''Mina Celentano'' is a duet album by Italy's chart-topping artists Mina and Adriano Celentano, issued in 1998.

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was initially attached to the project but he eventually dropped out. The album was recorded in

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and

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and was produced by

Massimiliano Pani Massimiliano Pani is an Italian songwriter, producer and composer born on 18 April 1963 in Milan to parents Corrado Pani and Mina. His mother has always aroused great curiosity and interest not only for her career but the events that have charact ...

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

Credits

* Adriano Celentano – vocals * Mina – vocals *Alfredo Golino – drums *Maurizio Dei Lazzaretti – drums *Paolo Gianolio – guitar *Massimo Varini – guitar *Giorgio Cocilovo – guitar *Umberto Fiorentino – guitar *Danilo Rea – piano, accordion *Nicolò Fragile – keyboards *Massimo Moriconi – bass *

– keyboards

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

References

1998 albums Mina (Italian singer) albums Pop-folk albums Adriano Celentano albums {{1990s-album-stub

Track listing

Credits

Trivia

Certifications and sales

See also

References