Ina Wroldsen
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| Born | Ina Christine Wroldsen 29 May 1984 |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Other names | Ina |
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| Years active | 2004–present |
| Spouse(s) | Mark Ellwood (also manager) |
| Children | William Wroldsen Ellwood |
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| Website | ina-wroldsen |
Ina Christine Wroldsen (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.[2]
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, Jess Glynne, Clean Bandit, Zara Larsson, Rag'n'Bone Man, Sean Paul, David Guetta, James Arthur, Britney Spears, Demi Lovato, Madison Beer, Tinie Tempah, Tinashe, Anne-Marie, Little Mix, Olly Murs, the Pussycat Dolls, the Wanted, the Saturdays, Shontelle, Leona Lewis and One Direction.
Between 2013 and 2018, the publishing interest of Ina Wroldsen's catalog has been represented by Reverb Music/Reservoir Media Management.[3] 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.[4] This was one of the year's most streamed/downloaded/played songs worldwide.
In 2016, she was one of the judges in the Norwegian version of Idol: Jakten på en superstjerne.[5] 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.[6] Soon after, on October 27, 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.[7]
In August 2018 she released in partnership with Alok "Favela" with her own vocals and inspired from a documentary about Latin American women.[8]
Discography[]
Extended plays[]
| Title | Details |
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| HEX[9] |
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| Matters of the Mind[10] |
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Singles[]
As main artist[]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOR [11] |
DEN [12] |
SWE [13] | |||
Credited as Ina
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| "Suddenly"[14] | 2004 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
Credited as Ina Wroldsen
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| "Aliens (Her er jeg)"[15] | 2014 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Rebels"[16] | 2015 | — | — | — | |
| "Lay It on Me" (with Broiler) |
2016 | 2 | — | — | |
| "Mary's Story" | 79 | — | — | ||
| "St. Peter"[17] | — | — | — | ||
| "Strongest" | 2017 | 2 | 20 | 85 | |
| "Sea"[18] | 2018 | — | — | — | HEX[9] |
| "Remember Me"[19] | — | — | — | ||
| "Mine"[20] | — | — | — | ||
| "Mother" | 17 [21] |
— | — | ||
| "Favela" (with Alok)[22] |
28 [23] |
— | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Obsessed" (with Dynoro)[24] |
2019 | 13 [25] |
— | — | |
| "Body Parts" | 26 [26] |
— | — | ||
| "I Feel Ya" (with Cheat Codes and Danny Quest) |
— | — | — | Level 2 | |
| "Forgive or Forget"[27] | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Haloes"[28] | 25 [29] |
— | — | ||
| "Pale Horses"[30] | 2020 | — | — | — | |
| "We Are Gonna Live"[31] | 2021 | — | — | — | Matters of the Mind |
| "Matters"[32] | — | — | — | ||
| "Fires"[33] | — | — | — | ||
| "More"[34] | — | — | — | ||
| "—" 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"[35] (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 [37] |
14 | 6 | — | 15 | 4 [38] |
5 [39] |
7 | Snacks | ||||||||||||||
| "Lie to Me"[43] (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[]
This list of songs or music-related items is incomplete; you can help by .| Title | Year | Album/EP | |
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| "If You Could Only See Me"[44] | 2004 | Non-album singles | |
| "Sorry"[45] | 2005 | ||
Credited as Ina Wroldsen
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| "Human" (Chris Loco featuring Ina Wroldsen) |
2015 | See No Evil | |
| "Feels Like Home" (Sigma featuring Ina Wroldsen) |
Life | ||
Credits[]
This list of songs or music-related items is incomplete; you can help by .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 | Non-album single | |
Songwriting[]
Awards and nominations[]
 | This list is incomplete; you can help by . (June 2018) |
| Year | Organization | Award | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2018 | WDM Radio Awards | Best Electronic Vocalist | Ina Wroldsen | Nominated | [57] |
| Spellemannprisen '17 | Årets internasjonale suksess (International Success of the Year) |
Won | [9] | ||
| P3 Gull | P3-Prisen (P3 Prize) | Won | [58] | ||
| 2019 | Brit Awards | British Video of the Year | "Breathe" (Jax Jones featuring Ina Wroldsen) |
Nominated | [59] |
| Spellemannprisen '18 | Årets låtskriver (Songwriter of the Year) |
HEX Ina Wroldsen |
Won | [7] | |
| Årets tekstforfatter (Lyricist of the Year) |
HEX Ina Wroldsen |
Nominated | [7] | ||
| Årets låt (Song of the Year) |
"Strongest" | Nominated | [7] | ||
| 64th Ivor Novello Awards | PRS for Music Most Performed Work | "Breathe" (Jax Jones featuring Ina Wroldsen) |
Nominated | [60] |
References[]
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- ^ "Ina Wroldsen skriver for Britney". Nrk.no. 27 March 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "Reservoir Buys Brit Publisher P&P Songs".
- ^ Vincentelli, Elisabeth (31 July 2015). "Meet the voice behind Calvin Harris's new hit". Nypost.com. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "Reservoir Media Management - INA WROLDSEN ANNOUNCED AS JUDGE FOR POP IDOL NORWAY".
- ^ "Hit songwriter for Clean Bandit and One Direction signs to Simon Cowell's label". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d https://spellemann.no/nominerte-spellemannprisen-2018/
- ^ "Alok lança "Favela", música em parceria com a cantora norueguesa Ina Wroldsen". Uol.com.br. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Ina Wroldsen og ektemannen slet da de flyttet til Norge". vg.no. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Matters Of The Mind - EP by Ina Wroldsen on Apple Music". Apple Music (US). Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "VG-lista – Ina Wroldsen". VG-lista. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Hitlisten Top 40". Tracklisten. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ "Ina* – Suddenly". Discogs. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Aliens (Her Er Jeg) – Single by Ina Wroldsen on iTunes". iTunes Store (US). Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Rebels – Single by Ina Wroldsen on iTunes". iTunes Store (AU). Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "St Peter – Single by Ina Wroldsen on iTunes". iTunes Store (AU). Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "Sea – Single by Ina Wroldsen on iTunes". iTunes Store (IN). Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Remember Me – Single by Ina Wroldsen on iTunes". iTunes Store (US). Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "Mine – Single by Ina Wroldsen on iTunes". iTunes Store (RU). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "VG-lista – Topp 20 Single uke 37, 2018". VG-lista. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ "Favela – Single by Ina Wroldsen on iTunes". iTunes Store (AU). Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "VG-lista – Topp 20 Single uke 38, 2018". VG-lista. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "Obsessed – Single by Dynoro & Ina Wroldsen on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ "VG-lista – Topp 20 Single uke 13, 2019". VG-lista. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ "VG-lista – Topp 20 Single uke 21, 2019". VG-lista. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ "Forgive or Forget – Single by Ina Wroldsen". Apple Music. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Haloes - Single by Ina Wroldsen". Apple Music (US). Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "VG-lista – Topp 20 Single uke 39, 2019". VG-lista. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ "Pale Horses - Single by Ina Wroldsen on Apple Music". Apple Music (US). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "We Are Gonna Live - Single by Ina Wroldsen on Apple Music". Apple Music (US). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Matters - Single by Ina Wroldsen on Apple Music". Apple Music (US). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Fires - Single by Ina Wroldsen on Apple Music". Apple Music (US). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ @inawroldsenofficial (25 May 2021). "More... Out Friday! #newmusic". Retrieved 29 May 2021 – via Instagram.
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- ^ "Brit Awards-nominert" (in Norwegian). GAFFA. 14 January 2019.
- ^ https://www.nme.com/news/music/nominations-ivors-2019-2480053
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