Hot Like Wow

{{EngvarB|date=September 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox album | name = Hot Like Wow | type = studio | artist = Nadia Oh | cover = Image-HotLikeWowAlbum.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2008|4|13|df=yes}} | recorded = 2006–2008 | venue = | studio = | genre = Electropop, electro house, electro-grime, electro-hop, ghettotech | length = 33:32 | label = Tiger Trax | producer = Space Cowboy | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Colours | next_year = 2011 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative cover | type = studio | cover = ALT NADIAOH-HotLikeWow.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = }} {{Singles | name = Hot Like Wow | type = studio | single1 = My Egyptian Lover | single1date = 22 January 2007 | single2 = Something 4 the Weekend (club promo single) | single2date = 4 April 2007 | single3 = Hot Like Wow (club promo single) | single3date = 7 March 2008 | single4 = N.A.D.I.A. O.H. (promotional single) | single4date = 31 March 2008 | single5 = Got Your Number | single5date = 22 May 2008 | single6 = Rip It Up (promotional single) | single6date = 29 February 2012<ref name="itunes.apple.com">{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/rip-it-up-feat-space-cowboy-single/1616932242|title=Rip It Up (feat. Space Cowboy) - Single by Nadia Oh|date=1 January 2012|access-date=3 April 2022|via=Apple Music}}</ref> }} }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = ''The Phoenix'' |rev1score = {{rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thephoenix.com/boston/Music/60561-NADIA-OH-HOT-LIKE-WOW/|title=The Phoenix > CD Reviews > Nadia Oh|website=Thephoenix.com|access-date=3 April 2022}}</ref> }}

'''''Hot Like Wow''''' is the debut album by British singer Nadia Oh. It was released in the United Kingdom on 13 April 2008 by Tiger Trax Records.<ref name="nadiaoh.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nadiaoh.com/index.html|title=Nadia Oh|website=Nadiaoh.com|access-date=3 April 2022}}</ref> It spawned four singles initially; "My Egyptian Lover", "Something for the Weekend", "N.A.D.I.A. O.H.", and "Got Your Number", all released between 2007 and 2008. Oh performed gigs in Tokyo to support the album. Although the album's final single was released in 2008, Oh released the album's fifth single, "Rip It Up", on 29 February 2012 via iTunes.<ref name="itunes.apple.com" />

== Background == Entirely written and produced by Space Cowboy, the album includes two singles of his own in which Oh is featured: "My Egyptian Lover", released in January 2007, and "Something 4 the Weekend", released in March 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.htfr.com/p/250548/space_cowboy_feat_nadia_oh_something_4_the_weekend_hot_like_wow|title=Space Cowboy Feat Nadia Oh - Something 4 The Weekend / Hot Like Wow - HTFR|website=Hard To Find (HTFR)|access-date=3 April 2022}}</ref> The first and only official single from the album was scheduled to be "Got Your Number".<ref name="nadiaoh.com" />

"Got Your Number" was featured in the thirteenth episode of the first season of the television series ''Gossip Girl'', entitled "The Thin Line Between Chuck and Nate", originally aired in the US on 9 January 2008 via The CW and in the UK on 19 June 2008 via ITV2. It was also included on the season's soundtrack, ''OMFGG – Original Music Featured on Gossip Girl No. 1''. The song was also featured in the first episode of Japanese drama series ''Sunao ni Narenakute''. "Hot Male" and "Bounce" were featured in an episode of ''Ugly Betty''.

A music video for the track "N.A.D.I.A. O.H." was released on the video-sharing website YouTube. The song "Hot Like Wow" was used in a jazz-pop routine choreographed by Brian Friedman on the fifth season of the American dance reality show ''So You Think You Can Dance'' on 17 June 2009. Although the album's final single was released in 2008, Oh released a fifth and final single, "Rip It Up", on 29 February 2012 via iTunes.<ref name="itunes.apple.com" />

== Singles == "My Egyptian Lover" was released 22 January 2007 as the first single. It peaked within the top 50 of the UK Singles chart and is still her highest-charting single. "Something for the Weekend" followed over a year later released 8 March 2008 in an EP with "Hot Like Wow".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vgwiEdQG2S0/Rz2O1Z3gKgI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/U0uTmQm_cKg/s320/Space%2BCowboy%2Bfeat%2BNadia%2BOh%2B-%2BSomething%2B4%2BThe%2BWeekend%2B(Promo).jpg|format=JPG|title=Photographic image of record sleeve|website=1.bp.blogspot.com|access-date=3 April 2022}}</ref> The third single, "N.A.D.I.A. O.H." was released later that month to positive reception from her fans,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=qE0b5rmYGwk] {{dead link|date=April 2022}}</ref> it was however a buzz track and was never officially released aside from being purchasable from the album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/3501478|title = Hot Like Wow|website=Hmv.co.jp|access-date=3 April 2022}}</ref> "Got Your Number", served as the first original single, exclusive to the album and was scheduled to be released in the summer of 2008 yet plans fell through where Oh proceeded to record her second studio album. Through iTunes, the fifth single, "Rip It Up", was released 29 February 2012 along with an instrumental track.

== Track listing == All tracks are written and produced by Nicolas Dresti. {{Track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Hot Like Wow | length1 = 3:23 | title2 = My Egyptian Lover | note2 = featuring Space Cowboy | length2 = 2:22 | title3 = Hot Male | length3 = 2:29 | title4 = Bounce | length4 = 2:28 | title5 = City Nights | length5 = 3:58 | title6 = Rip It Up | note6 = featuring Space Cowboy | length6 = 1:39 | title7 = That Kind of Girl | length7 = 3:23 | title8 = Got Your Number | note8 = featuring Space Cowboy | length8 = 3:07 | title9 = N.A.D.I.A. O.H. | length9 = 2:38 | title10 = Shake It | length10 = 2:03 | title11 = S.E.X. | length11 = 3:20 | title12 = Something 4 the Weekend | note12 = featuring Space Cowboy | length12 = 2:36 | total_length = 33:32 | all_writing = }} {{Track listing | headline = Digital bonus track | extra_column = Producer(s) | title13 = Freak | length13 = 2:38 | total_length = 36:10 }} {{Track listing | headline = Japanese CD edition bonus track | extra_column = Producer(s) | title14 = My Egyptian Lover | note14 = Loose Cannons Luxurious Remix (remix/additional production by Kaiser Saucy & Lord Fader) | length14 = 6:47 | total_length = 42:57 }}

== Release history == {| class="wikitable" ! Country ! Date ! Label ! Format |- | United Kingdom | {{Start date|2008|4|13|df=yes}} | Tiger Trax Records | Digital download |- | Japan | {{Start date|2009|2|4|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://avexnet.jp/id/nadia/discography/product/AVCD-23730.html |title=Nadia Oh – Hot Like Wow |language=Japanese |publisher=Avex Trax |access-date=28 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629185712/http://avexnet.jp/id/nadia/discography/product/AVCD-23730.html |archivedate=29 June 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | Avex Trax | CD |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:2008 debut albums Category:Nadia Oh albums