1. Mina, stage name of Mina… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least 8 artists named Mina:
1. Mina, stage name of Mina Anna Mazzini (March 25, 1940, Busto Arsizio, Province of Varese), is an Italian singer. She lives in Switzerland. Although born in a small town of Lombardy, she grew up in Cremona city: where her nickname of "Cremona Tiger" was given to her by her friend, the journalist Natalia Aspesi.
She began her career singing pop songs with a "jazzy" feel in the late 1950s. Her first stage name used to be Baby Gate. After a 1958 concert at La Bussola, a nightclub on the Versilia famous for hosting artists such as Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, she became a national star in Italy. Her first television appearance was in 1959. In the following two years she took part in the Sanremo Music Festival.
In 1963 her TV and radio career for Rai came to an end, as she refused to hide the fact she was pregnant (she had a relationship with actor Corrado Pani, who was married to Renata Monteduro). However, her unscathed appeal with the audience later made Rai's functionaries call her back. Mina subsequently appeared in numerous TV shows, mostly as a hostess, during the late 1960s and the 1970s. Mina gained also wide popularity abroad, singing also in French, German, Turkish and Japanese. In 1966 she moved her residence to Lugano, Switzerland, obtaining Swiss citizenship in 1989. Her most famous songs were written by the prolific duo Mogol-Battisti. It was Lucio Battisti who wrote the music for many of her hits including, "Amor mio", "Io e te da soli" and "Insieme".
After retiring from public appearances by the end of 1978 she continued to release albums on a yearly basis, usually featured on the top 10 charts in Italy with the new single releases. Recent releases include duets with Fabrizio de André and Adriano Celentano.
2. Mina was an instrumental post-disco band from Germany. They've had two albums released and a remix compilation before splitting up for good.
3. MiNa (Switzerland), a side project of Luk Zimmermann and Jaël Krebs, both members of Lunik. They released the album Playground Princess (2007).
4. Mina (aka "Shin Mina") is a Korean singer who was first a back-dancer for various Korean Pop Artists (Park Jin-Young, and Park Ji-Yoon to name a few). She initially found instant fame as the "World Cup Girl", as photographers noticed her beauty and immediately became the center of attention world-wide over-night. Pictures of her with the "Be The Reds!" bandanna around her chest and the Korean flag used as a skirt were beamed around the world, and she received her 15 minutes of fame. Desiring to elongate that fame, she quickly signed a record deal with J-Entercom Entertainment (labelmates include WAX, JADU, Kim Gun-Mo, Lee Ssang, and Double K) and released her first album, Rendezvous, in the fall of 2002. Although going for the sexy image that was popular at the time (with the single "전화받어" (Answer The Phone) (a cover of a K.I.S.S. song, who were also signed to the label before their break-up), the album failed to sell many copies. She quickly disappeared from the industry but returned in the summer of 2004 with her second album Re:turn 2 Mina. This album proved to be a bit more popular, as her single "돌아" (Turn) caught the attention of the Korean public; it was also supported with live-vocal performances. (JiNi, the main singer from K.I.S.S., contributed uncredited vocals to Mina's album.[citation needed])
Due to internal affairs with J-Entercom Entertainment[citation needed], Mina then left her first record company, and signed with EMI Korea for her third album. Her third album Kiss Kiss came in the fall of 2005 with an even sexier image. Mina trained in Europe in order to belly dance and made her music video for her title track there as well. The cover of the Turkish song, though, failed badly, with the album selling less than 10 000 copies. She has since released an English single for the European market, even going as far as making a MySpace page for the single. However, she has remained in Korea and promoted her poorly-received last single Fly High during the 2006 FIFA World Cup, a tribute to the competition that started her career. At the time, she also released a nude photo album to "inspire" the Korean athletes (note: contains censored picture).
Her fourth album was released in July 2007. Her first single, "Look", features Ak'sent. Because of her relatively late debut, she initially claimed that she was born in 1978. As rumours of her real age began to spread, she eventually admitted that she was born in 1972 and apologized for lying about it for so long.
5. Mina is a German singer.
6. Mina is a Lithuanian rapper.
7. Mina (酒井美直, Mina Sakai) is a Japanese musician and singer. At age 16, she was inspired by a music and dance performance of native Canadians to take pride in her Ainu heritage, and formed the group Ainu Rebels, which mixed traditional Ainu song/dance/fashion with hip-hop elements, in 2006. In 2009, she collaborated with composer Masashi Hamauzu (浜渦正志) to perform vocals for the Final Fantasy XIII soundtrack, and since 2011 has been recording and touring with Hamauzu's band IMERUAT (meaning "lightning" in the Ainu language and possibly inspired by the main character of Final Fantasy XIII) as the vocalist and player of traditional instruments.
8.Mina (Greek : Μίνα Γιαννοπούλου) is a greek singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
Her first contact with music was at the age of 5 when she started piano lessons and music theory. In her tweens she attended a music-oriented High School where she had the chance to discover more musical instruments as well as to play and sing in ensembles of various styles from folk/traditional to European Classical. She studied harmony, counterpoint and fugue. Her passion and direction towards singing however came as a byproduct of her decision to take formal vocal lessons at her late teens.A few years later she got her singing diploma while at the same time working at the National Opera as a choirist (Operette).
During her vocal training, she studied under important Opera singers/teachers such as Dimitri Kavrakos, Aris Christofellis, Cheryl Studer, Christian Rousset and Natalie Karl.
Her classical training aside, Mina was always into rock and metal music so she constantly found herself treading between those two seemingly opposite styles which she always strived to combine; something that became a reality when she started working on more modern styles finally developing her signaturesinging technique which makes her able to deliver rich, delicate dark colored tone, jazzy, raspy, even whistle registered or full, rock, powerhouse vocals in a range of 3.5 octaves.
In 2010, Mina founded (and was the main composer and lyricist of) the band The Rain I Bleed. Their album Narcissistgot released on August 12th, 2011 by Twilight Zone Records.
After leaving The Rain I Bleed for a chance to further expand her studies in Germany and spending almost 2 years in Stuttgart studying, Mina founded a new melodic project which is soon to release its first single in January, 2014 on ML Records.
9. A Japanese doujin artist.
10. A Vietnamese singer.
11. An Ecuadorian singer.
12. An electronic dance producer from London, UK: https://minamusicuk.bandcamp.com/
13. A vocalist/producer based in Brooklyn, NY: https://listentomina.com
Caruso
Mina Lyrics
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Su una vecchia terrazza davanti al golfo di Surriento
Un uomo abbraccia una ragazza dopo che aveva pianto
Poi si schiarisce la voce e ricomincia il canto
Te voglio bene assaie
Ma tanto, tanto bene sai
È una catena ormai
Vide le luci in mezzo al mare pensò alle notti là in America
Ma erano solo le lampare e la bianca scia di un'elica
Sentì il dolore nella musica e si alzò dal pianforte
Ma quando vide
La luna uscire da una nuvola
Gli sembrò più dolce anche la morte
Guardò negli occhi la ragazza quegli occhi verdi come il mare
Poi all'improvviso uscì una lacrima e lui credette di affogare
Te voglio bene assaie
Ma tanto, tanto bene sai
È una catena ormai
Che scioglie il sangue dint' e vene sai
Potenza della lirica dove ogni dramma è un falso
Che con un po' di trucco e con la mimica puoi diventare un altro
Ma due occhi che ti guardano così vicini e veri
Ti fan scordare le parole, confondono i pensieri
Così diventa tutto piccolo anche le notti là in America
Ti volti e vedi la tua vita come la scia di un'elica
Ma sì è la vita che finisce ma lui non ci pensò poi tanto
Anzi si sentiva già felice e ricominciò il suo canto
Te voglio bene assaie
Ma tanto, tanto bene sai
È una catena ormai
Che scioglie il sangue dint' e vene sai
The song "Caruso" by Mina tells a story of love, loss, and the power of music. The lyrics describe a man who sings on a terrace overlooking the Gulf of Sorrento, embracing a woman who had been crying. He sings about his love for her, describing it as a chain that runs through his veins. The man remembers nights spent in America while watching the lights on the sea, realizing that they were only the lights of ships. The music then becomes painful for him, and he rises from the piano. When he looks at the girl's green eyes, he is overcome with emotion, and a tear falls. The singer ends by saying that this love is binding and that the power of the music unites them.
Line by Line Meaning
Qui dove il mare luccica e tira forte il vento
Here, where the sea shimmers and the wind blows strongly
Su una vecchia terrazza davanti al golfo di Surriento
On an old terrace in front of the Gulf of Sorrento
Un uomo abbraccia una ragazza dopo che aveva pianto
A man embraces a girl after she had cried
Poi si schiarisce la voce e ricomincia il canto
Then he clears his voice and starts singing again
Te voglio bene assaie
I love you very much
Ma tanto, tanto bene sai
But you already know it's so, so much
È una catena ormai
It's a chain now
Che scioglie il sangue dint' e vene sai
That melts the blood in my veins, you know
Vide le luci in mezzo al mare pensò alle notti là in America
He saw the lights in the middle of the sea, thought of the nights in America
Ma erano solo le lampare e la bianca scia di un'elica
But they were only the lights of the fishing boats and the white trail of a propeller
Sentì il dolore nella musica e si alzò dal pianforte
He felt the pain in the music and stood up from the piano
Ma quando vide
But when he saw
La luna uscire da una nuvola
The moon come out from behind a cloud
Gli sembrò più dolce anche la morte
Even death seemed sweeter to him
Guardò negli occhi la ragazza quegli occhi verdi come il mare
He looked into the girl's eyes, those green eyes like the sea
Poi all'improvviso uscì una lacrima e lui credette di affogare
Then suddenly a tear came out and he thought he was drowning
Potenza della lirica dove ogni dramma è un falso
The power of the lyrics where every drama is a lie
Che con un po' di trucco e con la mimica puoi diventare un altro
Where with a little trickery and mimicry, you can become someone else
Ma due occhi che ti guardano così vicini e veri
But two eyes that look at you so closely and truthfully
Ti fan scordare le parole, confondono i pensieri
Make you forget your words, confuse your thoughts
Così diventa tutto piccolo anche le notti là in America
So everything becomes small, even the nights in America
Ti volti e vedi la tua vita come la scia di un'elica
Turn around and see your life like the trail of a propeller
Ma sì è la vita che finisce ma lui non ci pensò poi tanto
But yes, it's life that ends, but he didn't think about it too much
Anzi si sentiva già felice e ricominciò il suo canto
In fact, he already felt happy and started singing again
Contributed by Nathan S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@melinat9584
Superba interpretazione di questo song (che tutti cantano "gridato", come se si dovese avere una voce da tenore o soprano leggera per cantarla) Qui siamo a un altro livello, la voce, soprano drammatica ce l'abbiamo ma Mina preferisce la voce mezza e bassa da contralto. Inizia adagio (1ª e 2ª parte) poi esplode la musica rockeggiante; ma non finisce lì, finisce come ha cominciato, voce bassa e pianissimo. Dieci e lode.- Grazie!
@sandrozane2983
Unica!
@stefanocarlotti4616
Se sapessi piangere una lacrima per Mina e questa canzone l'avrei persa. Grazie signora.
@francescomarciano1027
arrangiato magistralmente mina e' unica irripetibile
@angeloacunzo4967
Mina con la sua voce strumento impreziosisce con la sua maestria una delle canzoni più belle della musica italiana ♥️
@asmedenio
Vedo la luce in mezzo al mare... il faro Mina!
@thinice6080
splendida interpretazione e meraviglioso arrangiamento. Mina è Mina. Io questo brano lo dedico a Diego Armando Maradona.
@biaginafalcone8802
Innarivabile tranne le emozioni che vibrano in ogni nota
@fabrizio7949
Mina è un miracolo
@martasusanaarcedelia9329
Veramente, Lei l' ha detto. Un meraviglioso prodotto della creazione. Tramite voci voci come la sua ci canta Dio. Una donna straordinaria, piena di magia e mistero.