Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu (born 16 October 1986), best known as Inna, is a Romanian dance singer. n November 12, 2008, Inna 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 strong on the Romanian Top 100 as it peaked at number five in December 2008. It also became an airplay success in The Netherlands, Portugal, Brazil, Moldova, Bulgaria, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Libya, Poland, Serbia, Gibraltar, Spain, Syria, Turkey, Russia, Hungary, France, Slovakia, Greece, Pakistan and Ukraine. 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 "Deja 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 Moldova, Bulgaria, Russia and Hungary. 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 first position of the Spanish Singles Chart, being certified Platinum by PROMUSICAE. The song sold over 40,000 copies during that summer. Her debut album "Hot" became a top ten in France, being certified Gold by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. In France, she has four consecutive top tens: "Hot", "Deja Vu", "Amazing" and "10 Minutes". In the United Kingdom, she has three songs charted with the top seventy-five of the The Official Charts Company's UK Singles Chart. WIth a top ten ("Hot") and another top twenty "Amazing". Her latest single "Sun Is Up" became a number-one hit in Bulgaria and a top five in: France, Romania and Russia. For 2011, Inna is preparing a new record, "Powerless", that will be promoted by her French concert tour "INNA en Concert".
