Mika discography

Mika discography

Mika in 2009
Releases
↙Studio albums 3
↙Compilation albums 1
↙EPs 4
↙Singles 15
↙Video albums 2
↙Music videos 16

The discography of Mika, a British pop singer-songwriter, consists of three studio albums, four extended plays, twelve singles, sixteen music videos and two video albums. As of June 2012, Mika has sold over 8 million records.[1]

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

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications Sales
UK
[2]		 AUS
[3]		 AUT
[4]		 FRA
[5]		 GER
[6]		 IRE
[7]		 ITA
[8]		 NLD
[9]		 NOR
[10]		 SWI
[11]		 US
[12]
Life in Cartoon Motion 1 5 6 1 6 2 9 1 1 1 29
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 19
The Origin of Love
  • Released: 17 September 2012
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 24 — 31 1 43 61 12 15 — 15 47
No Place in Heaven
  • Release: 15 June 2015
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 To be released

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
ITA
[8]
Songbook Vol. 1
  • Released: 12 November 2013[30]
  • Label: Universal Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 2
  • ITA: 2× Platinum[31]

Extended plays

Title EP details UK
[32]
Dodgy Holiday EP
  • Released: 20 November 2006[33]
  • Label: Casablanca
  • Formats: digital download
 97
iTunes Festival: London
  • Released: 28 August 2007[34]
  • Label: Casablanca
  • Formats: digital download
 —
Songs for Sorrow
  • Released: 8 June 2009[35]
  • Label: Arista
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 —
iTunes Live:
London Festival '09
  • Released: 11 August 2009[36]
  • Label: Casablanca
  • Formats: digital download
 —

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[2]		 AUS
[3]		 AUT
[4]		 BEL
[37]		 FRA
[5]		 GER
[38]		 IRE
[7]		 ITA
[39]		 NLD
[40]		 NOR
[10]		 SWI
[11]		 US
[12]
"Relax, Take It Easy"[A] 2006 18 — 3 1 1 4 8 2 1 2 2 — Life in Cartoon Motion
"Grace Kelly" 2007 1 2 3 1 12[42] 4 1 1 4 1 2 57

"Love Today"

 6 3 — 3 1 — 13 5 25 — 46 92

"Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)"

9 23 8 5 38 19 9 — 4 18 29 —

"Happy Ending"

7 7 29 11 21 28 29 12 10 — 10 —
"Lollipop" 59 — 51 21 17 35 — — 13 19 58 —
"We Are Golden" 2009 4 10 17 7 19 29 14 3 20 19 11 — The Boy Who Knew Too Much
"Rain" 72 90 — 3 5 56 — 4 24 — 28 —
"Blame It on the Girls" 72 — — 24 — — — — — — — —
"Kick Ass (We Are Young)"
(Mika vs. RedOne) 		2010 84 — 54 5 — 54 7 5 — — 56 — Kick-Ass
"Elle me dit" 2011 — — — 1 1 — — — — — 16 — The Origin of Love
"Celebrate"
(featuring Pharrell Williams) 		2012 — — — 3
(Ultratip) 		33 — — 30 75 — — —
"Underwater" — — 68 7
(Ultratip) 		12 46 — 14 — — 13 —
"Origin of Love" — — — 16
(Ultratip) 		136 — — — — — — —
"Popular Song"
(featuring Ariana Grande)		 2013 183 71 — 8
(Ultratip) 		— — — — 92 — — 87
"Live Your Life" — — — — — — — — — — — — Songbook Vol. 1
"Stardust"
(featuring Chiara)		 — — — — — — — 1 — — — —
  • ITA: 3× Platinum[41]
"Boum Boum Boum" 2014 — — — 14
(Ultratip) 		10 — — 43 — — 62 —
Non-album single
"Talk About You" 2015 — — — 26
(Ultratip) 		70 — — — — — — —
No Place in Heaven
"Last Party" — — — — 126 — — — — — — —
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

As featured artist

Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[46]		 AUS
[47]		 AUT
[47]		 GER
[48]		 IRE
[49]		 SWI
[47]
"Everybody Hurts"
(as part of Helping Haiti) 		2010 1 28 23 16 1 16 Charity release

Other charted songs

Song Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[51]		 FRA
[5]
"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.[2]

Video albums

Year Video details Certifications
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[52]
2007 "Grace Kelly" Sophie Muller[53][54]
"Love Today"
"Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" Patrick Daughters
"Happy Ending" AlexandLiane[55]
"Relax, Take It Easy" (version two) Matt Askem[56]
"Lollipop" Bonzom[57]
2009 "We Are Golden" Jonas Åkerlund[58]
"Blame It on the Girls" Nez Khammal[59]
"Rain"
2010 "Everybody Hurts"
(as part of Helping Haiti)		 Joseph Kahn[60]
"Kick Ass (We Are Young)" Jim Canty[61]
2011 "Elle me dit" Kinga Burza
2012 "Make You Happy" Iouri Philippe Paillé[62]
"Celebrate" BBGun
"Origin of Love" Cristián Jiménez
"Underwater" Alex Southam[63]
2013 "Popular Song"
(featuring Ariana Grande)		 Chris Marrs Piliero[64]
2014 Boum Boum Boum Jonathan Lia[65]

References

General
Specific
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  34. ↑ "iTunes Preview > iTunes Festival: London". iTunes Store. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
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  36. ↑ "iTunes Preview > iTunes Live: London Festival '09". iTunes Store. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
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  56. ↑
  57. ↑ "NEW: Mika’s Lollipop by Bonzom". PromoNews. 2007-11-28. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
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  59. ↑ ""Blame It On The Girls" Music Video". MTV. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
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  63. ↑
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  65. ↑

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