1. Inna 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.
39 Facts About Inna
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In 2011, it was announced Inna was the highest-paid Romanian and Eastern European artist.
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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.
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Inna signed a record deal with Roc Nation in 2018 to release her sixth studio album Yo in May 2019.
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Inna has received several awards and nominations, including the Balkan Music Awards, European Border Breakers Award, MTV Europe Music Awards and the Romanian Music Awards.
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Inna is a human rights activist, participating in campaigns against domestic violence and in support of children's rights.
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Inna was raised in Neptun, where her father worked as a sea rescuer and her mother as a dancer and singer.
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Inna listened to a variety of musical styles as a teenager, including electro house and europop, and to artists such as Celine Dion, Beyonce, Christina Aguilera and Whitney Houston.
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Inna attended the sole, now dissolved, elementary school in Neptun.
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Early in her career, Inna released pop-rock songs, but switched to "commercial" minimal-infused house music after changing her stage name.
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Inna collaborated with Romanian musician Bogdan Croitoru on her follow-up single, "Deja Vu", which they released under pseudonyms before revealing their true identities after a period of speculation.
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Inna had her second number-one hit in Romania with "Amazing", her fourth single, in 2009.
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Inna was the Best Romanian Act at the 2009 and 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards, the first Romanian artist to win the award in two consecutive years.
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That year, Inna received a career award at the Zece Pentru Romania Awards.
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Inna released her second studio album, I Am the Club Rocker, in September 2011, which included the single "Club Rocker" that received a remix with American rapper Flo Rida.
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Inna had her first major Romanian concert at the Arenele Romane in Bucharest, where she arrived by helicopter "like a diva".
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On New Year's Eve, Inna presented a concert at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai.
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Inna released her third studio album, Party Never Ends, in March 2013, featuring the commercially successful singles "More than Friends" with Daddy Yankee and "In Your Eyes" with Yandel.
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In late 2013, Inna contributed to Pitbull's "All the Things" on his EP, Meltdown.
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Inna released her fourth, eponymous studio album in October 2015.
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Also in 2015, Inna was the Best Romanian Act and was nominated for Best European Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards.
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Alexandra Stan's "We Wanna", with Inna and Daddy Yankee, was a moderate hit.
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Inna contributed uncredited vocals to Carla's Dreams "Te rog", which went on to reach number one in Romania.
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Inna became a member of the supergroup G Girls, with whom she released two singles.
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In early 2017, Inna was announced as a coach on Vocea Romaniei Junior with Andra and Marius Moga, and in the May of the same year her YouTube channel surpassed two billion total views.
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Inna released her sixth studio album, Yo, in May 2019.
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Inna described Yo material as experimental and gypsy-influenced, a departure from her previous work.
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In January 2021, Inna's single "Read My Lips" featuring Colombian singer Farina reached number ten in Romania, and by May, Heartbreaker lead single "Flashbacks" had peaked at number one in Russia and within the top ten in Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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Inna participated as Alok's special guest at the Untold Festival in September 2021, held at Cluj Arena.
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In October 2021, Inna released the non-album single "Up", whose chart success in countries such as Bulgaria, Poland and Russia peaked in early 2022.
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In late November 2011, Inna joined the anti-domestic violence campaign Durerea nu este iubire empowering women to stand up to abuse, and signed a petition asking the Romanian government to strengthen a domestic violence law.
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Inna began the Bring the Sun Into My Life campaign to increase public awareness of violence against women.
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Inna recorded "Tu tens la forca", a Catalan language cover version of Gala's "Freed from Desire", for the 2015 Marato de TV3 telethon.
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Inna participated in Cartoon Network Romania's anti-bullying CN Clubul Prieteniei in 2016, and recorded a new opening theme for the Romanian-language version of The Powerpuff Girls.
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In March 2022, Inna performed at the We Are One benefit concert in Bucharest, whose aim was to raise funds for Ukraine upon its 2022 invasion by Russia.
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Inna was called "one of Romania's biggest exports" by The Guardian, based on her sales and popularity.
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Inna has received a number of awards and nominations, including five Balkan Music Awards, a European Border Breakers Award, three MTV Europe Music Awards for Best Romanian Act and thirteen Romanian Music Awards.
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In 2015, Antena 3 reported that Inna was Romania's best-selling artist abroad.
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Inna dated her manager Lucian Stefan for ten years until 2013.