Only One | ||||
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Studio album by U-KISS | ||||
Released | February 3, 2010 (South Korea) March 31, 2010 (Philippines) |
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Recorded | 2009 | |||
Genre | Pop, electropop | |||
Length | 44:38 | |||
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NH Media, KT Music KTMCD-3000 |
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Producer | Brave Brothers Han Sang-won |
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Singles from Only One | ||||
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Only One is an album by South Korean boy band U-KISS. The first full-length album by the group, it was released on February 3, 2010. It features the lead single "Round and Round (Bingeul Bingeul)".
Before prepareations for U-KISS' first full-length album, Only One was finalized, "Without You" was the planned lead single. However, on February 3, 2010, "Bingeul Bingeul" (original title: 빙글빙글; literal meaning Round and Round) was announced as the lead single. The song was released via digital download on February 2 of the same year.
After various performances in South Korea, Universal Records released the album in the Philippines on March 28. 2010. Premiere Entertainment Philippines (PEP Inc.) brought U-KISS to Manila for the first time to promote their album, and the group had three-day mall shows in the Philippines and appearances on GMA Network's Party Pilipinas and Walang Tulugan with the Master Showman. U-KISS set the record with the most number of albums sold in a mall event selling up to 5,000 copies of the album and earning an estimate of 1 million pesos. Following this, U-KISS held their first major concert, entitled "First Kiss Tour in Manila', on June 14, 2010 at the Araneta Coliseum. The event was later released on DVD entitled U-KISS 1st Kiss Tour in Manila DVD.
The album Only One reached number 2 on Gaon's Weekly Digital Charts and placed at number 71 on the 2010 Year-End Charts. On February 29, 2012 a Japanese version of "Bingeul Bingeul" was released as a part of U-KISS's first Japanese album, A Shared Dream.