Mika Urbaniak

Mika Urbaniak
Mika Urbaniak at Łódź Czterech Kultur festival in 2012
Born	Michelle Urbaniak 1980 New York City, New York, United States
Parent(s)	Michał Urbaniak Urszula Dudziak
Relatives	Katarzyna Urbaniak (sister)
Musical career
Genres	Pop, R&B, jazz, jazz rap
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Sony Music Entertainment Poland
Associated acts	Andrzej Smolik
Website	mikaurbaniak.com

Mika Urbaniak (born as Michelle Urbaniak in 1980 in New York City) is a Polish pop singer. She is a daughter of prominent Polish jazz musicians Urszula Dudziak and Michał Urbaniak. Born and raised in the United States, she moved to Poland in 2001. Her style is a mixture of pop music, jazz and hip-hop. In 2010, she won the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry award Fryderyk in the category Album of the Year - Pop.

Mika Urbaniak started writing her own songs at the age of 11 and when she was 14, she performed on stage for the first time. A year later, the first song with her vocals was released. For many years, she was collaborating with major Polish artists, such as Smolik, Michał Urbaniak, Grzegorz Markowski, Mieczysław Szcześniak, Novika, O.S.T.R., Liroy and Kayah.

Mika's debut album Closer was released on 27 April 2009 through Sony Music Poland and peaked at no. 2 in the Polish sales chart OLiS. The album was promoted by singles "In My Dreams" and "Lovin' Needs a Deadline", which charted at Polish Radio's chart LP3. In 2010, Closer won Fryderyk award for the Pop Album of the Year.

The second album Follow You, released on 24 April 2012, peaked at no. 12. Two songs promoting the album were released in 2012, "Pixelated" and "Don't Speak Too Loud", and both charted at LP3. A music video for title track "Follow You" was released onto YouTube on 1 February 2013.