Daniela Miglietta (born 12 November 1969 in

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) is an Italian singer, actress and novelist. She has released 11 albums in total.

Biography

In 1988 she took part in the

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in the ''New comers'' category with ''Sogno''. It didn't happen, however it was noticed by the melodic songwriter

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, who wrote the song ''Canzoni'' for her in the following year. Mietta won the ''New comers'' category and the critics award

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as ''best new artist'' of 1989, with the support of votes from Italians. In 1990

, with his talent as a scout, sang a duet with her in ''

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'', the song that 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 records. Her debut album, also entitled "Canzoni", went five times platinum and is published throughout Europe. In 1990 she again won two Telegattos: One for the song of the year and the other award for best female artist of the year. Mietta returned to The SanRemo Festival in 1991 with ''Dubbi no'', sung in English by

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, and won another Telegatto as the female artist of the year. Her second album "Volano le pagine", which contains a cover version of ''

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'', won two platinum record awards. In 1992 she released "Lasciamoci respirare" album 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 Cocciante's "

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" album and another SanRemo with ''Figli di chi'', song 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 ''Oggi Dani è più felice'' won the MTV award in England as best foreign video transmitted for the year. In 1996, she performed the speaking and singing voice of Esmeralda in the Italian-Language dub of ''

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'', 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 debuts as an actress in "

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" which was a popular Italian series. In 1998 she was back to music with "La mia anima ", album with cover songs of popular black music. In 2000 she again took part in the SanRemo Festival with ''Fare l'amore'', a song composed by

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and contained in her first greatest hits "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 took a duet with

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in SanRemo Festival with ''Cuore'' and in 2005 she participated in a talent show conducted by

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, titled ''Music Farm''. In 2006, after a single R&B ''Bugiarda'', she released a pop-rock album "74100", which is the postal code of Taranto (Mietta's city). 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. In 2011 Mietta also participated as a mentor for ''

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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 does an imitation of

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

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band Marea: the unusual ''Semplice'' and the cover '' Historia de un amor''.

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

Cover

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, 1991 * ''

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(Dentro L'Anima)'' of

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, 1995 * '' Watch Your Step (Un Passo Falso)'' of

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, 1998 * ''

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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

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