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Information
Type	Single album
Released	Mar. 12, 2021 (digital) Mar. 16, 2021 (CD & KiT) Apr. 19, 2021 (vinyl)
Format	CD, Kihno Kit, vinyl, download, streaming
Genre	Rock/Metal, Folk/Blues
Length	6:15 (digital) 12:30 (physical)
Credits
Artist	Rosé
Label	YG Entertainment Interscope Records
Producers	TEDDY
Release Chronology
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R (also stylized as -R-) is the debut single album by Rosé. It was released on March 12, 2021, with "On The Ground" serving as the title track.

The physical album comes in four versions: CD, Kit, vinyl (Limited Edition) and Photobook (Special Edition).

Background

On January 25, 2021, it was reported and later confirmed by YG that Rosé would be performing a song from her solo album for the first time at their concert BLACKPINK: The Show. The following day, a coming soon teaser was posted onto BLACKPINK's YouTube channel. Later on, YG stated that the song played in the video was the b-side track. On January 31, after Rosé performed her solo song, it was revealed to be "Gone"

On February 10, 2021, YG announced that Rosé would be making her solo debut sometime in March. They had finished filming the music video for the title song, and they are ensuring its completeness due to a large amount of production fee. A couple of hours later, it was mentioned that they would be sharing more details about schedules with an official notice at a later time.

On February 26, 2021, Naver reported that Rosé's debut solo album would be released in early March. On March 2, 2021, two teaser posters were posted onto BLACKPINK's social media accounts. It was announced that she will be making her solo debut on March 12, 2021, with a single album, R.

On March 5, 2021, a title poster was posted onto BLACKPINK's social media accounts announcing the name of the title track, "On The Ground."

On March 12, 2021, an online press conference for Rosé's single album R was held at 12 pm KST. The same day, YG Entertainment revealed the official "R" merchandise collection, called "La Vie en Rosé", for pre-order on its official shop YG SELECT, which was released on March 16. Additional items were added for pre-order on March 31, they were released on May 6.

A photobook was released on June 22, 2021. It is a 204-page photobook, with behind-the-scenes pictures taken during the album photoshoot and the "On the Ground" and "Gone" music video shootings. 3 photo cards and a sticker set are also included; pre-ordered copies also had a random Instax photo film or a random Polaroid photo card on top.

Composition

“ Rosé's first solo debut single album -R- is the first letter of Rosé's name, meaning 'a new beginning as a solo artist'. The title song 'On The Ground' is a collaboration between talented overseas producers such as Jorgen Odegard and ojivolta, and The Black Label's representative producers TEDDY and 24. The mysterious sound with a sense of tension and Rosé's unique vocals flowing smoothly give a new pleasure that you've never felt before. The lyrics, which say that we've always been running towards a higher place, but the important value is inside me, make us realize once again what we've been missing in this era. We hope that we can share the message that Rosé wants to convey in her first single album through her more mature appearance captured like a movie, Rosé's vocals that are sweet and delicate but powerful and rough at the same time, and the song that resonates. ― Official Introduction

Tracklist

1. On The Ground ^{Title track}
2. Gone
3. On The Ground (Inst.) ^CD
4. Gone (Inst.) ^CD

Editions

• Photobook, Lyrics Paper, Random Postcard (4 out of 18), Random Polaroid (2 out of 9), Sticker Set, CD, Random Double Sided Poster (1 out of 4)
• Kit: Package Box, Air Kit, Double Sided Photocard Set, Lyrics Paper, Thanks to, Metal Badge
• Vinyl: Package Box, Vinyl, Large Renticular Photocard, Large Double-sided Photocard, Gatefold, Lyrics Sleeve, Double-sided Folded Poster, Mini Flip Book, Metal Badge
• Photobook: Photobook, Photocard, Sticker Set, Random Instax Photo Film (1 out of 26) (1st pre-order only), Clear Bag (1st pre-order only), Random Polaroid Photocard (1 out of 26) (2nd pre-order only)

Achievements

For achievements specific to the title track, click here.

• R surpassed 300,000 total pre-orders on Ktown4u. It is also the fastest album by a female artist to achieve this (2 days). It joins The Album as the only female albums to sell over 225,000 copies on Ktown4u. It has the highest number of pre-orders for a K-Pop female soloist overall.
• It had spent 7 consecutive days at No.1 Daily Chart on Ktown4u.
• It ranked No.4 in Best Selling Single/EPs (digital) 2021 in China with accumulated 1,650,000 digital copies.
• It is the first female album to surpass 50,000 sales during its opening day of pre-orders.
• It has recorded over 500,000 pre-orders.
• It surpassed 1.5 million downloads on QQ Music, making it certified diamond. It's the most downloaded single album by a Korean act.
• It surpassed 1.7 million copies sold in China making it the best selling single-album in 2021.
• It earned the biggest album debut by a Korean female soloist/act in Spotify history with just two tracks (8.6 million unfiltered streams). It is the No.1 biggest debut album in 2021 so far.
  • It's the second best selling album by a female soloist in Hanteo chart history, and the first to sell over 300,000, 400,000 and 500,000 copies.
• Selling 282,674 copies, it is the second highest first day sales by a female soloist on Hanteo. It's also the third highest first day sales by a female act overall.
• Selling 448,089 copies in its first week, R is the second highest first week album sales by a female soloist.
• It is the second best selling YG Entertainment album released in 2021 on Hanteo.
• It is the third best selling female album.
• It is the No.2 album for a female act, this was achieved within its first day of sales.
• It ranked No.19 out of the Top 100 first week sales.
• It surpassed 300 million streams on Spotify. It's the second fastest album by a Korean soloist and the third for a K-Pop female soloist to achieve this.
• It surpassed 100 million streams on Spotify in 29 days.
• It surpassed 300 million streams in 301 days.
• It is the second fastest album by a Korean soloist to surpass 200 million streams on Spotify. (124 days)
• It surpassed 100,000 streams on Shazam.
• With 604,705 copies sold, R is the second best selling album by a female soloist on Gaon chart history. It is the fourth best selling physical album by a YG artist overall.
• It received a Double Platinum certification on Gaon for surpassing 500,000 units sold.

Images

To see the image gallery for R, click here.

Videos

To see the video gallery for R, click here.

Trivia

• Rosé participated in the album design herself.
• She personally named the single album the first letter of her name as it means a new beginning as a solo artist.
• During the press conference for R, Rosé decided to have both songs off the album be completely in English due to their completeness in comparison to Korean.
• Her teaser posters reached 162k+ likes on BLACKPINK's Twitter within 10 minutes.
• It is the second best selling female solo album on Ktown4u (300,000 copies).
• Its regular version sold over 329,000 copies on Ktown4u, making it the 8th best selling album on their site.
• It surpassed 77,000 pre-orders on Ktown4u in 24 hours. It is the second fastest for a female soloist in history to achieve this.
• It joined The Album as the only female albums to sell over 200,000 copies on Ktown4u.
• It surpassed 200,000 downloads in the first five minutes of release on QQ Music.
• It has the second biggest album debut by a female artist in the platforms history, the first being The Album.
• It R is the 13th most streamed album released in 2021 on Spotify.
• It is the second most streamed album by a Korean female soloist on Spotify.
• It is the second most streamed album released in 2021 by a Kpop female artist.
• It was inspired by S.E.S. 20th Anniversary Album ‘Remember’ as reference when Rosé was designing her album.
• It had the biggest opening week by a Korean female soloist album on Spotify, with 40,070,286 streams. It also had the third biggest opening week by a K-Pop female act on the platform overall.
• It is the best selling album by a foreign artist on Kogou Music in 2021 with (107,925 copies).
• It sold 520,000 copies on Hanteo. It's the second best selling single album by a K-pop artist, surpassing How You Like That, in just 5 hours.
• It is among the top 3 best-selling female albums on Gaon at No.3.

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