![]() It has become XL Recordings' second best-selling single to date. "Paper Planes" was certified gold in New Zealand and three times platinum in Canada and the US where, as of November 2011, it is ranked the seventh best-selling song by a British artist in the digital era. The single "Paper Planes" peaked in the Top 20 worldwide and reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100. ![]() The album's first single "Boyz" reached the Top 10 in Canada and on the Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales in 2007, becoming her first Top 10 charting single. It also charted in several countries across Europe, in Japan and Australia. Kala was certified silver in the UK and gold in Canada and the US, where it topped the Dance/Electronic Albums chart. Arular charted in Norway, Belgium, Sweden, Japan and the US, where it reached number 16 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart and number three on the Dance/Electronic Albums chart. She released her debut album Arular in 2005 and her second album Kala in 2007, both to wide critical acclaim. Since rising to prominence in early 2004 for her singles "Sunshowers" and "Galang", charting in Canada and the UK and reaching number 11 on the Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales in the US, she has been nominated for an Academy Award, three Grammy Awards and the Mercury Prize. began her career in 2000 as a visual artist, filmmaker and designer in west London before beginning her recording career in 2002. Her compositions combine elements of alternative, dance, electronic, hip hop and world music. "M.I.A." is a play on her own name and a reference to the acronym of Missing in Action. Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam, better known by her stage name M.I.A., is an English-Tamil rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, director, visual artist, activist, photographer, fashion designer and model.
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