Mika discography

Mika discography
Mika in 2009
Studio albums	4
Compilation albums	1
Video albums	2
Music videos	16
EPs	4
Singles	22

The discography of Mika, a British pop singer-songwriter, consists of four 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]	BEL (WA) [5]	BEL (FL) [6]	CAN [7]	FRA [8]	GER [9]	IRE [10]	ITA [11]	NLD [12]	NOR [13]	SWI [14]	US [15]
Life in Cartoon Motion	Released: 5 February 2007 Label: Island (#1717335) Formats: CD, digital download	1	5	6	1	1	2	1	6	2	9	1	1	1	29	UK: 5× Platinum[16] AUS: 2× Platinum[17] AUT: Platinum[18] FRA: Diamond[19] GER: Platinum[20] IRE: 3× Platinum[21] ITA: Platinum[22] NLD: Platinum[23] SWI: 2× Platinum[24]	World: +8,000,000 UK: 1,569,507[25] FRA: 1,425,000[26]
The Boy Who Knew Too Much	Released: 21 September 2009 Label: Island (#2712588) Formats: CD, digital download	4	10	9	3	3	19	1	6	14	10	5	29	2	19	UK: Gold[16] FRA: 3× Platinum[27] ITA: Platinum[28] SWI: Gold[24] BEL: Platinum CAN: Gold	World: +2,000,000 FRA: 400,000[29]
The Origin of Love	Released: 17 September 2012 Label: Island Formats: CD, digital download	24	—	31	6	7	10	1	43	61	12	15	—	15	47	FRA: Platinum[30] ITA: Gold	World: +500,000 FRA: 120,000[31] US: 33,000[32]
No Place in Heaven	Release: 15 June 2015 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download	19	—	74	3	9	6	2	70	84	3	20	—	4	117	ITA: Platinum[33] FRA: Platinum	World: +350,000 FRA: 100,000[34] ITA: 50,000

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Certifications
		ITA [11]
Songbook Vol. 1	Released: 12 November 2013[35] Label: Universal Records Formats: CD, digital download	2	ITA: 2× Platinum[36]

Extended plays

Title	EP details	UK [37]
Dodgy Holiday EP	Released: 20 November 2006[38] Label: Casablanca Formats: digital download	97
iTunes Festival: London	Released: 28 August 2007[39] Label: Casablanca Formats: digital download	—
Songs for Sorrow	Released: 8 June 2009[40] Label: Casablanca Formats: CD, digital download	—
iTunes Live: London Festival '09	Released: 11 August 2009[41] Label: Casablanca Formats: digital download	—

Live Albums

Mika et L'Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal (2015) Sinfonia Pop (2016)

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 (WA) [42]	BEL (FL) [43]	FRA [8]	GER [44]	IRE [10]	ITA [45]	NLD [46]	SWI [14]	US [15]
"Relax, Take It Easy"^[A]	2006	18	—	3	1	1	1	4	8	2	1	2	—	ITA: Gold[47]	Life in Cartoon Motion
"Grace Kelly"	2007	1	2	3	1	2	1	4	1	1	4	2	57	UK: Platinum[16] AUS: Platinum[48] GER: Gold[20] ITA: Gold[47] SWI: Gold[24] US: Gold[49]
"Love Today"		6	3	—	3	4	1	—	13	5	25	46	92	AUS: Platinum[50]
"Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)"		9	23	8	10	5	38	19	9	47	4	29	—	AUS: Gold[50]
"Happy Ending"		7	7	29	26	11	21	28	29	12	10	10	—	UK: Silver[16] AUS: Gold[50] ITA: Gold[47]
"Lollipop"		59	—	51	21	24	17	35	—	—	13	58	—
"We Are Golden"	2009	4	10	17	7	9	19	29	14	3	20	11	—	ITA: Gold[47]	The Boy Who Knew Too Much
"Rain"		72	90	—	3	5	5	56	—	4	24	28	—	ITA: Gold[47]
"Blame It on the Girls"		72	—	—	24	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Kick Ass (We Are Young)" (Mika vs. RedOne)	2010	84	—	54	5	8	—	54	7	5	—	56	—	ITA: Platinum[47]	Kick-Ass
"Elle me dit"	2011	—	—	—	1	9	1	—	—	—	—	16	—		The Origin of Love
"Celebrate" (featuring Pharrell Williams)	2012	—	—	—	37	^[B]	33	—	—	30	75	—	—	ITA: Gold[47]
"Underwater"		—	—	68	27	^[B]	12	46	—	14	—	13	—	ITA: Gold[47]
"Popular Song" (featuring Ariana Grande)	2013	183	71	—	^[B]	^[B]	—	—	—	—	92	—	87	US: Gold[51]
"Live Your Life"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—		Songbook Vol. 1
"Stardust" (featuring Chiara)		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	ITA: 4× Platinum[47]
"Boum Boum Boum"	2014	—	—	—	10	^[B]	10	—	—	43	—	62	—		No Place in Heaven
"Talk About You"	2015	—	—	—	39	^[B]	35	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Staring at the Sun"		—	—	—	39	—	154	—	—	42	—	—	—	ITA: Gold[47]
"Hurts (Remix)"	2016
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

Promotional singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications

Single	Year	Peak chart positions				Certifications	Album
		BEL (WA) [52]	BEL (FL) [53]	FRA [8]	ITA [45]
"Origin of Love"	2012	^[B]	^[B]	136	—		The Origin of Love
"Last Party"	2015	—	—	66	—		No Place in Heaven
"Good Guys"		—	—	51	12	ITA: Gold[47]
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

As featured artist

Single	Year	Peak chart positions						Certifications	Album
		UK [54]	AUS [55]	AUT [55]	GER [56]	IRE [57]	SWI [55]
"Everybody Hurts" (as part of Helping Haiti)	2010	1	28	23	16	1	16	UK: Platinum[58]	Charity release

Other charted songs

Song	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		UK [59]	FRA [8]
"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]
• B^ Positions pertain to the Belgian Ultratip chart.

Video albums

Year	Video details	Certifications
2007	Live in Cartoon Motion Released on 12 November 2007 Label: Island (#1751268) Formats: DVD	UK: Gold[16]
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[60]
2007	"Grace Kelly"	Sophie Muller[61][62]
	"Love Today"
	"Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)"	Patrick Daughters
	"Happy Ending"	AlexandLiane[63]
	"Relax, Take It Easy" (version two)	Matt Askem[64]
	"Lollipop"	Bonzom[65]
2009	"We Are Golden"	Jonas Åkerlund[66]
	"Blame It on the Girls"	Nez Khammal[67]
	"Rain"
2010	"Everybody Hurts" (as part of Helping Haiti)	Joseph Kahn[68]
	"Kick Ass (We Are Young)"	Jim Canty[69]
2011	"Elle me dit"	Kinga Burza
2012	"Make You Happy"	Iouri Philippe Paillé[70]
	"Celebrate"	BBGun
	"Origin of Love"	Cristián Jiménez
	"Underwater"	Alex Southam[71]
2013	"Popular Song" (featuring Ariana Grande)	Chris Marrs Piliero[72]
2014	"Boum Boum Boum"	Jonathan Lia[73]
2015	"Last Party"	Peter Lindbergh[74]
	"Talk About You"	KT Auleta[75]
	"Good Guys"
	Staring At The Sun	Andreas Dermanis and MIKA[76]
2016	"Hurts"	Ivan Cotroneo

References

General

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

Specific

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23. "NVPI Goud & Platina" (in Dutch). NVPI. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
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29. "Les Certifications - SNEP". SNEP (in French). Retrieved 2016-02-10.
30. "Annee 2013 - Certifications au 15/10/2013" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
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35. "Songbook Vol. 1". Retrieved 2013-11-09.
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    • For "Boum Boum Boum": "Top Digital Download - Classifica settimanale WK 24 (dal 2014-06-09 al 2014-06-15)" (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
    • For "Staring at the Sun": "Top Digital - Classifica settimanale WK 44 (dal 2015-10-30 al 2015-11-05)". Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
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53. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?lang=nl&cat=s&artist=mika&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts
54. "UK Charts > Helping Haiti". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
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56. "Chartverfolgung / Helping Haiti / Single" (in German). musicline.de PhonoNet. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
57. "Irish Charts > Helping Haiti". irish-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
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59. "The Official UK Singles Chart for the week ending 17 February 2007". ChartsPlus. Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd (286): 3.
60. "Relax, Take It Easy" (CD single liner notes). Casablanca Records. 2006.
61. ""Grace Kelly" Music Video". MTV. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
62. ""Love Today" Music Video". MTV. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
63. AlexandLiane. "Videos". Retrieved 22 September 2011.
65. "NEW: Mika's Lollipop by Bonzom". PromoNews. 2007-11-28. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
66. ""We Are Golden" Music Video". MTV. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
67. ""Blame It On The Girls" Music Video". MTV. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
68. Stroud, Carl (2010-02-04). "Banks a million". The Sun (United Kingdom) News International. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
69. "Mika's Kick Ass by Jim Canty". PromoNews. 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
70. "Mika Is Back With New Song And Video For "Make You Happy" From 'The Origin Of Love'". Retrieved 2012-06-09.
72. New Video: Mika Featuring Ariana Grande, 'Popular Song'

External links

• Official website
• Mika discography at Discogs
• Mika Full Artist Discography (Polish)