Maria Mena
Encyclopedia
Maria Viktoria Mena is a Norwegian
pop
artist.
's West Side Story. Her mother is Norwegian and her father is Nicaraguan (Afro-Nicaraguan).
Her father played in several bands in Oslo
, which influenced Mena to write and record her own music. When Mena was nine years old, her parents divorce
d. She suffered from depression and developed an eating disorder
.
When Mena was 13 years old, she moved to live with her father. She sang and wrote lyrics as a form of self-soothing. "My Lullaby", a song from Mena's diary, expresses her pain from her parents' divorce. After pleading with her father to make a demo
, he contacted some acquaintances in the music industry to record the demo. Presenting his daughter's demo to several record companies, Sony Music signed Mena to their label.
In 2002, she released her debut single "Fragile (Free)" in Norway, however it did not manage to chart there. "My Lullaby" was released as the second single and the song reached #5 on the Norwegian Singles Chart. It received heavy rotation on NRK P1, P3, P4
, Radio 1
, and Radio Oslo. The young singer quickly gained fans and soon earned her first platinum record. After the success of "My Lullaby", she released her debut album, Another Phase
in Norway which reached #6 on the Norwegian Albums Chart.
On July 20, 2004, Mena made an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman to promote her first international album, White Turns Blue
, which debuted at the top position on the Billboard
Top Heatseekers
chart a week later and at #102 on the Billboard 200
. She made a breakthrough into the worldwide singles charts that year with "You're the Only One", a single successful in multiple countries. The song was her only single to appear on a Billboard chart, making #25 on the U.S. Top 40 Mainstream. "You're the Only One" peaked at #30 on the Dutch Top 40
and #19 on the Dutch Mega Single Top 100
. Two months earlier, in March 2004, Mena had released her second album in Norway. Mellow. Less successful than her 2002 debut, it still managed to peak at #7 in Norway. The second single from both albums was "Just a Little Bit", which was a commercial flop, not managing to chart anywhere.
2005 saw the release of Apparently Unaffected
in Norway and several other European countries, fronted by singles "Miss You Love", and "Just Hold Me". A significant success in Norway, the album has earned her three Spellemann
nominations, Best Female Artist, Best Hit, and Best Music Video. In the Netherlands
, the album was released in June 2006 and charted at #82. It slowly climbed the chart to reach its peak position in its 27th week at #11, as "Just Hold Me" was getting airplay again. "Just Hold Me" was released in May 2006, but then did not chart in the official Dutch Top 40
, but did chart in the country's physical singles chart, the Mega Single Top 100
, at #27. In October 2006, the song started getting heavy airplay again and this time it did managed to reach the official Dutch Top 40 and peaked at #26. In the Mega Single Top 100, it peaked at #7 in the beginning of November 2006. Mena performed at sold-out concerts in Utrecht
and Amsterdam
, following the success of "Just Hold Me". The album was at #48 at the Dutch year-end chart, outselling major artists such as Pink
's I'm Not Dead
, Nelly Furtado
's Loose
, and Beyoncé Knowles
' B'Day
. "Miss You Love" was released as the album's second single in the Netherlands and reached #61 on the Mega Singles Top 100.
On July 7, 2007, she performed at the German leg
of Live Earth
in Hamburg
.
Having worked on her three first studio albums with Norwegian producer Arvid Solvang
, Mena started collaborating with Martin Sjølie
in early 2008 on what would become her fourth studio album, Cause and Effect
.
The album's first single, "Belly Up" had its radio premiere mid-June 2008 on Norwegian radio. Cause and Effect was released on September 17 in Norway. The first international single was "All This Time". The album was internationally released on September 26, 2008. This album garnered her a Spellemann
for Best Female Artist.
Mena's song "Sorry" was featured on the third season of US So You Think You Can Dance
and "What's Another Day" was featured during the fourth season. She released "All This Time" in the UK on April 11, 2010.
In 2011 Mena recorded her version of "Mitt Lille Land" (My Little Country) by Ole Paus as part of a project by the Norwegian TV channel TV2. On July 23, the day after the Norway terrorist attacks
and after requests from her Norwegian audience, Mena uploaded her version the song to the streaming site SoundCloud
. It quickly became an anthem in memory of the victims of the attacks.
Notes
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
artist.
Biography
Maria Mena was born into an artistic family, her mother, a playwright and her father, a drummer. Both Maria and her brother, Tony, are named after characters from Leonard BernsteinLeonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...
's West Side Story. Her mother is Norwegian and her father is Nicaraguan (Afro-Nicaraguan).
Her father played in several bands in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, which influenced Mena to write and record her own music. When Mena was nine years old, her parents divorce
Divorce
Divorce is the final termination of a marital union, canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties...
d. She suffered from depression and developed an eating disorder
Eating disorder
Eating disorders refer to a group of conditions defined by abnormal eating habits that may involve either insufficient or excessive food intake to the detriment of an individual's physical and mental health. Bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, and binge eating disorder are the most common specific...
.
When Mena was 13 years old, she moved to live with her father. She sang and wrote lyrics as a form of self-soothing. "My Lullaby", a song from Mena's diary, expresses her pain from her parents' divorce. After pleading with her father to make a demo
Demo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
, he contacted some acquaintances in the music industry to record the demo. Presenting his daughter's demo to several record companies, Sony Music signed Mena to their label.
In 2002, she released her debut single "Fragile (Free)" in Norway, however it did not manage to chart there. "My Lullaby" was released as the second single and the song reached #5 on the Norwegian Singles Chart. It received heavy rotation on NRK P1, P3, P4
P4 Radio Hele Norge
P4 Radio Hele Norge AS Norway's leading national, private radio station with 24% national market share, about one million daily listeners and two million weekly....
, Radio 1
Radio 1 (Norway)
Radio 1 is a radio network in Norway. It is available in the towns and environs of Oslo, Trondheim, Bergen and Stavanger....
, and Radio Oslo. The young singer quickly gained fans and soon earned her first platinum record. After the success of "My Lullaby", she released her debut album, Another Phase
Another Phase
-External links:* *...
in Norway which reached #6 on the Norwegian Albums Chart.
On July 20, 2004, Mena made an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman to promote her first international album, White Turns Blue
White Turns Blue
White Turns Blue is the international debut album by Norwegian singer/songwriter Maria Mena, released in 2004 in the United States by Columbia Records. It consists of tracks from her two first albums, Another Phase and Mellow, and was specifically compiled for the American market...
, which debuted at the top position on the Billboard
Billboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...
Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
chart a week later and at #102 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
. She made a breakthrough into the worldwide singles charts that year with "You're the Only One", a single successful in multiple countries. The song was her only single to appear on a Billboard chart, making #25 on the U.S. Top 40 Mainstream. "You're the Only One" peaked at #30 on the Dutch Top 40
Dutch Top 40
The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...
and #19 on the Dutch Mega Single Top 100
Mega Single Top 100
The Single Top 100 is a Dutch chart, based on official physical single sales and legal downloads and composed by MegaCharts. It is one of the three official charts, the other two being the Dutch Top 40 and the Mega Top 50. The difference is that these charts also include airplay data.The list is...
. Two months earlier, in March 2004, Mena had released her second album in Norway. Mellow. Less successful than her 2002 debut, it still managed to peak at #7 in Norway. The second single from both albums was "Just a Little Bit", which was a commercial flop, not managing to chart anywhere.
2005 saw the release of Apparently Unaffected
Apparently Unaffected
Apparently Unaffected is an album by the Norwegian singer-songwriter Maria Mena, released on November 14, 2005 in Europe. It was re-released in June 2006 in the Netherlands, where it peaked at #11. The album spawned three singles: "Miss You Love", "Just Hold Me", "Our Battles", and the final single...
in Norway and several other European countries, fronted by singles "Miss You Love", and "Just Hold Me". A significant success in Norway, the album has earned her three Spellemann
Spellemannprisen
Spellemannprisen is an award presented to Norwegian musicians for their contributions.-Operation:The award was established on the initiative of International Federation of the Phonographic Industry , an organization that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide...
nominations, Best Female Artist, Best Hit, and Best Music Video. In the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, the album was released in June 2006 and charted at #82. It slowly climbed the chart to reach its peak position in its 27th week at #11, as "Just Hold Me" was getting airplay again. "Just Hold Me" was released in May 2006, but then did not chart in the official Dutch Top 40
Dutch Top 40
The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...
, but did chart in the country's physical singles chart, the Mega Single Top 100
Mega Single Top 100
The Single Top 100 is a Dutch chart, based on official physical single sales and legal downloads and composed by MegaCharts. It is one of the three official charts, the other two being the Dutch Top 40 and the Mega Top 50. The difference is that these charts also include airplay data.The list is...
, at #27. In October 2006, the song started getting heavy airplay again and this time it did managed to reach the official Dutch Top 40 and peaked at #26. In the Mega Single Top 100, it peaked at #7 in the beginning of November 2006. Mena performed at sold-out concerts in Utrecht
Utrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
and Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, following the success of "Just Hold Me". The album was at #48 at the Dutch year-end chart, outselling major artists such as Pink
Pink (singer)
Alecia Beth Moore , better known by her stage name Pink , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress....
's I'm Not Dead
I'm Not Dead
I'm Not Dead is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Pink. The album was released on April 4, 2006 in the United States....
, Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...
's Loose
Loose (Nelly Furtado album)
Loose is the third studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado. It was released in North America on June 20, 2006 by Geffen Records. Timbaland and his then-protégé Danja produced the bulk of the album, which incorporates influences of dance, R&B and hip hop...
, and Beyoncé Knowles
Beyoncé Knowles
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles , often known simply as Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child...
' B'Day
B'Day
B'Day is the second studio album by American R&B recording artist Beyoncé Knowles, released on September 4, 2006 by Columbia Records in collaboration with Music World Music and Sony Urban Music. It was released to coincide with Knowles' twenty-fifth birthday. The album was originally planned for a...
. "Miss You Love" was released as the album's second single in the Netherlands and reached #61 on the Mega Singles Top 100.
On July 7, 2007, she performed at the German leg
Live Earth concert, Hamburg
The Live Earth concert in Germany was held at HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg on 7 July 2007.-Running order:In order of appearance:*Shakira - "Don't Bother", "Inevitable", "Dia Especial" with Gustavo Cerati, "Hips Don't Lie"...
of Live Earth
Live Earth
-Background:Founded by Emmy-winning producer Kevin Wall, in partnership with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Live Earth was built upon the belief that entertainment has the power to transcend social and cultural barriers to move the world community to action...
in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
.
Having worked on her three first studio albums with Norwegian producer Arvid Solvang
Arvid Solvang
Arvid Solvang is a Norwegian songwriter/producer living in Oslo, Norway.-Biography:Arvid Solvang was born July 14, 1969 in Kopervik, Karmøy - Norway. After touring Norway for years as a guitarist with a range of different bands he started a music production company called Viagram...
, Mena started collaborating with Martin Sjølie
Martin Sjølie
Martin Sjølie is a Norwegian Songwriter and Producer who has enjoyed widespread commercial success through his work with artists like Maria Mena, Tone Damli and Christel Alsos. Though he has lived and worked in the UK, he now works from Oslo, Norway.Martin is published by EMI Music Publishing...
in early 2008 on what would become her fourth studio album, Cause and Effect
Cause and Effect (Maria Mena album)
Cause and Effect is the fifth album by the Norwegian singer-songwriter Maria Mena. "Belly Up" was the first single of the album, but only released in her home country. "All This Time" was the 2nd single in Norway and the first single released in the rest of Europe...
.
The album's first single, "Belly Up" had its radio premiere mid-June 2008 on Norwegian radio. Cause and Effect was released on September 17 in Norway. The first international single was "All This Time". The album was internationally released on September 26, 2008. This album garnered her a Spellemann
Spellemannprisen
Spellemannprisen is an award presented to Norwegian musicians for their contributions.-Operation:The award was established on the initiative of International Federation of the Phonographic Industry , an organization that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide...
for Best Female Artist.
Mena's song "Sorry" was featured on the third season of US So You Think You Can Dance
So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series)
So You Think You Can Dance is an American dance competition and reality show that airs on Fox in the United States.The series first premiered on July 20, 2005, and was created by American Idol producers Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe and is produced by 19 Entertainment and Dick Clark Productions...
and "What's Another Day" was featured during the fourth season. She released "All This Time" in the UK on April 11, 2010.
In 2011 Mena recorded her version of "Mitt Lille Land" (My Little Country) by Ole Paus as part of a project by the Norwegian TV channel TV2. On July 23, the day after the Norway terrorist attacks
2011 Norway attacks
The 2011 Norway attacks were two sequential terrorist attacks against the government, the civilian population and a summer camp in Norway on 22 July 2011....
and after requests from her Norwegian audience, Mena uploaded her version the song to the streaming site SoundCloud
SoundCloud
SoundCloud is an online audio distribution platform which allows collaboration, promotion and distribution of audio recordings.-History:SoundCloud was originally started in Stockholm, Sweden, but was established in Berlin, Germany in August, 2007 by sound designer Alex Ljung and artist Eric Wahlforss...
. It quickly became an anthem in memory of the victims of the attacks.
Albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Certifications | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOR Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... |
NL MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top... |
US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
GER Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
PL Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... |
CH Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
AU Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
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| 2002 | Another Phase Another Phase -External links:* *...
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6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... : Platinum (30,000+) |
| 2004 | Mellow
|
7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... : Gold (20,000)+ |
| 2004 | White Turns Blue White Turns Blue White Turns Blue is the international debut album by Norwegian singer/songwriter Maria Mena, released in 2004 in the United States by Columbia Records. It consists of tracks from her two first albums, Another Phase and Mellow, and was specifically compiled for the American market... |
— | — | 102 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2005 | Apparently Unaffected Apparently Unaffected Apparently Unaffected is an album by the Norwegian singer-songwriter Maria Mena, released on November 14, 2005 in Europe. It was re-released in June 2006 in the Netherlands, where it peaked at #11. The album spawned three singles: "Miss You Love", "Just Hold Me", "Our Battles", and the final single... |
6 | 11 | — | — | 22 | — | 56 | 40 |
Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... : Gold (100,000+) Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... : Platinum (50,000+) Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... : Platinum (30,000+) |
| 2008 | Cause and Effect Cause and Effect (Maria Mena album) Cause and Effect is the fifth album by the Norwegian singer-songwriter Maria Mena. "Belly Up" was the first single of the album, but only released in her home country. "All This Time" was the 2nd single in Norway and the first single released in the rest of Europe... |
4 | 8 | — | — | 20 | 43 | 13 | 23 |
Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... : Gold (100,000+) Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... : Gold (25,000+) Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... : Gold (23,000+) Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... : Gold (15,000+) |
| 2011 | Viktoria
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2 | 17 | — | — | 18 | — | 13 | 29 | |
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... |
GER Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
NL 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
NL 100 Mega Single Top 100 The Single Top 100 is a Dutch chart, based on official physical single sales and legal downloads and composed by MegaCharts. It is one of the three official charts, the other two being the Dutch Top 40 and the Mega Top 50. The difference is that these charts also include airplay data.The list is... |
US Main | SWI Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
AUT Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
FIN Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... |
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| 2002 | "Fragile (Free)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Another Phase |
| "My Lullaby" 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004 | "You're the Only One" | 8 | — | 32 | 19 | 25 | — | — | — | — | Mellow / White Turns Blue |
| "Just a Little Bit" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006 | "Miss You Love" 2 | — | — | 19 | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | Apparently Unaffected |
| "Just Hold Me" 3 | 2 | 14 | 26 | 7 | — | 5 | 4 | — | 52 | ||
| "Miss You Love (re-release)" 2 | 2 | 19 | 26 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 147 | ||
| "Our Battles" | — | — | — | — | — | 81 | — | — | — | ||
| 2008 | "Nevermind Me" 4 | — | 84 | — | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Belly Up" 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cause and Effect | |
| "All This Time" | 7 | 15 | 6 | 7 | — | 14 | 7 | 11 | 45 | ||
| 2009 | "I'm In Love" | — | — | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "I Was Made For Lovin' You" | — | 91 | — | — | — | 20 | 44 | — | — | ||
| "Wide Awake" (Sasha Sascha Schmitz Sascha Schmitz , better known under his stage name Sasha, is a German singer-songwriter, musician and occasional actor. From 2003 until 2005 he performed under his alter ego Dick Brave.- Early life :... ft Maria Mena) |
— | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Soundtrack: Lila, Lila | |
| 2010 | "Home for Christmas" | 1 | — | — | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | Soundtrack: Hjem Til Jul |
| 2011 | "This Too Shall Pass" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Viktoria |
| "Homeless" | — | — | — | 100 | — | 65 | — | — | — | ||
| "Viktoria" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Notes
- 1: "My Lullaby" is the only song that certified in Norway, becoming a gold single for selling over 5,000 copies in Norway.
- 2: The single was officially released in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain and Austria in 2007.
- 3: "Just Hold Me" gets gold in Germany in 2008 for selling more than 150,000 copies.
- 4: The single was officially released in the Netherlands in 2009.
- 5: Belly Up was only released in Norway.
External links
- Maria's official blog
- Official fanclub Germany, Austria and Switzerland
- Official fanclub Netherlands
- Last.fm Group
- LiveJournal Community
- http://www.scandipop.co.uk/?p=6549
- http://soundcloud.com/maria-mena/maria-mena-mitt-lille-land