Ina Wroldsen
| Ina Wroldsen | |
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 Wroldsen in 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ina Christine Wroldsen |
| Born |
29 May 1984 Sandefjord, Norway[1] |
| Genres | Electropop |
| Occupation(s) |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
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Ina Christine Wroldsen (born 29 May 1984) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. She was a part of the electropop duo Ask Embla, with Icelandic producer and songwriter Arnþór Birgisson. Wroldsen resides in London.[2]
Career
Wroldsen's career started solely as an artist, but soon turned to writing music for others. As a songwriter, she has had great success, and today, she 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 Demi Lovato, Shakira, Jess Glynne, Clean Bandit, Rag 'n' Bone Man, James Arthur, Britney Spears, Tinie Tempah, Anne-Marie, Little Mix, The Pussycat Dolls, Shontelle, Leona Lewis, The Saturdays and One Direction.
Since 2013, the publishing interest of Ina Wroldsen’s catalog has been represented by Reverb Music/Reservoir Media Management.[3]
In recent years, Ina has also taken up an artist career. As part of Scandinavian duo "Ask Embla", together with Icelandic-born, Arnþór Birgisson. They released the album Northern Lights in 2013 in Norway, where it was one of most downloaded/streamed albums that year. She has since continued her artist career under its own name. She released "Aliens (Her er jeg)" (2014), "Rebels" (2015) and in April 2016, "Lay It on Me". 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] Later the same year, she was the featured vocalist on various worldwide acclaimed DJs' records, including Sigma and the Martin Solveig song "Places".
In June 2017, she signed a record deal with Simon Cowell's Syco Music label.[6]
Discography
Albums
As part of Ask Embla
| Title | Year | Track listing |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Light[7] | 2013 (original release) 2017 (deluxe edition) |
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Notes
- Italics indicate deluxe edition songs only
Singles
As main artist
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Aliens (Her er jeg)" | 2014 | Non-album singles |
| "Rebels" | 2015 | |
| "St. Peter" | 2016 | |
| "Mary's Story" | ||
| "Lay It on Me" (with Broiler) | ||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOR | AUT | BEL (Fl) | GER | UK | |||||||||||||||||
| "Places" (Martin Solveig featuring Ina Wroldsen) |
2016 | 39 | 72 | 43 | 44 | 27 |
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Non-album single | |||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other songs
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Human" (Chris Loco featuring Ina Wroldsen) |
2015 | See No Evil (EP) |
| "Feels Like Home" (Sigma featuring Ina Wroldsen) |
Life | |
Credits
Songwriting and uncredited vocals
| Title | Co-writers | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
References
- ↑ NRK. "Ina komponerer for de store".
- ↑ NRK. "Ina Wroldsen skriver for Britney". NRK.
- ↑ "Reservoir Buys Brit Publisher P&P Songs".
- ↑ Vincentelli, Elisabeth (31 July 2015). "Meet the voice behind Calvin Harris's new hit".
- ↑ "Reservoir Media Management - INA WROLDSEN ANNOUNCED AS JUDGE FOR POP IDOL NORWAY".
- ↑ Hit songwriter for One Direction, Clean Bandit and Britney Spears Ina Wroldsen signs record deal with Simon Cowel's Syco label
- ↑ https://open.spotify.com/user/hegeel/playlist/2egUHih8barM4BtBZTmv9i
- ↑ http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx
- ↑ http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesSingleAccreds2016.htm
- ↑ http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Calvin+Harris+++Disciples&titel=How+Deep+Is+Your+Love&cat=s
- ↑ http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Calvin+Harris+++Disciples&titel=How+Deep+Is+Your+Love&cat=s
- ↑ http://www.musikindustrie.de/nc/datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=How+Deep+Is+Your+Love&strInterpret=Calvin+Harris+%26+Disciples&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked
- ↑ http://www.fimi.it/certificazioni#/category:singoli/year:2015/page:0/term:Calvin_Harris_&_Disciples
- ↑ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=4191
- ↑ http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/
- ↑ http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards/search.aspx
- ↑ https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Calvin+Harris+%26+Disciples&ti=How+Deep+Is+Your+Love#search_section
- 1 2 "We Talk To… Ina Wroldsen". Top New Pop. September 27, 2011.
