There are at least 8 artists named Mina:

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

Grande Grande Grande
Mina Lyrics

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Con te dovrò combattere
Non ti si può pigliare
Come sei
I tuoi difetti sol talmente tanti
Che nemmeno tu li sai

Sei peggio di un bambino capriccioso
La vuoi sempre vinta tu

Sei l'uomo più egoista e prepotente
Che abbia consciuto mai

Ma se c'è di buono che al momento giusto
Tu sai diventare un altro
In un attimo tu
Sei grande, grande, grande
Le mie pene non me le ricordo più

Io vedo tutte quande le mie amiche
Son tranquille più di me
Non devono discutere ogni cosa
Come tu fai fare a me
Ricevono regali e rose rosse
Per il loro compleano
Dicon sempre di sì
Non hanno mai problemi e son convinte
Che la vita è tutta lì

E invece no, invece no
La vita è quella che tu dai a me
In guerra tutti giorni sono viva
Sono come piace a te

Ti odio, poi ti amo, poi ti amo
Poi ti odio, poi ti amo
Non lasciarmi mai più
Sei grande, grande, grande
Come te, sei grande solamente tu

Ti odio, poi ti amo, poi ti amo
Poi ti odio, poi ti amo
Non lasciarmi mai più
Sei grande, grande, grande
Come te sei grande solamente tu

Non lasciarmi mai più

Sei grande, grande, grande
Come te sei grande solamente tu

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Mina's song Grande Grande Grande describe a tumultuous relationship between the singer and her partner. The opening lines convey a sense of struggle, as Mina declares that she will have to fight with her partner, who cannot be easily taken. She then proceeds to list his flaws, which he is apparently unaware of, depicting him as a stubborn and selfish man who always needs to win. Despite this, she notes that he is capable of transforming into a different person when necessary, becoming great and making her forget her sorrows.

The second verse explores the frustrations of the singer's life in comparison to her friends, who supposedly lead simpler and happier lives. She notes that they receive gifts and roses for their birthdays, whereas she is constantly arguing with her partner over everything. However, she ultimately concludes that her partner is the one who makes her life worth living, as difficult as it may be. The chorus repeats Mina's affirmation that her partner is great, despite his flaws and the challenges they face in their relationship. The final lines plead with him not to leave her, as he is the only one who is truly great.

Overall, the song is a heartfelt and honest expression of the difficulties and joys of a complicated relationship, with all its ups and downs. Mina's lyrics are insightful and poignant, capturing the conflicting emotions and experiences of falling in and out of love with someone who is both flawed and perfect in their own way.

Line by Line Meaning

Con te dovrò combattere
I will have to fight with you

Non ti si può pigliare
You can't be taken/captured

Come sei
How you are

I tuoi difetti sol talmente tanti / Che nemmeno tu li sai
Your faults are so many that you yourself don't know them

Sei peggio di un bambino capriccioso
You're worse than a spoilt child

La vuoi sempre vinta tu
You always want to win

Sei l'uomo più egoista e prepotente / Che abbia consciuto mai
You're the most selfish and arrogant man I've ever known

Ma se c'è di buono che al momento giusto / Tu sai diventare un altro / In un attimo tu / Sei grande, grande, grande
But if there's something good, it's that at the right moment / You know how to become someone else / In an instant, you're great, great, great

Le mie pene non me le ricordo più
I no longer remember my sorrows

Io vedo tutte quande le mie amiche / Son tranquille più di me
I see all my friends / They are more relaxed/calmer than me

Non devono discutere ogni cosa / Come tu fai fare a me
They don't have to discuss everything like you make me do

Ricevono regali e rose rosse / Per il loro compleano
They receive gifts and red roses / For their birthdays

Dicon sempre di sì / Non hanno mai problemi e son convinte / Che la vita è tutta lì
They always say yes / They never have problems and are convinced / That life is all there

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