Born in Mangalia and raised in Neptun, she studied political science at Ovidius University before meeting the Romanian trio Play & Win and pursuing a music career.

In 2014, Inna signed with Atlantic Records and released the commercially successful "Cola Song" with J Balvin, which was used to promote that year's FIFA World Cup.

Beginning in 2017, Inna has been a coach on the talent show Vocea României Junior alongside Andra and Marius Moga.

Entirely envisioned by Inna, the Spanish-language effort marks a change in direction for her, as she approaches experimental and gypsy-influenced music styles.

The singer also attained success in various Eastern European territories with "Flashbacks" (2021) and "Up" (2021), with the former being the lead single from her seventh studio album, Heartbreaker, released in November 2020.

[13][14][15] She listened to a variety of musical styles as a teenager, including electro house and europop, and to artists such as Celine Dion, Beyoncé, Christina Aguilera and Whitney Houston.

[13] Following this, the singer enrolled at Colegiul Economic (Economy College) in Mangalia, later studying political science at Ovidius University in Constanța.

[13][18] When Inna worked in an office, her manager heard her singing and contacted the production team Play & Win with whom she recorded several songs.

[22] Early in her career, Inna released pop-rock songs,[23] but switched to "commercial" minimal-infused house music after changing her stage name.

[22] In a News of the World interview, Inna cited Swedish House Mafia, the Black Eyed Peas and Jessie J as inspirations.

[33] Inna collaborated with Romanian musician Bogdan Croitoru on her follow-up single, "Déjà Vu" (2009), which they released under pseudonyms (Bob Taylor and Anni) before revealing their true identities after a period of speculation.

[57] Featuring europop, dance-pop, techno and house music,[58][59] the record was honored as one of the year's best albums by her label Roton[60] and was certified Gold in Poland.

[74] Televiziunea Română (TVR) approached Inna in early 2012 to represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, but she turned the offer down due to scheduling conflicts.

[75] In the same year, she released the single "Caliente",[76] which she dedicated to her Mexican fans,[77] and "Tu și eu", which received heavy airplay in Romania and peaked at number five there.

[80] She released her third studio album, Party Never Ends, in March 2013,[81] featuring the commercially successful singles "More than Friends" (2013) with Daddy Yankee and "In Your Eyes" (2013) with Yandel.

[112][113][114] In early 2017, Inna was announced as a coach on Vocea României Junior with Andra and Marius Moga,[115] and in the May of the same year her YouTube channel surpassed two billion total views.

[121][122] Another pair of top ten singles in Romania, "Nota de plată" and "Pentru că", followed in late 2017 and 2018 with Moldovan group the Motans.

[125] Containing songs written solely in Spanish, Inna took entire creative control over the record and worked extensively with Romanian producer David Ciente.

[129] It was promoted by several public appearances in Mexico and the United States—including the 2018 Telehit Awards and 19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards—as well as by Inna's inclusion in magazines such as Rolling Stone and Vogue México y Latinoamérica.

[131] The non-album release "Bebe" with Ugandan artist Vinka peaked at number one on the native Airplay 100 in March 2020,[132] and was the first in a string of singles that sonically returned to a more EDM sound but also encompassed deep house influences.

[137][138] The singer released her seventh studio album, Heartbreaker, on 27 November 2020,[139] which she created during a three-week period with Romanian songwriters and producers such as Sebastian Barac, Marcel Botezan, Ciente and Alexandru Cotoi at a mansion from which she uploaded daily YouTube vlogs to document the progress made; the vlogs constituted the first season of Inna's Dance Queen's House series.

[150][151] In October 2021, Inna released the non-album single "Up",[152] whose chart success in countries such as Bulgaria, Poland and Russia peaked in early 2022.

[153][154][155] The track, eventually receiving a remix with Jamaican rapper Sean Paul,[156] also became Inna's fifth number-one in Romania, topping Uniunea Producătorilor de Fonograme din România's (UPFR) airplay ranking.

[157] Champagne Problems, the singer's eighth studio album, was issued in two parts in January and March 2022,[158][159] as the result of the second season of Dance Queen's House.

[166] She also recorded "Tu tens la força" ("You Have the Power"), a Catalan language cover version of Gala's "Freed from Desire" (1996), for the 2015 Marató de TV3 telethon.

[171][172] In March 2022, Inna performed at the We Are One benefit concert in Bucharest, whose aim was to raise funds for Ukraine upon its 2022 invasion by Russia.

[191] Inna is multilingual, speaking Romanian, English, Spanish, "a little bit of French" and "a few words in Italian, Arabic, and Russian"; she added that it "help[s] connect easily to different countries and people.