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. Website Michael Robert Henrion Posner (; born February 12, 1988) is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and record producer. Posner released his debut album, on August 10, 2010. The album includes the US top 10 single ' as well as the top 20 single '.
In 2016 he released his second album, A remix of his 2015 single ' from the album peaked in the top 10 on the charts in 27 countries around the world, including hitting number one in many and the top five on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. He has written songs for a great number of fellow artists. In March 2017, he released his first book of poetry, Tear Drops & Balloons. Posner is also a member of the alternative hip-hop and R&B duo with Matthew Musto (aka ). Contents. Early life Michael Posner was born on February 12, 1988, in.
He was raised in, a northern suburb of Detroit. He has a sister who is six years older. His father was and his mother is. Posner went to Bingham Farms Elementary School, Berkshire Middle School and graduated from, where he ran varsity track and cross-country. He attended, where he was a member of fraternity. He graduated with a B.A. In with a 3.5/4.0 GPA.
Career 2008–10: 31 Minutes to Takeoff. Posner in 2010. Posner started out as a, working on some tracks with his hometown friend.
Posner produced and featured on Big Sean's first mixtape on the song, titled 'Yagum'. Posner's second mixtape, (the first mixtape being Reflections of a Lost Teen) started attracting industry attention in 2009.
Working with Don Cannon and DJ Benzi, the mixtape was recorded at in March 2009 under the name, 'Mike Posner & the Brain Trust', the Brain Trust referring to Posner's supporters. The release was unusual for being distributed for free through, a channel designed for educational audio content.
Although Posner was not the only artist to take advantage of this loophole, his release was the most organized and high profile, and attracted the largest response, immediately reaching the number one position on the iTunes U chart. Posner signed a record deal with (RCA/Sony) in July 2009, after his Junior year at Duke University.
He chose to return to Duke after signing, and toured on the weekends while at the same time recording for his debut album. Posner's third mixtape One Foot Out the Door was released in October 2009. The mixtape was accompanied by a web series of the same name which aired bi-weekly from September to December. Posner's debut album, was released in August 2010.
The first single, ' has reached at number 6 on the US. He performed at music festival and on the 2010s.
The second and third singles, ' and ' reached the top 20 and 30 on the Hot 100 respectively. The latter was released with an added verse by rapper. Posner won a 2011's from the publishing organization for '. On October 7, 2011, announced it was disbanding along with.
With the shutdown, Posner (and all other artists previously signed to these three labels) will release his future material on the brand. 2011–14: The Layover and cancelled albums After the release of his debut album, he began working on his second studio album under the title Sky High and released the single 'Looks Like Sex' to digital outlets on December 2, 2011. As a prelude to the release of the album, Posner released his third mixtape, The Layover.
However, with the success of his first album, Posner began to feel uncomfortable with being in the spotlight and struggled with depression. He took a break from making music to write and produce songs for other artists. Posner later announced via Twitter that his next upcoming album would be titled Pages and would be released in early June or late Summer 2013.
His single 'The Way It Used To Be' premiered on digital outlets on June 11, 2013. In September 2013, it was announced that he had filmed a music video for his new single 'Top of the World' which would appear on his upcoming Page 1 EP, set for release in October. The song was originally used for a campaign, and made available as a free download under the title 'Tapada World' as a special remix. The song was released on December 17, 2013, featuring, and the music video on December 19. On March 4, 2014, Posner announced his Unplugged tour. Running seven dates in the major US markets, the tour highlighted music new and old from Posner's discography, including some new material from Pages, while also giving fans a shot at learning new information from him through the stories and Q&A sessions interspersed with the tunes.
The unplugged sets featured little more than Posner on predominantly acoustic instruments, save for the potential live production on 'a song or two'—much like, he says, how much of his music starts. Posner began the tour on March 31 at the World Cafe in Philadelphia, wrapping up on April 10 at Los Angeles' The Mint.
The string of dates also included a hometown show in Posner's native Detroit, his first such show, he says, in around two years. In an interview with Billboard, Mike revealed that he had signed with and that Pages would be replaced with another project. He also stated that he would like to let the world hear his recordings from Sky High and Pages. 2015–present: At Night, Alone and Mansionz On April 15, 2015, Posner released a stripped-down single, ', on his Vevo account. The song was shared in an exclusive EP titled The Truth that Posner made available to fans through his email sign up list. He later confirmed that the EP would be made available to purchase from online retailers on June 22. In addition, Posner stated that his second studio album would be released after the EP.
' was then remixed by Norwegian production duo, whose version of the song has gathered roughly one billion streams on and a charting position of two on the Global Top 50 Chart and five on the USA Top 50 Chart. The SeeB remix topped the charts in the Netherlands, Ireland, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the of American, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. On December 18, 2015, a remix EP of The Truth was released. It featured SeeB's version of 'I Took a Pill in Ibiza', as well as a remix by of the single 'Be As You Are'.
Then, on March 17, 2016, Mike Posner announced his second album, which was released on May 6, 2016 and featured both originals and remixes of 'I Took a Pill in Ibiza' and 'Be As You Are'. David Jeffries of noted an improvement for Posner in the album, writing 'this might not yet be the ultimate showcase for his talents, but At Night, Alone is both a welcome return and a significant step forward.'
On February 17, 2017, Posner announced that the third single from the album would be a remix by American electronic duo of Posner's song 'In the Arms of a Stranger'. 2017 also saw Posner exploring new ground. Not only did he release a book of poetry, Teardrops and Balloons, on March 17, but he also put out a new collaboration with American singer under the name. A soulful hip hop project with spoken word influence, the song was a collaboration with rapper titled 'Stfu'. Mansionz is currently signed to and has released three singles, 'Stfu' (featuring Spark Master Tape), 'Rich White Girls', and 'Dennis Rodman' (featuring ).
The duo's self-titled debut full-length album was released on March 24, 2017 and featured appearances from, Snooze God, Spark Master Tape,. Mike Posner was featured on ' 2017 single ', the second collaboration between Posner and Jonas. The track also featured English singer.
On January 22, 2018, Posner announced a poetry album entitled I was born in detroit on a very, very, very, very, very, very, very cold day, which was released on January 26, 2018. In September 2018, Posner released 'Song About You', the lead single from his third studio album,. A Real Good Kid was released on January 18, 2019. Songwriting and composition Posner has also written for other artists. His co-writing credits include ' by, ' by, and ' by, as well as songs for, and more. Discography.
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