Daniela Miglietta (born 12 November 1969), known by her stage name Mietta, is an Italian singer, actress and novelist. She has released 11 albums in total.

Biography

In 1988, Mietta took part in the

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in the Newcomers category with "Sogno". She did not win, but was noticed by the melodic songwriter

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, who wrote the song "Canzoni" for her the following year. Mietta won the Newcomers category and the Critics award at the Sanremo Music Festival 1989. In the same year, she was awarded her first platinum certification and the

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for Best New Artist of 1989, with the support of votes from Italians. In

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, she duetted with Amedeo Minghi the song " Vattene amore", which won third place in the Sanremo Festival and has been interpreted into English "All for the Love" by

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. The song also won the

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, an international song contest, and became an evergreen, winning ten gold certifications. Her debut album, also entitled ''Canzoni'', went five times platinum and was published throughout Europe. In 1990, she again won two Telegattos: one for Song of the Year and the other award for Best Female Artist of the Year. Mietta returned to The Sanremo Festival in

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with "Dubbi no", sung in English by

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, and won another Telegatto for Female Artist of the Year. Her second album ''Volano le pagine'', which contains a cover version of "

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", won two platinum certifications. In 1992, she released the album''Lasciamoci respirare'' and in 1994 "Cambia pelle", besides two duets with

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( "E pensare che pensavo mi pensassi almeno un po and "Sulla tua pelle") from his album ''

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''. She once again took part in

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with "Figli di chi", written by

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. In 1995, Mietta continued with musical experimentation, tackling different types of music, from soul to blues, from hip hop to the trip hop album ''Daniela è felice''. Her music video for "Oggi Dani è più felice" won the MTV Award in England as Best Foreign Video of the Year. In 1996, she performed the speaking and singing voice of Esmeralda in the Italian-Language dub of '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', but was later replaced by Franca D'Amato in the less successful 2002 direct-to-video sequel. She soon appeared in

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's video "Menta e rosmarino" and later debuted as an actress in '' La piovra'', which was a popular Italian series. In 1998 she was back to music with ''La mia anima'', an album with cover songs of popular black music. In

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, she again took part in the Sanremo Festival with "Fare l'amore", a song composed by

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and included in her first greatest hits album ''Tutto o niente''. In 2002, she got a new role for dramatic actress in the TV film ''Donne di mafia''. Electro-pop and arabesque sounds for the 2003 album ''Per esempio... per amore'', produced and written by Mango. In 2004, she performed a duet with

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with "Cuore" and in 2005 she participated in a talent show hosted by

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, titled ''Music Farm''. In 2006, after the R&B single "Bugiarda", she released the pop-rock album ''74100'', which is the postal code of Mietta's native city of

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. The album also featured songwriters such as

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and

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. In 2008 Mietta celebrated her 20th anniversary as an artist, returning for the 8th time at the

with ''Baciami adesso'', a song included in the album ''Con il sole nelle mani''. In 2011, after becoming a mother for the first time, Mietta returned to the music scene with a new album dedicated to human frailty entitled ''Due soli...''. The album, positioned between pop and rock, features tributes to two women:

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and

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. In the same year she debuted as a novelist with her first novel about women, ''L'albero delle giuggiole'', and narrated the audiobook ''L'ultimo elfo'', a fantasy written by Silvana De Mari. She also participated as a mentor for the talent show ''

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Italia''. In 2012, she participated in the talent show ''Tale e quale show'', the Italian version of the ''

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'' franchise, where she did an imitation of

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and

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. In 2016, Mietta returned to acting in two films: '' Ciao Brother'' and '' La fuga''. In 2017, she released two new singles with the

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band Marea: "Semplice" and the cover "

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Discography

* ''Canzoni'', 1990 * ''Volano le pagine'', 1991 * ''Lasciamoci respirare'', 1992 * ''Cambia pelle'', 1994 * ''Daniela è felice'', 1995 * ''La mia anima'', 1998 * ''Tutto o niente'', 2000 * ''Per esempio... per amore'', 2003 * ''74100'', 2006 * ''Con il sole nelle mani'', 2008 * ''Due soli...'', 2011

Covers

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, 1991 * '' Just the Two of Us (Dentro l'anima)'' of

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/ Grover Washington Jr., 1995 * '' Watch Your Step (Un passo falso)'' of

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, 1998 * '' Hot Stuff (Musica che scoppia)'' of

, 1998 * ''

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(Una strada per te)'' of

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and

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, 1998 * ''

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, 1998 * '' Body Talk (Battito)'' of

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, 1998 * '' Second Time Around (Ancora Insieme a Te)'' of

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, 2000

Filmography

Films

Television

Audiobooks

*2011: ''L'ultimo elfo'', written by Silvana De Mari *2015: ''Come l'ortica'', written by Cristina Romano

Novels

*2011: ''L'albero delle giuggiole'' *2017: ''Tra l'acqua e l'olio''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mietta 1969 births Living people Actors from Taranto 20th-century Italian actresses 21st-century Italian actresses Italian film actresses Neo soul singers Italian rhythm and blues singers Italian pop rock singers Italian women pop singers Torch singers Sony BMG artists Epic Records artists Sanremo Music Festival winners of the newcomers section 20th-century Italian women singers 21st-century Italian women singers Actresses from Apulia