No.1 is the eighth and most recent 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".
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.
The EP was released through several music portals on January 30, 2019, including MelOn, iTunes and Spotify.
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.
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. Cube Entertainment released individual and group photos on January 20 and 21, respectively, followed by the track list on January 22 and audio snippets on January 23. Individual and MV teasers were released from January 24–28.
On January 30, CLC held a press conference before the album release at the . 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. The group also appeared as guests on Idol Radio to promote the album.
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.
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. As of June 2019 music video has over 21 million views combined on both channels.
Track listing
Charts
Album Weekly charts Chart (2019) Peak position South Korean Albums (Gaon) 4 US Billboard Heatseekers Albums 19 US Billboard Independent Albums 49 US Billboard World Albums 5
Single "No" Weekly charts +Chart (2019)Peakposition US World Digital Songs (Billboard) 4
Accolades
+Year-end listsCritic/PublicationListSongRankRef. Billboard The 25 Best K-pop Songs of 2019: Critics' Picks "No" 11 BuzzFeed 30 Songs That Helped Define K-Pop in 2019 30 Dazed The 20 best K-pop songs of 2019 16 Refinery29 The Best K-Pop Songs Of 2019 25 SBS Top 100 Asian pop songs of 2019 24
Music program awards Song ProgramDateRef."No"The Show February 12, 2019 February 19, 2019
Release history RegionDateFormatLabelVariousJanuary 30, 2019Digital download Cube Entertainment, Kakao MSouth KoreaJanuary 31, 2019CD
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