Inessa Lee is a singer and songwriter best known for her ''

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'' appearance and her U.S. ''Billboard'' charting single "

Gimme All (Ring My Bell) "Gimme All (Ring My Bell)" is a song by recording artist Liza Fox (aka Princess X). It was written by Inessa Lee, Heidi Rojas, and L.C. Gonzalez with samples from Ring My Bell by Frederick Knight. "Gimme All (Ring My Bell)" is an evolution of th ...

Career

2010–2011 ''American Idol'' and "Insane in F#"

The singer gained international fame in early 2011 as a result of her appearance on the tenth season of the television series ''

'' as the most prominent contestant from San-Francisco.

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portrays her as a "sexy video vixen." Her song "Insane in F#" was aired on November 5, 2011 in the Lifetime original movie ''Cheyenne'', a part of ''Five (for the Cure)'', directed by

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2011 "You Turn Me On"

In 2011, the singer co-wrote "You Turn Me On" that was nominated for a 2011 HMMA Hollywood Music in Media Award (Dance Category) and was a finalist in the 2011 ISC International Songwriting Competition (Dance/Electronica). In October 2013, the singer released a

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music video "You Turn Me On" filmed by Pia Klaar based on the song of the same title in the 3D virtual world

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. "You Turn Me On" has been featured in commercials for

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TV shows including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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''.

2012–2013 "Gimme All (Ring My Bell)"

In 2012, the singer co-wrote "

" – a modern

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of the disco-era classic "

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" by

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. The song peaked at No. 9 the U.K.

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Commercial Pop chart in February 2013 and stayed for 7 weeks on the chart. "

" peaked at No. 12 on the U.S.

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Hot Dance Club Play chart in April 2013 and stayed for 9 weeks on the chart. In February 2013, a 2-D mobile game "Be.X" was released. It features remixes by

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, Almighty, and Hoxton Whores.

2014 "Dynamite"

On May 19, 2014, Liza Fox's "Динамит" premiered on the StarPro channel. On November 21, the English version "

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" premiered on the Cat Music channel in

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. The song was written by

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and Ana Sîrbu; and produced by

(a former band member of

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peaked at No. 33 on the U.K.

Upfront Club chart in March 2015, and stayed for a total of 8 weeks on the chart. The Ruff Loaderz remix peaked at No. 11 on U.S.

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HOT 100 Weekly Chart (Electronic) on May 17, 2015. In the July 30, 2015 episode of the TalentWatch TV Show serving music fans on

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, Comcast TV and

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, host Alyssa Jacey praised the singer as "the protector of abused women" in her

music video.

2015–2016 "I Am Not I"

The 6-song album '' I Am Not I'' was released on August 6 with rave reviews. DJ Robert Scott called it "a marvelous pop/dance affair of the highest order," MusicDish considered it "the true epic of Liza Fox and her struggle", Hollywood Weekly praised that it "brings a hypnotic beat and mesmerizing music... like Liza's colorful personality, her songs also exhibit each distinctive color shining in the rainbow," and

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predicted that "it will surely become a rage in the EDM circuits." In October 2015, '' I Am Not I'' reached No. 1 on ReverbNation's U.S. and worldwide EDM charts. In November 2015, the song peaked at No. 15 on the U.K.

Commercial Pop Chart. In March 2016, the song peaked at No. 41 on the U.S.

Dance Club Songs Chart.

Awards and nominations

Discography

Singles

EPs

As Liza Fox and Jus Grata *'' I Am Not I'' (2015) #"I Am Not I" #"Coffee Face" #"Love Gun" #"Seize the Moment" #"Super Jazz" #"Unlimited (Jus Grata Remix)"

Transhumanism

In 2019 Inessa Lee joined the U.S. Transhumanist Party and became a contributing author of ''The Transhumanism Handbook'' by

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. In her chapter 66, Inessa suggests a new socioeconomic theory called Equalism which is based on the even distribution of resources on the planet due to technology advancements during the Singularity era. In 2020 she became the Chief Ideologist of California Transhumanist Party and created a 7-point program that offers a solution to social stratification.

References

Links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Inessa American Idol participants Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Surgut