Mika

Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr., performing as Mika, is a singer-songwriter born 18 August 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon, raised between Paris and London. His 2006 extended play Dodgy Holiday introduced "Relax, Take It Easy", a single that topped European charts and launched his career. Life in Cartoon Motion (2007) became his flagship: the album reached UK number one, sold more than 8 million copies globally, and its lead single "Grace Kelly" dominated the UK Singles Chart for five weeks from January 2007. That album earned him a Brit Award for Best British Breakthrough act in 2008, while "Love Today" received a Grammy nomination.

His discography spans The Boy Who Knew Too Much (2009, UK number four), The Origin of Love (2012, which generated the French number-one single "Elle me dit" and topped the French albums chart), No Place in Heaven (2015), My Name Is Michael Holbrook (2019), Que ta tête fleurisse toujours (2023), and Hyperlove (2026)—his highest-charting UK album since 2009. Beyond music, Mika served as judge on French and Spanish iterations of The Voice and Italy's X Factor, hosted the Italian variety show Stasera Casa Mika (winner of the 2017 Rose d'Or for Entertainment), and co-hosted Eurovision 2022 with Laura Pausini and Alessandro Cattelan. He is also a visual artist and designer: he created sunglasses for Lozza, a clothing line for JBC, commemorative pens for Pilot's 100th anniversary, and watches for Swatch alongside his sister Yasmine. A life-path 11 numerology marks him as a visionary idealist. Leo birth energy aligns with his theatrical confidence and emotional generosity in performance.