# Ina Wroldsen

Ina Christine Wroldsen (Norwegian:; 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.

## 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

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | NOR |
| Hex | Released: 29 June 2018 Label: Syco Format: Digital download | — |
| Matters of the Mind | Released: 28 May 2021 Label: Sony Music Entertainment Norway Format: Digital download, streaming | — |
| Hver Gang Vi Møtes 2025 | Released: 21 February 2025 Label: Sony Music Entertainment Norway Format: Digital download, streaming | 11 |

### Charted singles
#### As main artist

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | NOR | DEN | SWE | Album |
| "Lay It on Me" (with Broiler) | 2016 | 2 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Mary's Story" | 2016 | 79 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Strongest" | 2017 | 2 | 20 | 85 | Non-album singles |
| "Mother" | 2018 | 17 | — | — | Hex |
| "Favela" (with Alok) | 2018 | 28 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Obsessed" (with Dynoro) | 2019 | 13 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Body Parts" | 2019 | 26 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Haloes" | 2019 | 25 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Aldri" (with Stig Brenner) | 2023 | 16 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Barcelona" (with Alan Walker) | 2024 | 19 | — | — | Walkerworld 2.0 |
| "Stranger (Främling)" | 2024 | 10 | — | — | Hver Gang Vi Møtes 2025 |
| "One Day You'll Dance for Me, New York City" | 2025 | 23 | — | — | Hver Gang Vi Møtes 2025 |
| "Running Out" | 2025 | 19 | — | — | Hver Gang Vi Møtes 2025 |
| "Tada" | 2025 | 18 | — | — | Hver Gang Vi Møtes 2025 |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. ||||||

#### As featured artist

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album/EP |
| Title | Year | NOR | AUT | BEL (Fl) | BEL (Wa) | FRA | GER | IRE | SCO | UK | Certifications | Album/EP |
| "We Stand Up" (Kat Krazy featuring Ina Wroldsen) | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Places" (Martin Solveig featuring Ina Wroldsen) | 2016 | 39 | 72 | 43 | 24 | 56 | 44 | 37 | 12 | 27 | BPI: 2× Platinum SNEP: Gold | Non-album singles |
| "Breathe" (Jax Jones featuring Ina Wroldsen) | 2017 | — | 14 | 14 | 6 | — | 15 | 4 | 5 | 7 | BEA: Gold BPI: Platinum BVMI: Platinum ARIA: Plarinum | Snacks |
| "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 |
| "If You Could Only See Me" (as Ina) | 2004 | Non-album singles |
| "Sorry" (as Ina) | 2005 | Non-album singles |
| "Human" (Chris Loco featuring Ina Wroldsen) | 2015 | See No Evil |
| "Feels Like Home" (Sigma featuring Ina Wroldsen) | 2015 | Life |

## Credits
### Singing-songwriting

| Title | Co-writers | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Co-writers | Year | NOR | AUS | AUT | BEL (Fl) | GER | ITA | NL | SWI | UK | US | Certifications | Album |
| "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 | ARIA: 4× Platinum IFPI AUT: Gold BEA: Platinum BVMI: Platinum FIMI: 3× Platinum RMNZ: 2× Platinum GLF: Platinum BPI: Platinum ZPAV: Platinum RIAA: Platinum | Non-album single |

### Songwriting

| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-writers |
| 2024 | Kylie Minogue | Tension II | "Lights Camera Action” | Kylie Minogue, Lewis Thompson |
| 2024 | "Taboo” | Tension II | Steve Mac |
| 2024 | "Hello” | Tension II | 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 |
| 2020 | Yves V feat. Alida | TBA | "Home Now" | A. Garpesrad Peck, J Hazell, OHYES, R. Kappmeier, S. Halldin, S. Lappessen, T. Alisson, Y. Van Geertsom |
| 2020 | 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 |
| 2019 | Nathan Dawe featuring Melissa Steel | TBA | "Repeat After Me" | Diztortion |
| 2019 | 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 |
| 2018 | Anne-Marie | Speak Your Mind | "Breathing Fire" | Steve Mac |
| 2017 | Anne-Marie | Speak Your Mind | "Then" | Steve Mac |
| 2017 | Disciples | TBA | "Jealousy" | Nathan Duvhall, Luke McDermott, Gavin Koolman |
| 2017 | Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson | What Is Love? & So Good | "Symphony" | Steve Mac, Ammar Malik, Jack Patterson |
| 2017 | Steps | Tears on the Dancefloor | "You Make Me Whole" | Wayne Hector, Ben Kohn, Tom Barnes and Pete Kelleher |
| 2017 | Steps | Tears on the Dancefloor | "Happy" | Steve Mac |
| 2017 | Steps | Tears on the Dancefloor | "Firefly" | Steve Mac |
| 2017 | Rag'n'Bone Man | Human | "Ego" | Rag'n'Bone Man, Two Inch Punch |
| 2017 | 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 |
| 2016 | Anne-Marie | Speak Your Mind | "Alarm" | Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Anne-Marie Nicholson |
| 2016 | Sofia Carson | TBA | "Love Is the Name" | Steve Mac, Ewald Pfleger, Günter Grasmuck, Peter Niklas, Gruber Herwig Tremschnig, Kurt Plisnier |
| 2016 | Anna Naklab | Whole | "Whole" | TMS, Wayne Hector |
| 2016 | Olly Murs | 24 Hrs | "Flaws" | Steve Robson, Olly Murs, Coffee Jr. |
| 2016 | Olly Murs | 24 Hrs | "Better Without You" | Steve Robson, Olly Murs, Coffee Jr. |
| 2016 | Olly Murs | 24 Hrs | "That Girl" | Steve Robson, Olly Murs, Coffee Jr. |
| 2015 |
| 2015 | Demi Lovato | Confident | "Lionheart" | Steve Mac |
| 2015 | Jess Glynne | I Cry When I Laugh | "Hold My Hand" | Jess Glynne, Jack Patterson, Jin Jin |
| 2015 | Jasmine Thompson | Adore | "Adore" | Steve Mac, Paul Gendler |
| 2015 | Fleur East | Love, Sax and Flashbacks | "Like That" | Fraser T Smith, Fleur East |
| 2015 | Ann Sophie | Silver Into Gold | "I Believed" | Steve Mac |
| 2014 | Adelén | — | "Always On My Mind" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi |
| 2014 | Adelén | One Love, One Rhythm – The 2014 FIFA World Cup Official Album | "Olé" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi |
| 2014 | Girls' Generation-TTS | Holler | "Adrenaline" | Lucas Secon, Mich Hansen, Jonas Jeberg |
| 2014 | BoA | Who's Back? | "Close To Me" | — |
| 2014 | Maude Harcheb | #HoldUp | "Hold Up" | Mich Hansen, Jonas Jeberg |
| 2014 | Baby Blue | Bump | "Bump" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi |
| 2014 | Cher Lloyd | Sorry I'm Late | "Bind Your Love" | Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk, Shellback |
| 2014 | Cher Lloyd | Sorry I'm Late | "Sirens" | Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk |
| 2014 | Sanna Nielsen | 7 | "Breathe" | David Kreuger, Per Magnusson |
| 2014 | Sanna Nielsen | 7 | "Rainbow" | David Kreuger, Per Magnusson |
| 2014 | Professor Green featuring Tori Kelly | Growing Up In Public | "Lullaby" | Chris Loco, Stephen Manderson |
| 2014 | Aneta Sablik | The One | "You Make Me Whole" | Tom Barnes, Ben Kohn, Peter Kelleher, Wayne Hector, James Reynolds |
| 2014 | Shakira | Shakira | "Empire" | Steve Mac |
| 2014 | Ben Dettinger | — | "Travelling South" | Arnthor Birgisson |
| 2013 | Adelén | — | "Bombo" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi |
| 2013 | Adelén | — | "Baila Conmigo" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi |
| 2013 | James Arthur | James Arthur | "Recovery" | Tiago Carvalho, James Arthur |
| 2013 | Cover Drive | — | "All My Love" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi, Karen Reifer, Thomas-Ray Armstrong, Jamar Harding |
| 2013 | Rebecca Ferguson | Freedom | "My Best" | Tom Barnes, Ben Kohn, Peter Kelleher, Rebecca Ferguson |
| 2013 | Inna | Party Never Ends | "In Your Eyes" | Steve Mac |
| 2013 | Inna | Party Never Ends | "We Like to Party" | Wayne Hector |
| 2013 | Inna | Party Never Ends | "J'Adore" | Inna, Sebastian Barac, Marcel Botezan, Radu Bolfea |
| 2013 | Inna | Party Never Ends | "Dame tu amor" featuring Reik (Spanish version) | — |
| 2013 | Inna | Party Never Ends | "Light It Up" featuring Reik (English version) | — |
| 2013 | Madison Beer | — | "Melodies" | Tom Barnes, Ben Kohn, Peter Kelleher |
| 2013 | Wanessa | DNA Tour – Ao Vivo | "Messiah" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi |
| 2013 | Wanessa | DNA Tour – Ao Vivo | "Shine It On" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi |
| 2012 | Cover Drive | Bajan Style | "Twilight" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi, Karen Reifer, Thomas-Ray Armstrong, Jamar Harding |
| 2012 | Cover Drive | Bajan Style | "That Girl" | Steve Mac |
| 2012 | Tone Damli | — | "Look Back" | David Eriksen |
| 2012 | One Direction | One Thing – Single | "I Should Have Kissed You" | Steve Robson |
| 2012 | Leona Lewis | Glassheart | "Come Alive" | Fraser T Smith |
| 2012 | James Arthur | James Arthur | "Impossible" | Arnthor Birgisson |
| 2012 | Mandy Capristo | Grace | "Hurricane" | David Eriksen |
| 2012 | JLS | Evolution | "I Like It" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi, Aston Merrygold, Jonathan Gill, Marvin Humes, Oritsé Williams |
| 2012 | Little Mix | DNA | "We Are Who We Are" | Steve Mac, Wayne Hector |
| 2012 | 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 |
| 2011 | Dionne Bromfield | Good for the Soul | "A Little Love" | Bromfield, Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi |
| 2011 | Sophie Ellis-Bextor | Make a Scene | "Synchronised" | Fred Ball |
| 2011 | Melanie C | The Sea | "Weak" | Jez Ashurst, Melanie C |
| 2011 | The Saturdays | On Your Radar | "Notorious" | Steve Mac |
| 2011 | The Saturdays | On Your Radar | "Faster" | Steve Mac |
| 2011 | The Saturdays | On Your Radar | "My Heart Takes Over" | Steve Mac |
| 2011 | The Saturdays | On Your Radar | "White Lies" | Carl Falk, Rami Yacoub |
| 2011 | Britney Spears | Femme Fatale (Deluxe Edition) | "He About to Lose Me" | Rodney Jerkins |
| 2010 | Alexandra Burke | Overcome (Deluxe Edition) | "Before The Rain" | Steve Mac |
| 2010 | Tone Damli | Cocool | "I Love You" | — |
| 2010 | Leona Lewis | I Got You – Single | "Heartbeat" | Arnthor Birgisson, Leona Lewis |
| 2010 | N-Dubz | Love.Live.Life | "Scream My Name" | N-Dubz, B. Reckless, N. Walka, M. Gousse, Z. Anderson |
| 2010 | N-Dubz | Love.Live.Life | "Love Sick" | P. Ighile, K. Abrahams, D. Warde |
| 2010 | The Saturdays | Headlines! | "Higher" | Arnthor Birgisson |
| 2010 | The Saturdays | Headlines! | "Karma" | Steve Mac |
| 2010 | Shontelle | No Gravity | "Impossible" | Arnthor Birgisson |
| 2010 | Tinchy Stryder featuring Alexis Jordan | Third Strike | "Together" | Kwasi Danquar, Fraser T Smith |
| 2010 | Voe [no] | — | "Don't Talk to Me" | David Eriksen, Thomas Eriksen |
| 2009 | Natalie Bassingthwaighte | 1000 Stars | "Not For You" | Chris Braide |
| 2009 | Natalie Bassingthwaighte | 1000 Stars | "Turn The Lights On" | Chris Braide |
| 2009 | Tone Damli | I Know | "Here I Am (You Got Me)" | — |
| 2009 | Jade Ewen | — | "My Man" | — |
| 2009 | Sarah Kreuz | One Moment In Time | "Broken Ground" | — |
| 2009 | Leona Lewis | Echo | "My Hands" | Arnthor Birgisson |
| 2009 | Pixie Lott | Turn It Up | "Gravity" | Jonas Jeberg, Mich Hansen, Lucas Secon |
| 2009 | The Saturdays | Wordshaker | "Ego" | Steve Mac, Rhys Barker |
| 2009 | The Saturdays | Wordshaker | "No One" | David Eriksen, Thomas Eriksen |
| 2009 | The Saturdays | Wordshaker | "One Shot" | David Kreuger, Per Magnusson |
| 2009 | The Saturdays | Wordshaker | "Wordshaker" | David Eriksen |
| 2009 | The Saturdays | Wordshaker | "Denial" | Chris Braide |
| 2009 | The Saturdays | Wordshaker | "Open Up" | David Kreuger, Per Magnusson |
| 2009 | The Saturdays | Wordshaker | "Not Good Enough" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi |
| 2009 | The Saturdays | Wordshaker | "Deeper" | Una Healy, Mollie King, Frankie Sandford, Vanessa White, Rochelle Wiseman |
| 2009 | The Saturdays | Wordshaker | "2 AM" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi |
| 2008 | Pussycat Dolls | Doll Domination | "Hush Hush; Hush Hush" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi, Nicole Scherzinger |
| 2008 | The Saturdays | Chasing Lights | "If This Is Love" | Vince Clarke, Alison Moyet, Joe Belmaati, Mich Hansen, John *Reid, Remee |
| 2008 | The Saturdays | Chasing Lights | "Up" | Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi |
| 2008 | The Saturdays | Chasing Lights | "Keep Her" | David Eriksen, Thomas Eriksen |
| 2008 | The Saturdays | Chasing Lights | "Lies" | David Eriksen, Thomas Eriksen |
| 2008 | The Saturdays | Chasing Lights | "Work" | Harry Sommerdahl, Kalle Engström |
| 2008 | The Saturdays | Chasing Lights | "Chasing Lights" | Chris Braide |
| 2008 | The Saturdays | Chasing Lights | "Set Me Off" | David Eriksen, Thomas Eriksen |
| 2008 | The Saturdays | Chasing Lights | "Fall" | Andre Lindal |
| 2007 | Maria Arredondo | For a Moment | "If You Could Only See Me" | — |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Organization | Award | Work | Result |
| 2018 | WDM Radio Awards | Best Electronic Vocalist | Ina Wroldsen | Nominated |
| 2018 | Spellemannprisen '17 | Årets internasjonale suksess (International Success of the Year) | Ina Wroldsen | Won |
| 2018 | P3 Gull | P3-Prisen (P3 Prize) | Ina Wroldsen | Won |
| 2019 | Brit Awards | British Video of the Year | "Breathe" (Jax Jones featuring Ina Wroldsen) | Nominated |
| 2019 | Spellemannprisen '18 | Årets låtskriver (Songwriter of the Year) | HEX Ina Wroldsen | Won |
| 2019 | Spellemannprisen '18 | Årets tekstforfatter (Lyricist of the Year) | HEX Ina Wroldsen | Nominated |
| 2019 | Spellemannprisen '18 | Årets låt (Song of the Year) | "Strongest" | Nominated |
| 2019 | 64th Ivor Novello Awards | PRS for Music Most Performed Work | "Breathe" (Jax Jones featuring Ina Wroldsen) | Nominated |