K.O. (album)

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.
Studio album by
Danna Paola
ReleasedJanuary 13, 2021 (2021-01-13)
Genre
Length33:45
LabelUniversal Music Mexico
Danna Paola chronology
Sie7e +
(2020)		 K.O.
(2021)
Singles from K.O.
  1. "Contigo"
    Released: May 1, 2020
  2. "Sola"
    Released: May 28, 2020
  3. "TQ Y YA"
    Released: June 26, 2020
  4. "No Bailes Sola"
    Released: July 17, 2020
  5. "Me, Myself"
    Released: September 11, 2020
  6. "Friend de Semana"
    Released: October 30, 2020
  7. "Calla Tú"
    Released: January 14, 2021
  8. "Amor Ordinario"
    Released: February 12, 2021

Background

As 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

K.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

On 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 pankicked 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
K.O. track listing[5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Friend de Semana" (with Luísa Sonza and Aitana)
  • Mango
  • Nabález
3:28
2."Contigo"
  • Rivera
  • Saak
  • Saak
2:40
3."No Bailes Sola" (with Sebastián Yatra)
3:02
4."TQ Y YA"
  • Rivera
  • Figueroa
  • Luis Miguel Romero
  • Alejandra Zéguer
  • Jorge Mestiza
  • Luis Miguel Romero
2:52
5."Calla Tú"
  • Rivera
  • One Path
  • Raúl Gómez
  • Bruno Valverde
2:41
6."Sola"
  • Rivera
  • Figueroa
  • MacGregor Leo
  • Alejandra Alberti
  • Dani Blau
  • MacGregor Leo
3:05
7."Amor Ordinario"
  • Rivera
  • Stefano Vieni
  • Raquel Sofía
  • Stegano Vieni
3:10
8."Bajo Cero"
  • Rivera
  • Vieni
  • Valentina López
  • Vieni
3:34
9."Justified"
  • Rivera
  • Vieni
  • Kathryn Guerra
  • Ximena Muñoz
  • Vieni
  • Tido
3:07
10."Me, Myself" (with Mika)
  • Tido
3:00
11."T.A.C.O."
  • Rivera
  • Alexander Palmer
  • Carola Rosas
  • Valverde
  • Alexander Palmer
3:00
Total length:33:45
K.O. – Apple Music Edition[6]
No.TitleLength
12."Danna Paola Habla Sobre "Amor Ordinario"" (Video)1:57
Total length:35:42

Charts
Chart performance for K.O.
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[7] 81
US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)[8] 9

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON)[9] Platinum 140,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. 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.
  2. "First Stream Latin: New Music From Natti Natasha & Prince Royce, Junior H, More". Billboard. January 15, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  3. 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.
  4. "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.
  5. "Credits / K.O. / Danna Paola – TIDAL". Tidal. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  6. "K.O. (Apple Music Edition) by Danna Paola". Apple Music. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  7. "Danna Paola – K.O." Productores de Música de España. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  8. "Danna Paola Chart History (Latin Pop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  9. "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.
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