Hot is the debut studio album by Romanian singer Inna, released on 4 August 2009 by Magic Records. Inna collaborated on the record with Romanian trio Play & Win, who entirely wrote, produced and arranged Hot at their Play & Win Studios in Constanța, Romania. It was described as an electronic dance music (EDM) album, with influences varying from trance, electro house and techno to Hi-NRG, synth-pop and chillout.[2] Lyrically, Hot deals with love themes. Music critics gave the album positive to mixed reviews, praising the danceable style but criticizing its lack of innovation. At the 2010 Romanian Music Awards, Hot won in the Best Album category, while also receiving an award at the 2011 Radio Romnia Actualităţi Awards in the Pop/Dance Album of the Year section.
As a child, Inna became interested in music, with her mother, grandmother and grandfather all singing as a hobby.[10][11] She graduated the Colegiul Economic (Economy College) in Mangalia, later studying political science at Ovidius University in Constanţa. Inna also took singing lessons and participated in music festivals,[12] while unsuccessfully auditioning for the Romanian band A.S.I.A.[10] When Inna worked in an office, her manager heard her singing and contacted Play & Win.[13] Adopting the stage name Alessandra in 2008, she adopted a pop-rock style,[14] which switched to "commercial" minimal house music after changing her stage name to Inna.[15]
Critical commentary has noted Hot as an EDM album,[2] with Lewis Corner of Digital Spy pointing out "pumping Euro-beats and dainty synth chord progressions".[21] The record opens with "Hot", an "unadulterated and stylised" trance-inspired electro house song,[20] containing "ticky" synthesizer sounds similar to German band Boney M.'s "Ma Baker" (1977), and "trancey, hypnotic" beats.[22][23] It is followed by "Love", a cadenced recording that belongs to the EDM and house genres, whose lyrics talk about "how complicated situations of love can become".[20] Neeti Sarkar, writing for The Hindu, thought that the next track "Days Nights" was "rhetoric [...] [with] the singer plead[ing] in desperation for her man to return to her".[20] "Amazing" is a techno song containing Spanish guitar and beats,[24] while "Don't Let the Music Die" was described as influenced by Hi-NRG.[20] It is followed by "On & On", with Sarker noting: "[It] is simple and tuneful, sometimes sounding like a poem with alternate lines rhyming";[20] a chillout mix is also included on Hot.[3] "Dj Vu", with Bob Taylor, was labelled as a dance track,[25] while "10 Minutes" belongs to the synth-pop and electropop genres,[20] stylized to fit the style of music consumed in the United States.[26]
To support Hot, five singles were released, which according to Libertatea sold a total of 500,000 copies in France as of April 2011.[40] Its title track was made available in August 2008,[4] topping the native Nielsen Music Control chart,[41] and reaching the top 20 in various other countries.[42] "Hot" was certified Silver in the United Kingdom,[43] Gold in Denmark and Italy,[44][45] Platinum in Spain and multi-Platinum in Norway and Sweden.[46][47][48] The follow-up single, "Love", was released in February 2009,[5] to modest success in selected European countries.[49][50][51] "Dj Vu", the album's third single in collaboration with Bogdan Croitoru, caused controversy when the two artists used the pseudonyms of Anni and Bob Taylor. Their true identities were later revealed after a time of speculation.[52][53][54] "Dj Vu" reached the top 10 in Greece,[55] Russia,[56] France,[57] the Netherlands,[58] Romania[59] and Wallonia.[60] It was certified Gold in the Netherlands.[61]
"Amazing" attracted controversy when it premiered in August 2009,[7] with Romanian singer Anca Badiu revealing that it had been originally intended for her before released by Inna, and accusing Play & Win of breach of contract.[62][63] "Amazing" achieved similar success to its predecessors, becoming her second number-one single in Romania.[64]A last single, "10 Minutes", premiered in January 2010,[8] and was added to later editions of Hot.[65] The promotional single "I Need You for Christmas" (2009), and singles "Sun Is Up" (2010) and "Un Momento" (2011) were also featured on alternative versions of the album.[17][18][66]
This is my favourite album from Inna and i've always wanted to make an album cover for it. Worked very hard on this one as i wanted the colours to reflect the title of the album. Cutting around the hair was also a very hard job as this image of her seems to only be available in low quality.
The album entered the Polish chart, OLiS and the Czech Album charts, ČNS IFPI, where it remained for 17 non-consecutive weeks. It peaked at No.9 on the French SNEP charts, at No.34 in the [Album Chart], No.1 on the [Official Dance Album Chart], and No.9 on the Album Download Charts in the United Kingdom.
Hot uscito inizialmente in Polonia ed in Russia nel 2009. In Repubblica Ceca, il 22 febbraio 2010, la casa discografica Universal Music ha pubblicato l'album con 17 tracce includendo la nuova hit 10 Minutes e vari remix dei singoli di successo Love e Hot. La data d'uscita dell'album in Romania stata pi volte posticipata ed Inna e i produttori Play & Win hanno affermato che ci avvenuto per migliorarlo. L'album stato pubblicato anche nei Paesi Bassi, Belgio, Francia, Spagna e Germania grazie al successo di Hot e Amazing, entrambi entrati in numerose classifiche europee. La versione spagnola dell'album include la bonus track Un momento, in collaborazione con il remixer, produttore e dj Juan Magn, il brano una versione demo, il brano ufficiale, verr pubblicato nel 2011 e sar incluso nella tracklist del secondo album in studio I Am the Club Rocker.
Hot debutt, grazie alle vendite digitali, al 28 posto nella classifica ufficiale degli album in Polonia[14] e la settimana successiva scese al 43[15]. In Francia l'album di Inna entr direttamente al 9 posto nella classifica ufficiale e rimase nei primi dieci posti per due settimane consecutive[16][17] mentre per due mesi nei primi venti[18]. Sempre in Francia l'album rimane per un anno intero nella classifica dei 200 album pi venduti[18].
Hot is het eerste studioalbum van Inna. In Roemeni, Bulgarije, Spanje, Griekenland en Turkije scoorde ze met haar eerste single "Hot" een nummer 1-hit en in Nederland en Rusland een nummer 2-hit. Haar tweede single van het album werd "Dj Vu". Wederom een top 10-hit. "Dj Vu" haalde de zevende plaats als hoogst behaalde plek. De derde single van het album werd "Love". In eerste instantie zou "10 Minutes" de volgende single worden, maar dat ging toch niet door. Op 22 april 2010 is haar album Hot uitgekomen in Nederland. Haar album kwam 1 mei 2010 in de single Top 100 binnen op 68 en de hoogste positie is 68. Hot heeft totaal 12 weken in de Album Top 100 gestaan. In Vlaanderen kwam het album op nummer 56 binnen op 4 september 2010. "Amazing" werd de vierde single en de laatste single werd "10 Minutes".
Hot este albumul de debut al interpretei de origine romnă Inna. Materialul a fost lansat n Polonia la data de 8 august 2009, prin intermediul caselor de discuri Roton și Ultra Records.
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