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Also known as Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu

Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu (born 16 October 1986), known professionally as Inna (stylized in all caps), is a Romanian singer. Born in Mangalia and raised in Neptun, she studied political science at Ovidius University before meeting the Romanian trio Play & Win and pursuing a music career. She adopted the stage name "Alessandra" and a pop-rock style in 2008; later that year, she changed her stage name to "Inna" and began releasing EDM, house and popcorn music. "Hot" (2008), her debut single, was a commercial success worldwide and topped the Romanian and Billboard Hot Dance Airplay chart, among

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Inna, born Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu on October 16, 1986, in Mangalia, is a Romanian singer, pop singer, and musician. She began her professional work period in 2008 and performs in the dance music genre, utilizing her voice as her primary instrument. Inna speaks Romanian, English, and Spanish. Her career has been associated with record labels including Atlantic Records, Warner Music Group, Spinnin' Records, and Ultra Records.

She has received the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Romanian Act and was nominated for the MTV Europe Music Award for Best European Act. Inna’s official website is innaofficial.com. Her musical output is categorized under dance, House, electronic, and trance styles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 38 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, Firecrawl, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
28

Top works

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Country
Romania
Active from
1986

Member of

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,107,085
Total plays
23,438,362

Tags

danceHouseelectronictranceRomanian

Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu (born 16 October 1986), known professionally as INNA, is a Romanian singer and songwriter. Born in Mangalia and raised in Neptun, she studied political science at Ovidius University before meeting the Romanian trio Play & Win and pursuing a music career. She adopted the stage name "Alessandra" and a pop-rock style in 2008; later that year, she changed her stage name to "INNA" and began releasing EDM, house and popcorn music. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Inna">

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Key facts

Person.name
Inna
Person.image
Inna at Masked Singer Romania 2021.jpg
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Inna on the set of Masked Singer Romania 2021
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Inna on the set of Masked Singer România in 2021
Person.birth_name
Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu
Person.birth_place
Mangalia, Romania
Person.education
Ovidius University
Person.years_active
2008–present
Person.partner
Deliric (2020–present; engaged)
Person.works
Discography
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yes

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Official website

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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Life and career
  • {{anchor|1986–2007: Early life and career beginnings}}1986–2007: Early life and career beginnings
  • 2008–2011: ''Hot'' and ''I Am the Club Rocker''
  • 2012–2016: ''Party Never Ends'' and ''Inna''
  • 2016–2021: ''Nirvana'', ''Yo'' and ''Heartbreaker''
  • 2021–present: ''Champagne Problems'', ''Just Dance'' and ''El Pasado''
  • {{anchor|Philanthropy and recognition}}Philanthropy and awards
  • Personal life
  • Discography
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu (born 16 October 1986), known professionally as Inna (stylized in all caps), is a Romanian singer. Born in Mangalia and raised in Neptun, she studied political science at Ovidius University before meeting the Romanian trio Play & Win and pursuing a music career. She adopted the stage name "Alessandra" and a pop-rock style in 2008; later that year, she changed her stage name to "Inna" and began releasing EDM, house and popcorn music. "Hot" (2008), her debut single, was a commercial success worldwide and topped the Romanian and Billboard Hot Dance Airplay chart, among others. Her debut studio album of the same name followed in August 2009 and was certified Gold and Platinum. It featured several other successful singles in Europe, including "Amazing" (2009), the singer's second number-one single in Romania.

Inna's second album, I Am the Club Rocker (2011), yielded global success for the single "Sun Is Up" (2010). The track won the Eurodanceweb Award, making Inna the first and only Romanian artist to win the award. In 2011, it was announced Inna was the highest-paid Romanian and Eastern European artist. Her follow-up studio album, Party Never Ends (2013), was nominated for two consecutive years for Best Album at the Romanian Music Awards and reached the top ten in Mexico. It featured "More than Friends", a moderate European hit in collaboration with Daddy Yankee. In 2014, Inna signed with Atlantic Records and released the commercially successful "Cola Song" with J Balvin, which was used to promote that year's FIFA World Cup.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Inna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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