OhMyMika!! Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Mika won gold...here's the article: The awards cover the second half of 2007, reflecting the most-played videos across the MTV global network. 8,000 plays were required for platinum status and 4,000 for gold, after MTV decided to up the eligibility levels from 6,000 and 3,000 plays respectively. Rihanna received two platinum awards – for Shut Up And Drive and Umbrella – and one gold award, for Don’t Stop The Music. Timbaland won two platinum awards, for The Way I Are - the most-played video over the six months - and Apologize (by Timbaland presents One Republic). UK acts, however, fared badly on the list: James Blunt’s 1973 received the Britain’s only platinum award, while Mika’s Relax (Take It Easy) and Sugababes’ About You Now won gold awards. UK-signed Kylie Minogue’s 2 Hearts was also certified gold.... to be continued here: http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1034360&c=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violet_sky Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Congrats! Even though it's just MTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 I can't believe MTV is handing out awards to other people for the fact that they play the same videos over and over and over. Bravo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatagordinha Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 What a strange concept indeed! Awards like this are always a bit arbitrary but this has to be the most bizarre thing I've heard of in terms of music industry awards! But thanks for posting anyway:thumb_yello: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxLollypop_girlxx Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 nice one mika Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlindee Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agnieszka Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 i thought Ivor Novello was a great achievement but this one is truly impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn Mastin Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Congratulations Mika! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubuciiis Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 I can't believe MTV is handing out awards to other people for the fact that they play the same videos over and over and over. Bravo. i was thinking the same, i heard Madonna's 4 minutes 6times today, at the beginning i liked that song now i simply hate it because its so overplayed the same thing was with "apologize" :roftl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sariflor Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 I was thinking the same thing- They decide how many times they play what, and then they give out awards based on the amount of times that they have played it? Too bizarre a concept for me to get... I will say something though, and I hope that I don't get killed:naughty:. As much as I love Mika and his music, I still think that his weak point are his videos. His music is IMO so much better than what the videos end up looking like....GK is my favourite and then Happy Ending, but I really think that BG and LT were not very good at all...Relax doesn't relly count, does it? And it saddens me that maybe for shallow people who will watch the vid and not really listen to the music, they will get this impression of Mika based on the wrong thing, and miss out on what he's about. Does this make any sense?. I mean, his live show is so great! His videos could be a lot better, and then when they play them on these TV channels he would "recruit" new fans, rather than perhaps leave people cold. Just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlindee Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 I was thinking the same thing- They decide how many times they play what, and then they give out awards based on the amount of times that they have played it? Too bizarre a concept for me to get... I will say something though, and I hope that I don't get killed:naughty:. As much as I love Mika and his music, I still think that his weak point are his videos. His music is IMO so much better than what the videos end up looking like....GK is my favourite and then Happy Ending, but I really think that BG and LT were not very good at all...Relax doesn't relly count, does it? And it saddens me that maybe for shallow people who will watch the vid and not really listen to the music, they will get this impression of Mika based on the wrong thing, and miss out on what he's about. Does this make any sense?. I mean, his live show is so great! His videos could be a lot better, and then when they play them on these TV channels he would "recruit" new fans, rather than perhaps leave people cold. Just my opinion. I won't kill you cause I agree. I also think his video's don't look that good. I love Big girl and Love Today, but I agree with you, the vids don't look that good. They look fun though. My least favourite has to be the original ''old'' Relax. And yeah, his live shows are great. It's just like with the tv shows. Some of them look very awful:thumbdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sariflor Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 I won't kill you cause I agree.I also think his video's don't look that good. I love Big girl and Love Today, but I agree with you, the vids don't look that good. They look fun though. My least favourite has to be the original ''old'' Relax. And yeah, his live shows are great. It's just like with the tv shows. Some of them look very awful:thumbdown: Yes, I totally agree with that as well:naughty:. It's unbelievable how different to his "real" shows they can be. Quite something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenie Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 MTV??? Congrats Mika. Even your vids are not that good and MTV is...mmm... alive, it´s always good to receive awards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura* Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 nice work! even though that video isn't my favourite one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violet_sky Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 His music is IMO so much better than what the videos end up looking like....GK is my favourite and then Happy Ending, but I really think that BG and LT were not very good at all...Relax doesn't relly count, does it? And it saddens me that maybe for shallow people who will watch the vid and not really listen to the music, they will get this impression of Mika based on the wrong thing, and miss out on what he's about. Does this make any sense?. I mean, his live show is so great! His videos could be a lot better, and then when they play them on these TV channels he would "recruit" new fans, rather than perhaps leave people cold. Just my opinion. Is it very selfish to wish he wouldn't recruit as many new fans - in times of 50,000 capacity venues! I think quality wise his videos show quite a range - from GK which I love for many reasons at the top to BG at the very very bottom. Sorry for everyone who's in, my dislike for this video is not about the 'whos' but the 'hows' (although I really think it was a great idea to have fans in there) So basically I think if you first saw GK, getting into Mika is more likely to happen than it would be after having seen BG without having seen or heard anything by him before. I'll never forgive ya for not having released Any Other World / SITM as vids instead of BG & HE :shocked:I can't believe I've written that But...but I love that first part of the HE video!!!! Although I would have fancied a visual version of Any Other World, too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lollipop_monkey Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 His music is IMO so much better than what the videos end up looking like....GK is my favourite and then Happy Ending, but I really think that BG and LT were not very good at all...Relax doesn't relly count, does it? Really? I love the Love Today video. And I love it ten times more, because it generated reviews like this one. http://music.guardian.co.uk/pickardofthepops/page/0,,2066227,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Sky Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 That review was hilarious. More hilarious is that their video link has been removed for a terms of use violation!:roftl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guylainem123 Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Really? I love the Love Today video. And I love it ten times more, because it generated reviews like this one. http://music.guardian.co.uk/pickardofthepops/page/0,,2066227,00.html i had never seen that review before... it is kinda funny. ... they are right, the songs stay in your head for hours, days, weeks, months!!! i'm ok with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mika-fan1001 Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Mika won gold...here's the article: The awards cover the second half of 2007, reflecting the most-played videos across the MTV global network. 8,000 plays were required for platinum status and 4,000 for gold, after MTV decided to up the eligibility levels from 6,000 and 3,000 plays respectively. Rihanna received two platinum awards – for Shut Up And Drive and Umbrella – and one gold award, for Don’t Stop The Music. Timbaland won two platinum awards, for The Way I Are - the most-played video over the six months - and Apologize (by Timbaland presents One Republic). UK acts, however, fared badly on the list: James Blunt’s 1973 received the Britain’s only platinum award, while Mika’s Relax (Take It Easy) and Sugababes’ About You Now won gold awards. UK-signed Kylie Minogue’s 2 Hearts was also certified gold.... to be continued here: http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1034360&c=1 yay! they nvr play mika on MTV in california unless u have My Playlist, and my friend was like, "i saw that mika guys video, and it was kida freaky" and i had to guess which one, but right away i got it (GK), and it was funny (her x-bf thought mika was hott!!!! it was funny! i was like, U GO! lol and i told him that of course mika was hott! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiza Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Really? I love the Love Today video. And I love it ten times more, because it generated reviews like this one. http://music.guardian.co.uk/pickardofthepops/page/0,,2066227,00.html i love the love today video too:wub2: what mtv is doing with these awards is kinda weird unless they count the times the videos were somehow requested by the viewers. anyway it's nice to win. congrats Mika! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleMonkey Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Here in the U.S. last August they played Love Today for about a month, once a day(eventhough they play every other video 10 times a day) at 5am. So therefore I think that he should get an award for most obscure timeslot for a video. Thanks alot MTV:mf_rosetinted: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sienna Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Really? I love the Love Today video. And I love it ten times more, because it generated reviews like this one. http://music.guardian.co.uk/pickardofthepops/page/0,,2066227,00.html Hilarious! Thank you, I had not seen it before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotdlp Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Really? I love the Love Today video. And I love it ten times more, because it generated reviews like this one. http://music.guardian.co.uk/pickardofthepops/page/0,,2066227,00.html Ha ha:roftl: That really made me laugh. Even though I've read it before, I obviously wasn't paying attention to it the first time I also love the LT vid, after GK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agnieszka Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Really? I love the Love Today video. And I love it ten times more, because it generated reviews like this one. http://music.guardian.co.uk/pickardofthepops/page/0,,2066227,00.html thanks for that! it's hilarious! "Lights up. The video begins. In a radical departure, the usually flamboyant and ostentatious Mika stands still, calm, pensive. For approximately 0.8 seconds. And then he's back to normal." :roftl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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