Mina Celentano
Studio album by
Mina and Adriano Celentano
Released1998
Length45:16
LabelClan/PDU

Mina Celentano is a duet album by Italy's chart-topping artists Mina and Adriano Celentano, issued in 1998. Lucio Battisti was initially attached to the project but he eventually dropped out.[1]

The album was recorded in Galbiate and Lugano and was produced by Massimiliano Pani.

Mina Celentano became one of the best-selling albums in Italy, with over 2 million copies sold.[2][3]

The album spawned two singles, Acqua e sale and Brivido felino. Mina would later record Spanish versions of both songs with different male singers, respectively Miguel Bosé and Diego Torres).

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Acqua e sale"Giovanni Donzelli, Vincenzo Leomporro4:42
2."Brivido felino"Stefano Cenci, Paolo Audino3:44
3."Io non volevo"Adriano Celentano4:08
4."Specchi riflessi"Giovanni Donzelli, Vincenzo Leomporro4:59
5."Dolce fuoco dell'amore"Giulia Fasolino4:39
6."Che t'aggia di'"Adriano Celentano5:09
7."Io ho te"Giovanni Donzelli, Vincenzo Leomporro4:54
8."Dolly"Adriano Celentano, Marco Vaccaro5:35
9."Sempre sempre sempre"Luigi Albertelli, Enrico Riccardi4:46
10."Messaggio d'amore"Massimiliano Pani2:36
Total length:45:16

Charts

Chart (1998–2010) Peak
position
Italy (FIMI)[4] 72
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] 39

Credits

Trivia

A special edition of the album, titled Mina Celentano – Buon Natale, was released during the Christmas season packaged with a CD-ROM titled "Molly e destino solitario" featuring an animated video of Che t'aggia di.

18 years later, in 2016, Mina and Celentano recorded a second collaborative album called Le Migliori ("the best ones", in reference to a quote by Celentano describing their collaboration).

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Italy — 2,000,000[3]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[6] Platinum 1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. ^ "√ Adriano Celentano: Lettera a Lucio Battisti".
  2. ^ Luis (29 January 2015). "I dieci album italiani più venduti di sempre". FanCity Acireale. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Mina, gli 80 anni di un mito" (in Italian). Adnkronos. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2022. Proprio "Mina Celentano", con due milioni di copie, è il disco più venduto dalla cantante.
  4. ^ "Italian Charts".
  5. ^ "Schweizer Hitparade".
  6. ^ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 1999". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 March 2022.


Categories