Mia Martini

Mia Martini 1986

Mia Martini [ˈmiːa marˈtiːni] , pseudonym of Domenica "Mimì" Rita Adriana Bertè [doˈmeːnika… berˈtɛ] (born September 20, 1947 in Bagnara Calabra ; † May 12, 1995 in Cardano al Campo ), was an Italian singer who also called Songwriter appeared. Loredana Bertè's older sister was, alongside Mina, one of the most notable female voices in Italian pop music.

Her career began in 1963 under the name Mimì Bertè. After a short period as a Yéyé singer, she restarted in 1971 under the pseudonym Mia Martini. Her first album was Oltre la collina . With hits like Padre davvero , Piccolo uomo , Donna sola , Minuetto , Il guerriero , Inno , E stelle stan piovendo , Al mondo , Che vuoi che sia , Libera or Per amarti , she became one of the protagonists of the 1970s and achieved one great popularity, not only in Italy. But she suffered a number of private and professional setbacks and soon had a bad reputation as a bad luck charm, which led to her ending her career prematurely in the mid-80s. After a successful comeback in 1989, it was more popular again, the success of the song Almeno tu nell'universo at the Sanremo Festival in 1989 was significant . Until her sudden death, the singer achieved several musical successes.

life and career

childhood

Domenica Bertè was born in Bagnara Calabra on September 20, 1947 as the second of four daughters: Leda (* 1945), Loredana (* 1950), and Olivia (* 1958). Her father Giuseppe Radames Bertè (1921-2017) was a Latin and Greek teacher from Villa San Giovanni , her mother Maria Salvina Dato (1925-2003) a primary school teacher from Bagnara Calabra. “Mimì” spent her childhood mainly in Porto Recanati and became interested in music at an early age, which she mainly followed on the radio. After her first experiences as a singer at parties and in bars, she convinced her mother in 1962 to accompany her to Milan , where she hoped to get a record deal.

Debut as Mimì Bertè

Songwriter and producer Carlo Alberto Rossi discovered the young Mimì Bertè and decided to launch her as a Yéyé girl, which was the fashion of the time. With the song Ombrello blu she then took part in the Festival di Pesaro , together with Marisa Terzi , the wife of Carlo Alberto Rossi. In 1963 Bertè released the first singles on the CAR Juke Box label . In May 1964 she won the Festival di Bellaria with the song Come puoi farlo tu, but it was Il magone that helped the singer to gain greater popularity and first media attention. Another small success was Ed ora che abbiamo litigato , which she presented on the TV show Teatro 10 . Since Rossi was hoping for greater success, he pushed Bertè to a contract with the larger label Durium , where she released the single Non sarà tardi / Quattro settimane in 1966 , which went unnoticed.

After the singer moved to Rome with her mother and sisters , she formed a trio with her sister Loredana and Renato Fiacchini , with whom she subsequently performed. When Bertè was caught with a joint in a discotheque in Sardinia in 1969 , she had to serve four months in prison in Tempio Pausania , an experience that would shape her for a lifetime. Due to this conviction, the single Coriandoli spenti / L'argomento dell'amore, previously recorded by Esse Records , was no longer released. With Loredana and the Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni in 1970 it was as a background singer on the captured Rome Album Per un pugno di samba by Chico Buarque heard. Then she performed with the pianist Toto Torquati.

The 1970s

Success as Mia Martini

Eventually the producer Alberigo Crocetta , who discovered Patty Pravo and Mal among others , became aware of the singer. He wanted to market them internationally and developed the pseudonym Mia Martini for it, where Mia referred to Mia Farrow and the last name to the vermouth Martini . She also took on a gypsy look. In 1971 RCA Italiana released the single Padre davvero , their first release as Mia Martini. The text (by Antonello De Sanctis ) deals with a difficult father-daughter conflict and was received negatively by the conservative media. Nevertheless, the singer was able to win the Festival di Musica d'Avanguardia e Nuove Tendenze in Viareggio with her innovative interpretation . The B-side Amore… amore… un corno came from the pen of Claudio Baglioni and Antonio Coggio . Baglioni subsequently also wrote Gesù è mio fratello and Lacrime di marzo for Martini , both included on the album Oltre la collina .

The debut album was released in 1971. Oltre la collina is a concept album , the topic of youthful loneliness and despair, including religiosity, illness and suicide. Also Lucio Battisti became aware of Mia Martini and invited them to his only television show Tutti insieme one during which they Padre davvero in a censored presented version. In 1971 an attempt was made to put Martini into the race at Canzonissima with Cosa c'è di strano , and in 1972 with Credo at the Sanremo Festival , but both entries were rejected.

From Piccolo uomo to Minuetto (1972–1973)

When Alberigo Crocetta left the RCA and moved to Ricordi in Milan, Mia Martini followed him and was the first to record Piccolo uomo on the new label , written by Bruno Lauzi , Michelangelo La Bionda and Dario Baldan Bembo. Originally intended for the band Camaleonti , Martini presented the song at Pop, Beat, Western Express in London on May 26, 1972. After it was not accepted by Un disco per l'estate , Martini appeared at both Cantagiro and Festivalbar; in the latter competition the song brought her her first victory. After that first hit, Mia Martini was able to appear on a number of major television shows.

In September she took part in the Mostra Internazionale di Musica Leggera in Venice with the song Donna sola , which became an even bigger success. In October she had the second album Nel mondo, una cosa , on which u. a. Valsinha by Vinícius de Moraes and Chico Buarque, Amanti by Maurizio Fabrizio , and the cover Madre by John Lennon are included. Mia Martini was also successful in the album charts. In February 1973 the singer re-recorded her hits in Germany: Piccolo uomo as Auf der Welt and Donna sola as Einsam . In addition, she was supposed to enter the race with Vado via at the Sanremo Festival , which she refused at the last moment, after which Drupi took over the song.

In April she recorded the song Minuetto by Dario Baldan Bembo. After struggling with Minuetto Maurizio Piccoli and Bruno Lauzi's text, Franco Califano wrote the final version. The song should be her figurehead and greatest success. For the second time she won the Festival Bar. In September Mia Martini again took part in the Mostra Internazionale di Musica Leggera in Venice and presented Bolero and Il guerriero . Both songs appeared on their next album Il giorno dopo , which u. a. also included Ma quale amore by Antonello Venditti and Franca Evangelisti, La malattia , a song about drug addiction, and Dove il cielo va a finire by Maurizio Fabrizio.

Successes in Europe (1974–1975)

In 1974 at the latest, Mia Martini was also known at European level. Her albums were released abroad and she re-recorded songs in French, Spanish or German. It was particularly popular in France and has been compared to Édith Piaf . That year the new album È proprio come vivere was also released . Together with Giorgio Conte and Dario Baldan Bembo, she also wrote the song Agapimu , with Greek text. The two singles from the album were Inno and … E stelle stan piovendo .

Mia Martini took part again as a guest at Festivalbar and later that year again at the Mostra Internazionale di Musica Leggera in Venice. In 1975 the singer also received her first own TV special Mia , in which Lino Capolicchio and Gabriella Ferri took part. In addition, the new single Al mondo was released . Together with Aldo Giuffrè and Peppino Gagliardi, she presented the radio program Ciao domenica in December 1974 . In Palma de Mallorca , Mia Martini was awarded the European Critics' Prize for Nevicate , from the album Sensi e controsensi . In the summer of 1975 Martini took part in Festivalbar again with the song Donna con te . In the Vota la voce of TV Sorrisi e Canzoni , readers voted her the best singer of the year and in autumn she took part in the TV show Compagnia stable della canzone with Gino Paoli , Gigliola Cinquetti , Riccardo Cocciante and Gianni Nazzaro.

Break with Ricordi and return to RCA (1975/76)

Due to the success of Mia Martini, her record company Ricordi now tied her exclusively to itself, which meant that the singer could no longer fall back on songwriters who were independent from Ricordi and thus saw herself severely limited in her creativity. But since she was contractually obliged to do so, she had to record her next LP with these restrictions. The title of the album was Un altro giorno con me and Mia Martini only had a very limited choice of songs. The album made it about Questi miei pensieri, Milho verde or Veni sun di la muntagnella . For 1976 Martini was again scheduled to take part in the Sanremo Festival, with the song L'amore è il mio orizzonte ; but again she withdrew at the last moment. The song was released as a single in March and, along with the compilation Mia, was the singer's last release on Ricordi.

When RCA offered the singer a new contract with free choice of repertoire, she resigned prematurely from the record deal with Ricordi and changed the label. Within the RCA, Mia Martini was assigned to the Come Il Vento sub-label . On the new album Che vuoi che sia ... se t'ho aspettato tanto about were Amedeo Minghi ( Ma sono solo giorni ) and Mango ( Se mi sfiori ) participated as a songwriter, four songs came from guitarist Memmo Foresiana ( Noi due , Fiore di melograno , In paradiso , Una come lei ). The title song was again written by Dario Baldan Bembo and also released as a single with the B-side Io donna, io persona . The album also included Preghiera , which was written by Stefano Rosso and Luis Bacalov .

The Rai broadcast a special about the album on television and a concert on the radio. In the summer Mia Martini had a number of appearances in Viareggio and Monte-Carlo, for example . The album was also marketed outside of Italy. With Che vuoi che sia… se t'ho aspettato tanto , she also took part again at the Festivalbar and at the Mostra Internazionale di Musica Leggera in Venice. At the end of the year she also appeared on a French TV show. But Ricordi, her former record label, initiated proceedings against her for breach of contract . As a result of the ruling, the current LP had to be withdrawn from the market, all of its income was confiscated and it was fined almost 90 million lire.

Successes in the Olympics and the encounter with Fossati (1977/78)

In France, Mia Martini was discovered by Charles Aznavour , who made some appearances with her at his side. For the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 the singer was then selected to represent Italy with the song Libera . Despite the disappointing 13th place, the single sold in several countries. That year she also recorded Per amarti , written by Bruno Lauzi and Maurizio Fabrizio , and released the album of the same name. On this she worked for the first time with the musician Ivano Fossati (he sang the backing vocals , sang a duet with Martini in Un uomo per me , wrote the song Sentimento and the Italian lyrics of Se finisse qui , a cover version of Give a little bit by Supertramp ), with whom she entered into a long-term (not only artistic) relationship.

Also included on the album was Ritratto di donna (by Carla Vistarini, Massimo Cantini and Luigi Lopez), with which the singer participated and won the World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo . On January 10, 1978, she made her debut with Aznavour with great success at the Olympic Theater in Paris . There, however, she did not extend her engagement and then performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Meanwhile, Mia Martini didn't feel comfortable at RCA either and accused the label of boycotting their releases and not marketing them adequately. So she switched to Warner Bros. Records , which also paid her debts due to the renewed breach of contract. The singer immediately recorded the next single, Vola (by Ivano Fossati), which however did not bring the hoped-for success due to the unfavorable release time.

Together with Fossati, who wrote and produced all the songs, she released the album Danza in late 1978 , which is considered one of her best. From this LP, Canto alla luna and La costruzione di un amore made it into the singer's repertoire, as did the title song Danza , which was released as a single in 1979. However, her relationship with Fossati soon fell into a crisis, so she missed the long-awaited collaboration with Pino Daniele for the next album.

The 80s

From singing to songwriting

After two complicated operations on the vocal cords , Mia Martini began to write her own songs in 1981. For Roberto Galanti's DDD label , she recorded the album Mimì , which contained ten songs, almost entirely of which she wrote herself. These included Parlate di me , Sono tornata and Del mio amore, while E ancora canto and Ti regalo un sorriso appeared as singles ; with the latter she also took part in the festival bar. The album sold satisfactorily despite the media's now slightly hostile attitude towards the singer.

In 1982 Martini took part in the Sanremo Festival for the first time, where she again presented a song by Fossati with E non finisce mica il cielo . The journalists awarded her the Critics' Prize, which was just introduced this year and was named after her from 1996. In that year she also wrote the text for Quante volte , with music by Shel Shapiro , who also produced the following LP Quante volte… ho contato le stelle . The singer dedicated the album to her father. Other own songs on it were Stelle , Bambolina and Vecchio sole di pietra (with music by Fossati). Other songwriters involved were Gianni Bella ( Nuova gente with lyrics by Mogol ), Mimmo Cavallo , Riccardo Cocciante and Maurizio Piccoli , who wrote the solo noi , the B-side of Quante volte .

The withdrawal

At the end of 1983, the singer decided to withdraw from the public eye, as the negative press had gotten out of hand over the years and she was said to bring bad luck in the music industry. At the Ciak Theater in Milan the singer gave two more concerts this year, during which she recorded the live album Miei compagni di viaggio , on which she reinterpreted songs by musicians who were particularly important to her, including John Lennon , Kate Bush , Randy Newman , Vinícius de Moraes , Fabrizio De André , Francesco De Gregori and Luigi Tenco . In Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell contributed Loredana Bertè , Aida Cooper , Cristiano De André and Ivano Fossati in the backing vocals. The concert concluded with Ed ora dico sul serio by Chico Buarque .

In 1984 DDD tried to help Mia Martini's career by participating in the 1985 Sanremo Festival with Spaccami il cuore by Paolo Conte , but the contribution was not accepted, another sign of rejection by the media. With the release of the song as a single, the contract with DDD ended; the B-side was Lucy , which again came from Martini himself and is characterized by special symbolism in the text. Due to public rejection and the end of her relationship with Fossati, the singer eventually retired to the country, but continued to perform on a smaller scale due to financial difficulties.

The comeback

In 1989 the musician Gianni Sanjust , with whom she had already dealt with at the beginning of her career, convinced her to return to the stage. The comeback was prepared at the Fonit Cetra label , under the direction of Lucio Salvini, who had also worked with Martini during the Ricordi days. Sanjust unearthed an unpublished song by Bruno Lauzi and Maurizio Fabrizio from 1972: Almeno tu nell'universo . With this song the singer was able to take part in the Sanremo Festival in 1989 . It was a great success and earned her the critics award for the second time.

Due to the success of the Sanremo she went on tour again and released the new LP Martini Mia… . It contained the titles Notturno or Donna , the latter came from the Cantautore Enzo Gragnaniello . By Donna Martini went one more time at Festivalbar in the race, also won in the fall of the Targa Tenco as best performer of the year.

The 90s

Sanremo successes, ESC, collaboration with Roberto Murolo and relationship with Loredana Bertè

Already in 1990 the singer was able to repeat the success of the previous year with La nevicata del '56 in Sanremo and win the critic's award for the third time. The song found its way into the album La mia razza , as well as Un altro Atlantico , Danza pagana , Chica chica bum ( Carmen Miranda ), Io e la musica ( Amedeo Minghi ), Domani più su ( Enrico Ruggeri and Dodi Battaglia ). Enzo Gragnaniello contributed three more songs.

With Mi basta solo che sia un amore appeared in 1991 a compilation, single new song was Scrupoli that the theme song made the TV show of the same name. Still this year she gave a series of concerts in which she interpreted her own and other songs in a jazz version ( Vola , Pensieri e parole by Lucio Battisti , Gente distratta by Pino Daniele and many others arranged by Maurizio Giammarco ). This also resulted in a limited live album. Together with Roberto Murolo Martini released the duet Cu'mme (again by Gragnaniello) at the end of the year .

At the Sanremo Festival in 1992 she entered the race with Gli uomini non cambiano by Giancarlo Bigazzi and Beppe Dati . She came second after Luca Barbarossa . This was followed by the album Lacrime, which included Biagio Antonacci ( Il fiume dei profumi ), Mimmo Cavallo ( Dio c'è, Il mio Oriente ), Enzo Gragnaniello ( Scenne l'argento ) and Maurizio Piccoli ( Uomini farfalla) . For the second time this year, she also had the opportunity to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden. Her contribution Rapsodia reached fourth place and preceded the compilation Rapsodia - Il meglio di Mia Martini (now on the Polygram label ). As the sister-in-law of the Swedish tennis player Björn Borg (whom Loredana Bertè had married in 1989), Mia Martini was in the spotlight at the ESC and was also well received by the Swedish audience.

After a long phase of alienation, the Bertè sisters also approached again at this time and in 1993 - Loredana had meanwhile ended the relationship with Borg again - they performed together with the song Stiamo come stiamo at the Sanremo Festival. Despite high expectations and good reviews of the contribution, the performance could not convince the juries. Martini also recorded Vieneme with Enzo Gragnaniello and Roberto Murolo , which, however, was not a great success due to lack of marketing and tensions between the singer and Murolo.

Disagreements with Polygram, the album La musica che mi gira intorno and future projects

Under pressure from Polygram, Martini applied with E la vita racconta for the Sanremo Festival in 1994, but was rejected; the singer herself was not convinced by the song either. In solidarity with her, Claudia Mori offered to withdraw from the competition in favor of her colleague, but this was not possible; Martini would not have accepted this either. In 1994 the singer changed the record company again. At RTI Music she then published La musica che mi gira intorno , which again led to legal disputes with Polygram. The album contained a number of cover versions by Fabrizio De André ( Hotel Supramonte , Fiume Sand Creek ), Francesco De Gregori ( Mimì sarà ), Zucchero ( Diamante ), Vasco Rossi ( Dillo alla luna ), Lucio Dalla ( Stella di mare ), Eugenio and Edoardo Bennato ( Tutto sbagliato baby ) and Ivano Fossati ( La canzone popolare , I treni a vapore , La musica che gira intorno ). With Viva l'amore by Mimmo Cavallo a new song was also included.

La musica che mi gira intorno was to be Martini's last album. She planned more cover albums, for example with traditional Neapolitan music, with songs by Pino Daniele , Tom Waits or Billie Holiday . In March 1995, Mia Martini announced to her fan club Chez Mimì that they would release an album thematically dedicated to the moon , entitled Canto alla luna . The planned tracklist included Canto alla luna , Dillo alla luna , Verde luna , Luna rossa , Blue moon , Luna bianca and the two new songs Alla luna (Franco Fasano) and Luna sciamanna (Mimmo Cavallo). A collaboration with Mina was planned for 1996 , for which Martini was greatly admired.

Sudden death

When Mia Martini announced a new tour with Mimmo Cavallo at the beginning of 1995, she had been suffering from a fibroid on the uterus for a long time . Because of this, she took anticoagulants . During the first concerts, the singer was in hospital twice, in Acireale and Bari , because she felt great pain in her stomach and left arm. Only a few days later, on May 14, 1995, her lifeless body was found in her apartment in Cardano al Campo , where she had recently moved to be closer to her father, with whom she had reconciled.

Busto Arsizio's public prosecutor's office investigated and authorized an autopsy . This resulted in death from cardiac arrest due to overdose , more precisely cocaine . The funeral took place on May 15th in Busto Arsizio and drew countless fans. Mia Martini was cremated . In May 2009, her sister Loredana Bertè hinted at her father's complicity in an interview with Musica leggera , at Top Secret on June 10, 2010 she accused him of having been violent towards mother and daughters in her childhood and stated that the Her sister's body was covered with welts.

Aftermath

From 1996, the Critics' Prize of the Sanremo Festival , which she had received three times, was given the name Premio della Critica “Mia Martini”. In the following years, countless compilations with songs by Mia Martini came onto the market. Her sister Loredana Bertè dedicated several songs to her, including Luna (at Sanremo 1997), Zona Venerdì and Mufida . In addition, she often sang songs from Martini's repertoire, such as Minuetto , Donna , Cu'mmè and especially Almeno tu nell'universo . Renato Zero dedicated the song La grande assente to the singer in 1998 , included on his album Amore dopo amore . Even Enrico Ruggeri and Negramaro did the same, with Fango e stelle (1996) or Scusa Mimì (2010).

The following were also named after Mia Martini:

• Amphitheater in Castiglione Cosentino
• Place in Soveria Simeri
• Monument in Bagnara Calabra
• Park in Rome
• Streets in Rome, Biella , Calenzano , Cagliari , Bagnara Calabra
• a new road built in 2009 in the district of Bazzano ( L'Aquila )
• Belvedere in Messina
• Meeting room in Naples
• Garden in Ravenna

She also paid tribute to her performances: Franco Califano , Rossana Casale, Mimmo Cavallo, Adriano Celentano , Aida Cooper, Elisa , Fiordaliso , Rita Forte, Giorgia , Enzo Gragnaniello, Bruno Lauzi , Marco Masini , Mietta , Mina , Mariella Nava , Donatella Rettore , Ornella Vanoni , Antonello Venditti and Iva Zanicchi .

In 2003 Elisa reached the top of the Italian single charts with her cover version of Almeno tu nell'universo . In 2006, Gilda Giuliani brought the two-hour event Canto Mimì to the stage, in which she presented the musical career of Mia Martini in chronological order. In 2015 Salvatore Coccoluto published the book Mia Martini. Almeno tu nell'universo , which contained interviews with Leda Bertè, Enzo Gragnaniello, Mimmo Cavallo, Adriano Aragozzini and Gianni Sanjust.

On TV

On May 18, 1995, the show Temporeale by Michele Santoro dedicated an edition on Rai 3 to the singer who had just passed away: Carmen Consoli , who was still unknown at the time, also took part. On July 20th, Rai 2 broadcast the event Mille voci per una voce , a collective musical tribute by singers such as Pierangelo Bertoli, Bruno Lauzi, Peppino di Capri , Mariella Nava , Rosa Martirano or Mimmo Cavallo, organized by the municipality of Lamezia Terme and through Ruggero Pegna and moderated by Andrea Giordana and Myriam Fecchi in front of 50,000 people. Paolo Limiti moderated in 1996 on Rai 3 Ciao Mimì , with studio guests like Dori Ghezzi , Enzo Gragnaniello, Alba Calia, Luciano Tallarini and live with Loredana Bertè and Marisa Laurito. Rete 4 broadcast a large number of archive recordings of the singer over the following years.

Giovanni Anversa dedicated an edition of his program Racconti di vita to Mia Martini , with guests such as Olivia Bertè, Aida Cooper, Bruno Lauzi , Dario Baldan Bembo, Pippo Baudo and Menico Caroli. In 2005, several special programs were broadcast on the tenth anniversary of her death: Vincenzo Mollica presented archive recordings and interviews with Loredana Bertè and Renato Zero in a TG1 special , Giovanni Minoli's life was documented in La storia siamo noi , and Rai 2 brought a TG2 dossier about su Mia Martini, Gabriella Ferri and Dalida under the title Voci Spezzate, and Martini dedicated two issues of Stefania La Fauci's Successi program , in which Mietta , Lucio Salvini and Menico Caroli were discussed, and the history channel Rai Storia broadcast on 10. October a dossier on Mia Martini.

During the Sanremo Festival 2010, Fiorella Mannoia and Elisa sang together Almeno tu nell'universo . On October 26, 2012, Mietta also covered Almeno tu nell'universo , the song originally intended for her, in Carlo Conti's Tale e Quale Show on Rai 1 . On December 22, 2012, Rai 1 aired the special program Per semper Mia, in which Loredana Bertè, Mietta, Marco Masini , Enzo Gragnaniello, Gigi D'Alessio and Anna Tatangelo took part. On November 1st, 2013 Fiordaliso covered her during the Tale e Quale Show with Gli uomini non cambiano . On June 5, 2015, during the final of the 14th edition of Amici di Maria De Filippi, Loredana Bertè, Emma , Elisa, Francesco Renga and the finalists Almeno tu nell'universo sang .

Fan club and foundation

Chez Mimì is the Mia Martini fan club, which was founded in 1989 and authorized by the singer herself the following year. The cultural association was and is committed to spreading the singer's work. With Mia Martini - La regina senza trono , the founder Pippo Augliera published a book on the tenth anniversary of the singer's death. This was followed in 2011 by Mia Martini - La voce dentro .

In 2012, at the suggestion of Loredana Bertè, the charitable foundation Fondazione Mia Martini Onlus was set up , which is also supposed to spread the singer's work and promote cultural initiatives.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
1972	Nel mondo, una cosa	IT5 (12 weeks) IT	Ricordi, SMRL 6101
1973	Il giorno dopo	IT5 (25 weeks) IT	Ricordi, SMRL 6114
1974	È proprio come vivere	IT6 (16 weeks) IT	Ricordi, SMRL 6126
1975	Sensi e controsensi	IT22 (2 weeks) IT	Ricordi, SMRL 6154
	Un altro giorno con me	IT12 (7 weeks) IT	Ricordi, SMRL 6174
1976	Che vuoi che sia… se t'ho aspettato tanto	IT17 (7 weeks) IT	Come Il Vento, ZSCVE 55745
1981	Mimì	IT20 (10 weeks) IT	DDD, ZPLDR 34139
1989	Martini Mia ...	IT12 (13 weeks) IT	Fonit Cetra, TLPX 219
1990	La mia razza	IT16 (6 weeks) IT	Fonit Cetra, TLPX 248
1992	Lacrime	IT8 (6 weeks) IT	Fonit Cetra, TLPX 306

More studio albums

• 1971 - Oltre la collina (RCA Italiana, PSL 10516)
• 1977 - Per amarti (Come il Vento, ZPLC 34026)
• 1978 - Danza (WEA, T 56610)
• 1982 - Quante volte… ho contato le stelle (DDD, 25108)
• 1983 - Miei compagni di viaggio (DDD, 25613)
• 1991 - Mia Martini in concerto (Fonit Cetra, TLPX 294)
• 1994 - La musica che mi gira intorno (RTI, 1070-2)

Compilations (selection)

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
1996	1996	IT6 (13 weeks) IT
1998	Semplicemente Mimì	IT21 (2 weeks) IT
2000	Mimì sarà	IT41 (4 weeks) IT
2003	Una donna, una storia	IT45 (9 weeks) IT
	Canzoni segrete	IT15 (6 weeks) IT
2004	E parlo ancora di te	IT21 (10 weeks) IT
	Mimì, il mio mondo	IT80 (2 weeks) IT
2005	La neve, il cielo, l'immenso	IT22 (18 weeks) IT
2006	I colori del mio universo	IT59 (1 week) IT
	L'universo di Mia Martini	IT89 (1 week) IT
2009	Il meglio di Mia Martini	IT46 gold (13 weeks)IT	Sales: + 30,000
2010	Domani	IT86 (1 week) IT
2014	Straniera	IT93 (1 week) IT
2019	Io sono la mia musica	IT27 (2 weeks) IT

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
1972	Piccolo uomo Nel mondo, una cosa	IT4th gold (21 weeks)IT	Ricordi SRL 10.669 B-side: Madre
	Donna sola Nel mondo, una cosa	IT2 (18 weeks) IT	Ricordi SRL 10,681 B-side: Questo amore vero 2010 place 70 in the FIMI charts (1 week)
1973	Minuetto Il giorno dopo	IT2 platinum (29 weeks)IT	Ricordi SRL 10,694 B-side: So be 2008 place 39 in the FIMI charts (1 week) Sales: + 50,000
1974	Inno È proprio come vivere	IT10 (15 weeks) IT	Ricordi SRL 10.730 B-side: … e place stan piovendo
1975	Al mondo Sensi e controsensi	IT18 (15 weeks) IT	Ricordi SRL 10.747 B-side: Principessa di turno
	Donna con te	IT24 (1 week) IT	Ricordi SRL 10.763 B-side: Tutti uguali
1981	Ti regalo un sorriso Mimì	IT17 (12 weeks) IT	DDD ZBDR 7208 B-side: Ancora grande
1989	Almeno tu nell'universo Martini Mia ...	IT6th gold (17 weeks)IT	Fonit Cetra SP 1871 B-side: Spegni la testa 2008 47th place in the FIMI charts (7 weeks) Sales: + 25,000
1990	La nevicata del '56 La mia razza	IT13 (9 weeks) IT	Fonit Cetra SP 1886 B-side: Danza pagana
1992	Gli uomini non cambiano Lacrime	IT12 gold (1 week)IT	Fonit Cetra JB 827 A Sales: + 25,000

More singles

• 1971 - Padre davvero… / Amore… amore… un corno! (RCA Italiana PM 3589)
• 1971 - Gesù è mio fratello / Lacrime di marzo (RCA Italiana PM 3622)
• 1972 - Credo / Ossessioni (RCA Italiana PM 3670)
• 1973 - Il guerriero / Bolero (Ricordi SRL 10,699)
• 1976 - L'amore è il mio orizzonte / Sabato (Ricordi SRL 10.797)
• 1976 - Che vuoi che sia… se t'ho aspettato tanto / Io donna, io persona (Come Il Vento ZCVE 50425)
• 1977 - Libera / Sognare è vita (Come Il Vento ZBC 7005)
• 1977 - Per amarti / Se finisse qui (Come Il Vento ZBC 7035)
• 1978 - Vola / Dimmi (WEA T 17207)
• 1979 - Danza / Canto alla luna (WEA T 17325)
• 1981 - E ancora canto / Stai con me (DDD ZBDR 7236)
• 1982 - E non finisce mica il cielo / Voglio te (DDD ZBDR 7250)
• 1982 - Quante volte / Solo noi (DDD A 2819)
• 1982 - Bambolina / Guarirò guarirò (DDD A 3486)
• 1985 - Spaccami il cuore / Lucy (DDD A 6030)
• 1993 - Stiamo come stiamo / Dormitorio pubblico (with Loredana Bertè; Columbia COL 659007 1)
• 1993 - Cu 'mme (with Roberto Murolo) (CGD YD 770)
• 1993 - Vieneme
• 1994 - Viva l'amore

literature

• Pippo Augliera: Mia Martini. La regina senza trono. Guida, Naples 2005, ISBN 88-6042-147-0 .
• Marcello M. Giordano, Leda Berté: Il caso Mia Martini. Herald, Rome 2006, ISBN 88-89672-09-9 .
• Giorgio Nobis: La mia Mimì. Il mio viaggio con Mia Martini. Seneca, Turin 2007, ISBN 978-88-6122-051-5 .
• Mimmo Gallo: Mia Martini. Io sono la Calabria. Laruffa, Reggio Calabria 2007, ISBN 978-88-7221-342-1 .
• Carlo Mandelli: Mia Martini. Come un diamante in mezzo al cuore. Arcana, Rome 2009, ISBN 978-88-6231-066-6 .
• Menico Caroli, Guido Harari: Mia Martini. L'ultima occasione per vivere. TEA, Milan 2009, ISBN 978-88-502-2042-7 .
• Aldo Nove: Mi chiamo. Skira, Milan 2013, ISBN 978-88-572-1924-0 .
• Salvatore Coccoluto: Mia Martini. Almeno tu nell'universo. Imprimatur, Reggio Emilia 2015, ISBN 978-88-6830-229-0 .
• Loredana Bertè: Traslocando. È andata so. Rizzoli, 2015, ISBN 978-88-17-08427-7 .
• Enrico Taddei: Mia Martini. Canzoni d'amore - Le parole di una poetessa nel cuore. BastogiLibri, Rome 2016, ISBN 978-88-99376-53-6 .

Web links

Commons : Mia Martini  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Fondazione Mia Martini Onlus , website of the foundation
• Premio Mia Martini , website of the award ceremony
• Mia Martini at Discogs (English)
• Mia Martini in the Internet Movie Database (English)

supporting documents

1. ^ Dario Salvatori: Dizionario delle canzoni italiane . Elleu Multimedia, Rome 2001, ISBN 88-88169-01-6 , pp. 31, 226 .
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Mia Martini - Storia di una voce. (No longer available online.) In: La storia siamo noi. Radiotelevisione Italiana , archived from the original on June 22, 2013 ; Retrieved November 20, 2016 (Italian). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Maurizio Seymandi: Vota la voce, i lettori hanno scelto i più popolari dell'anno . In: TV Sorrisi e Canzoni . No. 38 , September 1975, p. 15 ( PDF ( Memento of December 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed on November 20, 2016]).
4. ^ Paolo Cucco: Mia Martini. Libera felice e sconfitta . In: TV Sorrisi e Canzoni . No. 22 , 1977, pp. 70–73 ( sorrisi.com ( Memento from December 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF; accessed November 20, 2016]).
5. ↑ ^{a b} Armando Torno: La forza dell'inesistente . In: Corriere della Sera . October 8, 2003, p. 39 ( corriere.it ( memento of February 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed November 20, 2016]).
6. ↑ ^{a b} “Jettatrice!”, Martini stoppata . In: Corriere della Sera . April 1, 1992, p. 15 ( corriere.it ( memento of February 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed November 20, 2016]).
7. ↑ ^{a b} Mario Luzzatto Fegiz: Una grande artista, una falsa maledizione . In: Corriere della Sera . May 15, 1995, p. 13 ( corriere.it ( memento of February 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed November 20, 2016]).
8. ^ Peppe Lanzetta: Gli occhi assenti di Mia Martini. In: Repubblica.it . May 11, 2005, accessed November 20, 2016 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b} Leandro Palestini: Venier: contro Mimì pregiudizi indecorosi. In: Repubblica.it. May 23, 1996, accessed November 20, 2016 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b} Paola Zonca: Celentano: Grazie Zaccaria, hai difeso la libertà di parola. In: Repubblica.it. May 18, 2001, accessed November 20, 2016 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b} Successi by Vania Colasanti, Stefania La Fauci and Fabio Toncelli, Rai , 2005.
12. ↑ Menico Caroli in jukebox Nr. 16,.
13. ^ Tg 2 Dossier, Voci Spezzate , RAI, 2005.
14. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Menico Caroli: Il mio canto universale. Tarab, Florence 1999, ISBN 88-86675-99-2 .
15. ↑ La cantante senza maschera. In: Senza Maschera, August 20, 1972, No. 23, p. 56.
16. ^ Dario Salvatori: Il grande dizionario della canzone italiana. Rizzoli, Milan 2006, ISBN 88-17-01284-X , p. 537.
17. ↑ Mia Martini: ha vinto il festival bar. In: Intrepido, September 13, 1973, No. 37, p. 40.
18. ^ Renzo Allegri: Mia Martini vuota il sacco. In: Gente, No. 34, 1979.
19. ↑ Mia Martini. In: I miti musica. No. 18. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1999.
20. ↑ Menico Caroli, Guido Harari: Mia Martini. L'ultima occasione per vivere. TEA, Milan 2009, ISBN 978-88-502-2042-7 .
21. ↑ All'Irlanda l'Eurofestival. Mia Martini is a quarter . In: Corriere della Sera . May 11, 1992, p. 41 ( corriere.it ( memento of June 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed November 20, 2016]).
22. ↑ La rabbia della compagna Loredana Bertè . In: Corriere della Sera . March 30, 1993 ( corriere.it [accessed November 20, 2016]).
23. ↑ Gabriele Bojano: Quando Mia Martini disse a Murolo: "Be miliardario, dammi una casa". In: Corriere del Mezzogiorno. Corriere della Sera, May 11, 2015, accessed November 20, 2016 (Italian). 
24. ↑ Pippo Augliera: Mia Martini. La regina senza trono. Guida, Naples 2005, ISBN 88-6042-147-0 , p. 141.
25. ↑ Augliera 2005, p. 152.
26. ↑ Augliera 2005, p. 143.
27. ↑ Augliera 2005, p. 163.
28. ↑ Augliera 2005, p. 191.
29. ↑ “Almeno tu”: omaggio di Mina a Mia Martini . In: Corriere della Sera . October 7, 1995, p. 37 ( corriere.it ( memento of February 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed October 20, 2016]).
30. ↑ Augliera 2005, p. 180.
31. ^ ^{A b} Zero: Mia Martini non si è suicidata . In: Corriere della Sera . April 2, 1998, p. 35 ( corriere.it ( memento of November 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed November 20, 2016]).
32. ^ Loredana Bertè: Memoriale. (No longer available online.) In: Stelleitaliane. Archived from the original on May 19, 2015 ; Retrieved November 20, 2016 (Italian). 
33. ^ Federica Cavadini: Mia Martini, uccisa da overdose . In: Corriere della Sera . July 13, 1995, p. 13 ( corriere.it ( memento of July 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed November 20, 2016]).
34. ^ Carmine Saviano: Mia Martini, vent'anni dopo. (No longer available online.) In: Repubblica.it. May 12, 2015, archived from the original on May 14, 2015 ; Retrieved November 20, 2016 (Italian). 
35. ^ Maurizio Becker: La guerra non è mai finita. Interview with Loredana Bertè, in: Musica leggera , No. 4, May 2009, pp. 12–35.
36. ↑ Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 89 (IT until 2012).
37. ^ Tale e Quale Show: Mietta incanta con Mia Martini e la Cinquetti spaventa con Cher - ma lo 'scandalo' De Sica-Conticini prosegue. Spetteguless, October 17, 2012, accessed November 20, 2016 (Italian). 
38. ^ Augusta Mancini: Serata dedicata a Mia Martini Per Semper Mia su Raiuno con Loredana Bertè e tanti ospiti. (No longer available online.) In: MusicalNews.it. TC&C February 19, 2012, archived from the original on January 19, 2013 ; Retrieved November 20, 2016 (Italian). 
39. ↑ Pippo Augliera: Mia Martini. La voce dentro. Zona, Arezzo 2011, ISBN 978-88-6438-240-1 .
40. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources (albums):
    • M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on November 9, 2016 (Italian, paid subscription access). 
    • Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI album . Lulu, 2013, p. 134 .
    • Albums by Mia Martini. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien , accessed November 9, 2016 . 
41. ↑ ^{a b c d} Awards archive. FIMI , accessed October 16, 2018 (Italian). 
42. ↑ Chart sources (singles):
    • M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on November 9, 2016 (Italian, paid subscription access). 
    • Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 117 .