''Invitation'' is the debut

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by Korean-American singer

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. It was released via

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on October 16, 2012. Two singles were promoted off of the EP: "

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" was released on February 9, 2012, while "I Will Show You" was released in conjunction with ''Invitation'' on October 16.

Background and release

The mini album contains 6 tracks. Production of ''Invitation'' was handled by Kim Do-hoon, Lee Hyun-seung, Park Guen-tae,

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, and featured artists such as

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, Swings and Simon D. Commercially, ''Invitation'' peaked at number ten on the

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and sold 10,555 copies by 2014. "I Will Show You" debuted at number six on South Korea's

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, before peaking at number three two weeks later. It additionally debuted at number two on the

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, where it charted at for two consecutive weeks.

Promotions and live performances

On February 6, the music video teaser for Ailee's debut song, "Heaven", was released. "Heaven" was written and produced by

. On February 9, Ailee released the song and the music video, which featured

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's Lee Gi-kwang. Later that day, she made her debut stage performance of "Heaven" on ''

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'', and then on ''

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'' on February 11. On October 16, Ailee released her music video for her title track of the mini album, "I'll Show You", which featured

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's G.O. In addition to the music video, she also released her mini album called ''Invitation''. On October 18, Ailee made her comeback with "I'll Show You" on ''M Countdown''. On November 23, Ailee won her very first ever music show award on '' Music Bank'' for "I'll Show You". On December 7, 2012, Ailee began follow up promotions with "Evening Sky" on ''Music Bank''.

Track listing

Charts and sales

Album charts

Sales

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2012 debut EPs Dance-pop EPs Korean-language EPs Ailee EPs Kakao M EPs YMC Entertainment EPs