Hot is the debut studio album of Romanian recording artist Inna. It was released in Poland on August 4, 2009 and in Russia on September 22, 2009 by her Romanian label Roton Records. The album entered the Polish Albums Chart in August 2009 and the Czech Albums Charts in February 2010, debuting and peaking at number twenty-eight and number seven respectively. The standard edition content eleven tracks while the Romanian edition contains fourteen tracks, one of them being the new recorded song "10 Minutes". The track also was part of the album re-release in certain countries in spring 2010. Five singles were taken from Hot, the title track being the most successful, while "Déjà Vu" being a Bob Taylor song in which Inna appears as a featured artist. The single "Amazing" was a huge success in France debuting at number two on the France Top 100 Singles Chart.
Release
Hot was firstly released in Poland, via Roton Records, on August 4, 2009, followed by the Russian release on September 22, 2009. In Czech Republic, Universal Music released a 17-track edition of Hot on February 22, 2010, which featured a new song titled "10 Minutes" and special remixes of the hit singles "Hot", "Love" and "10 Minutes". The Romanian release date was pushed off from August 2009 to November 2009 and then to Spring 2010. Inna and her producers Play & Win stated that they delayed the Romanian launching because they want it to be perfect and they had to add new songs in order to create the greatest album of the year. It finally was released in March 2010 and included both the radio edit and the club remix of "10 Minutes" as well as the U.S. Version of "Hot" as new tracks. The album later was released in France, Belgium, Spain and Germany because of the overwhelming success of "Hot" and "Amazing", which both entered several European charts. The Spanish version of the album includes the bonus track "Un Momento", a collaboration with Spanish remixer, producer and DJ Juan Magan. Inna has stated that the album will definitely be released in the United Kingdom but no release date has been confirmed.[1]
Artwork
The Romanian cover artwork was decided by Inna's fans, who had the chance to vote their favourite artwork out of five pictures.[2]
Chart performance
Due to strong sales, "Hot" entered the Polish Albums Chart on August 31, 2009, debuting and peaking at number twenty-eight. It spent two weeks on the chart.
"Hot" was a smash on the Czech Albums Chart as it debuted and peaked at number seven in February 2010 and spent a total of seventeen non-consecutive weeks on the chart.
In the Netherlands, the album debuted on the Albums Chart at number sixty-nine on May 1, 2010 and finally peaked at number sixty-eight on July 24, 2010. "Hot" spent twelve non-consecutive weeks on the chart.
After the huge success on the France Top 100 Singles Chart with the singles "Hot" and "Amazing", the album entered the Top 200 of the French Albums Chart on July 19, 2010, debuting and peaking at number nine. In September 2010 and after only seven weeks on the chart, "Hot" was certified Gold for sales of over 50,000 units.