![]() ![]() But having said that, I've never limited my life, I've never limited who I sleep with … Call me whatever you want. In a 2009 "Gay & Night" interview, Mika said of his sexuality, "I've never ever labelled myself. Mika grew up in a Melkite Catholic family, and in 2013, he told "Metro Weekly" that he was "still a Roman Catholic." He is fluent in English, Italian, French, and Spanish, and he has taken Mandarin Chinese lessons and can speak some Arabic in a Lebanese dialect. In 2022, Mika, Laura Pausini, and Alessandro Cattelan co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest.įrancois Durand/Getty Images Personal Life He has also released several EPs, including "Dodgy Holiday EP" (2006), "Songs for Sorrow" (2009), and "This Is the Sound of: Mika" (2010). In 2016, Mika teamed up with Kylie Minogue to cover Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" on the album "Kylie Christmas: Snow Queen Edition," then he recorded the singles "Me, Myself" (2020) and "It Must Have Been Love" (2021) with Danna Paola. Next, he released 2019's "My Name Is Michael Holbrook," which reached the top 10 in Belgium, France, Italy, and Switzerland. ![]() In 2015, Mika released the album "No Place in Heaven," and it was certified Platinum in France and Italy and Gold in the U.K. The single "Elle me dit" reached #1 in Belgium and France, and his collaboration with Pharrell Williams, "Celebrate," went Gold in Italy. Mika's third album, 2012's "The Origin of Love," topped the French Albums Chart and South Korean International Albums Chart and went Platinum in France. The album featured the singles "We Are Golden" and "Rain," which were certified Gold and Platinum, respectively, in Italy. Mika followed his successful debut with 2009's "The Boy Who Knew Too Much," which reached #1 in France and went 3× Platinum in that country as well as Platinum in Belgium, Italy, and the U.K. The single "Love Today" earned him a Grammy nomination. He released his debut album, "Life in Cartoon Motion," the following month, and it reached #1 on the charts in nine countries. and Platinum in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, and Italy. In January 2007, Mika's career took off after the release of his single "Grace Kelly," which was a top 10 hit in more than 20 countries and went 2× Platinum in the U.K. His first single, 2006's "Relax, Take It Easy," was named Record of the Week by BBC Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills. ![]() He left the Royal College of Music before graduating in order to record his debut album with Casablanca Records. Mika spent one day at the London School of Economics, then he was accepted into the Royal College of Music. He later starred in numerous school productions at London's Westminster School. Philip's School, and he was head of the St. Mika studied with London's Royal Opera, and his stage debut took place at the Royal Opera House as a chorus member in the Richard Strauss opera "Die Frau Ohne Schatten." At the age of 15, he performed in a production of Vaughan Williams' "The Pilgrim's Progress." Mika eventually returned to school, studying at Kensington's St. His mother decided to homeschool him, and Russian opera singer Alla Ardakov (Ablaberdyeva) trained him in music. ![]() He attended London's Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, where he struggled with dyslexia and was bullied. Mika wrote his first song, "Angry," when he was just 7 years old, and it was an instrumental piano piece. When he returned to his family in Paris, he had to find a new job and the family subsequently moved to London. When Mika was a baby, the family left war-torn Lebanon for Paris, France, and in 1990, his father became trapped in the United States embassy for seven months during a business trip to Kuwait due to the Gulf War breaking out. Mika has four siblings, Paloma, Yasmine, Zuleika, and Fortuné, and Yasmine is an artist who painted the artwork for his albums "Life in Cartoon Motion" and "The Boy Who Knew Too Much." His paternal grandfather was diplomat William Frederick Penniman III. He is the son of Mary Joan Mouakad (an American of Lebanese descent) and Michael Holbrook Penniman (an American who was born in Israel), and his father was a banker. Mika was born Michael Holbrook Penniman, Jr. ![]()
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