Mara Sattei

Sara Mattei (born 28 April 1995), known professionally as Mara Sattei, is an Italian singer-songwriter.^[1]

Mara Sattei
Mara Sattei, Sanremo 2023
Background information
Birth name	Sara Mattei
Born	(1995-04-28) 28 April 1995 (age 29) Fiumicino, Lazio, Italy
Genres	Pop R&B
Occupations	Singer songwriter
Instruments	Vocals piano
Years active	2013–present
Labels	Arista Records Columbia Records Epic Records

Biography

Mattei was born in Fiumicino and is the older sister of Italian singer and record producer Tha Supreme. Her music career began in 2009, when she started uploading covers of various songs to YouTube.^[2] In 2013, she took part in the thirteenth season of the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi reaching the final stage of the show before being eliminated on the second Live show.^[3] After the show, she released her debut EP Frammenti: Acoustic Covers N.1.^[4]

After a few years of inactivity, in which she moved to London, in 2019 she resumed her musical career under the pseudonym Mara Sattei, obtained by interchanging the initials of her first and last name.^[5][6] Her first releases under the pseudonym "Nuova registrazione 326", "Nuova registrazione 402" and "Nuova registrazione 527" were produced by her brother Tha Supreme and achieved a fair amount of success in Italy. "Nuova registrazione 326" in particular has been certified gold and can thus be marked as her breakthrough release.

In 2020, she and Tha Supreme collaborated with Congolese-Belgian singer Lous and the Yakuza on a remix of the single "Dilemme". In the same year, she appeared on the single released the single "Spigoli" Tha Supreme and Carl Brave. The two songs reached positions 3 and 1 on the Classifica FIMI Artisti respectively and were certified platinum, marking another success in her career.

On January 14, 2022 she released her first studio album Universo, with the extracted singles "Ciò che non dici" and "Parentesi", the latter in collaboration with Italian singer Giorgia.^[7][8] The album charted on seventh place on the Classifica FIMI Artisti, and was promoted through the Universo Tour 2022.^[9][10] In the summer of that year, Sattei also collaborated with Fedez and Tananai on the song "La dolce vita",^[11] which reached position 1 on the Classifica FIMI Artisti. The song was certified gold in Switzerland and triple platinum in Italy.^[12]

On 4 December 2022, Mara Sattei's participation in the Sanremo Music Festival 2023 was officially announced.^[13] Her entry is titled "Duemilaminuti" and is the result of collaboration with Måneskin's frontman Damiano David and Tha Supreme.^[14]

In 2024 she published a collaborative album with his brother Tha Supreme Casa Gospel, which peaked at number two on Italian Album Charts and was certified gold by FIMI.^[15]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums with album details

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Certifications
		ITA [16]
Universo	Released: 14 January 2022 Label: Arista, Columbia Records	7
Casa Gospel (with Thasup)	Released: 13 December 2024 Label: Epic Records	2	FIMI: Gold[17]

Extended plays

List of EPs with details

Title	EP details
Frammenti (Acoustic Covers EP N.1)[a]	Released: 8 July 2014 Label: Studio8

1. Credited as Sara Mattei.

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Certifications	Album
		ITA [18]	SMR [19]	SWI [20]
"Nuova registrazione 326"	2019	—	—	—	FIMI: Gold[17]	Non-album singles
"Nuova registrazione 402"		—	—	—
"Nuova registrazione 527"	2020	59	—	—
"Scusa"	2021	47	21	—		Universo
"Ciò che non dici"		—	—	—
"Parentesi" (featuring Giorgia)	2022	56	—	—	FIMI: Gold[17]
"La dolce vita" (with Fedez and Tananai)		1	2	44	FIMI: 6× Platinum[17] IFPI SWI: Gold[21]	Disumano
"Duemilaminuti"	2023	10	20	—	FIMI: 2× Platinum[17]	Non-album singles
"Tasche"		—	—	—
"Piango in discoteca"		94	38	—	FIMI: Gold[17]
"Mare aperto"		89	—	—
"Tempo (all the things she said)"	2024	—	—	—
"Solo guai"		—	—	—
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released.

As featured artist

List of singles, with chart positions, album name and certifications

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Certifications	Album
		ITA [18]	SMR [19]
"Dilemme (Remix)" (Lous and the Yakuza featuring Tha Supreme and Mara Sattei)	2020	3	—	FIMI: Platinum[17]	Gore
"Spigoli" (Carl Brave featuring Mara Sattei and Tha Supreme)		1	—	FIMI: 3× Platinum[17]	Coraggio
"Altalene" (Slait and Tha Supreme featuring Mara Sattei and Coez)		1	37	FIMI: 3× Platinum[17]	Bloody Vinyl 3
"Tuttecose" (Gazzelle featuring Mara Sattei)	2021	16	—	FIMI: 2× Platinum[17]	OK un c***o
"Vuoto dentro" (Sick Luke featuring Bresh and Mara Sattei)	2022	42	—	FIMI: Gold[17]	X2
"Il mio nome" (Remix) (Ernia featuring Mara Sattei)	2023	51	28	FIMI: Gold[17]	Io non ho paura
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released.

Guest appearances

List of non-single appearances on compilation albums or other artists' albums, with album name

Title	Year	Album
"M12ano" (Tha Supreme featuring Mara Sattei)	2019	23 6451
"Loop" (Tha Supreme featuring Mara Sattei)	2021	Carattere speciale
"Roma è sempre la stessa" (Carl Brave featuring Mara Sattei)	2023	Migrazione

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013–2014	Amici di Maria De Filippi	Herself / Contestant	Talent show (season 13)
2023	Sanremo Music Festival 2023		Annual music festival

Tours

• 2022 – Universo Tour 2022