M.I.A. Biography

Mathangi Maya Arulpragasam better known by her stage name M.I.A. is a British rapper singer-songwriter record producer and activist of Sri Lankan Tamil origin. Since rising to prominence in early 2004 for her singles Sunshowers and Galang charting in Canada and the UK and reaching number 11 on the Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales in the US she has been nominated for an Academy Award three Grammy Awards and the Mercury Prize. She released her debut album Arular in 2005 and her second album Kala in 2007 both to wide critical acclaim. Kala was certified silver in the UK and gold in Canada and the US where it topped the Dance/Electronic Albums chart. It also charted in several countries across Europe in Japan and Australia. The album's first single Boyz reached the Top 10 in Canada and on the Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales in 2007 becoming her first Top 10 charting single. The single Paper Planes peaked in the Top 20 worldwide and reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100. Paper Planes was certified gold in New Zealand and three times platinum in Canada and the US where as of November 2011 it is ranked the seventh best-selling song by a British artist in the digital era. It has become XL Recordings' second best-selling single to date.

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