Martine Johnson, better known by her stage name Mia Martina, is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is known for her hit singles "

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", "Burning", "Latin Moon" and " Beast". Martina has received

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nominations for "Stereo Love" and "HeartBreaker", as well as a

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award in 2014 for co-writing "Burning".

Biography

Martine Johnson grew up in Saint-Ignace,

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. She speaks fluent French and English; her father has French roots. At age 18, Johnson moved to

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to study at

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. During her time there, she saw an ad for an intern position at

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. After a year, Johnson went from delivering CDs to radio stations and office administration work to singing backup for other recording artists at the label.

Musical career

Johnson's first single release was a cover version of

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’s and

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's "

". It reached number 10 in the Billboard

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in November 2010. To date, "Stereo Love" has reached platinum sales and earned a nomination for Dance Single of the Year at the 2011 Juno Awards. In late 2010,

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collaborated with Johnson to release a remix version of "Stereo Love". The singer followed up with "Latin Moon" in May 2011, a song which reached gold sales and was re-released in French and Spanish. The single also saw a fourth release featuring

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. The original version was nominated in the Dance/Urban/Rhythmic category at the 2012

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. Johnson's debut album ''

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'' was released on August 29, 2011 and reached number 77 on the

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. The album earned nominations for Dance Recording of the Year at the 2012 Juno Awards and World Recording of the Year at the 2012

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. Two more singles were released off ''Devotion'', "Burning", "Go Crazy" (produced by Adrian Sina of the group

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) and "Missing You". Johnson made a comeback with her song "Different Kind of Love" as well as her other songs that later came in fall: "DJ Saved My Life", a remix of

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song of the same name, and "Daydream".

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

Mia Martina Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Martina, Mia Living people Canadian dance musicians Carleton University alumni Musicians from New Brunswick People from Kent County, New Brunswick Canadian women pop singers Canadian people of French descent 21st-century Canadian women singers 1988 births