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Ocean (2019)

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A third of Ocean's songs were already public as singles before the album came out.

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Ocean: second studio album by Colombian singer Karol G
Released May 3, 2019 through Universal Music Latino
16 tracks; primarily a reggaetón and Latin pop record
Guest appearances by Damian Marley, Anuel AA, Simone & Simaria, Yandel, Maluma, J Balvin, Nicky Jam and Danay Suárez
Supported by eight singles

Follows the debut studio album Unstoppable, released in 2017
Lead single Pineapple released March 1, 2018
Mi Cama released May 11, 2018 as the second single; later remixed with J Balvin and Nicky Jam
Culpables with Anuel AA (September 12, 2018) and Créeme with Maluma (November 1, 2018) followed as third and fourth singles
Punto G released April 4, 2019 as the fifth and last single before the album
Album name teased on Instagram April 21, 2019; release announced April 26, 2019
Title track Ocean released alongside the album on May 3, 2019

Born Carolina Giraldo Navarro on 14 February 1991 in Medellín, Colombia, the youngest of three children.
At 14 she appeared on the Colombian version of The X Factor (El Factor X) and chose "Karol G" as her artistic name.
Signed her first record deal with Flamingo Records (Colombia) and Diamond Music (Puerto Rico).
Moved to New York in 2014 to study music business, then signed with Universal Music Latino in 2016.

Breakthrough came in 2017 with "Ahora Me Llama" with Bad Bunny; debut album Unstoppable (2017) debuted at No. 2 on Billboard Top Latin Albums.
Album Ocean (2019) brought a more relaxed sound with reggaetón influences; "Tusa" with Nicki Minaj topped the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart.
KG0516 (2021) topped the US Latin albums chart; fourth album Mañana Será Bonito (2023) became the first Spanish-language album by a female artist to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
"TQG" with Shakira reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, her highest-charting single there.
Won a Grammy Award for Best Música Urbana Album in 2024, plus eight Latin Grammy Awards in total.
Named Woman of the Year at the Billboard Women in Music 2024 ceremony.
Became the first Latin woman to headline Coachella in 2026.
Latest album: No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto (2026).

Rolling Stone's Elias Leight wrote that the album's power is somewhat diminished because a third of its songs were already out
The same review called the remaining tracks impressively varied, from piano balladry to throwback hip-hop and guitar balladry
Leight said the mix of styles makes the album feel center-less, and framed that as the point
Critics gave the album generally positive reviews; it was initially a moderate commercial success

Debuted at number 2 on the US Top Latin Albums chart, with 12,000 album-equivalent units in its first week (including 2,000 pure album sales)
Karol G's second top-ten debut on that chart
Debuted at number 54 on the US Billboard 200
Number 2 on the US Latin Rhythm Albums chart
Songs from the album accumulated a total of 10.9 million on-demand audio streams
Certified five times platinum by the RIAA on September 12, 2019, for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 300,000 units in the United States

Karol G teased the album's name on Instagram on April 21, 2019, and announced the release on April 26.
Mi Cama was performed again at the 19th Latin Grammy Awards on November 15, 2018.
Dices Que Te Vas with Anuel AA was the album's eighth and last single, released May 30, 2019.
The Culpables Tour with Anuel AA ran from March 15 to May 31, 2019, and performed Pineapple, Mi Cama, Culpables and Créeme.
Ocean was also released in a duet version with Jessie Reyez.