Ana Mena Biography

Age of Ana Mena:

Ana Mena age is  years old as she born on February 25, 1997 in Estepona , Malaga, Spain.

Family of Ana Mena:

Ana Mena is a daughter of Natalia Niznik and Spaniard Antonio Mena. Her father runs a small construction company and her mother is from Argentina and helps her husband in the accounting side and also worked as a housewife as well. She has a younger brother named José Carlos.

Winner of Contest:

She showed interest in music from a very young age and her parents supported her. As they introduce Ana Mena to various castings and competitions. That’s why Ana Mena was the winner of the twelfth edition of the Veo Veo contest in 2006. 

 Ana Mena as Actress:

She played a role of child star Marisol in the miniseries Marisol movie in 2009. She also got popularity after she won the Disney Channel contest My Camp Rock 2 as a singer. 

She also worked in the Supercharly series of Telecinco. Later, Ana Mena played the role of Antonio Banderas daughter in the La Piel Que Habito (The Skin I Live In) film in 2011. Later, she also appeared in many series and films such as Vive cantando (2013) and Bienvenidos a Edén (2021), in films such as Viaje al cuarto de una madre (2018) or as a judge on the talent show Idol Kids .

Ana Mena Debut in Music:

She composed music soundtracks for the film La Piel Que Habito (The Skin I Live In) in which Ana Mena played a role as well. There was another soundtrack for the film Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure on Disney Channel. She also entered the fashion world after presenting the Malaga Film Festival in 2012.  

Ana Mena as Singer:

She released a single No soy como tú crees in 2015 which was enlisted in the Spotify’s Viral 50 list of Spain. This song remains trending in Spain for consecutive 2 weeks and Ana Mena selected as a Spotify 2016 Artist Spotlight. 

 In the same year Ana Mena 2nd single released which includes the Loco como yo, Se fue and Ahora lloras tú.  These are released with collaboration of CNCO. The song Ahora lloras tú becomes trending not only in Spain but also surrounding countries such as Argentina, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Mexico, El Salvador, Panama and Uruguay. This song got more than 52 million views on Youtube. 

 Her other singles include Loco como yo and Se fue , but the most notable was Ahora lloras tú , in collaboration with CNCO . This song reached the iTunes hit list and became a trending topic, not only in Spain, but also in countries such as Argentina, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Mexico, El Salvador, Panama and Uruguay, accumulating more than 52 million views on YouTube.

 Collaboration with RK & Becky G:

She worked with Colombian artist RK on the single Mentira , published on September 22, 2017. On March 16, 2018, Ya es hora was released, the lead single from her first album, Index, in collaboration with Becky G and De La Ghetto.

In the year 2021, she presented: Música ligera, a cover of the Spanish-Italian pop music of the 1960s.

She released a preliminary version of the 2nd studio album “Las 12: on June 8, 2022, together with Belinda . The single became one of her biggest hits in Spain and was certified 5 times Platinum.

On January 20, 2023 , she released Un clásico , the 3rd single for the second studio album which sold over 60,000 copies in Spain and was certified as a Platinum record. Finally, on February 7 of that same year, she announced her second studio album, Bellodrama. It was followed by two singles Me he pillao x ti , with Natalia Lacunza , and Lentamente. On March 24, 2023, the album was released, entered the Spanish charts as the first place and is scheduled for Gold record certification.

Successes in Italy:

Mena’s artistic life has also seen her achieving fame as a musician based in Italy, which was launched by the release of the single “ D’estate non vale” featuring Italian rapper and artist Fred De Palma that achieved commercial success in Italy in 2018. It topped the diary of Spotify Italia and was certified 3 times platinum by FIMI.

The second was Una volta ancora (2020), which immediately became a hit, reaching first place on the Spotify chart and on the Italian official song sales chart after just over a month. The duo then came up with their debut song in Spanish Se Iluminaba, who found her way into the top 10 most streamed songs in Spain and attained 5 platinum certifications by PROMUSICAE being the second most sold song of the year and the first by a Spanish artist in Spain in 2020.

In the same year, she participated for the first time in the 70th Sanremo Song Festival.

Ana Mena song platinum six times:

On July 3, 2020, she came out with A un stepo dalla luna which is a guest single where her third in Italy, coincides the debut with a rapper and an urban singer Rocco Hunt. It was the first day when the song was in the top 10 most listened songs on Spotify Italy. In three weeks he climbed to the top position of the official song’s sales charts in Italy which remained for 9 weeks in a row pushing it further. The single was awarded with platinum six times.

Later the duo also covered that particular song in Spanish and on August 14, 2020, A un paso de la luna was released a song that became 4th of 5 top best songs in the country, and is now 5 times platinum certified.

On June 4, 2021, she performed for the first time in Italian her new single Un bacio all’improvviso again with rapper Rocco Hunt. On June 18, its Spanish version, Un beso de improviso, was released along with the official video clip of the song. The Italian version obtained 3x platinum certification whereas the Spanish version is platinum awarded.

On December 4, 2021, Ana Mena was confirmed as one of the 25 participants in the 72nd edition of the Sanremo Song Festival. Beneath these lines would eventually be the registered song in which the other side of the stone yolk of Honduras would make the best easter without placing her higher than 24th. The song in question however had an outright bad appeal from the journalists who would subsequently do the marketing work, but eventually became a hit in social networking and was able to garnered a Gold record.

Reworking the song is apparently the only purpose that could confront the singer this time in order to show her lash out face as it was her aim. The following year she was given access to several summer competitions among which there was a democratic pursuit of Mia Mezzanotte, the Spanish version of Las 12, as a candidate for summer hit. The song can be described as an introductory opening to new opportunities for economics.

Collaboration with Paola e Chiara:

This act also marks Mena’s first collaboration with Italian singer Paola & Chiara, singers of the famous album “Per Sempre”. 

Collaboration with Enrique Iglesias:

Ana Mena collaborated with Enrique Iglesias and released a single name "espacio en tu corazón" on October 3, 2024.

Summary:

Spanish model, actress and singer. A versatile artist, she tackles genres ranging from pop to reggaeton. Her ability to fuse catchy melodies with lyrics that often reflect youthful and contemporary themes has resulted in a series of hits that have climbed positions on the music charts in Spain and internationally.

Discography:

Albums

• 2018 - Index
  
• 2023 - Bellodram

 Notable Singles:

• "No Soy Como Tú Crees" (2016)
• "Loco Como Yo" (2016)
• "Ahora Lloras Tú" (2017) feat. CNCO
• "Se Fue" (2017)
• "Ya Es Hora" (2018) feat. Becky G & De La Ghetto
• "Pa Dentro" (2018)
• "Mucha Guerra" (2019)
• "Una Volta Ancora" (2019) feat. Fred De Palma (Spanish/Italian version: "Se Iluminaba")
  • One of her most popular songs, it topped the charts in Italy.
• "A Un Paso De La Luna" (2020) feat. Rocco Hunt
  • Another successful Spanish-Italian collaboration.
• "Un Beso De Improviso" (2020) feat. Rocco Hunt
• "Solo" (2020) feat. Omar Montes & Maffio
• "Las 12" (2022) feat. Belinda
• "Me He Pillao X Ti" (2022) feat. Natalia Lacunza
• "Música Ligera" (2021)
• "Acquamarina" (2023) feat. Guè

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