O (Omarion album)

O
Studio album by Omarion
Released	February 22, 2005 (see Release history)
Recorded	2004-2005
Genre	R&B, urban, hip hop, hip hop soul, pop, soul
Label	Epic Sony Urban
Omarion chronology
O (2005) 21 (2006) Singles from O "O" Released: July 17, 2004 "Touch" Released: February 21, 2005 "I'm Tryna" Released: April 6, 2005

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	(B)[2]

O is a Grammy nominated, debut 1st album by American R&B singer Omarion, released on February 22, 2005 via Epic Records. It features the hit singles "O" (#27) and "Touch" (#94) and "I'm Tryna." The album received good reviews at stations like BET, but on stations like MTV and VH1 it was less successful. The album entered at #1,^[3] and has sold 758,000 copies in the United States up to November 2008.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Wish"	Richard Butler, Pierre Medor & Dwayne Nesmith	Rico Love, Tha Cornaboyz	3:57
2.	"Touch"	Pharrell Williams	The Neptunes	3:23
3.	"O"	Durrell Babbs, Eric Dawkins, Antonio Dixon, Harvey Mason, Jr. & Damon Thomas	The Underdogs	4:40
4.	"I'm Tryna"	J. Valentine, Babbs, Dixon, Mason & Thomas	The Underdogs	4:22
5.	"Drop That Heater"	Garrett Hamler & Rodney Jerkins	Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Sean "The Pen" Garrett	4:53
6.	"Growing Pains"	Omari Grandberry, Marques Houston & Chris Stokes	Marques Houston	4:13
7.	"Take It Off" (featuring Mila J)	Grandbery, Cory Bold, Houston & Stokes	Cory Bold	3:22
8.	"Never Gonna Let You Go (She's a Keepa)" (featuring Big Boi)	J. J. Jenkins, Claydes Charles Smith, Antwan Patton, Charles Mack, Robert Bell, Joel Campbell, George Brown, Ronald Bell, George Brown, Richard Westfield, Robert Mickens & Allen Gordon	Allen "Allstar" Gordon	3:34
9.	"I Know"	Grandberry, Chris Denson, Houston & Stokes	Chris "Rawdog" Denson	3:36
10.	"I'm Gon' Change"	Butler, Medor & Nesmith	Rico Love, Tha Cornaboyz	4:19
11.	"In the Dark"	Grandberry, Houston, Stokes & Kenny Washington	Kenny "The Wizard" Washington	4:17
12.	"Slow Dancin'"	Gil Smith II, Derric "dm1" Nimmers, Devin "dm2" Nimmers, Nate Walton & Kowan Paul	Kowan "Q" Paul, Gil Smith II	4:25
13.	"Fiening You"	Lenton Terrell Hutton & Kenneth "K Young" Pratt	L. T. Hutton	4:10

Release history

Country	Date
Cuba	January 12, 2005
United States	February 22, 2005
Brazil	November 7, 2005
Canada	October 20, 2005
Puerto Rico
Italy	February 14, 2005

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
2005	Billboard 200	1

Personnel

• Joel Campbell - bass, keyboard
• Carey Drisdom - bass
• Bryan Tate - trumpet
• Ryan Tate - trombone

Production

• Executive producers: Percy Richard, Omarion Grandberry, Marques Houston, Henley Regisford Jr., Chris Stokes
• Producer: Pharrell, Darkchild, Chris Stokes, Tank, The Underdogs, Sean Garrett, Corna Boyz, AllStar, L.T. Hutton, Paul "Scooby" Smith
• Vocal producer: Sean Garrett, Pierre Medor
• Vocal assistance: Quintin Aney, Durrell Babbs, Charles "Charlie" Crawford, Eric Dawkins, One Chance, Sean Garrett, Pierre Medor
• Engineers: David Ashton, Andrew Coleman, Brian Garten, Jaymz Hardy Martin III, Dabling Harward, Sam Lobue II, Chris 'TEK' O'Ryan, Angelo Quaglia, Dave Russell, Brian Summer, Wassim Zreik
• Assistant engineers: Kev Mahoney
• Mixing: Kevin "KD" Davis, Jean-Marie Horvat, Dave Russell, Dexter Simmons, Phil Tan
• Mixing assistance: Justin Shtuntz, Rob Skipworth
• Mastering: Herb Powers
• Art Direction: Ellen To
• Photography: Kimo Easterwood, Jonathan Mannion, Joaquin Palting

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
3. ^ Margo Whitmire"O" Puts Omarion On Top, Billboard, March 02, 2005, Retrieved on October 28, 2007
4. ^ Grein, Paul. "Chart Watch Extra: What A Turkey! The 25 Worst-Selling #1 Albums". Yahoo! Music. November 21, 2008.

Preceded by Genius Loves Company by Ray Charles

Billboard 200 number-one album March 6, 2005 - March 12, 2005

Succeeded by The Massacre by 50 Cent