Maria Mena

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Maria Mena
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Maria Mena at stage during Stavernfestivalen in 2016
Background information
Birth nameMaria Viktoria Mena
Born (1986-02-19) 19 February 1986 (age 38)
Oslo, Norway
Genres Pop, folk, rock
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2002–present
Labels Sony Music Norway, Columbia
Website mariamena.no

Maria Viktoria Mena (born 19 February 1986) is a Norwegian pop singer, best known for her singles such as "You're the Only One", "Just Hold Me", "All This Time" which charted in multiple countries.

Contents

Early life

Maria Viktoria Mena was born to a Norwegian mother and Charles Mena, a Nicaraguan-American drummer of Afro-Nicaraguan descent. There was a common misconception that her mother is a playwright, but Mena debunked this in an interview. [1] Both Maria and her brother, Tony, are named after characters from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story .

Her father was born in Bluefields, Nicaragua where he lived until he was 10, at which point he and his mother, Mena's paternal grandmother, moved to New York. [2] After moving to Norway in 1986, he played in several bands in Oslo, [3] which influenced Mena to write and record her own music. When Mena was nine years old, her parents divorced. As a teenager, she began to battle depression [4] and various eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, [5] as spoken of in her lyrics, interviews, concerts, and social media. Mena has spoken of battling depression and PTSD as an adult, and seeking help. [6]

Mena cared for her younger brother Tony for many years. [4] 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[ citation needed ]. Mena's father contacted acquaintances in the music industry to record a demo. Presenting his daughter's demo to several record companies, Sony Music signed Mena to their label aged 16. [7]

Career

2002–2007: Early beginnings

In 2002, she released her debut single "Fragile (Free)" in Norway; however, it did not chart there. "My Lullaby" was released as the second single and the song reached number 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 number 6 on the Norwegian Albums Chart. 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 number 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 No. 25 on the U.S. Top 40 Mainstream. "You're the Only One" peaked at No. 30 on the Dutch Top 40 and No. 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 No. 7 in Norway. The second single from both albums was "Just a Little Bit", which did not 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 No. 82. It slowly climbed the chart to reach its peak position in its 27th week at No. 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 No. 27. In October 2006, the song started getting heavy airplay again and this time it reached the official Dutch Top 40 and peaked at No. 26. In the Mega Single Top 100, it peaked at No. 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 No. 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 No. 61 on the Mega Singles Top 100.

Maria Mena 2008 Maria Mena1.jpg
Maria Mena 2008

On 7 July 2007, she performed at the German leg of Live Earth in Hamburg.

2008–2014: Cause and Effect, Viktoria, and Weapon in Mind

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 17 September in Norway. The first international single was "All This Time". The album was internationally released on 26 September 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 11 April 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 23 July, the day after the Norway terrorist attacks and after requests from her Norwegian audience, Mena uploaded her version of the song to the streaming site SoundCloud. It quickly became an anthem in memory of the victims of the attacks. She contributed to the album Mitt lille land , performing one of two versions of the title track (the other was performed by Ole Paus). As of 2011 Mena had sold a total of 700,000 copies of her albums, and half of those copies had been sold in Norway. [8]

Maria Mena performing in 013 Tilburg, 10 February 2014 in The Netherlands during her Weapon in Mind Tour Maria Mena Tilburg 013 feb '14.JPG
Maria Mena performing in 013 Tilburg, 10 February 2014 in The Netherlands during her Weapon in Mind Tour

Her fifth studio album Viktoria was released on 23 September 2011 and was produced by Martin Sjølie. [9]

Her sixth album Weapon in Mind was released in 2013, becoming her first album to reach number one in Norway. Even though all three singles of the album failed to chart inside top 20 Norway Singles Chart, "Fuck You" and "I Always Liked That" became two of her best selling singles in Norway, both certified 2× Platinum. [10]

2015–present: Growing Pains and They Never Leave Their Wives

Mena released the single "I Don't Wanna See You with Her" on 6 November 2015. [11] Her seventh studio album Growing Pains was released on 4 December 2015. [12]

In March 2020, Mena announced a new album (sometimes recognized as an EP), They Never Leave Their Wives. [13] The album was released on 23 October 2020. [14] Mena released three singles from the album, "Not OK", "Lies (They Never Leave Their Wives)", and "You Live and You Learn". [15] [16] [17]

In October 2020, Mena announced that she will release a new album in March 2021. [18] In April 2021 Mena made a new announcement, saying she will postpone the release of her new material until she can play concerts again. The concert venues in Norway have been closed for longer periods during the COVID-19 pandemic. [19] She described the upcoming album as a sequel to They Never Leave Their Wives, containing songs about a woman who is on her own and then finds love. [20]

In August 2022, Mena was cast in the second season of the Viaplay series Furia . [21] [22] Mena also auditioned for a role in the Norwegian TV series Etterglød (Afterglow), where she was not cast but offered to make a song for the soundtrack. [22] That song is "It Was Love", which was released on 23 September 2022. [23]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsChart positionsCertifications
NOR
[24] 		AUT
[25] 		GER
[26] 		NL
[27] 		POL
[28] 		SWI
[29]
Another Phase
  • 1st studio album
  • Released: 22 April 2002
6—————
Mellow
  • 2nd studio album
  • Released: 1 March 2004
7—————
  • IFPI NOR: Gold [31]
Apparently Unaffected
  • 3rd studio album
  • Released: 14 November 2005
6402211—56
Cause and Effect
  • 4th studio album
  • Released: 15 September 2008
4232084313
Viktoria
  • 5th studio album
  • Released: 23 September 2011
2291817—13
  • IFPI NOR: Gold [30]
Weapon in Mind
  • 6th studio album
  • Released: 23 September 2013
1—5914—30
Growing Pains
  • 7th studio album
  • Released: 4 December 2015
6——31—75
And Then Came You
  • 8th studio album
  • Released: 15 September 2023
5
[35] 		—————

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsChart positions
US
[36]
White Turns Blue
  • International debut album
  • Released: 20 July 2004
102

EPs

TitleEP detailsChart positions
NOR
[37]
They Never Leave Their Wives
  • Released: 23 October 2020 [38]
12

Singles

As lead artist

YearTitleChart positionsCertificationAlbum
NOR
[39] 		AUT
[25] 		EU GER
[26] 		NL 40
[40] 		NL 100
[41] 		NZ
[42] 		SWI
[29] 		UK
[43] 		US
[44]
2002"Fragile (Free)"——————————Another Phase & White Turns Blue
"My Lullaby"5—————————
  • IFPI NOR: Gold [31]
2004"You're the Only One"8—43—301935——86Mellow & White Turns Blue
"Just a Little Bit"——————————
2006"Miss You Love"——————————Apparently Unaffected
"Just Hold Me"245214267—5158—
"Miss You Love" (re-release)1——14773—61————
"Our Battles"———————81——
2008"Nevermind Me" 2———84—76————
"Belly Up" 34—75———————Cause and Effect
"All This Time"77131567—14——
2009"I'm in Love"—————54————
"I Was Made for Lovin' You"—44—91———20——
2010"Home for Christmas"1—56——98————
  • IFPI NOR: 5× Platinum [30]
Hjem Til Jul soundtrack
2011"This Too Shall Pass"——————————Viktoria
"Homeless"—————69—65——
2012"Viktoria"——————————
2013"Fuck You"— [upper-alpha 1] —————————
  • IFPI NOR: 2× Platinum [30]
Weapon in Mind
"I Always Liked That"— [upper-alpha 2] —188——100————
  • IFPI NOR: 2× Platinum [30]
2014"Til Alle Tider"— [upper-alpha 3] —————————Bauta – En hyllest til Bjørn Eidsvåg
2015"I Don't Wanna See You with Her"20—————————
  • IFPI NOR: 2× Platinum [30]
Growing Pains
2016"Leaving You" [47] ——————————
2020"Not OK" [48] 37—————————
  • IFPI NOR: Gold [30]
They Never Leave Their Wives
"Lies (They Never Leave Their Wives)" [49] ——————————
"You Live and You Learn" [50] ——————————
"Jula Hjemme" (featuring Trygve Skaug)16
[51] 		—————————Non-album single
2021"I Need a Man" (Hver gang vi møtes)2—————————
  • IFPI NOR: Platinum [30]
Stian Staysmans dag (Sesong 11)
"Ghettoparasitt" (Hver gang vi møtes)5—————————Hkeems dag (Sesong 11)
"Stein på stein" (Hver gang vi møtes)——————————Arne Hurlens dag (Sesong 11)
"Goin' Insane" (Hver gang vi møtes)——————————Agnete Sabas dag (Sesong 11)
"Når en skumring blir blå" (Hver gang vi møtes)——————————Hanne Kroghs dag (Sesong 11)
"Det går over" (Hver gang vi møtes)——————————Trygve Skaugs dag (Sesong 11)
"Speil"——————————Non-album single
2022"It Was Love" [52] ——————————TBA
"Alt du vil ha" (with Isah) [53] 2
[54] 		—————————Non-album single
2023"Not Worth It"——————————And Then Came You
"Try Again Tomorrow" (featuring Darling West)——————————
"Easy Love"——————————
"Till The Water Runs Clear"——————————
YearTitleChart positionsAlbum
NOR
[39] 		GER
[26]
2005"Everytime"
(Whimsical featuring Maria Mena)		——The Glow
2009"Wide Awake"
(Sasha featuring Maria Mena)		—68 Lila, Lila soundtrack
"Konfliktsky"
(Jaa9 & OnklP featuring Maria Mena)		——Sellout!
2012"Fåkke fly bort"
(Madcon featuring Maria Mena)		—— Contakt
2013"Colder"
(LidoLido featuring Maria Mena and Bun B)		——Battle Poetry
2020"Narnia"
(Aiba featuring Maria Mena)		——TBA
2021"Den fineste Chevy'n"
(Halva Priset featuring Maria Mena)		1—TBA

Promotional singles

YearTitleAlbum
2002"Blame It on Me" [55] Another Phase
"Sleep to Dream" [56]
2004"Patience" [57] Mellow
2011"Habits" (featuring Mads Langer)4 [58] Viktoria
"A Stranger to Me" [59]
2014"Til alle tider" [60] Bauta – En hyllest til Bjørn Eidsvåg
2020"Mitt Lille Land" [61] Non-album single
2021"You Broke Me" [62] They Never Leave Their Wives
"Ghettoparasitt"
(featuring Hkeem and Sisi) [63] 		Non-album single

Notes

Awards and nominations

As of 2013, Maria Mena had had 11 Spellemannprisen (Norwegian Grammy) nominations, and won one for Best Female Artist in 2008.

YearAwardNominated workCategoryResult
2002 Spellemannprisen Another Phase Best Pop SoloNominated
Best NewcomerNominated
"My Lullaby"Best SongNominated
2004 MTV Europe Music Awards HerselfBest Nordic ActNominated
2005 Spellemannprisen "Miss You Love"Best Music VideoNominated
Best HitNominated
Apparently Unaffected Best Female ArtistNominated
2007 SWR3 AwardsHerselfBest New Pop ActWon
2008Radio Regenbogen AwardsBest International NewcomerWon
Echo Awards Apparently Unaffected Nominated
Spellemannprisen Cause and Effect Best Female ArtistWon
"All This Time"Best Music VideoNominated
Best Music Video Direction 1Nominated
2009 MTV Europe Music Awards HerselfBest Norwegian ActNominated
Norwegian Music Critics Award Best Female ArtistWon
Echo Awards Cause and Effect Best International Rock/Pop Female ArtistNominated
2010 Spellemannprisen "Home For Christmas"Best HitNominated
2011 Viktoria Best LyricistNominated
2012 Edvard Prize 2HerselfPop CategoryWon
2013 MTV Europe Music Awards Best Norwegian ActNominated
Spellemannprisen Weapon in Mind Best Pop SoloNominated
2014Costume AwardsHerselfInstagrammer of the YearNominated
Best Dressed WomanNominated
2015Norsk Artistforbund's Honorary Award [64] HerselfPop CategoryWon

Notes

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Fuck You" did not enter the VG-lista Singles Chart, but peaked at number 6 on the Norway Digital Song Sales chart. [45]
  2. ↑ "I Always Liked That" did not enter the VG-lista Singles Chart, but peaked at number 9 on the Norway Digital Song Sales chart. [45]
  3. ↑ "Til Alle Tider" did not enter the VG-lista Singles Chart, but peaked at number 9 on the Norway Digital Song Sales chart. [46]

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References

  1. ↑ FaceCulture (31 May 2009). Maria Mena interview (part 2).
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  3. ↑ "Charles Mena Discogs Profile". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Maria Mena on Instagram: "I dag er det 20 år siden jeg signerte min første platekontrakt med sony... en kontrakt som endret livet mitt på absolutt alle måter. Om jeg begynner å tenke på hvor livet mitt var på vei på den tiden så kjenner jeg klumpen i halsen bli tykk.. og det har tatt meg veldig mange år å ikke lenger være redd for at denne muligheten skal bli tatt fra meg.. ja, ville du trodd meg om jeg sa jeg var redd for det allerede i fjor sommer? Sannheten er at den jenta du ser på bildet over er en skikkelig "lost soul" hun har vært storesøster og ekstra-manma hele sitt liv, for sin bror.. for sine foreldre. Hun er skolelei, ikke IKKE smart men lei og ingen av lærerne hennes plukker opp eller skjønner hvor smart hun egentlig er.. og hun orker ikke kjempe lenger. Depresjonen har gjort sitt første inntog.. dette forstår hun 10 år senere at det at hun vil sove hele tiden er et tegn. Så kommer Det en mulighet til å bryte ut.. NOEN der ute synes hun er flink! Er det kødd???? Flere voksne tror på henne!!! Og hun som ikke prøvde engang!! Hun hadde selv aldri turt å stikke nesen frem!!! Takk pappa, for at du gikk rundt md demoen min, takk rune og fam for at dere tok meg inn. Takk sony- familien min! Takk til alle som ikke trodde på det anmelderne sa... at jeg var en døgnflue. Takk! @sonymusicnorway @livenationnorge @timeoutagency foto: beste @agnete_brun"". Instagram.
  5. ↑ "Maria Mena on Instagram: "Første gang jeg fikk proffesjonell hjelp var jeg 16 år. Jeg bor hjemme på et syrinlilla pikerom på Bogerud i oslo. Et rom som det siste året, har gått fra å være enhver ungpikeS drømmerom, med egen tv, og stor seng, til å bli et fengsel. Jeg har låst meg inne i flere måneder. Jeg har gjemt en baderomsvekt under den store sengen og søppelbøtten under leksepulten bruker jeg aktivt til å tømme magesekken i etter fellesmiddagene som min far tvinger meg til å delta i. Det er når jeg ikke har energi til å gå de 200 meterne til søppelkassen utenfor blokka.. men heller gjemmer posene med oppkast på en vinterkledd veranda, at jeg blir oppdaget.. og tvunget til å få hjelp av privat karakter. Jeg tjener egne penger på den tiden, bulimien er min fulltidsjobb men jeg jobber deltid som popstjerne og kan ta meg råd til å få hjelp. Det er det ikke alle som kan og det skremmer meg å tenke på hva som hadde skjedd med meg om jeg ikke hadde kunnet gå privat. .., (teksten fortsetter i neste innlegg)"". Instagram.
  6. ↑ "Maria Mena on Instagram: ".. Neste gang det brenner på dass er i 2016. Jeg er redusert til bare skinn og bein. Jeg har skilt meg og jeg har kjærlighetssorg noe som trigger og retraumatiserer min PTSD (posttraumatisk stress) ord som er komisk lette å skrive nå i ettertid men som holdt på å ta livet av meg da det stormet som verst. Etter et par år med selvmedisinering i form av alkohol og diverse. Og små desperate forsøk hos forskjellige kognitive psykologer så innser jeg at det ikke er nok! Jeg trenger mer drastisk hjelp. Jeg ringer en venn som er lege.. og sier rolig at jeg ikke vil leve mer og at det ikke er likt meg. Han kjenner en psykiater som jobber på psykiatrisk legevakt i oslo annenhver lørdag, og sender meg dit.. men han gjør det veldig klart at det er nærmest UMULIG å komme igjennom det nåløyet og få hjelp. Han sier han selv har prøvd å sende meget syke pasienter videre til psykiatrien men at de har fått blankt avslag. De har ikke kapasitet. Jeg blir, den lørdags ettermiddagen, henvist og får plass hos psykiater etter 8 timer i kø, og jeg vet at det var fordi jeg heter Maria Mena. Dette redder livet mitt men jeg sitter her med verdens bitreste smak i kjeften. Jeg har selv sett venner og bekjente tape kampen mens de står på venteliste. Jeg har selv ringt til institusjoner på vegne av venner for å desperat fortelle legene at det er krise!!! Jeg har selv sunget i begravelser jeg er helt sikker på at jeg ikke hadde trengt å synge i, hadde personen fått hjelp tidsnok. I dag er verdensdagen for psykisk helse.. jeg lever fordi jeg fikk god hjelp i god tid.. men vi har en lang vei å gå. For det hjelper ikke å be folk søke hjelp om hjelpen ikke finnes!! Så Kjære norge.. kjære Jonas.. FIKS DET! #worldmentalhealthday #verdensdagenforpsykiskhelse"". Instagram.
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