Inna (her real is name Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu) is a 24 years old girl, originally from the Mangalia - Romanian Black Sea Coast. She knew where she was heading toward very early so she started voice coaching at the tender age of 8. Back then, her stage name has been also decided: Inna is a nickname that comes from her grandfather. But before becoming an international stardom, Inna made sure she got some proper education thus she graduated the Economical Highschool and the Political Studies College. After finishing her studies, in the good fashion of "once in a lifetime opportunity", Inna met the three talented guys from Play&Win (Radu Bolfea, Sebastian Barac and Marcel Botezan) at the end of 2007 and decided to give music a real sHot.
They produced her first single "Hot" and changed the history of dance music in Romania. And beyond. As shown by Nielsen "Hot" was indeed the Hottest thing in Romania coming on top of the most played songs on radio and television for the past year. But even before media started to pick the song, the video already gained tens and thousands views on YouTube, quite a lot for an unknown artist. Two videos were made for this song and Inna’s sexy yet sweet image captured the hearts of fans all over the country.