MIKA releases his much anticipated fourth full-length album, No Place In Heaven [Republic Records/ Casablanca Records], everywhere today. Produced with MIKA by Grammy Award-nominated Greg Wells [Katy Perry, Pharrell Williams, Adele], No Place In Heaven debuted Top 10 on the U.S. iTunes Pop Albums Chart.  The record is charting on iTunes across the globe, landing at #1 in Italy and going Top 5 in France, Greece, Belgium and Israel, as well as Top 10 in Canada. Get the album HERE!

As part of Good Morning America’s annual free Summer Concert Series, the multiplatinum international pop trend-setter will perform in Central Park on Friday July 3. It will be broadcast live on ABC’s Good Morning America that morning, so make sure to tune in.

The songs from No Place In Heaven continue drumming up considerable buzz. The first single “Talk About You” has drawn over 2 million VEVO views thus far and has been the most played record on BBC’s Radio 2 for two weeks in a row, while “Good Guys” has been featured by Huffington Post, Out, The Advocate and more. Meanwhile, the clip for “Last Party” remains a milestone for a few reasons. An ode to Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, renowned fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh directed the video—in addition to snapping the album cover photo—making for his first collaboration with a music artist.

Speaking of hit videos, MIKA’s viral clip for the gold-selling hit “Popular Song” feat. Ariana Grande just crossed the 100-million mark on YouTube/VEVO. It’s now his very first VEVO Certified video.

MIKA‘s music continues to bubble up throughout pop culture with multiple high-profile syncs this summer. “Lollipop” was utilized in the box office smash Pitch Perfect 2, while upcoming film Spy also boasts a hit song from the singer. Currently, he’s gracing the covers of both L’Uomo Vogue and Vanity Fair Italy too.

Outside of music, his influence continues to expand worldwide. MIKA has been a judge on the X Factor Italy and a coach on The Voice France after topping the charts in France with the release “Boum Boum Boum.” He’s also been tapped by watch innovator, Swatch, as a creative ambassador creating striking designs for the line. In addition, he’s collaborated with Italian fashion leader, Valentino, architecting suits with the creative directors for X Factor Italy.

NO PLACE IN HEAVEN TRACKLISTING
1          Talk About You
2          All She Wants
3          Last Party
4          Good Guys
5          Oh Girl, you’re the devil
6          No Place In Heaven
7          Staring At The Sun
8          Hurts
9          Good Wife
10        Rio
11        Ordinary Man

BONUS TRACKS
12        Promiseland (Bonus Track)
13        Porcelain (Bonus Track)
14        Good Guys, Night Time Mix (Bonus Track)

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Dean Rogers

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I knew early on that I wanted to take my place among the stars. One day, my mother saw me reading The Washington Post at a very young age. Who would have known that it would be the building blocks of my journey? Since that day, I dedicated my life to learn all that is learnable. I read everything from encyclopedias, to books, to dictionaries, to magazines. I’m also an avid consumer of television, with my favorite genre being game shows. If you’ve seen me on Who Wants to be a Millionaire or Wheel of Fortune, then you know that this interest has served me well!

My unique style of reporting began back in junior high school, when I started to chronicle the events that shaped my life. Whether it was the annual family vacation or the local science fiction convention, I shot numerous pictures and recorded my thoughts so I could truly appreciate the history. During my senior year at Friendly High, I wrote what was to be my first masterpiece, “Advanced Space Academy – A One Week Journey.” I sent the eleven-page article back to the U.S. Space Camp staff. The article was highly praised for being “one of the best written articles in the history of U.S. Space Camp.” From then on, I knew what I wanted to do for rest of my life — to be a reporter.

Since then, I have trained in Broadcast Journalism at Bowie State University (2008) in Bowie, MD earning a B.S. in Communications. I gained experience in news production and editing through field experiences with Bowie Community Media Corporation, Prince George’s Community Television, and Bowie State University Television. I also wrote scripts for a variety of quiz shows for over five years.

As a lifelong movie buff, I now see close to 100 films every year. I took this love of movies to the next step when I became a co-host for Eclipse Magazine TV in the fall of 2005. While at EMTV, I interviewed celebrities, worked red carpets, and attended a wide variety of movie screenings. In January 2009, I took a leap of faith and started my own entertainment news magazine, The Rogers Revue. Shortly afterward, my life-long journey of studying the silver screen and writing about what I learned finally earned me a place in the Washington Area Film Critics Association.

All of this has led me here, giving you the latest entertainment news for the DMV and the entire nation, and I am truly excited for whatever will come next.

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