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(EP) by South Korean girl group

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, released by

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on July 8, 2009. The seven-track record, composed and produced by South Korean producers

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and Kush, showcases a blend of pop, dance, R&B, and hip-hop styles. The EP experienced immediate commercial success in South Korea, becoming the best-selling album by a female artist and the third best-selling album overall in 2009. It was also released in several other Asian territories, including Thailand, the Philippines, and Japan. The Japanese edition, distributed by

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, was made available on March 16, 2011. To promote the album, three singles were released: the LG Cyon promotional single "

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", "

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", and " I Don't Care". All three singles achieved success on the South Korean charts, with "I Don't Care" winning Song of the Year at the

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. In 2014, ''Star News'' recognized 2NE1's debut EP as one of the most successful digital albums in South Korean history. By September 2016, the EP had sold over 225,000 physical copies in the country.

Background

2NE1's first song was "

", digitally released on March 27, 2009. The song was created for LG Cyon to promote their Lollipop phone, and it was a joint release with

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; the commercial/music video debuted on March 28, 2009. Lee, Duna
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. ''Kukinews''. April 14, 2009. Retrieved April 22, 2009. On April 30, Yang Hyun-suk revealed that 2NE1's debut song would be a

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and

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song, and that it would be digitally released on May 6, 2009. Titled "Fire", the song was fully written and produced by

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. Teasers of the song were released on their official website at the beginning of May, with a 20-second clip released on May 1.

Singles

", written and produced by

, was digitally released on March 27, 2009. Despite not being promoted traditionally by both groups, the song nonetheless was a major success in South Korea; giving the girls a number one song before their debut. "

" became a hit on various on- and offline charts. It was released as planned on May 6, with two versions of the music video—a "space" version and a "street" version—released the same day. The videos received over one million views in a day; Park, Sae-yeon
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''/''Newsen''. May 7, 2009. Retrieved May 6, 2009. the view count then increased to two million. Park, Yeong-woong
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. Soon after its release, the music video was also profiled in Perez Hilton's blog who declared them his "favorite" Korean girl-group. The single went on to win Song of the Year at the

, making them the first group to win the accolade in the same year of debut, and the second rookie to win after

for " Lies" (2007).

Commercial performance

The extended play was a commercial success in South Korea. It recorded over 50,000 pre-orders within a week—a high amount for a rookie group at the time, and sold over 80,000 copies within two weeks after its release. On August 10, it was reported that the EP surpassed sales of 100,000 copies. On the South Korean Hanteo record chart, ''2NE1 1st Mini Album'' was the best-selling album by a female artist and the third best-selling album overall during 2009, behind Super Junior's '' Sorry, Sorry'' and G-Dragon's '' Heartbreaker''. All three singles from ''2NE1 1st Mini Album'' ranked within the top 10 on the year-end

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chart for 2009, while five of its tracks ranked within the top 100—the most by any act during the year. In January 2014, ''Star News'' named the record the second-most successful digital album released in South Korea since 2004, tied with

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's ''

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'' (2005) and Big Bang's '' Stand Up'' (2008). It continued to show strong sales by charting on the Gaon Album Chart year-end issue for 2010, selling an additional 40,949 copies. It has since sold over 225,000 copies as of September 2016.

Promotion

The group's first performance of the song was on May 17, 2009, on SBS's ''

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''. beginning the group's activities. Their first performance was also included in Perez Hilton's blog once again, showing his interest towards the group. Both the song and the group have been very popular online, with the song topping M.Net's online chart and the group's name becoming a top search term. The group was also rewarded with three

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Digital Music Awards, with both "Lollipop" and "Fire" winning "Song of the Month" awards and the group winning "Rookie of the Month" for May 2009. Lee, Hyae-rin
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Accolades

Track listing

Production

* Mastering: Tom Coyne (Sterling Sound)

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end charts

Sales

Release history

References

External links

2NE1 official site
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