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Mika
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Born:
Aug 18, 1983
in
Beirut, Lebanon
User rating:
3 Ratings
Rate this artist:
Biography:
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
...Read full biography
Key Albums
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The Boy Who Knew Too Much
Released:
2009
Label:
Universal Distribution
Critics' Rating:
Making an album even more vibrant than
Life in Cartoon Motion
would have been difficult for
Mika
. On
The Boy Who Knew Too Much
, he doesn't try to top himself; instead, he reins in just enough of his debut's
...Read full review
Life in Cartoon Motion
Released:
2007
Label:
Universal Distribution
Critics' Rating:
Mika
's vivid, aptly named debut album,
Life in Cartoon Motion
, borrows and builds on the glittery, glamorous, and not-so-secretly sentimental musical territory carved out by
Elton John
and
Freddie Mercury
,
...Read full review
More Mika albums:
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,
Singles & EPs (14)
,
DVD/Video (6)
,
Others (1)
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Ugly Betty
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