

Other charted songs

Song Year UK
[33]
Album
"Stuck in the Middle" 2007 174 Life in Cartoon Motion

Notes:

  • A^ In the United Kingdom, "Relax, Take It Easy" was first released in October 2006 and peaked at number seventy-eight, but was re-released in December 2007 as a double A-side with "Lollipop" peaking at number eighteen. "Lollipop" was released as a download only and peaked separately at number fifty-nine.[1]

Video albums

Year Video details
2007 Live in Cartoon Motion
  • Released on 12 November 2007
  • Label: Island (#1751268)
  • Formats: DVD
2008 Live Parc Des Princes Paris
  • Released on 10 November 2008
  • Label: Island (#1751268)
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-Ray

Music videos

Year Title Director
2006 "Relax, Take It Easy" (Version one) Airside[34]
2007 "Grace Kelly" Sophie Muller[35][36]
"Love Today"
"Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" Patrick Daughters
"Happy Ending" AlexandLiane[37]
"Relax, Take It Easy" (Version two)
"Lollipop" Bonzom[38]
2009 "We Are Golden" Jonas Åkerlund[39]
"Blame It on the Girls" Nez Khammal[40]
"Rain"
2010 "Everybody Hurts"
(as part of Helping Haiti)
Joseph Kahn[41]
"Kick-Ass" Jim Canty[42]

References

General
Specific
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  17. ^ "NVPI Goud & Platina" (in Dutch). NVPI. http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=60461#resultaat. Retrieved 2011-08-06. 
  18. ^ a b c "IFPI Swiss Certifications" (in German). hitparade.ch International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. http://hitparade.ch/search_certifications.asp?search=mika. Retrieved 2011-08-06. 
  19. ^ "The Official UK Singles Chart for the week ending 20 January 2007". ChartsPlus (Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd) (282): 2. 
  20. ^ "iTunes Preview > Dodgy Holiday > EP". iTunes Store. http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/dodgy-holiday-ep/id205167742. Retrieved 2010-08-30. 
  21. ^ "iTunes Preview > iTunes Festival: London". iTunes Store. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/itunes-festival-london-mika/id262518270. Retrieved 2010-08-30. 
  22. ^ "Mika readies acoustic EP". NME. 2009-05-08. http://www.nme.com/news/mika/44543. Retrieved 2011-08-09. 
  23. ^ "iTunes Preview > iTunes Live: London Festival '09". iTunes Store. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/itunes-live-london-festival/id326890501. Retrieved 2010-08-30. 
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  32. ^ "Irish Charts > Helping Haiti". irish-charts.com Hung Medien. http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Helping+Haiti. Retrieved 2011-08-09. 
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  34. ^ "Relax, Take It Easy" (CD single liner notes). Casablanca Records. 2006.
  35. ^ ""Grace Kelly" Music Video". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=2067240&vid=128065. Retrieved 2008-08-18. 
  36. ^ ""Love Today" Music Video". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=2067240&vid=147755. Retrieved 2008-08-18. 
  37. ^ AlexandLiane. "Videos". http://www.alexandliane.com/files/videos.html. Retrieved 22 September 2011. 
  38. ^ "NEW: Mika’s Lollipop by Bonzom". PromoNews. 2007-11-28. http://www.promonews.tv/2007/11/28/new-mikas-lollipop-by-bonzom/. Retrieved 2011-08-09. 
  39. ^ ""We Are Golden" Music Video". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/videos/mika/424451/we-are-golden.jhtml. Retrieved 2011-08-09. 
  40. ^ ""Blame It On The Girls" Music Video". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/videos/mika/447638/blame-it-on-the-girls.jhtml. Retrieved 2011-08-09. 
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