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
Una Lunga Storia D'Amore
Mina Lyrics
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Bello così come sei
Non mi sembrava possibile che
Tra tanta gente che tu
Ti accorgessi di me.
E' stato come volare
Qui dentro camera mia
Come nel sonno più dentro di te
Ti amo da mai.
Fai finta di non lasciarmi mai
Anche se dovrà finire prima o poi
Questa lunga storia d'amore
Ora è già tardi ma è presto se tu te ne vai.
Fai finta che è solo per noi due
Passerà il tempo ma non passerà
Questa lunga storia d'amore
Ora è già tardi ma è presto se tu te ne vai
È troppo tardi ma è presto se tu te ne vai
The song "Una Lunga Storia D'Amore" by Mina is a poignant love ballad that speaks of the overwhelming emotions that come with falling in love. The lyrics tell the story of a woman who falls deeply in love with a man she sees for the first time. She is startled that he notices her among the crowd, and their connection is immediate. As they fall in love with each other, she feels like she has known him forever and loves him for all time.
The chorus speaks of the inevitability of their relationship ending, but the woman asks her lover to pretend that they will be together forever. She begs him not to leave as she doesn't want their long love story to end just yet. The repetition of the line "Fai finta" (pretend) adds to the poignancy of this plea as it highlights the desperate desire of the woman to hold onto this love that she feels is so special.
The song captures the intensity of love at first sight and the desire to hold onto a love that seems transient. It is a beautiful reflection on how love can make all things seem magical and fleeting at the same time.
Line by Line Meaning
Quando ti ho visto arrivare
When I saw you coming
Bello così come sei
Looking so beautiful
Non mi sembrava possibile che
It didn't seem possible
Tra tanta gente che tu
Amongst all these people that you
Ti accorgessi di me.
Would notice me
E' stato come volare
It was like flying
Qui dentro camera mia
Here inside my room
Come nel sonno più dentro di te
Like in a dream, deep within you
Io ti conosco da sempre
I have known you forever
Ti amo da mai.
I love you forever
Fai finta di non lasciarmi mai
Pretend to never leave me
Anche se dovrà finire prima o poi
Even though it will eventually end
Questa lunga storia d'amore
This long love story
Ora è già tardi ma è presto se tu te ne vai.
Now it's already late, but it's still early if you leave now
Fai finta che è solo per noi due
Pretend it's just the two of us
Passerà il tempo ma non passerà
Time will pass but it won't go away
Questa lunga storia d'amore
This long love story
Ora è già tardi ma è presto se tu te ne vai
Now it's already late, but it's still early if you leave now
È troppo tardi ma è presto se tu te ne vai
It's too late, but it's still early if you leave now
Contributed by Aiden V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@SuperFrancesco1978
...grandissima mina in tutte le interpretazioni...
@iltambo
Una delle + belle poesie del grandissimo Gino Paoli... Una delle + belle voci al mondo... Un grande arrangiamento che porta le emozini fino alla loro destinazione... Non c' è che da inchinarsi e gioire dell' atmosfera che si crea
@michelatedeschi3129
mina sei la num unoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo....ti vogliamo in tv.......mina e solo mina
@dokrobei73
Canzone che solo lei poteva interpretare al meglio. Stupenda.
@angelorosanero
qualsiasi canzone canta diventa una magia....
@michelatedeschi3129
mina la signora della musica...il resto non esiste...sei la num uno...e grande Gino Paoli....siete voi i miti italiani.....
@francotonietto8183
interpretazione da brividi
@cinegg
ho appena trovato questo lp della grande Mina. Garzie per questo video è davvero bello!!!! W Mina!!!!!!
@michelatedeschi3129
mina mina mina...sei superrrrrr...questa si che è classe e stile...sei inimitabileee
@AlbyTerrarossa-mandrogni
sempre il massimo, la vera, l'unica, un mito ancora brillante! Poi questa canzone è molto poetica, sognante!