Mike Posner is a famous American singer, composer and producer.
The performer was born on February 12, 1988 in Detroit, in the family of a pharmacist and a lawyer. According to their religion, Mike's parents have different worldviews. The father is Jewish and the mother is Catholic.
Mike graduated from Wylie E. Groves High School in his city, and then studied at Duke University. He was briefly a member of the fraternity at Sigma Nu College (ΣΝ).
Singer career path
Mike Posner became popular after he posted his own cover version of the Beyonce Halo song on his YouTube channel. Users immediately drew attention to the guy's talent and excellent vocal abilities.
The cover version of the song quickly gained millions of views, as well as thousands of likes and comments with admiration. Users began to share videos with friends on various social networks.
The first collection of songs was mixed into one mixtape. The thing is that Mike started organizing a party for his friends and acquaintances from campus. Don Cannon and DJ Benzi began to take part in the recordings of the songs.
Popularization of Mike Posner mixtapes
After a short period of time, Posner's mixtapes (they included not only songs with invited participants, but also their own, with their own writing and performance) began to "scatter" in many dormitories of universities and colleges in the United States.
Students and schoolchildren, as well as young people, liked Mike's music. And after a short period of time, he began to be invited to many events, parties, as well as university DJ sets in various American cities. A little more time passed and then many popular clubs around the country began to invite him to act as a DJ and performer.
Mike participated in America's Got Talent. It was a program that was broadcast on American television channels. This exit to the big stage took place on July 28, 2010.
Mike Posner's reaction to success
When Mike Posner gave his first interviews after the first wave of popularity, he did not at all hope that he would be able to achieve such high results. When Mike was making music, he was concerned about quality. It was his hobby.
He considered his musical career to be his vocation and did everything from the heart, for himself, for his own pleasure, and only then for people.
Apparently, people appreciated this sensual approach to creating hits, so musical creations began to spread throughout the country among the younger generation, and then abroad. Mike admits that all this happened to him quite suddenly and unexpectedly.
Interest in the work of Mike Posner
At the moment, a lot of influential people are paying attention to Mike Posner. They believe that his success is not accidental. Various organizations invite him to speak to themselves, guaranteeing a good fee. The recording company Jive Records was the first to get interested in the guy.
Record company managers saw a huge talent in the guy, and also heard a special timbre in his voice that sounds beautiful, unusual and is able to push him forward among all other performers.
The managers agreed to conclude an agreement with him, but asked him to wait with the recording of new songs, since Mike had to go through the educational stage - to graduate from the university, where he entered after graduation.
The record company considered that a musical career would be very distracting for the student, so it is better to graduate from the university.
The success and popularity of the singer's songs
He released his debut album on August 10, 2010. Mike decided to call it 31 Minutes to Takeoff, which translates as "31 minutes before takeoff." Already in the name you can see future success. Indeed, the album was able to collect a significant number of listeners in a very short period of time, first in the US, and then outside.
Then the single from this collection Cooler Than Me became popular. He took the 5th position in the ranking.
A video clip was shot for the single, which was liked by its audience, since three-dimensional graphics were used in the creation. Later, the track Please Don't Go, which was released on July 20, 2010, enjoyed popularity.
The present and personal life of artist Mike Posner
Currently, Mike Posner is still continuing to develop his musical career. Probably, many are interested in the personal life of the performer. Here it’s worth upsetting the “fans” a little, as Mike tries not to talk about his personal life.
Interesting facts about Mike Posner
In 2019, Mike Posner told the world that he was going to walk all over America. His 3000-mile journey began from New Jersey in early April.
After 5 months, the singer suspended his trip due to a snake bite in Colorado. Mike even ended up in a local hospital. A few weeks later, the singer resumed his journey and finished in mid-October of the same year in the city of angels.
