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''Ora'' is the debut studio album by British recording artist Rita Ora, released on 27 August 2012 through Roc Nation. ''Ora'' enlisted a variety of producers such as The-Dream, Chase & Status, The Runners, Diplo, The Invisible Men and Stargate, and features guest appearances from will.i.am, J. Cole and Tinie Tempah. Musically, ''Ora'' is mainly a pop and R&B album that incorporates dance elements. Samples of the album's standard edition were made available to preview on the iTunes UK store on 9 August. Upon its release, ''Ora'' received generally mixed reviews from music critics. The album debuted at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified platinum retrospectively by the BPI in July 2013. It gained moderate success overseas, entering the top 25 in Australia and New Zealand. The album's release was preceded by two singles—"How We Do (Party)" and "R.I.P."—both of which entered the UK Singles Chart at number 1 and achieved standard chart positions in charts abroad.〔 The album also includes the number-one hit DJ Fresh collaboration, "Hot Right Now", which is featured as a bonus track. ''Ora'' was supported by the UK "Radioactive Tour" from January to February 2013. ==Background and development== In 2009, Ora signed to American record label, Roc Nation. She recorded an album's worth of material with a view to release it, but her label advised against it. Instead Ora began work on different songs to be included on her debut album. She later commented that: "They (Nation ) gave me three years to do my album; two years to find myself and a year to record it." For the recording of the album, Ora enlisted the help of producers and writers such as will.i.am, Ester Dean, The-Dream, Stargate, The Runners, The Monarch, Stargate, Chase & Status, Greg Kurstin, Jules De Martino and Diplo. Ora described the album cover as: "Everything was inspired basically by being bossy, by being independent, and by taking your own. We made sure that everything had character." She explained the title of the album: "Ora is my surname, but it also means time in my country, Kosovo, in Albanian language, and it definitely took me a long time to get this album — three years to be exact." On 22 July 2012, the official deluxe version album cover was revealed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ultimate Music - Rita Ora "ORA" (Deluxe Version) () )〕 A US edition of ''Ora'' was cancelled, instead her second album will be her US debut. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ora (Rita Ora album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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