the Shin

{{Short description|Georgian band}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = The Shin

| image = The_Shin_%26_Mariko,_ESC2014_Meet_%26_Greet_02.jpg

| caption = The Shin and Mariko (2014)

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| background = group_or_band

| origin = Tbilisi, Georgia

| genre = Jazz, fusion, ethno-jazz, ibero caucasian style

| years_active = 1998–present

| label = [http://www.jaro.de/ JARO]
[http://www.bbb-music.net/ BBB Music]

| associated_acts = Mariko Ebralidze, EgAri

| website = [http://www.the-shin.com/ www.the-shin.com]

| current_members = Zaza Miminoshvili

• Zurab Gagnidze

| past_members = Mamuka Ghaganidze{{cite web |url=https://eurovoix.com/2019/08/13/georgia-mamuka-ghaganidze/ |title=Georgia: Mamuka Ghaganidze of The Shin Has Died |first=Emily |last=Herbert |date=13 August 2019 |website=Eurovoix}}

}}

The Shin ({{lang-ka|შინ}}) is a Georgian fusion jazz band formed in Germany in 1998. The music of The Shin smoothly combines Georgian folk melodies with jazz, famous native polyphonic singing with scat, and tunes of the near Orient and flamenco with a modern Western sound. The Shin was founded by Zaza Miminoshvili (guitars, panduri) and Zurab Gagnidze (bass, vocals), and joined by Mamuka Ghaganidze (vocals, percussion) in 2002. Ghaganidze died from skin cancer in August 2019.

The group represented Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 along with singer Mariko Ebralidze with the song "Three Minutes to Earth",{{cite web|title="Three Minutes to Earth" for Georgia|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/three-minutes-to-earth-for-georgia|publisher=Eurovision.tv|last=Brey|first=Marco|access-date=24 February 2014|date=24 February 2014}} but they came in last place in their semi-final and did not advance.

The word "Shin" literally means "home" or "going home" in the Georgian language.