Mauro Balletti

Mina met Belletti during the filming of a commercial for Tassoni, and knowing that he was an artist, she invited him to take some photos, thereby discovering a new talent in him.

[1] Some of Mina's album covers by his authorship have gained great fame (some of them are the result of collaboration with Gianni Ronco).

[6] At the 2018 Sanremo Music Festival, Mina "appeared" as an avatar, a three-dimensional hologram previously featured on the cover of Gianni Ronco's Piccolino (2011), which was also created by Balletti.

[7] In 2025, Mina released a music video "Senza farsi male", dedicated to Balletti, which also captures the artist's creative process.

[8] Vogue Italia magazine stated that Balleti is "the only authorized emissary, the singular spokesman (although they are images) of a beloved national icon who for decades has been hiding in some far corner of the galaxy", created "richest and most transgressive series of album covers in the history of music".