Mina (Italian singer)
Mina (born March 25, 1940 as Anna Maria Mazzini in Busto Arsizio , Lombardy ) is an Italian singer who also has Swiss citizenship . Since 1960 she has released new albums almost every year, topping the Italian album charts 25 times, although she had largely withdrawn from the public eye by the end of the 1970s. Between 1962 and 1964 she also released some records in German, the title hot sand became a number one success in Germany.
Mina is considered a " prima donna " of Italian popular music of the second half of the 20th century and is in the media as "Tigress of Cremona " (tigre di Cremona) referred. With her lush and powerful, distinctive voice, she has long been an indispensable fixture on the Italian music scene. As a pioneering public figure, she questioned social norms and, with her emancipated image and very direct texts, became a symbol of the women's movement . She easily combined different genres, from pop and R&B to bossa nova , jazz and disco , and was able to maintain her success well into the 21st century. Mina was also able to make a name for herself outside of Italy and not least Sarah Vaughan expressed her admiration for the singer.
Career
Beginnings
Born in Busto Arsizio, Mazzini grew up in Cremona . In 1958 she made her debut as a singer while on family vacation in Forte dei Marmi at a performance in the famous La Bussola pub near Pietrasanta and at the end of the year she appeared with the group Happy Boys. The producer David Matalon developed a two-pronged concept for the singer: she recorded Italian music under the name Mina, while English-language songs were recorded under the name Baby Gate. The latter pseudonym was quickly abandoned. As a result, Mina performed with the group Solitari all over Italy and had her first appearances on television. With the song Nessuno , originally by Wilma De Angelis , she made a name for herself as the “queen” of the new music genre of the Urlatori (“screamers”).
In 1959 the singer had her first hit with the single Tintarella di luna , won several music awards and starred in the movie Urlatori alla sbarra (until 1969 she was seen in a number of other films). Mina took part in the 1960 Sanremo Festival with the songs È vero and Non sei felice , together with Teddy Reno and Betty Curtis , respectively. In the summer of that year she achieved her greatest success with the song Il cielo in una stanza , after which she took over her own television program and contributed the theme tune to the show Canzonissima , Due note . The English version of Il cielo in una stanza , This World We Love In , also entered the US charts in 1961. At the Sanremo Festival in 1961 , Mina Io presented amo tu ami and Le mille bolle blu ; negative reviews led to the fact that the singer fell out with the press and ruled out further Sanremo participation.
Peak of success
Mina's popularity rose again in 1961 thanks to her new TV show Studio Uno . With Moliendo café she had another number one hit. In 1962 she took up the theme song for Canzonissima again and had a hit with the song Renato . But in 1963 a scandal threatened Mina's career: she became the mother of a son by the actor Corrado Pani , who at that time was still married to another woman. This brought her a charge of cohabitation . However, the attacks by the press and the two-year compulsory break prescribed by television did not significantly slow down her success and in 1964 Mina took over a new television program. The song È l'uomo per me became another number one hit, followed by Un anno d'amore in 1965 . The singer was also able to come up with her own radio show during these years, which resulted in the hit Se telefonando .
Mina also became known abroad: she sang in French, Spanish, Turkish, German and Japanese. In Germany, Mina's first German-language single was released by Polydor in March 1962 . The A-side title Hot Sand , written by the successful authors Werner Scharfenberger and Kurt Feltz , quickly became a hit parade. In the hit parade of the German music magazine Musikmarkt he was number one for two months. The single sold 700,000 times in Germany. Mina also recorded the song in Italian (Si lo so) , French (Notre étoile) and Spanish (Un desierto) , so that over a million copies of the song were sold worldwide. By 1964, Polydor had produced a total of twelve singles with German-language hits with Mina. In addition to Hot Sand , six other songs were listed on Musikmarkt, but none of them reached the top 10.
In 1967 Mina founded her own record label PDU in Lugano , where she had settled in 1966 . With Mina alla Bussola dal vivo she published her first live album in 1968 , recorded at the location of her debut, the Bussola . In 1970 she worked with Lucio Battisti and Mogol on several successful songs: Insieme , Io e te da soli and Amor mio . Mina's success reached a new high in 1972 when she had two number one hits in a row: first with Grande, grande, grande , co-written by Tony Renis , then with Parole parole , a duet with actor Alberto Lupo . She also released another live album from the Bussola . This was released together with the studio album Altro as a double album , a form of publication that should henceforth be typical for Mina.
Withdrawal from the public
Increasingly, the singer began to withdraw from the public. Her last television appearance was in 1974 on the Milleluci program , which she hosted with Raffaella Carrà . In 1978 she gave a series of concerts in the Bussola , from which another live album emerged; thereafter, Mina refused any public appearances and concentrated only on her annual double albums and a few additional releases (including cover albums dedicated to Lucio Battisti and the Beatles ). In 1985 and 1986 she recorded two duets with Riccardo Cocciante and Fausto Leali, respectively . It was not until 1996 that the singer's “simple” albums were released again. In 1998 she worked with Adriano Celentano on the very successful album Mina Celentano , from which the single Acqua e sale emerged .
In 2001 Mina had herself filmed again for the first time while recording the cover album Sconcerto , which was dedicated to Domenico Modugno , but the recordings were only published online. In the same year she was honored with the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Grand Commander) by President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi . More albums and compilations were released every year, often in collaboration with well-known musicians such as Zucchero , Daniele Silvestri or Andrea Mingardi . In 2005 not only the number one album Bula Bula was released , but also the album L'allieva, dedicated to Frank Sinatra . In 2007 Mina recorded Agua y sal with Miguel Bosè , the Spanish version of Acqua e sale (from Mina Celentano ); followed by the Spanish album Todavía . In the same year the singer also recorded a duet with Giorgia . Other duets in those years involved Ornella Vanoni , Seal and the Afterhours .
The song La palla è rotonda from the album Selfie was used in the 2014 Rai television broadcasts of the Soccer World Cup in Brazil. In 2016 Mina released another very successful album together with Adriano Celentano, Le migliori . After another solo album, Maeba , and a Battisti tribute album , the singer began a project with Ivano Fossati , who had released his last album in 2011; together they recorded the album Mina Fossati , which was released in 2019.
Private life
Mina's scandalous relationship with actor Corrado Pani resulted in a son, Massimiliano, in 1963. In 1970 she married the journalist Virgilio Crocco, with whom she had a daughter, Benedetta (* 1971). Crocco was killed in a traffic accident in 1973.
The singer, who has also been a Swiss citizen since 1989, lived in Lugano with the cardiologist Eugenio Quaini for 25 years , until she married him in 2006 and officially took the name Anna Maria Quaini .
Single successes in Italian (selection)
- Tintarella di Luna (1959), by Franco Migliacci and Bruno De Filippi
- Arranger / orchestra leader: Tony De Vita
- Il cielo in una stanza (1960), by Gino Paoli
- Arranger / orchestra leader: Tony De Vita
- E se domani (1964), by Giorgio Calabrese and Carlo Alberto Rossi
- Arranger / orchestra leader: Augusto Martelli
- La voce del silenzio (1968), by Paolo Limiti and Elio Isola
- Arranger / orchestra leader: Augusto Martelli
- Parole parole (1972), with Alberto Lupo , by Leo Chiosso and Gianni Ferrio
- Arranger / orchestra leader: Gianni Ferrio
- Se Telefonando (1966), by Maurizio Costanzo and Ennio Morricone
- Arranger / orchestra leader: Ennio Morricone
- Insieme (1970), by Mogol and Lucio Battisti
- Arranger / orchestra leader: Detto Mariano
- Io e te da soli (1970), by Mogol and Lucio Battisti
- Arranger / orchestra leader: Gian Piero Reverberi
- Amor mio (1971), by Mogol and Lucio Battisti
- Arranger / orchestra leader: Gian Piero Reverberi
- Grande grande grande (1972), by Alberto Testa and Tony Renis
- Arranger / orchestra leader: Pino Presti
- E poi… (1973), by Andrea Lo Vecchio and Shel Shapiro
- Arranger / orchestra leader: Pino Presti
- Non gioco più (1974), by Roberto Lerici and Gianni Ferrio
- Arranger / orchestra leader: Gianni Ferrio
- L'importante è finire (1975), by Cristiano Malgioglio and Alberto Anelli
- Arranger / orchestra leader: Pino Presti
Discography
Italian albums
Note: Between 1972 and 1977 two albums appeared annually, which were released both individually and as a double album; the “partial albums” are marked with * in the table . In later double albums only Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 were distinguished; these are no longer listed individually in the table.
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
IT | CH | |||
1960 | Tintarella di luna | - | - |
Italdisc, LPMH 181
|
Il cielo in una stanza | - | - |
Italdisc, LPMH 182
|
|
1961 | Due note | - | - |
Italdisc, LPMH 183
|
1962 | Moliendo café | - | - |
Italdisc, LPMH 184
|
Renato | - | - |
Italdisc, LPMH 185
|
|
1963 | Stessa spiaggia, stesso mare | - | - |
Italdisc, LPMH 186
|
1964 | Mina |
IT3 (5 months) IT |
- |
Ri-Fi, RFL LP 14004
|
1965 | Studio Uno |
IT1 (7 months) IT |
- |
Ri-Fi, RFL LP 14010
|
1966 | Studio Uno 66 |
IT1 (6 months) IT |
- |
Ri-Fi, RFL LP 14016
|
Mina 2 |
IT8 (1 month) IT |
- |
Ri-Fi, RFL LP 14018 / S 40001
|
|
1967 | Sabato sera - Studio Uno '67 |
IT1 (7 months) IT |
- |
Ri-Fi, RFL 14023
|
Dedicato a mio padre |
IT5 (1 month) IT |
- |
PDU, PLD A 5001
|
|
1968 | Mina alla Bussola dal vivo |
IT1 (7 months) IT |
- |
Live album
PDU, PLD A 5002 |
Le più belle canzoni italiane interpret da Mina | - | - |
PDU, PLD A 5003
|
|
Canzonissima '68 |
IT2 (6 months) IT |
- |
PDU, PLD A 5005
|
|
1969 | I discorsi |
IT1 (8 months) IT |
- |
PDU, PLD A 5004
|
Mina for you |
IT4 (4 months) IT |
- |
PDU, PLD A 5006
|
|
... bugiardo più che mai ... più incosciente che mai ... |
IT1 (57 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU, PLD A 5009
|
|
1970 | Mina canta o Brasil | - | - |
PDU, PLD A 5026
|
... quando tu mi spiavi in cima a un batticuore ... |
IT1 (27 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU, PLD A 5030
|
|
1971 | Mina |
IT1 (40 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU, PLD A 5037
|
1972 | Cinquemilaquarantatre |
IT1 (30 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU, PLD L 5043
|
1 + 1 |
IT2 (26 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album , consisting of Dalla Bussola and Altro
PDU, PLD L 5061/62 |
|
Dalla Bussola * | - | - |
Live album
PDU, PLD L 5061 2012 No. 11 (8 weeks) in the FIMI charts |
|
Altro * | - | - |
PDU, PLD L 5062
|
|
1973 | Frutta e verdura / Amanti di valore |
IT1 (15 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album
PDU, PLD L 5069/70 |
Frutta e verdura * |
IT2 (27 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU, PLD L 5069
|
|
Amanti di valore * |
IT3 (9 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU, PLD L 5070
|
|
1974 | Mina® / Baby Gate |
IT1 (25 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album
PDU, PLD L 6005/06 |
Mina® * | - | - |
PDU, PLD L 6005
|
|
Baby gate * | - | - |
PDU, PLD L 6006
|
|
1975 | Minacanta Lucio / La Mina |
IT3 (11 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album
PDU, PLD L 6036/37 |
Minacanta Lucio * |
IT3 (25 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU, PLD L 6036
|
|
La Mina * |
IT5 (19 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU, PLD L 6037
|
|
1976 | Singolar / Plurals |
IT1 (12 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album
PDU, PLD L 6067/68 |
Singolar * |
IT4 (14 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU, PLD L 6067
|
|
Plurals * |
IT12 (3 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU, PLD L 6068
|
|
1977 | Mina con bignè / Mina quasi Jannacci |
IT4 (7 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album
PDU, PLD L 6088/89 |
Mina con bignè * |
IT7 (12 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU, PLD L 6088
|
|
Mina quasi Jannacci * | - | - |
PDU, PLD L 6089
|
|
1978 | Mina Live '78 |
IT4 (23 weeks) IT |
- |
Live double album
PDU, PLD L 6098/99 |
1979 | Attila |
IT2 (29 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album
PDU, PLD L 7015/16 |
1980 | Kyrie |
IT9 (16 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album
PDU, PLD L 7023/24 |
1981 | Salomè |
IT2 (14 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album
PDU, PLD L 7026/27 |
1982 | Italiana |
IT6 (15 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album
PDU, PLD L 7030/31 |
1983 | Mina 25 |
IT8 (14 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album
PDU, PLD L 7035/36 |
1984 | Catene |
IT2 (16 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album
PDU, PLD L 7043/44 |
1985 | Finalmente ho conosciuto il conte Dracula ... |
IT2 (17 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album
PDU, PLD L 7047/48 |
1986 | Sì, buana |
IT1 (21 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album
PDU, PLD L 7049/50 |
1987 | Rane supreme |
IT5 (17 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album
PDU, PLD L 7055/56 |
1988 | Ridi pagliaccio |
IT2 (19 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album
PDU, PLD L 7063/64 |
1989 | Uiallalla |
IT4 (19 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album
PDU, PLD L 7067/68 |
1990 | Ti conosco mascherina |
IT3 (14 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album
PDU, PLD L 7072/73 |
1991 | Caterpillar |
IT4 (15 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album
PDU, PLD L 7077/78 |
1992 | Sorelle Lumière |
IT4 (16 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album
PDU |
1993 | Mina canta i Beatles |
IT3 (14 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU
|
Lochness |
IT1 (11 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album
PDU |
|
1994 | Canarino mannaro |
IT1 (17 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album
PDU, PLD L 7082/83 |
1995 | Pappa di latte |
IT2 (12 weeks) IT |
- |
Double album
PDU |
1996 | Cremona |
IT2 (23 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU, PLD L 7088
|
Napoli |
IT2 (11 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU, PLD L 7090
|
|
1997 | Leggera |
IT1 (17 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU
|
1998 | Mina Celentano |
IT1 (51 weeks) IT |
CH39 (7 weeks) CH |
with Adriano Celentano
Clan Celentano / PDU |
1999 | Olio |
IT1 (25 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU
|
Mina Nº 0 |
IT2 (18 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU
|
|
2000 | Dalla terra |
IT3 (18 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU
|
2001 | Sconcerto |
IT2 (17 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU
|
2002 | Veleno |
IT2 (16 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU / Sony
|
2003 | Napoli secondo estratto |
IT8 (11 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU / Sony
|
2005 | Bula Bula |
IT1 (29 weeks) IT |
CH95 (1 week) CH |
PDU / Sony
|
L'allieva |
IT4 (16 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU / Sony
|
|
2006 | construction |
IT5 (17 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU / Sony
|
2007 | Todavía |
IT1 (18 weeks) IT |
- |
PDU / Sony
|
2009 | Sulla tua bocca lo dirò |
IT2
gold
(12 weeks)IT |
- |
PDU / Sony
|
Facile |
IT5
gold
(15 weeks)IT |
- |
PDU / Sony
|
|
2010 | Caramella |
IT3
gold
(35 weeks)IT |
- |
PDU / Sony
|
2011 | Piccolino |
IT6th
gold
(11 weeks)IT |
- |
PDU / Sony
|
2012 | 12 (American Song Book) |
IT6th
gold
(10 weeks)IT |
- |
GSU / Sony
|
2013 | Christmas Song Book |
IT6th
gold
(20 weeks)IT |
- |
GSU
|
2014 | Selfie |
IT5 (17 weeks) IT |
- |
GSU
|
2016 | Le migliori |
IT1 × 7
(56 weeks)IT |
CH23 (17 weeks) CH |
with Adriano Celentano
Clan Celentano / PDU |
2018 | Maeba |
IT1
gold
(10 weeks)IT |
CH35 (2 weeks) CH |
PDU / Sony
|
Paradiso (Lucio Battisti Songbook) |
IT2
gold
(14 weeks)IT |
- |
Warner / PDU
|
|
2019 | Mina Fossati |
IT2
platinum
(15 weeks)IT |
CH26 (3 weeks) CH |
with Ivano Fossati
PDU / Sony |
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Compilations (selection)
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
IT | CH | |||
1965 | Mina & Gaber: un'ora con loro |
IT10 (1 month) IT |
- |
with Giorgio Gaber
|
1967 | 4 anni di successi |
IT2 (4 months) IT |
- | |
1971 | Del mio meglio |
IT1 (45 weeks) IT |
- | |
Brave, bravissime! |
IT24 (2 weeks) IT |
- | ||
1973 | Del mio meglio n.2 |
IT4 (25 weeks) IT |
- | |
1975 | Del mio meglio n.3 |
IT4 (30 weeks) IT |
- | |
1988 | Oggi ti amo di più |
IT1 (21 weeks) IT |
- |
1995 number 20 (4 weeks) on the FIMI charts
|
1994 | Mazzini canta Battisti |
IT5 (15 weeks) IT |
- | |
1996 | Canzoni d'autore |
IT6 (13 weeks) IT |
- | |
1997 | Brava Mina |
IT17 (7 weeks) IT |
- | |
1997 | Minantologia |
IT8 (11 weeks) IT |
- | |
1998 | Mina Sanremo |
IT26 (4 weeks) IT |
- | |
Mina gold |
IT29 (2 weeks) IT |
- | ||
Mina Studio Collection |
IT9 (18 weeks) IT |
- | ||
2000 | Love Collection |
IT16 (14 weeks) IT |
- | |
Le canzoni d'amore (Dischi d'oro) |
IT31 (7 weeks) IT |
- | ||
2001 | Colección latina |
IT20 (8 weeks) IT |
- | |
2002 | Una storia, il mito |
IT46 (5 weeks) IT |
- | |
2003 | Mina in duo |
IT6 (10 weeks) IT |
- | |
2004 | The Platinum Collection |
IT1
platinum
(163 weeks)IT |
- | |
2005 | Le più belle canzoni di Mina |
IT65 (7 weeks) IT |
- | |
Mina & Battisti |
IT91 (1 week) IT |
- | ||
2006 | The Platinum Collection 2 |
IT8 (22 weeks) IT |
- | |
Ti amo |
IT29 (11 weeks) IT |
- | ||
Tutto Mina. Le origini |
IT29 (18 weeks) IT |
- | ||
2007 | Love box |
IT44 (5 weeks) IT |
- | |
2008 | Minanthology |
IT96 (1 week) IT |
- | |
2009 | Mina con archi |
IT78 (1 week) IT |
- | |
Mina straniera |
IT80 (2 weeks) IT |
- | ||
Mina la calma |
IT81 (2 weeks) IT |
- | ||
Mina cover |
IT82 (2 weeks) IT |
- | ||
Mina per quando ti amo |
IT87 (1 week) IT |
- | ||
Mina canta Sinatra |
IT85 (4 weeks) IT |
- | ||
2010 | The best of platinum |
IT38
gold
(51 weeks)IT |
- | |
2011 | Je suis Mina |
IT48 (2 weeks) IT |
- | |
Yo soy Mina |
IT55 (2 weeks) IT |
- | ||
I am Mina |
IT57 (2 weeks) IT |
- | ||
2013 | Steps per Mina - Firmato: Paolo Limiti |
IT17 (5 weeks) IT |
- | |
2014 | I miei preferiti - Gli anni RAI |
IT17 (8 weeks) IT |
- | |
2015 | The Collection 3.0 |
IT18th
gold
(26 weeks)IT |
- | |
2017 | Tutte le migliori |
IT3 (41 weeks) IT |
- |
with Adriano Celentano
|
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Italian singles (selection)
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
IT | US | |||
1960 | Tintarella di luna Tintarella di luna |
IT3 (9 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: May
1959 |
Splish Splash |
IT20 (1 week) IT |
- |
B-side: Give Me a Boy was
published in 1959 |
|
È vero Tintarella di luna |
IT4 (14 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Perdoniamoci
|
|
Folle banderuola Tintarella di luna |
IT18 (1 week) IT |
- |
B-side: Un disco e tu
published in 1959 |
|
Briciole di baci Il cielo in una stanza |
IT17 (1 week) IT |
- |
B-side: No non ha fine
|
|
Coriandoli Il cielo in una stanza |
IT7 (10 weeks) IT |
- |
A-side: Tessi tessi
|
|
Il cielo in una stanza / This World We Love In Il cielo in una stanza |
IT1 (31 weeks) IT |
US90 (1 week) US |
B-sides: La notte / You're Tired of Me
|
|
Una zebra a pois Il cielo in una stanza |
IT18 (1 week) IT |
- |
B-side: Mi vuoi lasciar
|
|
Due note Due note |
IT3 (9 weeks) IT |
- |
B-sides: Uno spicchio di luna / Non voglio cioccolata
|
|
1961 | Io amo tu ami Due note |
IT11 (2 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Come sinfonia
|
Le mille bolle blu Due note |
IT5 (8 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Che freddo
|
|
La fine del mondo due note |
IT14 (2 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Bum ahi (che colpo di luna)
|
|
Moliendo café Moliendo café |
IT1 (20 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Chi sarà
|
|
1962 | Renato Renato |
IT4 (20 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Eclisse twist
|
Stringimi forte i polsi Renato |
IT11 (4 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Da chi
|
|
1963 | Chihuahua Renato |
IT8 (5 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Vola vola da me
|
Just Let Me Cry |
IT12 (2 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Pretend That I'm Her
|
|
Stessa spiaggia, stesso mare Stessa spiaggia, stesso mare |
IT4 (14 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Ollallà, Gigì
|
|
1964 | Città vuota Studio Uno |
IT2 (25 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: È inutile
|
È l'uomo per me Studio Uno |
IT1 (21 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: So che non è so
|
|
Un buco nella sabbia Studio Uno |
IT7 (6 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Se mi compri un gelato
|
|
Io sono quel che sono Studio Uno |
IT3 (13 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Tu farai
|
|
1965 | E se domani Mina |
IT4 (4 weeks) IT |
- |
A-side: Un anno d'amore
|
Un anno d'amore Studio Uno |
IT1 (20 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: E se domani
|
|
A bacio è troppo poco |
IT9 (9 weeks) IT |
- |
A-side: solos
|
|
Solos |
IT9 (3 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Un bacio è troppo poco
|
|
L'ultima occasione Studio Uno |
IT7 (7 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: E… (E adesso sono tua)
|
|
E… (E adesso sono tua) Studio Uno |
IT15 (1 week) IT |
- |
A-side: L'ultima occasione
|
|
Ora o mai più Mina & Gaber: un'ora con loro |
IT2 (12 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Addio
|
|
1966 | Una casa in cima al mondo Studio Uno 66 |
IT8 (11 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Se tu non fossi qui
|
Se Telefonando Studio Uno 66 |
IT11
Gold (2014)
(6 weeks)IT |
- |
B-side: No
2010 number 72 (5 weeks) on the FIMI charts |
|
Ta-ra-ta-ta Studio Uno 66 |
IT5 (12 weeks) IT |
- |
A-side: Breve amore
|
|
Sono come tu mi vuoi |
IT4 (10 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Se non ci fossi tu
|
|
1967 | L'immensità Sabato sera - Studio Uno '67 |
IT14 (2 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Canta ragazzina
|
La banda Sabato sera - Studio Uno '67 |
IT2 (16 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Se c'è una cosa che mi fa impazzire
|
|
1968 | Regolarmente Mina alla Bussola dal vivo |
IT19 (2 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Fantasia
|
Un colpo al cuore Mina alla Bussola dal vivo |
IT13 (7 weeks) IT |
- |
A-side: Allegria
|
|
To the to the Canzonissima '68 |
IT20 (1 week) IT |
- |
B-side: Sacumdì sacumdà
|
|
Vorrei che fosse amore Canzonissima '68 |
IT9 (10 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Caro
|
|
1969 | Non credere Mina d'estate |
IT3 (31 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Dai dai domani
|
Un'ombra … bugiardo più che mai… più incosciente che mai… |
IT9 (15 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: I problemi del cuore
|
|
1970 | Bugiardo e incosciente … bugiardo più che mai… più incosciente che mai… |
IT9 (15 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Una mezza dozzina di rose
|
Insieme ... quando tu mi spiavi in cima a un batticuore ... |
IT2 (30 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Viva lei
|
|
Io e te da soli Del mio meglio |
IT2 (16 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Credi
|
|
1971 | Una donna, una storia ... quando tu mi spiavi in cima a un batticuore ... |
IT9 (12 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Dominga
|
Cupid mio Mina |
IT2 (24 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Capirò (I'll Be Home)
|
|
Uomo Del mio meglio n.2 |
IT3 (14 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: La mente torna
|
|
La mente torna Del mio meglio n.2 |
IT16 (5 weeks) IT |
- |
A-side: Uomo
|
|
1972 | Grande, grande, grande Mina |
IT1 (28 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Non ho parlato mai
|
Parole parole Cinquemilaquarantatre |
IT1 (18 weeks) IT |
- |
with Alberto Lupo
B-side: Adagio |
|
Fiume azzurro Cinquemilaquarantatre |
IT22 (1 week) IT |
- | ||
Eccomi Del mio meglio n.2 |
IT5 (21 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Domenica sera
|
|
1973 | Lamento d'amore evergreens |
IT6 (18 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Rudy
|
E poi ... Frutta e verdura |
IT1 (31 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Non tornare più
|
|
1974 | Non gioco più Del mio meglio n.3 |
IT2 (22 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: La scala buia
|
1975 | Quando mi svegliai |
IT20 (3 weeks) IT |
- |
A-side: L'importante è finire
|
L'importante è finire La Mina |
IT2 (31 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Quando mi svegliai
|
|
1976 | Nuda Singolare |
IT6 (17 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Colpa mia
|
1977 | Giorni Mina con bignè |
IT9 (13 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Ormai
|
1978 | Città vuota (disco version) |
IT5 (7 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Ancora ancora ancora
|
Ancora ancora ancora |
IT4 (10 weeks) IT |
- |
A-side: Città vuota (disco version)
|
|
1979 | So un uomo Attila |
IT9 (17 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Se il mio canto be tu
2011 place 95 (4 weeks) on the FIMI charts |
1980 | Buonanotte, buonanotte Kyrie |
IT9 (16 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Capisco
|
1981 | Una canzone Salomè |
IT21 (12 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Quando l'amore ti tocca
|
1982 | Morirò per te Italiana |
IT15 (9 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Oggi è nero
|
1983 | Devi dirmi di sì Mina 25 |
IT7 (16 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: La controsamba
|
1984 | Rose su rose catene |
IT16 (7 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Ninna nanna
|
1985 | Questione di feeling Finalmente ho conosciuto il conte Dracula ... |
IT2 (18 weeks) IT |
- |
with Riccardo Cocciante
|
1986 | Via di qua Sì, buana |
IT8 (14 weeks) IT |
- |
with Fausto Leali
B-side: Cosa manca |
2002 | Succhiando l'uva Veleno |
IT2 (14 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: I'll See You in My Dreams
|
Certe cose si fanno Veleno |
IT11 (9 weeks) IT |
- |
B-side: Oggi sono io (IT:Gold (2019) )
|
|
2003 | Don't Call Me Baby (Can't Take My Eyes Off of You) |
IT2 (16 weeks) IT |
- | |
2007 | Mogol Battisti construction |
- | - | |
Alibi construction |
IT2 (11 weeks) IT |
- | ||
Poche parole Caramella |
- | - |
with Giorgia
place 22 (2 weeks) on the download charts |
|
2008 | Amiche mai Più di me (Ornella Vanoni) |
IT36 (2 weeks) IT |
- |
with Ornella Vanoni
|
2009 | Nessun dorma |
IT44 (2 weeks) IT |
- |
on the occasion of the opening of the Sanremo Festival 2009
|
Adesso è facile facile |
IT31 (6 weeks) IT |
- |
with after hours
|
|
2010 | You Get Me Caramella |
IT33 (2 weeks) IT |
- |
with Seal
|
Amoreunicoamore Caramella |
IT80 (2 weeks) IT |
- | ||
Mele Kalikimaka |
IT14 (4 weeks) IT |
- | ||
2011 | Questa canzone Piccolino |
IT23 (5 weeks) IT |
- | |
2012 | Rattarira |
IT95 (1 week) IT |
- | |
Acqua e sale Mina Celentano |
IT88
platinum
(1 week)IT |
- |
with Adriano Celentano , published 1998
|
|
2013 | Wed be scoppiato dentro il cuore Studio Uno 66 |
IT76 (1 week) IT |
- |
published in 1966
|
2014 | La palla è rotonda Selfie |
IT77 (3 weeks) IT |
- | |
Troppa luce selfie |
IT70 (1 week) IT |
- | ||
Oui c'est la vie selfie |
IT74 (1 week) IT |
- | ||
2016 | Amami amami Le migliori |
IT21st
gold
(11 weeks)IT |
- | |
2017 | A un passo da te le migliori |
IT68
platinum
(10 weeks)IT |
- | |
2018 | Volevo scriverti da tanto Maeba |
IT76 (1 week) IT |
- |
German singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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DE | |||
1962 |
Hot sand your great successes |
DE1 (7 months) DE |
B-side: A Faithful Man
Polydor, 24793 |
Fiesta Brasiliana (The Song of Lies) Your great successes |
DE13 (5 months) DE |
B-Side: If you believe in miracles
Polydor, 24834 |
|
1963 | Capitano your great successes |
DE17 (2 months) DE |
B-side: If you believe in miracles
Polydor, 52013 |
My door is always open |
DE33 (2 months) DE |
A-side: Mister Twist
Polydor, 52075 |
|
Until next time |
DE35 (1 month) DE |
B-side: At the Rio Grande
Polydor, 52152 |
|
1964 | Yes, live high to love |
DE28 (2 months) DE |
B-side: My good star
Polydor, 52201 |
Strange country |
DE39 (1 month) DE |
B-side: A thousand and one nights
Polydor, 52247 |
More singles:
- 1962 - Moliendo Cafe / Renato (Polydor, 24883)
- 1962 - Fiesta Brasiliana / Tabu (Polydor, 24900)
- 1962 - Eclisse-Twist / Chihuahua (Polydor, 24945)
- 1964 - He had blue eyes / Rhapsody (Polydor, 52333)
- 1964 - The greatest show / world of lost dreams (Polydor, 52346)
statistics
|
|
Filmography
- 1959: Urlatori alla sbarra
- 1960: Sanremo, la grande sfida
- 1960: Madri pericolose
- 1960: Juke box, urli d'amore
- 1960: I Teddy Boys della canzone italiana
- 1961: Rendezvous in Ischia (Appuntamento a Ischia)
- 1961: Mina ... fuori la guardia
- 1961: Io bacio… tu baci
- 1962: sex, music and hot nights (Universo di notte)
- 1962: Appuntamento in riviera
- 1963: The merry vagabonds
- 1963: The world's first erotic (Canzoni nel mondo)
- 1969: Per amore ... per magia ...
literature
- Osvaldo Miccichè: La leggendaria Mina. PDU, 1983, ISBN 978-88-485-0421-8 .
- Nino Romano: Mina. Storia di un mito. Rusconi, 1986, ISBN 978-88-18-12044-8 .
- Mauro Balletti: Mina nelle fotografie di Mauro Balletti. Campanotto, 1990, ISBN 978-88-456-0668-7 .
- Nino Romano: Mina: mito e mistero. Sperling & Kupfer, 1996, ISBN 978-88-200-2298-3 .
- Romy Padovano: Mina: i mille volti di una voce. Mondadori, 1998, ISBN 978-88-04-44772-6 .
- Dora Giannetti: Divina Mina. Zelig, 1998, ISBN 88-86471-72-6 .
- Roberta Maresci: Mina. Gremese, 1998, ISBN 978-88-7742-259-0 .
- Franco Fabbri, Luigi Pestalozza (eds.): Mina. Una forza incantatrice. Euresis, 1998, ISBN 88-87112-13-4 .
- Gianni Lucini: Mina: La sua vita, i suoi successi. Sonzogno, 1999, ISBN 88-486-0035-2 .
- Marcello Bufacchi: Mina - 1958-2005: ancora insieme. Editori Riuniti, 2005, ISBN 978-88-359-5695-2 .
- Fernando Fratarcangeli: Mina talk. Vent'anni di interviste 1959-1979. Coniglio, 2005, ISBN 978-88-88833-24-8 .
- Irene Ghea: Mina - Il fascino della tigre. Lo Vecchio, 2006, ISBN 978-88-7333-134-6 .
- Tato Crotti: Giovanni Bassi, Mina prima di Mina. Rizzoli, 2007, ISBN 978-88-17-01945-3 .
- Fernando Fratarcangeli: Mina - Parole… parole… parole… Arcana, 2008, ISBN 978-88-6231-022-2 .
- Enrico Casarini: Insieme. Mina, Battisti. 1972: il duetto a "Teatro 10" e la fine del sogno italiano. Coniglio, 2009, ISBN 978-88-6063-200-5 .
- Mario Basile: Musiche parallele. Albatros, 2017, ISBN 978-88-567-8194-6 .
- Luca Cerchiari: Mina, Una Voce Universale. Mondadori, 2020, ISBN 978-8804724599 .
Web links
- Official website (Italian)
- Mina at Rockol.it (Italian)
- Mina at Allmusic (English)
- Mina in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mina at Discogs (English)
supporting documents
- ^ Mina Mazzini, Biografia. In: Albo d'oro della canzone italiana. Musica e dischi , accessed on May 21, 2020 .
- ^ Eckhard Römer: Glossario del linguaggio dei mass media italiano - tedesco (= terminological series of publications . Volume 7 ). Walter de Gruyter, 2009, ISBN 978-3-89949-644-4 , p. 381 (530 p., Limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ Neil Z. Yeung: Mina - Biography & History. In: Allmusic . Retrieved May 21, 2020 (English).
- ↑ a b Mark Dezzani: RTI Buys Switzerland's PDU, Label Home of Mina . In: Billboard . May 11, 1996, p. 44 .
- ↑ Marcello Giannotti: L'enciclopedia di Sanremo: 55 anni di storia del festival dalla A alla Z . Gremese, Rome 2005, ISBN 88-8440-379-0 , p. 137 .
- ↑ Der Musikmarkt, 30 Years of Singles Hit Parade , 1989, p. 20.
- ↑ a b Da ieri Mina è diventata cittadina svizzera . In: La Repubblica . November 7, 1989, p. 29 ( Repubblica.it [accessed May 21, 2020]).
- ↑ Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana. In: Quirinale.it. Presidenza della Repubblica, accessed May 21, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Mina si è sposata a Lugano. La cerimonia il 10 gennaio. In: Repubblica.it . March 1, 2006, accessed May 21, 2020 .
-
↑ a b Chart sources (albums):
- Guido Racca: M&D Borsa Album 1964-2019 . Self-published, 2019, ISBN 978-1-09-470500-2 , pp. 225-228 .
- Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI album . Lulu , 2013, p. 138 f .
- Albums by Mina. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed May 20, 2020 .
- Albums by Mina. In: Hitparade.ch . Hung Medien, accessed May 20, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c Certificazioni. FIMI, accessed May 22, 2020 .
-
↑ Chart sources (singles):
- Guido Racca: M&D Borsa Singoli 1960-2019 . Self-published, 2019, ISBN 978-1-09-326490-6 , pp. 306-308 .
- Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 121, 156 .
- Archivio classifiche Top Singoli. FIMI , accessed May 20, 2020 (Italian).
- Mina, Chart History. Billboard , accessed May 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Mina. In: Official German charts. GfK Entertainment, accessed on May 19, 2020 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mina |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mazzini, Anna Maria (maiden name); Mazzini, Mina Anna Maria; Quaini, Anna Maria |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian singer and actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1940 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Busto Arsizio , Lombardy , Italy |