K.O. is the sixth studio album by Mexican singer Danna Paola, released on January 13, 2021, by Universal Music Mexico. The album has spawned eight singles: "Contigo", "Sola", "TQ Y YA", "No Bailes Sola" with Sebastián Yatra, "Me, Myself" with Mika, "Friend de Semana" with Luísa Sonza and Aitana, "Calla Tú" and "Amor Ordinario". K.O. received a nomination for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album.
| K.O. | ||||
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| Released | January 13, 2021 | |||
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| Length | 33:45 | |||
| Label | Universal Music Mexico | |||
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Background
editAs Paola told Billboard, work on K.O. began as early as 2018, even before she released her previous album Sie7e + (2020). The singer confessed that the first song she wrote for the album was "Friend de Semana" while she was still living in Madrid and shooting Elite.[1] Paola described the album as "personal" and highlighted "Amor Ordinario" as the "most personal" of the album: "[the song] defines my emotional process and everyone that heard it felt my pain and what I went through from beginning to end. I wrote this song in January 2020 and I had to understand what ordinary love meant and that I deserved better".[1]
Title
editK.O. is the abbreviated form for "knockout", which is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, mixed martial arts, karate, some forms of taekwondo and other sports involving striking, as well as fighting-based video games. Paola explained the meaning of the title to Billboard: "With this album, I knocked out all of the bad stuff that was killing me, emotionally. I used it to drain everything I had in my heart. That's why I named it K.O. — because it was like the last punch to the heart during this whole process".[2]
Release
editOn Monday, January 11, 2021, Paola posted a series of photos to Instagram with the caption "Welcome to my break-up party" and announced that she would finally be releasing her sixth studio album, K.O., on Thursday, January 14.[3] However, on Wednesday, January 13, the entire album leaked online and the release was brought forward by a day.
Something really crazy happened; something I, as an artist and as a person, thought "Meh, those kind of things will never happen to me," but it did. I just know that the album leaked. I panicked and screamed, I could not believe what was happening. The [streaming] platforms, obviously in order to protect the content and for it to come out in high quality, released the album earlier; literally a day before.
— Paola on the album leak, Instagram Live.[4]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Friend de Semana" (with Luísa Sonza and Aitana) |
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| 3:28 |
| 2. | "Contigo" |
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| 2:40 |
| 3. | "No Bailes Sola" (with Sebastián Yatra) |
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| 3:02 |
| 4. | "TQ Y YA" |
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| 2:52 |
| 5. | "Calla Tú" |
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| 2:41 |
| 6. | "Sola" |
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| 3:05 |
| 7. | "Amor Ordinario" |
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| 3:10 |
| 8. | "Bajo Cero" |
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| 3:34 |
| 9. | "Justified" |
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| 3:07 |
| 10. | "Me, Myself" (with Mika) |
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| 3:00 |
| 11. | "T.A.C.O." |
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| 3:00 |
| Total length: | 33:45 | |||
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 12. | "Danna Paola Habla Sobre "Amor Ordinario"" (Video) | 1:57 |
| Total length: | 35:42 | |
Charts
edit| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[7] | 81 |
| US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)[8] | 9 |
Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Mexico (AMPROFON)[9] | Platinum | 140,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- ^ a b Roiz, Jessica (January 14, 2021). "20 Questions with Danna Paola: Mexican Singer Opens Up About Her Most Personal Album Yet, 'K.O.'". Billboard. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- ^ "First Stream Latin: New Music From Natti Natasha & Prince Royce, Junior H, More". Billboard. January 15, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- ^ Vicente, Juan (January 11, 2021). "Danna Paola sorprende con el anuncio del lanzamiento de su disco K.O." Los 40 (in Spanish). Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ "Estrenaron de emergencia el nuevo álbum de Danna Paola tras filtración ilegal: "Entré en shock", dijo la cantante". Infobae (in Spanish). January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ "Credits / K.O. / Danna Paola – TIDAL". Tidal. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- ^ "K.O. (Apple Music Edition) by Danna Paola". Apple Music. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- ^ "Danna Paola – K.O." Productores de Música de España. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ "Danna Paola Chart History (Latin Pop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved May 25, 2022. Type Danna Paola in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and K.O. in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.