No.1 (EP)

No.1^[a] is the eighth and final Korean extended play (tenth overall) by South Korean girl group CLC. It was released digitally on January 30, 2019, and physically on January 31, by Cube Entertainment and distributed by Kakao M. It features five tracks, including the lead single "No".

No.1
From left to right (top): Seunghee, Eunbin, Elkie & Sorn/From left to right (bottom): Yujin, Yeeun and Seungyeon./Digital cover and stylised edition.
EP by CLC
Released	January 30, 2019 (2019-01-30)
Recorded	2018
Genre	K-pop synth-pop trap R&B
Length	16:22
Label	Cube Kakao M
CLC chronology
Black Dress (2018) No.1 (2019)
Singles from No.1
"No" Released: January 30, 2019

Background and release

After revealing a comeback schedule, it was reported on January 17, 2019 that the group would be releasing No.1, their eighth extended play recording.^[2][3]

The EP was released through several music portals on January 30, 2019, including MelOn, iTunes and Spotify.^[4][5][6]

Promotion

Prior to announcing the group's comeback, Cube Entertainment placed an advertisement at the intersection of subway line 2 - Samseong station, Seongsu station - Ttukseom station and Seoul Forest station - Seongdong Gu Bridge intersection.^{[citation needed]}

On January 20, 2019, it was confirmed that CLC would guest on Weekly Idol, the group's first variety show for their comeback with No.1, marking their first appearance on the program as a group of seven.^[7][8] Cube Entertainment released individual and group photos on January 20 and 21, respectively,^[9][10] followed by the track list on January 22^[11] and audio snippets on January 23.^[12] Individual and MV teasers were released from January 24–28.^{[13][14][15][16]}

On January 30, CLC held a press conference before the album release at the Blue Square iMarket Hall.^[17] The same day, a premiere showcase hosted by Mnet was broadcast through Naver and Mnet-M2. CLC is the first girl group to have their own show, after BTS, Wanna One and Got7. They performed lead single "No" and several other songs from the EP as well as tracks from Black Dress.^[18] The group also appeared as guests on Idol Radio to promote the album.^[19]

Music video

The music video was released alongside the EP on January 30. Within 24 hours, the video had surpassed 2.2 million views on YouTube.^[20]

On 14 February "No" music video surpassed 10 million combined views for the official music video uploaded on 1theK's channel and CLC's official channel.^[21] As of June 2019 music video has over 21 million views combined on both channels.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"No"	So-yeon Jang Ye-eun	So-yeon June	So-yeon June	3:01
2.	"Show"	Dally Seo Jae-woo (TENTEN) BreadBeat (TENTEN) June Ye-eun	Seo Jae-woo (TENTEN) BreadBeat (TENTEN) June	Seo Jae-woo (TENTEN) BreadBeat (TENTEN) June	3:31
3.	"Breakdown"	Choi Young-kyung Ye-eun	Simon Petren Choi Young-kyung 추대관 (MonoTree)	Simon Petren	3:11
4.	"Like It"	Kim Yeon-seo The Proof Ye-eun	The Proof Kim Yeon-seo	The Proof	3:13
5.	"I Need U"	Anna Timgren VINCENZO Fuxxy Any Masingga Ye-eun	VINCENZO Fuxxy Any Masingga Anna Timgren	VINCENZO Fuxxy	3:26
Total length:					16:22

Charts

Album Weekly charts Chart (2019) Peak position South Korean Albums (Gaon)^[22] 4 US Billboard Heatseekers Albums^[23] 19 US Billboard Independent Albums^[24] 49 US Billboard World Albums^[25] 5

Single "No" Weekly charts Chart (2019) Peak position US World Digital Songs (Billboard)^[26] 4

Accolades

Year-end lists

Critic/Publication	List	Song	Rank	Ref.
Billboard	The 25 Best K-pop Songs of 2019: Critics' Picks	"No"	11	^[27]
BuzzFeed	30 Songs That Helped Define K-Pop in 2019		30	^[28]
Dazed	The 20 best K-pop songs of 2019		16	^[29]
Refinery29	The Best K-Pop Songs Of 2019		25	^[30]
SBS	Top 100 Asian pop songs of 2019		24	^[31]

Music program awards

Song	Program	Date	Ref.
"No"	The Show	February 12, 2019	^[32]
		February 19, 2019	^[33]

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Various	January 30, 2019	Digital download	Cube Entertainment, Kakao M
South Korea	January 31, 2019	CD

Notes

1. pronounced as "no one"^[1]

References

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