MIKA 米卡 / Michael Holbrook Penniman, Jr.
- 风格
- #流行舞曲 #华丽摇滚 #流行摇滚 #欧美流行
- 地区
- United Kingdom 英国
艺人介绍
小档案
姓 名：Mika 米卡
国 籍：英国
出 生 地：黎巴嫩贝鲁特
出生日期：1983-08-18
职 业：音乐家、创作歌手
经纪公司：环球唱片旗下卡萨布兰卡唱片公司
音乐类型：Pop,Rock,Glam Rock
艺人资料
米卡（Mika，全名米卡·彭尼曼，英语：Mica "Mika" Penniman，1983年8月18日－），是一名黎巴嫩出生、来自伦敦的唱作人，隶属环球唱片旗下的卡萨布兰卡唱片公司(Casablanca Records)。他于2006年尾至2007年头间开始走红。有消息指他出生时的名称是“米高·胡尔伯克·彭尼曼(Michael Holbrook Penniman)”。
米卡于黎巴嫩的贝鲁特出生，在家庭中五名子女中排第三，母亲拥有黎巴嫩和叙利亚的血统，而父亲则是美国人。当他一岁时，全家被迫离开当时战火连天的黎巴嫩，移居至巴黎。当他听过超脱乐团所唱的《Heart-Shaped Box》后，他写了第一支歌，歌中他形容一部称为“愤怒”(Angry)的钢琴。九岁时，米卡全家移居至伦敦。在伦敦，他入读了位于南肯辛顿的夏尔·戴高乐法语学校(Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle)，他在那里经常受到欺凌，并在那里患上失读症，最后他的母亲决定私自向他进行教育达六至八个月。后来他入读位于肯辛顿的圣菲利浦斯学校(St Philips School)，继而转入西敏寺学校(Westminster School)和皇家音乐学院，其后加入了卡萨布兰卡唱片公司。
他把自己的名字作出少许更改，把Mica中的c转成k，因为他害怕别人经常把他的名字读错。
年幼的Mika喜欢音乐，喜欢在歌曲中说故事。对音乐的爱好，加上他在皇家音乐学院（Royal College of Music）受到的专业训练，让他刚刚露脸就顶着了音乐天才的光环。2006年9月，Mika在BBC Radio 1崭露头角，旋即，在BBC网站的2007年度之声民意调查中，他获得的选票最多。
在Mika成为主流歌唱演员之前，他曾经帮别人编写口香糖广告短歌。
有趣的是Mika第一次接触音乐时，他就坚定了那将是他为之付出一生的事业。他曾参加歌唱队很多年，那里他花去所有的时间自学钢琴和作曲。最后Mika已经达到了在伦敦的一些歌剧院演出的水平，他也一直在写广告歌曲和一些为英国航空所作的的乘机用曲。
Mika的名言：“……随着年龄的增长，我的音乐品位现在很兼收并蓄，但我也一直会回顾那些以自己的天分创造出伟大歌曲的过往的伟大的词曲作家……”
在被英国评论家评选为2007年最有前途的新人之后，mika的第一首单曲《Grace Kelly》就于今年1月打榜了，二月就在英国发行了畅销的专辑《Life In Cartoon Motion》,并且将为3月在美国的发行做好准备。
Mika的首支单曲《Relax, Take It Easy》被BBC Radio 1播放，并受到知名DJ的推崇。2007年1月8日，环球唱片发行了他的单曲《Grace Kelly》，这首歌很快占据英国单曲榜的冠军位置。2007年2月5日，Mika乘胜追击，发行了自己的首张专辑《Life In Cartoon Motion》，他的音乐融合了舞曲、punk、pop和其他的元素。在很短的时间内，他模糊的私生活和音乐才华迅速地为他打开了知名度，人们谈起他时，总是把他和 Freddie Mercury, George Michael, Scissor Sisters, Rufus Wainwright和Elton John相提并论。6月，Mika携专辑《Life In Cartoon Motion》登陆香港掀起音乐嘉年华。11月，Mika亮相MTV欧洲音乐大奖。
2008年，Mika获全英音乐奖“最具突破艺人”。4月，第八届音乐风云榜颁奖，Mika担任颁奖嘉宾登台。
2009年9月，Mika发行专辑《The Boy Who Knew Too Much》。11月，Mika来到香港开演唱会。
2015年，发行专辑《No Place in Heaven》，Mika宣布将启动中国巡演。
2016年2月，Mika巡演首站深圳开启。参与电影《Zoolander No. 2》拍摄。
Musical career
Mika's first single was a limited 7"/download release called "Relax, Take It Easy" (2006). It was play-listed by UK's BBC Radio 1 and was made Record of the Week by DJ Scott Mills. The Dodgy Holiday EP also became available for download. The song "Billy Brown" was available for free download for a week from the iTunes Store. A song titled 'Over-rated', which was recorded in 2004, was "unofficially" released online.
In January 2007, Mika was on the top of the BBC News website's Sound of 2007 poll.His single "Grace Kelly" was released by Universal Music for digital download on 8 January 2007. It reached number one on the UK Singles Chart on 21 January 2007.
Mika toured the United States in June 2007, with support from Sara Bareilles and Natalia Lesz. Mika's début album Life in Cartoon Motion was released on 5 February 2007, and has brought comparison with artists such as Freddie Mercury,Scissor Sisters,Elton John,Prince,Robbie Williams and David Bowie.
Mika was the musical act for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on 26 March 2007 and 14 February 2008 and for Jimmy Kimmel Live! on 27 March 2007. He also performed live on So You Think You Can Dance on 26 July 2007.
On 10 October 2007, Mika began his Dodgy Holiday Tour, playing at venues across Europe. On 17 November 2007, Mika started the UK leg of his tour with support from Palladium. The North American leg of his tour began in January 2008 with support from The Midway State and Creature and continued through February with a stop in Los Angeles for the 50th Grammy Awards.
His debut album Life in Cartoon Motion has a coming of age theme and deals with his transition from childhood to the present, though he has stated that not all of the songs are autobiographical. His songs often deal with difficult topics.
On 20 February 2008, Mika opened the 2008 BRIT Awards with a live performance of "Love Today," "Grace Kelly," and a duet, "Standing in the Way of Control", with Beth Ditto. He was later awarded the BRIT Award for Best British Breakthrough Artist.
Prior to the release of his second studio album, Mika released a limited-edition extended play titled Songs for Sorrow on 8 June 2009.
Mika's second studio album The Boy Who Knew Too Much was released on 21 September 2009.Mika recorded the majority of the album in Los Angeles with producer and musician Greg Wells, who also produced his debut album Life in Cartoon Motion.The album has been described as Mika dealing with his adolescent teenage years and "in a sense is kind of part two" of his first album.On 6 August 2009 it was confirmed that the album's title would change to The Boy Who Knew Too Much.
The first single from the album, "We Are Golden", made its radio debut in the United Kingdom on 20 July 2009, on BBC Radio 2 and was released for download on 6 September 2009, with the physical release following on 7 September 2009."Blame It on the Girls" was released as the second single in the United States and Japan. This was alongside "Rain" being the second single in the United Kingdom which was released on 23 November.
Mika announced the title of the album, The Origin of Love in a French interview on 17 June. The first single released from the album was "Elle me dit", Mika's first French track. It was released online on 1 July 2011. Nick Littlemore of Empire of The Sun, Paul Steel, frYars, William Orbit, Doriand, Priscilla Renea, Billboard, Hillary Lindsey, Ellie Goulding, Pharrell Williams, Benny Benassi, Martin Solveig, Klas Åhlund, Wayne Hector, and Greg Wells were involved in the production of the album. MIKA contributed his vocals to the production of The All-American Rejects' 2012 album Kids in the Street. On 8 June 2012, the video for "Make You Happy" was released on Vimeo.The song served as a buzz single for the album.On 14 June 2012, "Celebrate", which features Pharrell Williams, was announced as the album's lead single.The album was released internationally on 17 September 2012 and in the UK on 8 October 2012.
On 6 March 2013, Mika announced a new tour and that after taking some time off, he had begun writing his fourth album as well as songs for other artists. Mika also hinted that new material might be released towards the end of 2013.On 23 April 2013, Mika was revealed to be the new judge on the seventh season of the X Factor Italy, replacing Arisa. He was the first international mentor on the Italian edition of the show.On 18 November 2013, Mika released a compilation album in Italy titled 'Songbook Vol. 1' including music from his three previous albums, plus new re-worked tracks.
Mika's fourth and latest album, No Place in Heaven, was released 15 June 2015.
In 2016,he appeared in Zoolander No. 2 .
热门评论
- @小听：虾米的评论区总是会出现一些“品位权威”...
- @pandales：虾米一直这样的，俺稀饭的Good gone Girl不晓得挤到哪里去了，虽然Relax (Take It Easy)这首也不错
- @米子：爱呀~~喜欢小米卡~ 欢呀...喜欢呀 o<(*≧▽≦)>ツ
- @revolution：2009登上荷兰同-性-恋杂志《Gay&Night》承认双-性-恋身份，2012年8月份他第二次出柜:在接受美国知名媒体采访时大方承认了其同-性-恋者身份。Mika在采访时说道:“我曾说过自己是一位双-性-恋者，但是这次，我要告诉大家我是同-性-恋者，以后一直也是。” Mika日前接受美国同性恋杂志《Instinct》采访时说道:“如果你问我是不是同性恋者，我会说是的。新专辑的这些单曲灵感是否来自一个男人，我也会回答是的。因为只有这样，才会真正发掘自己的性向，通过我的歌词感受这个人生，或者这就是我真正的一面。”
- @Memories：最近才看到李宇春why me抄袭他的lollipop [不高兴]nc粉大骂mika来中国拿李宇春炒作 我是说人家需要靠她炒作？？
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- @看签名 知吾心7127(名字不变，音螺见)：我去⊙∀⊙！看过图片我发现他和空壳乐队的主唱，很相似
- @珊珊来迟(唯有音乐不离不弃)：MIKA – Ice Cream
- @日王贝才(性别女，爱好男男。养了两...)：新歌呢？Ice cream呢？！！
- @Erica.(支持原创，抵制肖战。)：他有一张活泼可爱的脸，还有讨人喜欢的声音。怎么讲呢，感觉他就像一个聪明的小男孩，调皮的恰好 mika真可爱。
- @.(我还没想好要写什么...)：几乎遇不到这样一个每首歌都很合口味的歌手
- @未知生物：
- @逃学威龙(我还没想好要写什么...)：baby
- @亲爱的普朗(提灯天后 策马小僧)：米卡米卡！你简直就是个神仙~~~~
- @Jack Snow((´•༝•`))：我好像翻到宝贝了
- @blue久衬人心(假装颜控)：他的歌有会让心情变好的魔力呢！