Electronic
England
M.I.A.
Top Songs on Shazam
This Week
All Time
Latest Release
![Listen to FRANCHISE (REMIX) [feat. Future, Young Thug & M.I.A.] by Travis Scott, see lyrics, music video & more!](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music114/v4/98/78/8d/98788d96-4093-df05-fb3e-b980798057a9/886448811657.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to FRANCHISE (REMIX) [feat. Future, Young Thug & M.I.A.] by Travis Scott, see lyrics, music video & more!")
![Listen to Paper Planes (Diplo Street Remix) [feat. Bun B & Rich Boy] by M.I.A., see lyrics, music video & more!](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music116/v4/c6/46/43/c64643ec-ef0b-d44d-dc50-b1a6cdf567a6/634904132866.png/375x375bb.webp "Listen to Paper Planes (Diplo Street Remix) [feat. Bun B & Rich Boy] by M.I.A., see lyrics, music video & more!")
Shazam Global Chart Top 50 AppearancesAll songs and collaborations from M.I.A. that have reached the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart
OVERVIEW![Track artwork for track titled FRANCHISE (feat. Young Thug & M.I.A.) by Travis Scott]()
![Track artwork for track titled Paper Planes by M.I.A.]()
M.I.A. has landed 2 songs in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart, peaking at No. 27! Across those appearances, M.I.A. has spent a combined 27 days on the chart.
2Top 50 Entries
27Days in Top 50
SONG
PEAK POSITIONDAYS IN TOP 50TOP 50 DEBUT
The highest position a song reached on the Shazam Global Chart.
The total number of days a song spent in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart. These days may have been non-consecutive.
The date a song first entered the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart.
Travis Scott
#2726Sep 30, 2020
"FRANCHISE (feat. Young Thug & M.I.A.)" by Travis Scott climbed to No. 27 on the Shazam Global Chart, spending 26 day(s) in the Top 50.
Released
2020Total Shazams
2M
Days in Top 50
26The total number of days a song spent in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart. These days may have been non-consecutive.
Top 50 Debut
Sep 30, 2020"FRANCHISE (feat. Young Thug & M.I.A.)" by Travis Scott climbed to No. 27 on the Shazam Global Chart, spending 26 day(s) in the Top 50.
Released
2020Total Shazams
2M
Days in Top 50
26The total number of days a song spent in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart. These days may have been non-consecutive.
Top 50 Debut
Sep 30, 2020
M.I.A.
#501Dec 21, 2024
"Paper Planes" by M.I.A. climbed to No. 50 on the Shazam Global Chart, spending 1 day(s) in the Top 50.
Released
2007Total Shazams
9M
Days in Top 50
1The total number of days a song spent in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart. These days may have been non-consecutive.
Top 50 Debut
Dec 21, 2024"Paper Planes" by M.I.A. climbed to No. 50 on the Shazam Global Chart, spending 1 day(s) in the Top 50.
Released
2007Total Shazams
9M
Days in Top 50
1The total number of days a song spent in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart. These days may have been non-consecutive.
Top 50 Debut
Dec 21, 2024M.I.A.'s Popular Music Videos
![Watch FRANCHISE (feat. Young Thug & M.I.A.) [Official Visualizer] music video by Travis Scott](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Video124/v4/81/13/d5/8113d56f-716b-8674-ec7e-102c99714ccc/8864487984530101.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch FRANCHISE (feat. Young Thug & M.I.A.) [Official Visualizer] music video by Travis Scott")
About M.I.A.
M.I.A.’s dissonant fusion of hip-hop, pop, punk, electronic, dancehall, and African folk blurs the line between revelry and rebellion. Born Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam in 1975, the singer/rapper was raised in London after her family escaped the civil war in their home of Sri Lanka. As a young refugee with a revolutionary father, she turned to art as her own form of activism. Inspired by friend Justine Frischmann of Elastica, M.I.A. began making music in the collage-like vein of her artwork, patching together damaged beats, global sounds, and polemic raps on a Roland MC-505 sequencer. One of her first songs, 2003’s “Galang,” quickly generated a buzz online, and she’s remained one of alt-pop’s most provocative innovators ever since. Backed by a diverse team of producers (including longtime collaborators Diplo, Switch, and Blaqstarr), M.I.A. continues to push boundaries—and plenty of buttons. Her bold, politically charged albums are packed with defiant, danceable salvos like The Clash-sampling megahit “Paper Planes” from 2007’s Kala and the Middle Eastern-inspired empowerment anthem “Bad Girls” from 2013’s Matangi. It’s safe to say, in the hands of M.I.A., no genre—and no border—is off-limits.
Members of M.I.A. include, or have included, Paul Schwartz.
Musical InfluencesM.I.A.'s musical influences include Missy Elliott, Ramones, Basement Jaxx and more.
Influenced by M.I.A.M.I.A. has influenced the music of Nicki Minaj, Dua Lipa, Halsey and more.
Similar to: M.I.A.
Discover more music and artists similar to M.I.A., like Charli xcx, Santigold, Björk
