M.I.A. discography | |
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![]() M.I.A. performing in August 2007 | |
Studio albums | 6 |
Music videos | 29 |
EPs | 2 |
Singles | 40 |
Mixtapes | 3 |
British rapper and singer M.I.A. has released six studio albums, two extended plays, three mixtapes, forty singles (including eight as a featured artist) and twenty-nine music videos. Born Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam, M.I.A. began her career as a visual artist and film-maker, and moved into making music after filming a documentary on the band Elastica in 2001. [1] The band's lead singer, Justine Frischmann, lent her a Roland MC-505 sequencer/drum machine which she used to make a demo tape that secured her a contract with British label XL Recordings. [2] [3]
M.I.A.'s debut studio album, Arular , was initially scheduled to be released in September 2004, but the release was delayed by six months due to problems with the clearance of samples used in the songs. [4] [5] She released two singles and a mixtape in the interim. [6] [7] Although the album had limited commercial success, it was highly regarded by music critics for its blending of genres such as grime, hip hop, ragga and Brazilian baile funk, and for its politicised lyrics. [8] [9] [10] Music magazines in the United States and Europe included it in lists of the best albums of the year, and it was nominated for the Mercury Prize in the United Kingdom. [11]
Her second album, Kala , was released in 2007 along with the single "Boyz" and was also praised by critics, drawing more extensively from African, Tamil and Caribbean music. It proved much more commercially successful than her debut, reaching number 18 on the US Billboard 200 and number 21 on the UK Albums Chart. [12] [13] "Paper Planes", the album's fourth and final single, became M.I.A.'s breakthrough hit and was nominated for Record of the Year at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards. [14] The song appeared on the soundtrack to the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire along with "O... Saya", a song written specifically for the film by M.I.A. and A. R. Rahman. The song, which appears on the film's soundtrack album, was released on M.I.A.'s own label N.E.E.T. and was nominated for Best Original Song at the 81st Academy Awards. [15]
Her third album, Maya , was released in 2010 and reached the top 10 in numerous countries, remaining her highest-charting album both in the UK and the US. Her fourth album, Matangi , was released in 2013, charting moderately in music markets, despite receiving strong feedback from both public and critics. Her fifth album, AIM, was released on 9 September 2016. In 2020, she was featured along with Young Thug on Travis Scott's single "Franchise", which debuted atop the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming her first Hot 100 number-one single. [16]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||||
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UK [13] | AUS [17] | BEL (FL) [18] | CAN [19] | FRA [20] | GER [21] | IRE [22] | NOR [23] | SWE [24] | US [12] | ||||||
Arular |
| 98 | — | 97 | — | — | 71 | — | 20 | 47 | 190 | ||||
Kala |
| 39 | 46 | 22 | 16 | 117 | 93 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 18 |
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Maya |
| 21 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 79 | 48 | 47 | 8 | 31 | 9 |
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Matangi |
| 64 | 99 | 47 | — | 96 | — | — | — | — | 23 |
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AIM |
| 63 | 51 | 48 | 41 | 55 | 55 | — | — | — | 66 | ||||
Mata [32] |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
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Piracy Funds Terrorism Volume 1 |
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Vicki Leekx |
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Bells Collection |
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Live Session (iTunes Exclusive) |
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How Many Votes Fix Mix |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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UK [13] | AUS [36] | BEL (FL) [18] | CAN [37] | DEN [38] | FRA [20] | GER [39] | IRE [22] | US [40] | US Dance [41] | ||||
"Galang" | 2003 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [upper-alpha 1] | Arular | |
"Sunshowers" | 2004 | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Hombre" [43] | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Bucky Done Gun" | 88 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Bird Flu" | 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Kala | |
"Boyz" | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [upper-alpha 2] | — [upper-alpha 3] | ||
"Jimmy" | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [upper-alpha 4] | |||
"Paper Planes" | 2008 | 19 | 68 | 18 | 7 | 18 | 91 | 76 | 23 | 4 | — [upper-alpha 5] | ||
"Born Free" | 2010 | 156 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Maya | |
"XXXO" | 26 | 74 | — [upper-alpha 6] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [upper-alpha 7] | |||
"Steppin Up" [48] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [upper-alpha 8] | |||
"Teqkilla" [49] | — | — | — | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | — [upper-alpha 9] | |||
"Tell Me Why" [50] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"It Takes a Muscle" [51] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Internet Connection" [52] | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [upper-alpha 10] | — [upper-alpha 11] | ||
"Bad Girls" | 2012 | 43 | 81 | — [upper-alpha 12] | 92 | — | 61 | — | 80 | — [upper-alpha 13] | — [upper-alpha 14] |
| Matangi |
"Bring the Noize" [54] | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Come Walk with Me" [55] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | |||
"Y.A.L.A." | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | |||
"Double Bubble Trouble" | 2014 | — | — | — [upper-alpha 15] | — | — | 179 | — | — | — | 37 | ||
"Sexodus Re-Loaded With War" [56] (featuring War Syntaire) | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
"Swords" | — | — | — | — | — | 188 | — | — | — | 38 | AIM | ||
"Borders" | — | — | — | — | — | 73 | — | — | — | 25 | |||
"Go Off" | 2016 | — | — | — | 98 | — | 82 | — | — | — | 25 | ||
"Bird Song" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Freedun" (featuring Zayn) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"P.O.W.A." [57] | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Up Inna" [58] (with Cadenza and GuiltyBeatz) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"CTRL" [59] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"The One" [60] | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | Mata [32] [61] | |
"Popular" [61] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Beep" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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UK [13] | AUS [36] [62] | BEL (FL) [18] | CAN [63] | DEN [38] | FRA [20] [64] | GER [65] | IRE [22] [66] | SWE [24] [67] | US [68] | ||||
"Swagga Like Us" (Jay-Z and T.I. featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne and M.I.A.) | 2008 | 33 | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 5 |
| Paper Trail |
"Sound of Kuduro" (Buraka Som Sistema featuring DJ Znobia, M.I.A., Saborosa and Puto Prata) | 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Black Diamond | |
"Bang" (Rye Rye featuring M.I.A.) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [upper-alpha 16] | Go! Pop! Bang! | ||
"Sunshine" (Rye Rye featuring M.I.A.) | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"C.T.F.O." [70] (SebastiAn featuring M.I.A.) | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Total | |
"Give Me All Your Luvin'" (Madonna featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A.) | 2012 | 37 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 60 | 10 |
| MDNA |
"Temple" [72] (Baauer featuring M.I.A. and G-Dragon) | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Aa | |
"Franchise" (Travis Scott featuring Young Thug and M.I.A.) | 2020 | 26 | 31 | — [upper-alpha 17] | 16 | — | 120 | 35 | 23 | 57 | 1 |
| Non-album single |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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CAN [73] | US [74] | US Dance [41] | |||
"O... Saya" (with A. R. Rahman) | 2009 | 68 | 93 | — | Slumdog Millionaire: Music from the Motion Picture |
"Space" | 2010 | — [upper-alpha 18] | — | — [upper-alpha 19] | Maya |
Title | Year | Album |
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"Topknot" (Cavemen Remix) (Cornershop featuring Bubbley Kaur and M.I.A.) | 2004 | "Topknot" (single) [76] |
"Goodies" (Richard X Remix) (Ciara featuring M.I.A.) | 2005 | "Goodies" (single) [77] [78] |
"Bad Man" (Missy Elliott featuring Vybz Kartel and M.I.A.) | The Cookbook | |
"Nookie" (M.I.A. & Jabba Remix) (Jamesy P featuring M.I.A. and Jabba) | "Nookie" (single) [79] | |
"I Got Grapes" (World Wide Treemix) (Nump featuring M.I.A., apl.de.ap and DJ Qbert) | 2007 | "I Got Grapes" (World Wide Treemix) (single) [80] [81] |
"Get It Up" (Radioclit Mix) (Santogold featuring M.I.A. and Gorilla Zoe) | Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub | |
"Whachadoin?" (N.A.S.A. featuring Spank Rock, M.I.A., Santogold and Nick Zinner) | 2009 | The Spirit of Apollo |
"Bang" (Rye Rye featuring M.I.A.) | Fast & Furious | |
"Rain Dance" (The Very Best featuring M.I.A.) | Warm Heart of Africa | |
"Baby Riddim" (Switch Remix) (Major Lazer featuring Prince Zimboo and M.I.A.) | Мишка Presents Keep Watch Vol. X [82] | |
"Legalize My Medicine" (Nump featuring M.I.A.) | Student ov da Game [83] | |
"Sound of Siren" (Major Lazer featuring M.I.A. and Busy Signal) | 2010 | Lazers Never Die |
"B-Day Song" (Madonna featuring M.I.A.) | 2012 | MDNA |
"Better Than You" (Rye Rye featuring M.I.A.) | Go! Pop! Bang! | |
"Rock Off Shake Off" (Rye Rye featuring M.I.A.) | ||
"Reloaded (Let It Go Pt. 2)" (ASAP Ferg featuring M.I.A. and Crystal Caines) | 2014 | Ferg Forever |
"Gold" (with The Partysquad) | The Partysquad Summer Mixtape [84] | |
"Fine Whine" (ASAP Rocky featuring Future, Joe Fox and M.I.A.) | 2015 | At. Long. Last. ASAP |
"The New International Sound Pt. II" (with GENER8ION) | The New International Sound Pt. II [85] | |
"Jump In" (Anoushka Shankar featuring M.I.A.) | 2016 | Land of Gold [86] |
"Kites" (N.E.R.D featuring Kendrick Lamar and M.I.A.) | 2017 | No One Ever Really Dies |
"Immigrant" (Belly featuring Meek Mill and M.I.A.) | 2018 | Immigrant |
Title | Year | Director(s) |
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"Galang" | 2004 | Ruben Fleischer [87] |
"Sunshowers" | Rajesh Touchriver [88] | |
"Bucky Done Gun" | 2005 | Anthony Mandler [89] |
"Bird Flu" | 2007 | M.I.A. and Kalyan Kumar [90] |
"Boyz" | M.I.A. and Jason "Jay Will" Williams [91] | |
"Jimmy" | Nezar Khamal [92] | |
"Paper Planes" | 2008 | Bernard Gourley [93] |
"Space" [94] | 2010 | Unknown |
"Born Free" | Romain Gavras [95] | |
"XXXO" | M.I.A. [96] | |
"Story to Be Told" [97] | Unknown | |
"Bad Girls" | 2012 | Romain Gavras [98] |
"Bring the Noize" | 2013 | Ben Newman [99] |
"Come Walk with Me" [100] | Unknown | |
"Y.A.L.A." | Daniel Sannwald [101] | |
"Double Bubble Trouble" | 2014 | M.I.A. [57] [102] [103] [104] |
"Swords" | 2015 | |
"Warriors" | ||
"Borders" | ||
"Go Off" | 2016 | |
"P.O.W.A." | 2017 | |
"Finally" | Vivian Sassan [105] | |
"Reload" | 2018 | M.I.A. and Justine Frischmann [106] |
Title | Year | Director(s) |
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"Sound of Kuduro" (Buraka Som Sistema featuring DJ Znobia, M.I.A., Saborosa and Puto Prata) | 2008 | João Pedro Moreira and Carlos Afonso [107] |
"Bang" (Rye Rye featuring M.I.A.) | 2009 | M.I.A. [108] |
"Sunshine" (Rye Rye featuring M.I.A.) | 2010 | Jess Holzworth [109] |
"Give Me All Your Luvin'" (Madonna featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A.) | 2012 | MegaForce [110] |
"The New International Sound Pt. II" (GENER8ION + M.I.A.) | 2015 | Inigo Westmeier [85] |
"Franchise'" (Travis Scott featuring Young Thug and M.I.A.) | 2020 | Travis Scott and White Trash Tyler [111] |
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