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Ina Wroldsen
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Ina Christine Wroldsen
29 May 1984 Sandefjord, Norway
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| Other names | Ina |
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| Years active | 2004–present |
| Spouse(s) | Mark Ellwood |
| Children | 1 |
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Ina Christine Wroldsen (Norwegian: [ˈîːnɑ krɪsˈtìːnɑ ˈʋrɔ̀ɫsn̩]; born 29 May 1984), previously known simply as Ina, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. She was a part of the electropop duo Ask Embla with Icelandic producer and songwriter Arnthor Birgisson.
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Career
Wroldsen's career started solely as a recording artist, but soon turned to writing music for others. As a songwriter, she has had great success and is internationally considered one of the most sought after in her field. She has won several BMI/ASCAP awards for her work, among BRIT award and Spellemannprisen nominations. Her songs have been used by the likes of Shakira, Kylie Minogue, David Guetta, James Arthur, Britney Spears, Demi Lovato, Madison Beer and Tinie Tempah.
Between 2013 and 2018, the publishing interest of Ina Wroldsen's catalog has been represented by Reverb Music/Reservoir Media Management. Since 2018, Warner Chappell Music have represented Ina's publishing interests.
In recent years, Ina has also resumed her career as a recording artist. As part of Norwegian-Icelandic duo Ask Embla, together with Arnthor Birgisson. They released the album Northern Lights in 2013 in Norway. She has since continued her artist career under its own name. She released "Aliens (Her er jeg)" (2014), "Rebels" (2015) and "Lay It on Me" (2016). The latter was released as a collaboration with the Norwegian producer duo Broiler and climbed to No. 2 on the VG-lista singles chart.
In 2015, Calvin Harris and Disciples chose to release Ina's song "How Deep Is Your Love" using her vocals.
In 2016, she was one of the judges in the Norwegian version of Idol: Jakten på en superstjerne. She has been the featured vocalist on various worldwide acclaimed DJs' records, including Sigma, Steve Aoki, "Breathe" by Jax Jones and the Martin Solveig song "Places".
In June 2017, she signed a record deal with Simon Cowell's Syco Music label. Soon after, on 27 October 2017, she released her single "Strongest", which was quite successful in Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, and thanks to it in 2019 she was nominated for Spellemannprisen for the "Song of the Year" award.
In August 2018, she released in partnership with Alok "Favela" with her own vocals and inspired from a documentary about Latin American women.
From 2021 to 2024, Wroldsen served as a coach on The Voice Norway, winning its 2022 season with her act Jørgen Dahl Moe.
Discography
Extended plays
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| Hex |
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| Matters of the Mind |
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Singles
As main artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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| "Suddenly" (as Ina) |
2004 | — | — | — | non-album single |
| "Aliens (Her er jeg)" | 2014 | — | — | — | |
| "Rebels" | 2015 | — | — | — | |
| "Lay It on Me" (with Broiler) |
2016 | 2 | — | — | |
| "Mary's Story" | 79 | — | — | ||
| "St. Peter" | — | — | — | ||
| "Strongest" | 2017 | 2 | 20 | 85 | |
| "Sea" | 2018 | — | — | — | Hex |
| "Remember Me" | — | — | — | ||
| "Mine" | — | — | — | ||
| "Mother" | 17 |
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| "Favela" (with Alok) |
28 |
— | — | non-album single | |
| "Obsessed" (with Dynoro) |
2019 | 13 |
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| "Body Parts" | 26 |
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| "I Feel Ya" (with Cheat Codes and Danny Quest) |
— | — | — | Level 2 | |
| "Forgive or Forget" | — | — | — | non-album single | |
| "Haloes" | 25 |
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| "Pale Horses" | 2020 | — | — | — | |
| "We Are Gonna Live" | 2021 | — | — | — | Matters of the Mind |
| "Matters" | — | — | — | ||
| "Fires" | — | — | — | ||
| "More" | — | — | — | ||
| "Aldri" (with Stig Brenner) |
2023 | 16 |
— | — | non-album single |
| "Won't Forget You" (with Jax Jones x D.O.D) |
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| "Barcelona" (with Alan Walker) |
2024 | 19 |
— | — | TBA |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | |||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album/EP | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| NOR | AUT | BEL (Fl) | BEL (Wa) | FRA | GER | IRE | SCO | UK | |||||||||||||||||
| "We Stand Up" (Kat Krazy featuring Ina Wroldsen) |
2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||||||||
| "Places" (Martin Solveig featuring Ina Wroldsen) |
39 | 72 | 43 | 24 | 56 | 44 | 37 | 12 | 27 |
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| "Breathe" (Jax Jones featuring Ina Wroldsen) |
2017 | — | 14 |
14 | 6 | — | 15 | 4 |
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| "Lie to Me" (Steve Aoki featuring Ina Wroldsen) |
2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Neon Future III | ||||||||||||||
| "I Feel Ya" (Cheat Codes with Danny Quest & Ina Wroldsen) |
2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Level 2 | ||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other songs
| Title | Year | Album/EP |
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| "If You Could Only See Me" (as Ina) |
2004 | non-album single |
| "Sorry" (as Ina) |
2005 | |
| "Human" (Chris Loco featuring Ina Wroldsen) |
2015 | See No Evil |
| "Feels Like Home" (Sigma featuring Ina Wroldsen) |
Life |
Credits
Singing-songwriting
| Title | Co-writers | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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| NOR | AUS | AUT | BEL (Fl) | GER | ITA | NL |
SWI | UK | US | |||||
| "How Deep Is Your Love" (Calvin Harris and Disciples) |
Calvin Harris, Nathan Duvall, Gavin Koolmon, Luke McDermott, Marvin White | 2015 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 27 |
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Non-album single |
Songwriting
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-writers |
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| 2024 | Kylie Minogue | Tension II | "Lights Camera Action” | Kylie Minogue, Lewis Thompson |
| "Taboo” | Steve Mac | |||
| "Hello” | Punctual, Neave Applebaum | |||
| 2023 | Tension | "Padam Padam” | Peter Rycroft | |
| 2020 | Jax Jones feat. Au/Ra | TBA | "I Miss U" | Janee Bennett, Cass Lowe, Olav Tronsmoen, Timucin Lam |
| Yves V feat. Alida | TBA | "Home Now" | A. Garpesrad Peck, J Hazell, OHYES, R. Kappmeier, S. Halldin, S. Lappessen, T. Alisson, Y. Van Geertsom | |
| Baard | TBA | "Thinking" | Bard Bonsaksen, Sivert Hjeltes Hagtvet, Vilde Johannessen, Viljat Losnegard | |
| 2019 | Jack Wins feat. Amy Grace | TBA | "Forever Young" | Julia Karlsson, Anton Rundberg |
| Nathan Dawe featuring Melissa Steel | TBA | "Repeat After Me" | Diztortion | |
| Baard | TBA | "You Keep Calling" | Bard Bonsaksen, Sivert Hjeltes Hagtvet | |
| 2018 | Sean Paul and David Guetta featuring Becky G | Mad Love the Prequel | "Mad Love" | Diztortion, David Guetta, Sean Paul, Giorgio Tuinfort, Soaky, Emily Warren, Shakira, Jack Patterson |
| Anne-Marie | Speak Your Mind | "Breathing Fire" | Steve Mac | |
| 2017 | "Then" | |||
| Disciples | TBA | "Jealousy" | Nathan Duvhall, Luke McDermott, Gavin Koolman | |
| Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson | What Is Love? & So Good | "Symphony" | Steve Mac, Ammar Malik, Jack Patterson | |
| Steps | Tears on the Dancefloor | "You Make Me Whole" | Wayne Hector, Ben Kohn, Tom Barnes and Pete Kelleher | |
| "Happy" | Steve Mac | |||
| "Firefly" | ||||
| Rag'n'Bone Man | Human | "Ego" | Rag'n'Bone Man, Two Inch Punch | |
| Tinie Tempah featuring Tinashe | Youth | "Text From Your Ex" | Jax Jones, Tinie Tempah | |
| 2016 | Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie | What Is Love? | "Rockabye" | Steve Mac, Ammar Malik, Sean Paul, Jack Patterson |
| Anne-Marie | Speak Your Mind | "Alarm" | Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Anne-Marie Nicholson | |
| Sofia Carson | TBA | "Love Is the Name" | Steve Mac, Ewald Pfleger, Günter Grasmuck, Peter Niklas, Gruber Herwig Tremschnig, Kurt Plisnier | |
| Anna Naklab | Whole | "Whole" | TMS, Wayne Hector | |
| Olly Murs | 24 Hrs | "Flaws" | Steve Robson, Olly Murs, Coffee Jr. | |
| "Better Without You" | ||||
| "That Girl" | ||||
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| Demi Lovato | Confident | "Lionheart" | Steve Mac | |
| Jess Glynne | I Cry When I Laugh | "Hold My Hand" | Jess Glynne, Jack Patterson, Jin Jin | |
| Jasmine Thompson | Adore | "Adore" | Steve Mac, Paul Gendler | |
| Fleur East | Love, Sax and Flashbacks | "Like That" | Fraser T Smith, Fleur East | |
| Ann Sophie | Silver Into Gold | "I Believed" | Steve Mac | |
| 2014 | Adelén | N/A | "Always On My Mind" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi |
| One Love, One Rhythm – The 2014 FIFA World Cup Official Album | "Olé" | |||
| Girls' Generation-TTS | Holler | "Adrenaline" | Lucas Secon, Mich Hansen, Jonas Jeberg | |
| BoA | Who's Back? | "Close To Me" | N/A | |
| Maude Harcheb | #HoldUp | "Hold Up" | Mich Hansen, Jonas Jeberg | |
| Baby Blue | Bump | "Bump" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi | |
| Cher Lloyd | Sorry I'm Late | "Bind Your Love" | Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk, Shellback | |
| "Sirens" | Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk | |||
| Sanna Nielsen | 7 | "Breathe" | David Kreuger, Per Magnusson | |
| "Rainbow" | ||||
| Professor Green featuring Tori Kelly | Growing Up In Public | "Lullaby" | Chris Loco, Stephen Manderson | |
| Aneta Sablik | The One | "You Make Me Whole" | Tom Barnes, Ben Kohn, Peter Kelleher, Wayne Hector, James Reynolds | |
| Shakira | Shakira | "Empire" | Steve Mac | |
| Ben Dettinger | N/A | "Travelling South" | Arnthor Birgisson | |
| 2013 | Adelén | "Bombo" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi | |
| "Baila Conmigo" | ||||
| James Arthur | James Arthur | "Recovery" | Tiago Carvalho, James Arthur | |
| Cover Drive | N/A | "All My Love" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi, Karen Reifer, Thomas-Ray Armstrong, Jamar Harding | |
| Rebecca Ferguson | Freedom | "My Best" | Tom Barnes, Ben Kohn, Peter Kelleher, Rebecca Ferguson | |
| Inna | Party Never Ends | "In Your Eyes" | Steve Mac | |
| "We Like to Party" | Wayne Hector | |||
| "J'Adore" | Inna, Sebastian Barac, Marcel Botezan, Radu Bolfea | |||
| "Dame tu amor" featuring Reik (Spanish version) | N/A | |||
| "Light It Up" featuring Reik (English version) | ||||
| Madison Beer | N/A | "Melodies" | Tom Barnes, Ben Kohn, Peter Kelleher | |
| Wanessa | DNA Tour – Ao Vivo | "Messiah" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi | |
| "Shine It On" | ||||
| 2012 | Cover Drive | Bajan Style | "Twilight" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi, Karen Reifer, Thomas-Ray Armstrong, Jamar Harding |
| "That Girl" | Steve Mac | |||
| Tone Damli | N/A | "Look Back" | David Eriksen | |
| One Direction | One Thing – Single | "I Should Have Kissed You" | Steve Robson | |
| Leona Lewis | Glassheart | "Come Alive" | Fraser T Smith | |
| James Arthur | James Arthur | "Impossible" | Arnthor Birgisson | |
| Mandy Capristo | Grace | "Hurricane" | David Eriksen | |
| JLS | Evolution | "I Like It" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi, Aston Merrygold, Jonathan Gill, Marvin Humes, Oritsé Williams | |
| Little Mix | DNA | "We Are Who We Are" | Steve Mac, Wayne Hector | |
| The Wanted | The Word of Mouth | "I Found You" | Steve Mac, Wayne Hector | |
| 2011 | Cobra Starship featuring Sabi | Night Shades | "You Make Me Feel..." | Steve Mac |
| Dionne Bromfield | Good for the Soul | "A Little Love" | Bromfield, Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi | |
| Sophie Ellis-Bextor | Make a Scene | "Synchronised" | Fred Ball | |
| Melanie C | The Sea | "Weak" | Jez Ashurst, Melanie C | |
| The Saturdays | On Your Radar | "Notorious" | Steve Mac | |
| "Faster" | ||||
| "My Heart Takes Over" | ||||
| "White Lies" | Carl Falk, Rami Yacoub | |||
| Britney Spears | Femme Fatale (Deluxe Edition) | "He About to Lose Me" | Rodney Jerkins | |
| 2010 | Alexandra Burke | Overcome (Deluxe Edition) | "Before The Rain" | Steve Mac |
| Tone Damli | Cocool | "I Love You" | N/A | |
| Leona Lewis | I Got You – Single | "Heartbeat" | Arnthor Birgisson, Leona Lewis | |
| N-Dubz | Love.Live.Life | "Scream My Name" | N-Dubz, B. Reckless, N. Walka, M. Gousse, Z. Anderson | |
| "Love Sick" | P. Ighile, K. Abrahams, D. Warde | |||
| The Saturdays | Headlines! | "Higher" | Arnthor Birgisson | |
| "Karma" | Steve Mac | |||
| Shontelle | No Gravity | "Impossible" | Arnthor Birgisson | |
| Tinchy Stryder featuring Alexis Jordan | Third Strike | "Together" | Kwasi Danquar, Fraser T Smith | |
| Voe | N/A | "Don't Talk to Me" | David Eriksen, Thomas Eriksen | |
| 2009 | Natalie Bassingthwaighte | 1000 Stars | "Not For You" | Chris Braide |
| "Turn The Lights On" | ||||
| Tone Damli | I Know | "Here I Am (You Got Me)" | N/A | |
| Jade Ewen | N/A | "My Man" | ||
| Sarah Kreuz | One Moment In Time | "Broken Ground" | ||
| Leona Lewis | Echo | "My Hands" | Arnthor Birgisson | |
| Pixie Lott | Turn It Up | "Gravity" | Jonas Jeberg, Mich Hansen, Lucas Secon | |
| The Saturdays | Wordshaker | "Ego" | Steve Mac, Rhys Barker | |
| "No One" | David Eriksen, Thomas Eriksen | |||
| "One Shot" | David Kreuger, Per Magnusson | |||
| "Wordshaker" | David Eriksen | |||
| "Denial" | Chris Braide | |||
| "Open Up" | David Kreuger, Per Magnusson | |||
| "Not Good Enough" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi | |||
| "Deeper" | Una Healy, Mollie King, Frankie Sandford, Vanessa White, Rochelle Wiseman | |||
| "2 AM" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi | |||
| 2008 | Pussycat Dolls | Doll Domination | "Hush Hush; Hush Hush" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi, Nicole Scherzinger |
| The Saturdays | Chasing Lights | "If This Is Love" | Vince Clarke, Alison Moyet, Joe Belmaati, Mich Hansen, John *Reid, Remee | |
| "Up" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi | |||
| "Keep Her" | David Eriksen, Thomas Eriksen | |||
| "Lies" | ||||
| "Work" | Harry Sommerdahl, Kalle Engström | |||
| "Chasing Lights" | Chris Braide | |||
| "Set Me Off" | David Eriksen, Thomas Eriksen | |||
| "Fall" | Andre Lindal | |||
| 2007 | Maria Arredondo | For a Moment | "If You Could Only See Me" | N/A |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Organization | Award | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2018 | WDM Radio Awards | Best Electronic Vocalist | Ina Wroldsen | Nominated | |
| Spellemannprisen '17 | Årets internasjonale suksess (International Success of the Year) |
Won | |||
| P3 Gull | P3-Prisen (P3 Prize) | Won | |||
| 2019 | Brit Awards | British Video of the Year | "Breathe" (Jax Jones featuring Ina Wroldsen) |
Nominated | |
| Spellemannprisen '18 | Årets låtskriver (Songwriter of the Year) |
HEX Ina Wroldsen |
Won | ||
| Årets tekstforfatter (Lyricist of the Year) |
HEX Ina Wroldsen |
Nominated | |||
| Årets låt (Song of the Year) |
"Strongest" | Nominated | |||
| 64th Ivor Novello Awards | PRS for Music Most Performed Work | "Breathe" (Jax Jones featuring Ina Wroldsen) |
Nominated |
See also
In Spanish: Ina Wroldsen para niños
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