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
ReleasedJanuary 13, 2021 (2021-01-13)
Genre
Length33:45
LabelUniversal Music Mexico
Danna Paola chronology
Sie7e +
(2020)
K.O.
(2021)
Childstar
(2024)
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

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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

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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

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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 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

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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

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

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON)[9] Platinum 140,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  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.