The album debuted and peaked at number seven on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 36,000 copies in the United States. By March 2013, it had sold 290,000 copies domestically.
The album's lead single, titled "My Girl" was released on August 24, 2010. The song was Record production, and was written by Walter Millsap III and Candice Nelson. The song charted at number 16 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[1] The remix to "My Girl", which features guest vocals from Young Money rapper Tyga and his label-mate Lil Twist, along with the American singer-songwriter Ciara.
The album's second single, titled "Mrs. Right", which features guest vocals from American rapper Diggy Simmons, was released on June 28, 2011. The song charted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 72 and on the US R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at number eight. The remix of "Mrs. Right" features guest vocals from UK's rapper Chipmunk. The video for the remix was added to VEVO. It is the same one as the original, except it was edited to completely omit the verse by Diggy Simmons and its intro, however, Chipmunk does not make the appearance in the video.
The album's third single, "Girls Talkin' Bout" was released on November 1, 2011. The song charted at number 50 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
The album's fourth single, "Hello" was released on March 8, 2012.
AllMusic editor Andy Kellman rated the album three and a half stars ouf of five. He described #1 Girl as "an album full of age-appropriate pop-R&B that doesn't get much more suggestive than "We 'bout to get acquainted now." It’s all decent, high gloss material that, sonically, fits into mainstream R&B/rap radio playlists circa 2011 without making parents shudder."[2] Jon Caramanica from The New York Times called the project an "energized and often invigorating debut album." He noted that "most of the singing is done by Prodigy, who has the slickness of Usher in his pre-pubescent yearsv [...] These trills of post-Bieber manchild love are produced almost entirely by Walter W. Milsap III and Candice Nelson, who keep their dance-floor R&B; fleet and optimistic."[3]
Commercial performance
#1 Girl debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200 and number two on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with first-week sales of 36,000 copies.[4] By March 2013, the album had sold 290,000 copies, while spinning off sales of more than 5.5 million ringtones, 845,000 singles and over 160 million views on YouTube.[5]
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