MIA Best soundtrack Performer
M.I.A. is fast confirm herself to be a far from routine pop star. She learnt how to play off her different cultural personae against each othe.  Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam was born 18 July 1975. Maya was born in Hounslow, London .She is famous stage name M.I.A.She born in Hounslow, England. Maya Arulpragasam spent the early years of her life in a number of places.

MIA  Best soundtrack Performer

 She moved from London, England, to her parents' native Sri Lanka at the age of six months. As a student, Arulpragasam became involved in the arts and published a monogram book of her paintings .Her book titled name is M.I.A. Maya began to learn English. Aged just eleven and in a new country, she was exposed to western radio for the first time .Maya was a talented and creative student, eventually winning a place at London's Central Saint Martins Art School, where she studied fine art, film and video. Her second album, Kala, was released in 2007 and was recorded while she spent time in numerous countries. M.I.A. produced most of its tracks with Switch; Blaqstarr, Diplo, and Timbaland also contributed. The soundtrack for the Academy Award-winning Slumdog Millionaire also featured M.I.A.'s music.

MIA  Best soundtrack Performer

MIA  Best soundtrack Performer

MIA  Best soundtrack Performer

MIA  Best soundtrack Performer

MIA  Best soundtrack Performer

MIA  Best soundtrack Performer

MIA  Best soundtrack Performer

MIA  Best soundtrack Performer

MIA  Best soundtrack Performer

Back home in London, Maya and Justine got hold of their own 505 and, working with the simplest of set-ups (a second-hand 4-track, the 505 and a radio mic), Maya worked-up a series of six songs onto a demo tape which became her calling card to the industry.
An addictive mashed-up recipe of dancehall, electro, grime and world music, Showbiz Records only pressed up 500 copies of Galang but that was enough for her to go on and win the instant support of DJs and the media seemingly everywhere.
Meanwhile, the underground success of "Galang" had continued to spread, even earning M.I.A. plaudits in the American Press.