One of a Kind (EP)
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| EP by G-Dragon | ||||
| Released | September 15, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||
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| Length | 24:46 | |||
| Label | YG Entertainment | |||
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One of a Kind is the second solo release of South Korean singer-songwriter and rapper G-Dragon, leader of Big Bang. The mini-album was released on September 15 digitally and on September 18 physically. On August 25, G-Dragon released the first music video of the song One of a Kind. However the song was not released as a single as the song and music video served as a way to introduce the album and concept to the public. On September 1, G-Dragon released his first single "That XX". The song Crayon will serve as the lead single of the album, which contains a total of seven songs all co-composed and written by G-Dragon himself.
Upon release, the album was an immediate success in South Korea. It placed first on the Billboard World Album Chart and entered the Billboard 200 Chart at 161 for the week. As of January 2014, the album has sold over 252,728 copies, making it the highest selling album by a Korean soloist since the release of Heartbreaker in 2009, also by G-Dragon.
G-Dragon made a special live count down for the EP through YouTube, with guests Lydia Paek, Taeyang, producer Choice37, and rapper-producer Tablo of Epik High.
Originally, the song "Without You" had a featuring first credited as "? from YG New Girl Group", when it was first announced that YG was starting a new girl group. Almost four years after the EP was released, that featuring has now revealed to be member Rosé from said new girl group, Black Pink.
The album charted at number one on Gaon Album Chart and sold 171,512 copies on September, on the end of the year the EP sold 204,326 copies.
With only one day sales, the songs sold over 1 million digital copies, on the second week the songs sold 1.7 million copies.
As of August 2016, the album with the songs sold over 8.2 million copies.
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