O (Omarion album)

O is the debut solo studio album by American R&B singer Omarion, released on February 22, 2005 via Epic Records and Sony Urban Music. Despite featuring explicit language, the album doesn't have a Parental Advisory label on the cover. It features three singles: the title track, "Touch" and "I'm Tryna." The album entered at number one on the Billboard 200, and has sold more than 750,000 copies in the United States as of November 2008. O went on to be certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 48th Grammy Awards.

Critical reception

The album received mixed reviews by critics. Billboard contributor Gail Mitchell praised the collaboration between Omarion and his producers for delivering "a healthy helping of repeat-worthy songs." Jem Aswad of Entertainment Weekly said of the record, "[T]he ballads on this solo debut have way too much whipped cream, but there are some surprisingly tough touches of funk and crunk ("Drop That Heater," the Missy-esque "Take It Off")." In its third week, the album fell to number 12 on the chart, selling 45,030 more copies. On March 31, 2005, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States.

Track listing

;Notes

signifies a co-producer
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"I Wish" featured background vocals by Omarion and Quintin Aney.
"O" featured background vocals by Tank and Eric Dawkins.
"I'm Tryna" featured background vocals by Tank and Dawkins.
"Drop That Heater" featured background vocals by Omarion and Sean Garrett.
"Never Gonna Let You Go (She's a Keepa)" featured background vocals by Charles "Charlie" Crawford and Jamie Vick.
"I'm Gon' Change" featured background vocals by Omarion, One Chance and Pierre Medor.

;Sample credits

"Never Gonna Let You Go (She's a Keepa)" contains a replay of "Electric Frog (Part II)" as written by Richard Westfield, George Brown, Robert Bell, Ronald Bell, Claydes Smith and Robert Mickens.

Personnel

Adapted from the O media notes.

Joel Campbell – bass, keyboard
Carey Drisdom – bass
Bryan Tate – trumpet
Ryan Tate – trombone
Percy Richard, Omarion Grandberry, Marques Houston, Henley Regisford Jr., Chris Stokes – executive producers
Pharrell, Darkchild, Chris Stokes, Tank, The Underdogs, Sean Garrett, Corna Boyz, AllStar, L.T. Hutton, Paul "Scooby" Smith – producers
Sean Garrett, Pierre Medor – vocal producers
Quintin Aney, Durrell Babbs, Charles "Charlie" Crawford, Eric Dawkins, One Chance, Sean Garrett, Pierre Medor – vocal assistance
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 – engineers
Kevin Mahoney – assistant engineer
Kevin "KD" Davis, Jean-Marie Horvat, Dave Russell, Dexter Simmons, Phil Tan – mixing
Justin Shtuntz, Rob Skipworth – mixing assistance
Herb Powers – mastering
Ellen To – art direction
Kimo Easterwood, Jonathan Mannion, Joaquin Palting – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

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! scope="col"| Chart (2005)

! scope="col"| Peak<br />position

! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)

| 83

! scope="row"| Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)

| 16

! scope="row"| Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)

| 75

Year-end charts

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

! scope="col"| Chart (2005)

! scope="col"| Position

! scope="row"| US Billboard 200

| 96

! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

| 27