2NE1 2nd Mini Album

Released July 28, 2011 Length 00:21:41 Producers Teddy, Kush, Lydia Paek Label YG Entertainment Discography From '2NE1 2nd Mini Album' "Don't Stop the Music" Digital Release: December 3, 2010 Physical Release: July 28, 2011 "Don't Cry" Digital Release: April 21, 2011 Physical Release: July 28, 2011 "Lonely" Digital Release: May 12, 2011 Physical Release: July 28, 2011 "I Am the Best" Digital Release: June 24, 2011 Physical Release: July 28, 2011 "Hate You" Digital Release: July 21, 2011 Physical Release: July 28, 2011 "Ugly" Digital Release: July 27, 2011 Physical Release: July 28, 2011

2NE1 2nd Mini Album is the second extended play of South Korean girl group 2NE1. It was released on July 28, 2011, by YG Entertainment in distribution by KMP Holdings in South Korea. It contains six songs composed and produced by Korean producers Teddy, Kush, and Lydia Paek.

Five of the six tracks were released as official digital singles. "Don't Stop the Music" was initially released as commercial feature single "Don't Stop the Music (Yamaha "Fiore" CF Theme Song)".

Development and background

On April 18, 2011, 2NE1 announced they would postpone their debut to Japan due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and would resume Korean release plans, pushing their extended play's promotions forward, from April to July.

Plans for the album's promotions were later released on YG Life's blog on April 27, 2011, where the group stated that they we will be releasing a new single every three weeks leading up to the album's release. The group stated that the reason behind this plan was because they were more than satisfied with the level of quality in the album's tracklist and intended to use them all as title tracks for this promotion The promotions of the album ended in August 21, on SBS's Inkigayo.

The group then announced that they will also release the album in Japan and will be titled as "Nolza". They made their debut on Music Station on September 2, 2011 with a performance of "I Am The Best".

The mini album was released in Taiwan on August 28, 2011 under Warner Music Taiwan and it debuted atop G-Music Combo charts on its first week of release, making it the first #1 release of the group in the country.

Furthermore, the album is also ranked 6th on Spin magazine's 20 Best Pop Albums of 2011.

Tracklist

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Am the Best" (내가 제일 잘 나가)	3:30
2.	"Ugly"	4:08
3.	"Lonely"	3:29
4.	"Hate You"	3:33
5.	"Don't Cry" (Bom solo)	3:12
6.	"Don't Stop the Music" (New version - with alternative lyrics)	3:50

NOTE: "I Am the Best" has been removed from the international iTunes version of the mini album.

Physical release

Design

Physical copy

NOLZA (JP)

Released September 21, 2011 Length 00:18:32 Producers Teddy, Kush, Lydia Paek Label YGEX Discography " " From 'NOLZA' "I Am the Best" Digital Release: July 21, 2011 Physical Release: September 21, 2011 "Hate You" Digital Release: August 10, 2011 Physical Release: September 21, 2011 "Ugly" Digital Release: August 31, 2011 Physical Release: September 21, 2011

The Japanese version of the EP titled Nolza (stylized as NOLZA) was released in Japan on September 21, 2011 in three editions: CD Only, CD+DVD (Type A) and CD+DVD (Type B).

Tracklist (JP)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Am The Best" (Japanese)	3:31
2.	"Ugly" (Japanese)	4:11
3.	"Lonely" (Japanese)	3:30
4.	"Hate You" (Japanese)	3:33
5.	"Don't Stop the Music" (Japanese)	3:50

Physical release

CD Only

CD+DVD (Type A)

CD+DVD (Type B)