Muxu

Muxu
Birth name	Matthew Mercieca
Born	July 19, 1990 (1990-07-19) (age 21) Msida, Malta
Occupations	Singer-songwriter

Muxu is a singer/song writer, born 19 July 1990 in Msida, Malta. Having multiple number one singles, and winning local awards, Muxu is one of Malta's Leading R&B artists.

Career

Muxu started his career, as a song writer co writing with Maltese producer Jay Omaro. In 2008 Muxu released his first single "Beat My Drum"^[1] which ended up in the number one spot on the Maltese charts in just 3 weeks, which then led him to being nominated for "Best Newcomer" at the 2008 >Bay Music Awards. In 2009 Muxu was signed to the UK label play records, where he was dropped after a year due to artistic differences. In October "Still Missing You" featuring Local singer and known DJ Talitha was released in late 2009 and brought Muxu back to the number one spot in Malta, which lead to multiple nominations including "Best Solo Artist" at the 2009 Bay Music Awards & "Best Hip Hop & R&B artist" at the Malta Music Awards. in 2010 Muxu had multiple top 10 hits, including the number one song Believe which was a single released by Eurovision representative Chiara Siracusa, which led to more nominations, and won the award for "Best Solo Artist"^[2] at the 2010 Bay Music Awards.

Liquorish 2011

Muxu was the youngest participant in the Hit television show Liquorish, where 12 personalities are taken to a country, and must learn how to survive, with no money, luxury and no contact with home. Liquorish is the second most watched show in Malta. The show brought in hundreds of thousands of people every week, to see the participants survive in Madagascar. Muxu remained right till the end, coming in third place.

References

1. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvkvtnuAnr8&feature=channel_video_title
2. ^ http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20101214/local/fire-and-glamour-at-music-awards.340855

Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Muxu/114393505120

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http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20101109/arts-entertainment/nominees-for-2010-bay-music-awards-announced.335260

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Persondata
Name	Muxu
Alternative names	Mercieca, Matthew
Short description	singer-songwriter
Date of birth	19 July 1990
Place of birth	Msida, Malta
Date of death
Place of death