Mina (Italian singer)

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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1960 she has released new albums almost every year, topping the Italian album charts 25 times, although she had largely withdrawn from the public eye by the end of the 1970s.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)

Il cielo in una stanza on Italdisc MH-61
Arranger / orchestra leader: Tony De Vita
Arranger / orchestra leader: Tony De Vita
Arranger / orchestra leader: Augusto Martelli
Arranger / orchestra leader: Augusto Martelli
Arranger / orchestra leader: Gianni Ferrio
Arranger / orchestra leader: Ennio Morricone
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
Arranger / orchestra leader: Pino Presti
Arranger / orchestra leader: Pino Presti
Arranger / orchestra leader: Gianni Ferrio
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 placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)
Remarks
IT IT CH 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
gold

(12 weeks)IT
-
PDU / Sony
Facile IT5
gold
gold

(15 weeks)IT
-
PDU / Sony
2010 Caramella IT3
gold
gold

(35 weeks)IT
-
PDU / Sony
2011 Piccolino IT6th
gold
gold

(11 weeks)IT
-
PDU / Sony
2012 12 (American Song Book) IT6th
gold
gold

(10 weeks)IT
-
GSU / Sony
2013 Christmas Song Book IT6th
gold
gold

(20 weeks)IT
-
GSU
2014 Selfie IT5 (17 weeks)
IT
-
GSU
2016 Le migliori IT1
Seven times platinum
× 7
Seven times platinum

(56 weeks)IT
CH23 (17 weeks)
CH
with Adriano Celentano
Clan Celentano / PDU
2018 Maeba IT1
gold
gold

(10 weeks)IT
CH35 (2 weeks)
CH
PDU / Sony
Paradiso (Lucio Battisti Songbook) IT2
gold
gold

(14 weeks)IT
-
Warner / PDU
2019 Mina Fossati IT2
platinum
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 placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)
Remarks
IT IT CH CH
1965 Mina & Gaber: un'ora con loro IT10 (1 month)
IT
-
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
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
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
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 IT US 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)
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
-
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)Gold (2019) )
2003 Don't Call Me Baby (Can't Take My Eyes Off of You) IT2 (16 weeks)
IT
-
2007 Mogol Battisti
construction
- -
with Andrea Mingardi
10th place (9 weeks) on the download charts
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
-
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
-
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
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
gold

(11 weeks)IT
-
2017 A un passo da te
le migliori
IT68
platinum
platinum

(10 weeks)IT
-
2018 Volevo scriverti da tanto
Maeba
IT76 (1 week)
IT
-

German singles

Hot sand on Polydor # 24793
year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChartsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE 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

IT IT DE DE CH CH US US
Number one albums IT25thIT DE-DE CH-CH US-US
Top 10 albums IT84IT DE-DE CH-CH US-US
Albums in the charts IT112IT DE-DE CH5CH US-US
IT IT DE DE CH CH US US
Number one singles IT7thIT DE1DE CH-CH US-US
Top 10 singles IT52IT DE1DE CH-CH US-US
Singles in the charts IT89IT DE7thDE CH-CH US1US

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

Web links

Commons : Mina Mazzini  - collection of images

supporting documents

  1. ^ Mina Mazzini, Biografia. In: Albo d'oro della canzone italiana. Musica e dischi , accessed on May 21, 2020 .
  2. ^ 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).
  3. ^ Neil Z. Yeung: Mina - Biography & History. In: Allmusic . Retrieved May 21, 2020 (English).
  4. a b Mark Dezzani: RTI Buys Switzerland's PDU, Label Home of Mina . In: Billboard . May 11, 1996, p. 44 .
  5. 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 .
  6. Der Musikmarkt, 30 Years of Singles Hit Parade , 1989, p. 20.
  7. a b Da ieri Mina è diventata cittadina svizzera . In: La Repubblica . November 7, 1989, p. 29 ( Repubblica.it [accessed May 21, 2020]).
  8. Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana. In: Quirinale.it. Presidenza della Repubblica, accessed May 21, 2020 .
  9. a b Mina si è sposata a Lugano. La cerimonia il 10 gennaio. In: Repubblica.it . March 1, 2006, accessed May 21, 2020 .
  10. a b Chart sources (albums):
  11. a b c Certificazioni. FIMI, accessed May 22, 2020 .
  12. Chart sources (singles):
  13. Mina. In: Official German charts. GfK Entertainment, accessed on May 19, 2020 .