Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu (born October 16, 1986 near Mangalia, Romania), known mononymously only as Inna, is a Romanian dance-pop singer, dancer and occasional songwriter. Inna is regarded as the catalyst to the wave of European dance music to hit Western Europe. On November 12, 2008, she released her debut single "Hot", which was produced by Play & Win, a Romanian dance music trio and one of the leading music producers in Romania. The single performed strongly on the Romanian Top 100, peaking at number five in December 2008. It also became an airplay success worldwide. A second single, entitled "Love", was released on March 12, 2009 and peaked at number four on the Romanian Hot 100 in April 2009, surpassing the achievements of "Hot". The song "Déjà Vu" became yet another top ten hit on the Romanian Top 100, peaking at number seven in July 2009. It also was a major hit in Russia; as well in Hungary and other countries in the Western world. In the end of June, Inna won a Romanian Top Hits Award, the special one given by the jury, for her top five hit "Love". Later that summer, the song "Hot" hit the number one position on the Spanish Singles Chart, being certified Platinum by PROMUSICAE. The song sold over 40,000 copies during that summer. Her album Hot was released as a download on June 5, 2011, and on CD the day after. It managed to enter the Official Top 40. As of December, 2011 Inna sold over 100,000 albums and over 600,000 singles in the United Kingdom alone.
Inna sings down the phone!
Inna calls from the comfort of her bed in Romania to chat about Jessie J, Cheryl Cole and the Romanian stars to look out for. Oh and she sings down the phone!
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- Official homepage at inna.ro
- Youtube at youtube.com/user/InnaRomania
- Twitter at twitter.com/inna_ro
- MySpace at myspace.com/InnaMusicOfficial
- Wikipedia article on Inna
- Last.fm page on Inna
- Discogs at discogs.com/artist/Inna
- MusicBrainz entry on Inna
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