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.

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	Released: 5 February 2007 Label: Island (#1717335) Formats: CD, digital download	1	5	6	1	6	2	9	1	1	1	UK: 5× Platinum[11] AUS: 2× Platinum[12] AUT: Platinum[13] FRA: Diamond[14] GER: Platinum[15] IRE: 3× Platinum[16] NLD: Gold[17] SWI: 2× Platinum[18]
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	FRA: 2× Platinum[14] SWI: Gold[18]

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	UK: Silver[11] AUS: Platinum[26] GER: Gold[15] SWI: Gold[18]
"Lollipop" [A]		59	—	51	—	35	—	—	13	19	58
"Love Today"		6	3	—	5	—	13	5	25	—	46	AUS: Platinum[27]
"Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)"		9	23	8	—	19	9	—	4	18	29	AUS: Gold [27]
"Happy Ending"		7	7	29	—	28	29	12	10	—	10	AUS: Gold[27]
"Relax, Take It Easy" / "Lollipop" [A]		18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"We Are Golden"	2009	4	10	17	19	29	14	3	20	19	11	ITA: Gold[28]	The Boy Who Knew Too Much
"Blame It on the Girls"		72	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Rain"		72	90	—	5	56	—	4	24	—	28	ITA: Gold[28]
"Kick Ass" (vs. RedOne)	2010	84	—	54	—	54	8	5	—	—	56	ITA: Gold[28]	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

• "Mika > Discography". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 August 2008.

Specific

1. ^ ^{a b c} "UK Charts > Mika". Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/mika/. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Australian Charts > Mika". australian-charts.com Hung Medien. http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Mika. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Austrian Charts > Mika" (in German). austrian-charts.at Hung Medien. http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Mika. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "French Charts > Mika" (in French). lescharts.com Hung Medien. http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Mika. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
5. ^ "Chartverfolgung / Mika / Longplay" (in German). musicline.de PhonoNet. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Mika/?type=longplay. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "Irish Charts > Mika". irish-charts.com Hung Medien. http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Mika. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
7. ^ ^{a b} "Italian Charts > Mika". italiancharts.com Hung Medien. http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Mika&titel=Life+In+Cartoon+Motion&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-11-14. 
8. ^ "Dutch Album Charts > Mika" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=mika&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
9. ^ ^{a b} "Norwegian Charts > Mika". norwegiancharts.com Hung Medien. http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Mika. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
10. ^ ^{a b} "Swiss Charts > Mika" (in German). swisscharts.com Hung Medien. http://swisscharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Mika. Retrieved 2010-02-13. 
11. ^ ^{a b} "BPI Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
12. ^ "ARIA Charts > Accreditations > 2007 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2007Albums.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
13. ^ "IFPI Austria > Goud & Platin" (in German). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin. Retrieved 2011-08-29. 
14. ^ ^{a b} "Les Certifications > Mika". InfoDisc Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. http://www.infodisc.fr/CD_Certif.php. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
15. ^ ^{a b} "German certifications – Mika" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=&strInterpret=Mika&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked. Retrieved 2011-11-14. 
16. ^ "IRMA 2007 Certification Awards". Irish Recorded Music Association. http://www.irishcharts.ie/awards/multi_platinum07.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
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. 
24. ^ "Chartverfolgung / Mika / Single" (in German). musicline.de PhonoNet. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Mika/single?sort=entry. Retrieved 2010-02-01. 
25. ^ "Dutch Top 40 > Mika" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. http://www.top40.nl/search.aspx?keyword=mika. Retrieved 2010-06-02. 
26. ^ "ARIA Charts > Accreditations > 2007 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2007Singles.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-17. 
27. ^ ^{a b c} "ARIA Charts > Accreditations > 2008 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2008Singles.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-17. 
28. ^ ^{a b c} "FIMI > Cerificazoni Download FIMI". Federation of the Italian Music Industry. http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_Nielsen_week0511.pdf. Retrieved 2011-11-14. 
29. ^ "UK Charts > Helping Haiti". Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/helping%20haiti/. Retrieved 2011-08-09. 
30. ^ ^{a b c} "Helping Haiti chart performance". australian-charts.com Hung Medien. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Helping+Haiti&titel=Everybody+Hurts&cat=s. Retrieved 2011-08-09. 
31. ^ "Chartverfolgung / Helping Haiti / Single" (in German). musicline.de PhonoNet. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Helping+Haiti/single. Retrieved 2011-08-09. 
32. ^ "Irish Charts > Helping Haiti". irish-charts.com Hung Medien. http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Helping+Haiti. Retrieved 2011-08-09. 
33. ^ "The Official UK Singles Chart for the week ending 17 February 2007". ChartsPlus (Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd) (286): 3. 
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. 
41. ^ Stroud, Carl (2010-02-04). "Banks a million". The Sun (United Kingdom) News International. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2838147/Sun-Helping-Haiti-single-to-be-one-of-the-biggest-of-the-past-ten-years.html. Retrieved 2011-08-09. 
42. ^ "Mika’s Kick Ass by Jim Canty". PromoNews. 2010-03-23. http://www.promonews.tv/2010/03/23/mikas-kick-ass-by-jim-canty/. Retrieved 2011-08-09. 

External links

• Official website
• Mika discography at Discogs