''K.O.'' is the sixth

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by Mexican singer

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, released on January 13, 2021, by

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. The album has spawned eight singles: "Contigo", "Sola", "TQ Y YA", "No Bailes Sola" with

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, "Me, Myself" with Mika, "

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" with

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and Aitana, "Calla Tú" and "Amor Ordinario". ''K.O.'' received a nomination for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album.

Background

As Paola told ''

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'', 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

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and shooting ''

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''. Paola described the album as "personal" and highlighted "Amor Ordinario" as the "most personal" of the album: "

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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".

Title

''K.O.'' is the abbreviated form for "

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", which is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several

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s, such as

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, some forms of

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and other sports involving striking, as well as fighting-based

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s. 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".

Release

On Monday, January 11, 2021, Paola posted a series of photos to

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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. However, on Wednesday, January 13, the entire album leaked online and the release was brought forward by a day.

Track listing

Charts

Certifications

References

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