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
Deborah
Mina Lyrics
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Oh Debora
Ascoltami
Ti prego
Ascoltami.
Da quando hai detto che
Lui vuole bene a te
Da quando hai detto che...
Han coperto la luna
Sopra di me,
E su prati di sabbia
Corro piangendo
Cercando lui,
E lui ha gli occhi di ghiaccio
E lui ha gli occhi di luna
Che non mi amano più.
Deborah
Mia Deborah
Ti prego
Perdonami
Perdonami.
Io non riesco sai
A stare senza lui
Non è più vivere.
Lunghe ali di fuoco
Han coperto la luna
Sopra di me,
E su prati di sabbia
Corro piangendo
Cercando lui,
E lui ha gli occhi di ghiaccio
E lui ha gli occhi di luna
Che non mi amano più.
Fa che il cielo stasera
Torni sereno
Sopra di me
Fa che il cielo stasera
Torni sereno sopra di me
The song "Deborah" by Mina tells the story of a woman who is desperately in love with a man who loves someone else. The singer begs Deborah to listen to her, as she describes the agony of knowing that the man she loves is with someone else. The singer describes how since Deborah said he loves her, long wings of fire have covered the moon above her.
The singer runs, crying through fields of sand looking for him, but he no longer loves her. He has eyes of ice and lunar eyes that no longer love her. The only thing that would bring her solace is if the sky clears tonight, and she wishes for it above her.
The song is a beautifully written story of unrequited love and the pain it can cause. Mina's voice perfectly captures the emotion of the singer's story. It is a haunting and captivating song that will leave anyone who listens to it feeling moved.
Line by Line Meaning
Debora
Mina addresses Deborah by name
Oh Debora
Mina emphasizes her plea to Deborah
Ascoltami
Mina implores Deborah to listen to her
Ti prego
Mina begs Deborah
Ascoltami.
Mina reiterates her plea for Deborah's attention
Da quando hai detto che
Mina recalls when Deborah revealed something to her
Lui vuole bene a te
Mina quotes what Deborah told her about someone else's feelings towards her
Da quando hai detto che...
Mina again recalls when Deborah revealed something to her
Lunghe ali di fuoco
Mina describes a metaphorical image of long wings of fire
Han coperto la luna
Mina uses a metaphor to describe the moon being covered by fiery wings
Sopra di me,
Mina describes the wings being over her
E su prati di sabbia
Mina describes being on sandy fields
Corro piangendo
Mina describes herself running and crying
Cercando lui,
Mina is searching for someone she loves
E lui ha gli occhi di ghiaccio
Mina describes the person she loves having ice-cold eyes
E lui ha gli occhi di luna
Mina continues to describe the person she loves having moon-like eyes
Che non mi amano più.
Mina realizes that the person she loves doesn't love her anymore
Deborah
Mina repeats Deborah's name to gain her attention for the second time in the song
Mia Deborah
Mina asserts that Deborah is hers
Ti prego
Mina begs Deborah once again
Perdonami
Mina asks for forgiveness
Perdonami.
Mina reiterates her request for forgiveness
Io non riesco sai
Mina confesses that she can't do it alone
A stare senza lui
Mina can't stand being without the person she loves
Non è più vivere.
Mina realizes that without the person she loves, her life is not worth living
Fa che il cielo stasera
Mina makes a wish for the night sky to be clear
Torni sereno
Mina hopes for the night sky to be peaceful
Sopra di me
Mina wants the peaceful sky to be over her
Fa che il cielo stasera
Mina repeats her wish for the night sky
Torni sereno sopra di me
Mina wants the night sky to be peaceful and over her
Contributed by Katherine H. Suggest a correction in the comments below.