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
Io amo tu ami
Mina Lyrics
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Nella notte un dolcissimo canto,
Per le strade del firmamento
Va l'amor.
Io amo
Come la terra il sole
Come le stelle il cielo
Tu ami
Come la sete l'acqua
Come la vela il mare
Ami me, ami me.
Tanto azzurro intorno a te
Non vidi mai
Non vidi mai
Tanto scintillar.
Io amo
Come la terra il sole
Come le stelle il cielo
E vorrò sempre te amor.
Amore ti chiamo
Amore mi chiami
È scritto ed è così
Io amo, tu ami
Ti amo, ti amo, ti amo.
Io amo
Come la terra il sole
Come le stelle il cielo
Amo te, amo te.
Tanto azzurro intorno a te
Non vidi mai
Non vidi mai
Tanto scintillar.
Io amo
Come la terra il sole
Come le stelle il cielo
E vorrò sempre te amor.
Amore mi chiamo
Amore ti chiami
È scritto ed è così
Io amo, tu ami
Io amo, tu ami
Per sempre... così
(Grazie a Luigi per le correzioni)
The lyrics of Mina's song "Io amo tu ami" describe a love that is strong and unbreakable. The wind whispers a sweet song in the night that carries the love between the two individuals across the firmament. The singer compares their love to the relationship between the Earth and the Sun, and the stars and the sky; vast, unending, and absolute. The theme of the song is the mutual love between two individuals, each loving the other equally.
The singer describes the intensity of their love as being surrounded by so much blue and light that they have never seen before. The love between the two individuals is so profound that it shines through the darkness of night like the stars in the sky.
The chorus repeats the singer's declaration of love for their partner, comparing their love to geological and astronomical phenomena. They then state that they will always love their partner, and their love is just as strong as at the beginning.
The ultimate message of "Io amo tu ami" is that true love is unbreakable and eternal. The comparison between love and natural phenomena highlights the intensity and importance of the love between the two individuals.
Line by Line Meaning
Quando sussurra il vento
Nella notte un dolcissimo canto,
Per le strade del firmamento
Va l'amor.
When the wind whispers
sweetly in the night,
Love roams the roads
of the firmament.
Io amo
Come la terra il sole
Come le stelle il cielo
Amo te, amo te.
I love you like
the earth loves the sun,
like the stars love the sky,
I love you, I love you.
Tu ami
Come la sete l'acqua
Come la vela il mare
Ami me, ami me.
You love me like
thirst loves water,
like a sail loves the sea,
you love me, you love me.
Tanto azzurro intorno a te
Non vidi mai
Non vidi mai
Tanto scintillar.
I've never seen so much
blue around you,
never seen
so many shining lights.
Io amo
Come la terra il sole
Come le stelle il cielo
E vorrò sempre te amor.
I love you like
the earth loves the sun,
like the stars love the sky,
and I will always love you.
Amore ti chiamo
Amore mi chiami
È scritto ed è così
Io amo, tu ami
I call you my love,
you call me your love,
it's written and it's so,
I love you, you love me.
Ti amo, ti amo, ti amo.
I love you, I love you, I love you.
Io amo
Come la terra il sole
Come le stelle il cielo
Amo te, amo te.
I love you like
the earth loves the sun,
like the stars love the sky,
I love you, I love you.
Tanto azzurro intorno a te
Non vidi mai
Non vidi mai
Tanto scintillar.
I've never seen so much
blue around you,
never seen
so many shining lights.
Io amo
Come la terra il sole
Come le stelle il cielo
E vorrò sempre te amor.
I love you like
the earth loves the sun,
like the stars love the sky,
and I will always love you.
Amore mi chiamo
Amore ti chiami
È scritto ed è così
Io amo, tu ami
Io amo, tu ami
Per sempre... così
My name is love,
your name is love,
it's written and it's so,
I love you, you love me,
I love you, you love me,
forever... like this.
Contributed by Julia S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Renata Reverberi
Troppo bella troppo brava Mina
Marco Carangelo
Al quarto posto va bene questa canzone, ma le Mille bolle blu al quinto posto è stata un po un'ingiustizia. La canzone che vinse a quel Sanremo del 1961 Al di là di Betty Curtis pure è bellissima ma le Mille bolle blu è stata proprio una novità e Mina vocalmente era straordinaria. Anche se non vinceva ma il podio lo meritava, un bel 3 posto o anche secondo