Mia Martini was an Italian singer.

Early life

Born Domenica Bertè in 1947 in Bagnara Calabra

Bagnara Calabra

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 (province of Reggio Calabria

Province of Reggio Calabria

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, southern Italy

Italy

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), she moved to Rome

Rome

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 with her sister (Loredana Bertè

Loredana Bertè

Loredana Bertè is an Italian singer. In her long career she has worked with some of the best Italian songwriters such as Enrico Ruggeri, Pino Daniele, Ivano Fossati, Mario Lavezzi, Enzo Jannacci and Mango, among others. She has experimented with different genres, from rock to reggae, from funk to...

) and her friend Renato Zero

Renato Zero

Renato Zero is the stage name of Renato Fiacchini , an Italian singer-songwriter and showman whose career spans a full 6 decades, from the 1960s to the 2010s....

.

Career

She recorded her first records as Mimì Berté, but she soon decided to change her name to Mia Martini.

Her biggest hits were "Piccolo Uomo" (little man), which was recorded in several languages, "Almeno tu nell'universo" written by Bruno Lauzi

Bruno Lauzi

Bruno Lauzi was an Italian singer-songwriter.-Biography:Lauzi was born in Asmara, then part of the Italian Eastern Africa...

, which has been covered by several Italian singers including Mina

Mina (singer)

Anna Maria Quaini, Grand Officer , known as Mina, is an Italian pop singer. She was a staple of Italian television variety shows and a dominant figure in Italian pop music from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s known for her three-octave vocal range, the agility of her soprano voice, and her image as an...

 and Elisa

Elisa

Elisa Toffoli is an Italian singer-songwriter, performing under the mononym Elisa. She is one of few Italian musicians to write and record mainly in English. She draws inspiration from many genres such as pop, alternative rock, electronica and trip hop...

, and "Minuetto".

She represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

 twice: in 1977 with "Libera

Libera (song)

"Libera" was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977, performed in Italian by Mia Martini, at the time arguably Italy's most successful and celebrated female artist, having had a number of hits like "Padre davvero...", "Gesù è mio fratello" , "Credo", "Piccolo uomo", "Donna sola" ,...

" (13th out of 18), and in 1992 with "Rapsodia

Rapsodia

"Rapsodia" was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, performed in Italian by Mia Martini, one of Italy's most successful and celebrated female artists of all time, making her second appearance in the Contest after 1977's "Libera", which finished 13th in a field of 18 participating...

" (4th out of 23).

Death

In 1995 Martini was found dead in her apartment at Cardano al Campo

Cardano al Campo

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 (province of Varese

Province of Varese

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), near Milan

Milan

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 by a painkillers overdose.

Singles

• "I miei baci non puoi scordare" / "Lontani dal resto del mondo" (1963)
• "Insieme" / "Let me tell you" (1963)
• "Il magone" / "Se mi gira l'elica" (1964)
• "Ed ora che abbiamo litigato" / "Non pentirti dopo" (1964)
• "Non sarà tardi" / "Quattro settimane" (1966)
• "Coriandoli spenti" / "L'argomento dell'amore" (1969; Withdrawn single, released in 2000 as part of compilation "Mia...Mimì")

Singles

• "Padre davvero..." / "Amore...amore...un corno!" (1971)
• "Gesù è mio fratello" / "Lacrime di marzo" (1971)
• "Credo" / "Ossessioni" (1972)
• "Piccolo uomo" / "Madre" (1972)
• "Donna sola" / "Questo amore vero" (1972)
• "Minuetto" / "Tu sei così" (1973)
• "Il guerriero" / "Bolero" (1973, Release cancelled)
• "Inno" / "...e stelle stan piovendo" (1974)
• "Al mondo" / "Principessa di turno" (1975)
• "Donna con te" / "Tutti uguali" (1975)
• "L'amore è il mio orizzonte" / "Sabato" (1976)
• "Che vuoi che sia...se t'ho aspettato tanto" / "Io donna, io persona" (1976)
• "Libera" / "Sognare è vita" (1977)
• "Per amarti" / "Se finisse qui" (1977)
• "Vola" / "Dimmi" (1978)
• "Danza" / "Canto alla luna" (1979)
• "Ti regalo un sorriso" / "Ancora grande" (1981)
• "E ancora canto" / "Stai con me" (1981)
• "E non finisce mica il cielo" / "Voglio te" (1982)
• "Quante volte" / "Solo noi" (1982, two editions)
• "Bambolina" / "Guarirò guarirò" (1982)
• "Spaccami il cuore" / "Lucy" (1985)
• "Almeno tu nell'universo" / "Spegni la testa" (1989)
• "La nevicata del '56" / "Danza pagana" (1990)
• "Chica chica bum (remix)" / "Chica chica bum (instrumental)" (1990, Release cancelled)
• "Stiamo come stiamo" (with Loredana Bertè) / "Dormitorio pubblico" (L.Bertè) (1993)

Albums

• Oltre la collina (1971)
• Nel mondo,una cosa (1972)
• Il giorno dopo (1973)
• È proprio come vivere (1974)
• Sensi e controsensi (1975)
• Un altro giorno con me (1975)
• Che vuoi che sia... se t' ho aspettato tanto (1976)
• Per amarti (1977)
• Danza (1978)
• Mimì (1981)
• Quante volte... ho contato le stelle (1982)
• Miei compagni di viaggio (1983)
• Martini Mia (1989)
• La mia razza (1990)
• Mi basta solo che sia un amore (1991)
• Mia Martini in concerto (da un'idea di Maurizio Giammarco) (1991)
• Lacrime (1992)
• Rapsodia Il meglio di Mia Martini (1992)
• La musica che mi gira intorno (1994)

Compilations

• Mia (1976)
• Il meglio di Mia Martini (1984)
• Ti regalo un sorriso (1985)
• Mia Martini 1996 (1996)
• Mia Martini - Le origini (1996)
• Mimì Bertè (1996, including previously unreleased tracks)
• Indimenticabile Mia (1996, including previously unreleased tracks)
• Mi canto español (1997, including previously unreleased tracks)
• Gli anni '70 (1998)
• Semplicemente Mimì (1998, including previously unreleased tracks)
• Sorelle (1999, including previously unreleased tracks)
• I Miti Musica - Mia Martini (1999)
• Mia... Mimì (2000, including previously unreleased tracks)
• Mimì Sarà (2000, including previously unreleased tracks)
• Dolce amare (2000)
• Canzoni segrete (2003, including previously unreleased tracks and alternate versions)
• Per sempre (2003)
• E parlo ancora di te (2004, including previously unreleased tracks and alternate versions)
• La neve, il cielo, l'immenso (3 CD box set, 2005; including previously unreleased tracks, alternative versions and songs previously unavailable on CD)
• Liberamente Mia (2007)

DVD

• In Concerto (in concert 1982, recorded for Italian language Swiss television; also released on VHS
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• E ancora canto
• Per aspera ad astra (also released on VHS
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External links

• RAI biography