Ana Mena

Ana Mena 2016

Ana Mena Rojas (born February 25, 1997 in Estepona , province of Málaga ) is a Spanish pop singer and actress .

Career

Ana Mena became interested in music from an early age. In 2006 she entered the twelfth edition of the Veo Veo competition and won, which was the first time she received public attention. She then appeared in various television programs and in 2009 she played the young Marisol in the miniseries Marisol, la película on Antena 3 . Her breakthrough as a singer finally came in 2010 through the My Camp Rock 2 competition on Disney Channel , which she won. Ana Mena also took on acting roles in the telecinco series Supercharly and the film The Skin I Live in by Pedro Almodóvar . She has also appeared on film soundtracks , including Sharpay's Fabulous World . In 2012 she appeared as a presenter at the Malaga Film Festival and took her first steps in the fashion business. In 2013 she got the lead role in the music series Vive cantando on Antena 3 .

At the end of 2015 Ana Mena released the single No soy como tú crees , which brought her comparisons with Meghan Trainor . Due to the streaming success of the song, she was awarded the title Artista Spotlight Spotify 2016 . This was followed by the singles Loco como yo and Se fue , as well as Ahora lloras tú in collaboration with CNCO , which also brought her international attention. Other singles were Mentira (2017, with RK) and Ya es hora (2018, with Becky G and De La Ghetto ). In 2018 Ana Mena released her debut album Index. In the same year, the singer was also heard in the Italian summer hit D'estate non vale by Fred De Palma . She continued this collaboration in 2019 with the single Una volta ancora , which reached the top of the Italian single charts . The song was also a great success in Spain, where it was published under the title Se iluminaba with full Spanish lyrics. In summer 2020 Ana Mena returned to the top of the Italian charts with the song A un passo dalla luna , this time in collaboration with rapper Rocco Hunt .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
2018	index	IT9 (2 weeks) IT	Sony Music

Singles (selection)

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		IT	IT	CH
2017	Ahora lloras tú index	IT78 gold (15 weeks)IT	-	-	feat. CNCO
2018	Ya es hora index	IT29 platinum (30 weeks)IT	-	-	with Becky G and De La Ghetto
	D'estate non vale	-	IT6th × 3 Triple platinum (… Where.)IT	-	Fred De Palma feat. Ana Mena Sales: + 150,000
2019	Una volta ancora / Se iluminaba	IT6th × 3 Triple platinum (… Where.)IT	IT1 × 5 Quintuple platinum (… Where.)IT	CH61 (7 weeks) CH	Fred De Palma feat. Ana Mena sales: + 250,000, + 24,000,000 streams
	Como el agua (Remix)	IT81 (1 week) IT	-	-	with Omar Montes
2020	La pared	IT68 (... weeks) IT	-	-	with Dellafuente
	A un passo dalla luna / A un paso de la luna	IT58 (... weeks) IT	IT1 platinum (… Where.)IT	CH31 (... weeks) CH	with Rocco Hunt Sales: + 70,000

Filmography

• 2008–2010: Qué vida más triste (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2009: Marisol, la película (miniseries, 1 episode)
• 2010: Supercharly (TV series, 5 episodes)
• 2011: The skin I live in (La piel que habito)
• 2013: Como alas al viento (TV series, 1 episode)
• 2013–2014: Vive cantando (TV series, 25 episodes)
• 2018: Viaje al cuarto de una madre

Awards

• 2016: 40 Principales - Artista revelación (nomination)
• 2018: Kids' Choice Awards - Best Spanish Artist

Web links

• Official Website (Spanish)
• Ana Mena in the Internet Movie Database (English)

supporting documents

1. ↑ La historia detrás de Ana Mena. In: Musicándote. Retrieved August 30, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Ana Mena, la nueva promesa pop con influencias de los 60. In: Pop100. March 16, 2016, accessed August 30, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Los finalistas del concurso “Camp Rock 2” de Disney Channel cantaron en La Nucía a beneficio de Emaus. In: El Periodic. October 22, 2012, accessed August 30, 2019 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Biografía de Ana Mena. In: CMTV.com.ar. Retrieved August 30, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Ana Mena publica hoy su primer single “No Soy Como Tú Crees”! In: Sony Music. December 4, 2015, accessed August 30, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Ana Mena, ¿la nueva Meghan Trainor española? In: ¡Hola! January 25, 2016, accessed August 30, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Ana Mena, la Meghan Trainor española. In: Lot 40 December 4, 2015, accessed August 30, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Ana Mena estrena por sorpresa un 'dance video' de No soy como tú crees. In: Cultura Ocio. April 6, 2016, accessed August 30, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Ana Mena seleccionada “Artista Spotlight Spotify 2016”. In: Sony Music España. June 9, 2016, accessed August 30, 2019 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b} Ana Mena, CNCO y la canción que está dando tanto de que hablar. In: hola.com. February 22, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Angela Clemente López: Ana Mena publica su primer disco “Index” el 11 de mayo. In: El Rescate Musical. April 26, 2018, Retrieved August 30, 2019 (Spanish). 
12. ^ Albums by Ana Mena. In: Spanishcharts.com. Hung Medien , accessed August 30, 2019 . 
13. ↑ Chart sources (singles):
    • Songs by Ana Mena. In: Spanishcharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed July 1, 2020 . 
    • Archivio classifiche Top Singoli. FIMI , accessed August 9, 2019 (Italian). 
    • Songs by Ana Mena. In: hitparade.ch . Hung Medien, accessed on July 1, 2020 (CH). 
14. ↑ song Ahora tú lloras. In: El portal de Música. Promusicae , accessed August 30, 2019 . 
15. ↑ Song Ya Es Hora. In: El portal de Música. Promusicae, accessed August 30, 2019 . 
16. ↑ ^{a b c} Certificazioni. FIMI, accessed August 10, 2020 (Italian). 
17. ↑ Song Se iluminaba feat. Ana Mena. In: El portal de Música. Promusicae, accessed July 1, 2020 . 
18. ↑ NickALive !: Nickelodeon Announces The Global Winners Of The 2018 Kids' Choice Awards. In: NickALive! April 8, 2018, accessed March 28, 2019 .