Cause and Effect was released in September 2008, following the international singles All This Time and Belly Up.
Maria, born 1986, has talent in the family as her father, originally from Nicaragua, is a drummer. She started writing songs as a way to deal with her feelings after her parents divorced when she was 11. This resulted in the Norwegian release of the singles Fragile (Free) and My Lullaby in 2002, and the follow-up album Another Phase.
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The 2005 album Apparently Unaffected was released in Norway and several other European countries, fronted by the singles Miss You Love, and Just Hold Me. The album was nominated for best female artist, best hit and best music video at the Norwegian Spellman awards.
Maria Mena visited Greece in November 2008 as a part of her European tour, and performed some of her songs at the popular TV-show X-factor. She also did interviews on several radio and TV-shows, amongst them the very popular channel MadTV.
In January 2009 she was awarded Best Female Artist at the Norwegian Grammies - Spellemannsprisen.
You can listen to Maria Mena at her label SONY BMG here.