Maya was her best-charting effort, reaching the top 10 on several charts. Her third album Maya (2010) was preceded by the controversial single- short film ' Born Free'.

The single ' Paper Planes' from Kala reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and sold over four million copies. M.I.A.'s first two albums, Arular (2005) and Kala (2007), received widespread critical acclaim for their fusion of hip hop, electronic, and world musics. One of the first few acts to come to public attention through the Internet, she saw early fame as an underground artist in early 2004 with her singles ' Sunshowers' and ' Galang'. She started out as a visual artist, filmmaker and designer in 2000, and began her recording career in 2002. was 11 years old the war had a defining influence on M.I.A.'s artistry. As a child, she experienced displacement caused by the Sri Lankan Civil War, which made the family return to London as refugees when M.I.A. and her family moved to Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka when she was six months old.

Her music combines elements of alternative, dance, electronic, hip hop and world music with electronic instruments and samples.īorn in London to Sri Lankan Tamil parents, M.I.A. (an initialism for both ' Missing in Action' and 'Missing in Acton'), is a British rapper, record producer, and singer. Mathangi ' Maya' Arulpragasam MBE (born 18 July 1975), known by her stage name M.I.A.

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