Mina (German singer)
Mina (born 4 October 1993) is a German pop musician who became famous because of a video at the online portal Myvideo which was watched by four million viewers.
Biography
Mina was born in Munich, where she attended a private school. When she was 13 years old she went to a music studio in Augsburg where she was allowed to record the song How The Angels Fly. This song peaked at #24 of the German music charts.[1] After that, she produced a music video for the song which reached high popularity at the video portals of Myvideo and YouTube, resulting in a recording contract with Warner Music.
Her first album was released on 14 December 2007 and was called Learn To Fly. It peaked at #77 in the German album charts.[2]
Her single, I will Not Let You Down, appeared on the German soundtrack release of the movie Juno.
Since May 2008 Mina hosts the show mädchen.tv, the TV format of the youth magazine of the same name.
Discography
Singles
- 2007: How The Angels Fly
- 2008: I will not let you down
Albums
- 2007: Learn To Fly
Awards
- 2008: Redio Regenbogen Award – Internet Award 2007
- 2008: DIVA Award – Web-Artist of the Year
References
Home page
- Minas official MySpace site
- Official MyVideo site with a diary
- Die Prinzessin aus dem Netz (article from the Süddeutsche Zeitung) 28 October 2007
- Die Lolita aus dem Netz (article from the Süddeutsche Zeitung) 21 November 2008
- Official Mädchen TV site