Ingrid Alberini, known by her stage name In-Grid, is an Italian dancer and singer-songwriter. Her 2003 club song "Tu es foutu", (English title: "You Promised Me"), charted in several European countries, Australia, Latin America and in the United States, where it reached number six on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart in 2004. The singles "In-tango" and "Mama mia" also became international hits. In 2003, according to the results of the ZD Awards hit parade, she took 3rd place in the list of the most popular foreign artists in Eastern Europe after Madonna and Robbie Williams.
Career The name Ingrid was given by her parents as tribute to the actress and movie star Ingrid Bergman, who was her father's favorite. Ingrid's parents ran a movie theatre in a small city near Parma and Reggio Emilia, an area known as the cradle of Italian music. Ingrid grew up watching movies and listening to sound tracks which, as herself declares, fueled her ambition and desire to convey all her strong emotions to as many people as possible. Ingrid's artistic path started with painting and acting but soon singing turned out to be her most powerful form of expression. She began with piano-bar, musicals and local jazz bands, but soon her soft voice brought her to meet the famous dance music producers Larry Pignagnoli and Marco Soncini. They offered Ingrid to write the lyrics and sing their brand new tune, and soon "Tu es foutu" came to life. The track broke all records of airplay on Italian networks and immediately became an international hit. "Tu es foutu" achieved gold certifications in Australia, Mexico, the Czech Republic, Greece, Romania and Russia, and was certified platinum in Mexico, Poland and Ukraine.
Ingrid has released three dance albums, two chill-out albums and various singles, as well as a number of joint projects with other artists.
Discography Albums +List of albums, with selected chart positions and certificationsYearTitleChart positions Certifications AUT GER GRE POL SWE SWI2003Rendez-vous23272435341 POL: Platinum RUS: 5× Platinum2004La vie en rose———2—— POL: Gold2005Voila!—————— RUS: Platinum2009Passion——————2010Lounge musique——————
Singles +List of singles, with selected chart positionsYearTitleChart positionsAlbum AUS AUT DEN GER GRE NED POLPeak chart positions for singles in Poland: "Tu es foutu": "In-Tango": "I'm folle de toi": "Milord": "Mama mia": "I Love": SWE US Dance 2000"Someday"—————————singles only 2001"I Won't Cry"—————————"I Was a Ye-Ye Girl" —————————"Tu es foutu" 762913216Rendez-vous2003"In-tango" 63—1035—762——"I'm folle de toi"——————4——"Shock"————————322004"Ah l'amour l'amour"—————————"Milord"——————7——La Vie en Rose2005"Mama mia"———88—529——Voilà!"Tu es là?" —————————single only2006"Oui" —————————Voilà!2007"I Love" ——————9——Największe Przeboje EP2009"Le Dragueur"—————————Passion"Les Fous" —————————2010"Vive le swing"—————————2014"J'adore" —————————singles only2015"Kiki Swing" —————————
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In-Grid on Discogs