Mina Fossati

Mina Fossati is a collaborative album by Italian singers Mina and Ivano Fossati, released on 22 November 2019 by PDU and Il Volatore and distributed by Sony Music.

Overview
Mina and Fossati decided to record a joint album back in 1997, they even met then and discussed the concept, but record labels were not enthusiastic about this venture and the project had to be shelved.

Nevertheless, twenty years later, Mina confessed to Fossati that she was still not against a joint record. Fossati himself released the last album in 2011, considering it formally the last, which is why he was somewhat hesitant to agree to this work. Nevertheless, he agreed and wrote lyrics and music for almost two years. He submitted twelve original songs, eleven of which were recorded, and another was rejected by Mina because she considered it "too sweet" for the album.

The record was released on November 22, 2019 in various formats, including digital, CD, vinyl and box set. The album peaked at number two in Italy and number 26 in Switzerland. In 2020, the album was certified platinum in Italy.

Personnel
• Mina – vocal

• Ivano Fossati – vocal

• Massimo Tagliata – accordion

• Luca Meneghello – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, guitar

• Gabriele Comeglio – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone

• Massimiliano Pani – arrangement, backing vocals

• Massimo Moriconi – contrabass, fretless bass

• Alfredo Golino – drums

• Faso – electric bass

• Danilo Rea – grand piano, electric piano

• Claudio Fossati – percussion

• Andrea Maini – viola

• Barbara Ostini – viola

• Laura Garuti – viola

• Stefano Zanolli – viola

• Valentino Corvino – lead violin

• Davide Dondi – first violin

• Davide Gaspari – first violin

• Elicia Silverstein – first violin

• Federico Braga – first violin

• Gabriele Bellu – first violin

• Anton Berovski – second violin

• Keti Ikonomi – second violin

• David Caramia – second violin

• Silvia Mandolini – second violin

• Tommaso Luison – second violin

• Ugo Bongianni – programming, keyboards, grand piano, backing vocals

• Celeste Frigo – recording, mixing, mastering

• Davide Martini – recording

• Pietro Giolito – recording

• Marco Borsatti – recording

• Alessandro Di Guglielmo – engineering

• Giuseppe Spada – graphics

• Mauro Balletti – illustration