Umer Nangiana

With an impressive string of hits, numerous awards under her trendy belt and the clubs of Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East already at her feet, Inna is a fierce musical phenomenon.
The most exciting new voice in the dance music world, the 29-year-old Romanian has blazed through the global charts with hits like Sun Is Up and Déjà Vu, collaborating with the likes of Pitbull, Flo-Rida, Daddy Yankee and Juan Magán and reaching the top slots in dozens of countries, from her native Romania to Japan, Mexico, Turkey, Argentina, Spain, Finland, Poland and the US.
The superstar is coming to Doha for a Thursday night musical extravaganza at Indigo, Sheraton Doha on November 26.
Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu, professionally known as Inna, is a Romanian singer, dancer and philanthropist. She rose to major fame when she became the first European female vocalist to surpass one billion total views on YouTube, having accomplished this milestone in February 2012.
Inna’s debut studio album “Hot” (2009) was an international success, with it appearing in many record charts around the world and reaching the top-ten in Czech Republic, France and the United Kingdom.
The album’s lead single of the same name charted worldwide, topping the US Hot Dance Airplayin 2009. It became Gold and Platinum in countries like Spain, Norway or Italy. The song won the award for the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Romanian Act at the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards ceremony.
Déjà Vu and Amazing, the record’s next released singles, achieved each commercial success and heavy airplay in more European countries. Subsequently, they reached top-ten peak positions on the French Singles Chart and were included in the list of the best-selling songs of 2010 in France.
“I Am the Club Rocker” (2011), Inna’s sophomore record, was again produced by native trio Play&Win and received the Romanian-Album-of-the-Year-award from her label Roton. Furthermore, it achieved Gold status in Romania and Poland.
The first released single called Sun Is Up went one of her most successful singles in her career, with it selling 125,000 copies in France and 2 million copies worldwide. Sun Is Up subsequently achieved three nominations at the 2011 Romanian Music Awards and won the Eurodanceweb Award that year.
Both Flo Rida and Juan Magan are featured on “I Am The Club Rocker” and “Un Momento”, respectively. The latter one rose to famE at number-four on the Lebanese Top 20 and within the top-twenty in Romania, Slovakia, Austria and Poland.
Her third studio album “Party Never Ends” (2013) failed to achieve the same success of its predecessors, with its highest charting position being the number-ten spot on the Mexican Albums Chart. However, the record produced some successful collaborations between her and international artists like Daddy Yankee and Yandel.
Subsequently, Inna began working on her fourth full-length record. Cola Song was released then as the first single from the album. While it features J Balvin, it became a massive hit throughout Europe.
Inna’s portofolio includes numerous awards, such as two MTV Europe Music Awards and over thirteen awards in three consecutive years at the MTV Romania Music Awards. In May 2011, it was reported that Inna has already sold one million records worldwide, including 100,000 albums and over 600,000 singles in the United Kingdom.
At the end of 2011, Inna became the richest recording artist in Romania and in Eastern Europe. As of April 2014, she has sold over 3 million copies of her 3 studio albums.
Inna has been compared to Shakira, Rihanna, Britney Spears, and Lady Gaga. In her teens, Inna performed with a pop rock band that did not achieve much success. Her first recordings are the ballads and soft pop-rock songs Goodbye, Sorry and the Romanian language song Oare (Really), which were not released until her later success.
After meeting the producers making up Play&Win, her musical style changed radically. Dance and club songs became her most frequent recordings. Inna’s second album called “I Am the Club Rocker” contains more down-mid tempo songs than the previous Hot, with songs like Put Your Hands Up or Endless.
The album also contains a tropical-flavoured track Un Momento which is Inna’s first movement toward R&B music.

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