ARTIST: M.I.A.
ALBUM: Matangi
LABEL: Interscope Records
RELEASE DATE: Nov. 5
PRODUCERS: Switch, Hit-Boy, the Partysquad, M.I.A.
MANAGEMENT: Nadja Rangel, Roc Nation
BOOKING AGENT: Samantha Kirby Yoh, William Morris Endeavor
PUBLISHING: N.E.E.T. Noise/Imagem Music
CHART HISTORY: Kala (2007), No. 18 Billboard 200, 560,000; MAYA (2010), No. 9 Billboard 200, 99,000; “Paper Planes,” No. 4 Billboard Hot 100, 4 million
TWITTER: @MIAuniverse
By 2010, M.I.A. had a top 10 single, a gold-selling album, an Academy Award nod and a Grammy performance under her belt. What she didn’t have, however, was motivation for recording new music.
“I was confused by who to make music for, what to make music for,” says M.I.A. (real name Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam) of the time period between her third album, 2010’s MAYA, and the long-delayed Matangi, due…