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M.I.A. discography
M.I.A. performing in 2007
Studio albums3
Music videos12
EPs8
Singles20
Other appearances14

The discography of M.I.A., a British singer, rapper and producer, consists of three studio albums, two mixtapes, eight extended plays and twenty singles. M.I.A. (Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam) 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 first 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 Billboard 200 chart in the US and entering the top 40 of the UK Albums Chart.[12][13] "Paper Planes", a track from this album, proved to be M.I.A.'s breakthrough hit and was nominated for Record of the Year at the 51st Grammy Awards.[14] The song appeared on the soundtrack of the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire along with "O... Saya", a song written specifically for the film by M.I.A. and A. R. Rahman. This song, which appears on the film's soundtrack album but not on an M.I.A. studio album, was released on M.I.A.'s own label N.E.E.T. and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Song at the 81st Academy Awards.[15] Her third album, Maya, was released in 2010 and reached the top ten in numerous countries worldwide.

Albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certification
UK
[12]
[16]
[17] 		US
[13] 		US
ELEC
[13] 		AUS
[18] 		FRA
[19] 		GER
[20] 		JPN
[21]
[22]
[23] 		NLD
[24] 		NOR
[25] 		SWE
[26]
2005 Arular 98 190 3 — — 71 78 — 20 47
2007 Kala
  • Released: 8 August 2007
  • Label: XL Recordings
  • Formats: CD, download, LP
 39 18 1 46 117 93 23 44 22 18
2010 Maya (stylized as /\/\ /\ Y /\) 21 9 1 21 79 48 37 93 8 31
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Mixtapes

Year Album details
2004 Piracy Funds Terrorism, Volume 1
  • Mixtape produced by M.I.A. and Diplo
  • Released: December 2004
  • Formats: CD
  • This release was initially only given to the press and
    distributed at live performances. In
    2005, remaining copies were made
    available via TurntableLab.com.[30][31]
2010 Vicki Leekx
  • Released: 31 December 2010[32]
  • Formats: Free digital download

Extended plays

Year EP details
2005 Live Session (iTunes Exclusive)[A][33]
  • Released: 18 October 2005
  • Label: XL Recordings
  • Formats: download
2008 Paper Planes – Homeland Security
Remixes
  • Released: 11 February 2008
  • Label: XL Recordings
  • Formats: 12" vinyl, download
How Many Votes Fix Mix
  • Released: 28 October 2008
  • Label: XL Recordings
  • Formats: 12" vinyl, download
2009 Bang (The Remixes)[34]
(Rye Rye featuring M.I.A.)
  • Released: 2 June 2009
  • Label: Interscope
  • Formats: CD, download
2010 XXXO (The Remixes)[35]
  • Released: 15 June 2010
  • Label: XL Recordings
  • Formats: 12" vinyl, CD,[B] download
XXXO (The Remixes, Vol. 2)[36]
  • Released: 29 June 2010
  • Label: XL Recordings
  • Formats: CD,[B] download
Sunshine (The Remixes)[37]
(Rye Rye featuring M.I.A.)
  • Released: 2 November 2010
  • Label: Interscope
  • Formats: CD, download
2011 Internet Connection (The Remixes)[38]
  • Released: 11 January 2011
  • Label: XL Recordings
  • Formats: download
Notes
  • A. ^ Released exclusively through iTunes
  • B. ^ A single CD was released featuring all the remixes from both EPs.

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[16]
[39]
[40] 		US
[41] 		US DAN
[41] 		US R&B
[41] 		AUS
[42] 		BEL
(Fla)
[C]
[43] 		CAN
[D][44] 		DEN
[45] 		NLD
[24] 		SWE
[26]
2003 "Galang"[46] — — — — — — — — — — Arular
2004 "Sunshowers" 93 — — — — — — — — —
"Galang" 77 — — — — — — — — —
2005 "Hombre"[47] — — — — — — — — — —
"Bucky Done Gun" 88 — — — — — — — — —
"Galang '05" 77 — 11 — — — — — — —
2006 "Bird Flu"[48] — — — — — — — — — — Kala
2007 "Boyz" — — 3 — — — — — — —
"Jimmy" 66 — — — — — — — — —
"Sound of Kuduro"[49]
(Buraka Som Sistema featuring M.I.A., DJ Znobia,
Saborosa and Puto Prata) 		— — — — — — — — — — Black Diamond/
Kala (deluxe edition only)
2008 "Paper Planes" 19 4 1 36 66 18 7 18 57 — Kala
2009 "O... Saya"
(A. R. Rahman and M.I.A.) 		— 93 — — — — 68 — — — Slumdog Millionaire
"Bang"[50]
(Rye Rye featuring M.I.A.) 		— — — — — — — — — — Fast & Furious
2010 "Born Free" 156 — — — — — — — — 58 Maya
"XXXO" 26 — — — 74 57 — — — —
"Steppin' Up"[51] — — — — — — — — — —
"Teqkilla" — — — — — — 93 — — —
"Tell Me Why"[52] — — — — — — — — — —
"Sunshine"[53]
(Rye Rye featuring M.I.A.) 		— — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"It Takes a Muscle"[54] — — — — — — — — — — Maya
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.
Notes

Music videos

Year Title Director(s)
2004 "Galang" Ruben Fleischer[55]
"Sunshowers" Rajesh Touchriver[56]
2005 "Bucky Done Gun" Anthony Mandler[57]
2007 "Bird Flu" M.I.A. & Kalyan Kumar[58]
"Boyz" Jason "Jay Will" Williams & M.I.A.[59]
"Jimmy" Nezar Khamal[60]
"Sound of Kuduro" unknown[61]
2008 "Paper Planes" Bernard Gourley[62]
2009 "Bang" M.I.A.[63]
2010 "Born Free" Romain Gavras[64]
"XXXO" M.I.A.[65]
"Sunshine" Jess Holzworth[66]

Other appearances

These songs have not appeared on a studio album by M.I.A.:

Year Song Album/Single Notes
2004 "Topknot" (Cavemen remix) "Topknot" Performed with Cornershop and Bubbley Kaur[67]
2005 "Goodies" (Richard X remix) Goodies: The Videos & More Performed with Ciara[68]
"Bad Man" The Cookbook Performed with Missy Elliott and Vybz Kartel[69]
"Nookie" (M.I.A. & Jabba Remix) "Nookie" Performed with Jamesy P and Jabba[70]
2007 "I Gott Grapes" (World Wide Treemix) "I Gott Grapes" Performed with Nump, apl.de.ap and DJ Qbert[71]
"Get It Up" (Radioclit Mix) Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub Performed with Santogold and Gorilla Zoe[72]
2008 "O... Saya" Slumdog Millionaire – Music From The
Motion Picture 		Performed with A. R. Rahman[73]
2009 "Whachadoin?" The Spirit of Apollo Performed with N.A.S.A., Nick Zinner, Santogold and Spank Rock[74]
"Bang" Fast & Furious (soundtrack album) Performed with Rye Rye[75]
"Rain Dance" Warm Heart of Africa Performed with The Very Best[76]
"Baby Riddim" Mishka Presents Keep Watch: Vol X Performed with Major Lazer and Prince Zimboo[77]
"Legalize My Medicine" Student Ov Da Game Performed with Nump[78]
2010 "Sunshine" Go! Pop! Bang! Performed with Rye Rye[79]
"Sound of Siren" Lazers Never Die Performed with Major Lazer[80]
2011 "C.T.F.O." TOTAL Performed with SebastiAn[81]

Writing credits

These songs were written by M.I.A. and performed by other artists only and have not appeared on a studio album by M.I.A.:

Year Song Album/Single Notes
2009 "Swagga Like Us"[E][82] Paper Trail Performed by T.I. & Jay-Z featuring Kanye West and Lil Wayne
2010 "Elastic Love"[F][83] Bionic Performed by Christina Aguilera
Notes
  • E. ^ M.I.A. received a co-writer credit for this track because it samples her song "Paper Planes".
  • F. ^ Co-written with Christina Aguilera, Switch and John Hill

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