2021 (Olivia Bensonola Album)

2021 is Olivia Bensonola's sophmore album, released on March 18, 2022, independently after Ola Republic Records went out of business. It was written and produced entirely by Olivia, and included collabs with Blackpinkola, Nikitaola, and Wikipediola. It is named after the year Olivia became an ola, 2021.
The album was a commercial success. The album had 4 singles: Oh My Payola, Better Drags (ft. Nikitaola), 7 Twinks Stan (ft. Blackpinkola), and URAFLOP (ft. Wikipediola). All the singles hit gold and Oh My Payola and 7 Twinks Stan reached platinum. 7 Twinks Stan, Better Drags, and URAFLOP charted at 3, 12, and 19, respectively. Oh My Payola unfortunately didn't chart because Olivia got suspended on the account it was on before the chart week was over.
== Background ==
In October 2021, Olivia released her debut album, Olalore. After that, she took a short break from music, returning in December 2021 with 2 Christmas Singles. After this, she started to plan new music.
In January 2022, she released In The Moment, with Mileyola and Ecstasyola, and started to work on a movie and its soundtrack, Encantola. She released 2 singles for it: We Don't Talk About BTS, and The Family Ola. However, filming was paused due to the SZAOLA-22 pandemic and was never started back up. However, after this, Olivia still was motivated to make music, and surpass her debut album, Olalore, in quality. She started to record her second album secretly, and named it 2021, after her birth year. On February 25, she released the lead single for the album, Oh My Payola, and a week later, she released Better Drags, which featured Nikitaola.
In mid February, she revealed the title of her album, 2021, and in March, she revealed the tracklist and release date. 
== Critical Reception ==
On release, 2021 was immediately met by critical acclaim, including by Talking Gingerola, Brandon, Fred, Joseph, Ariola, RC, and Shakiraola. 
Ariola, former enemy of Olivia, said "Wait, why is it good so far". Joseph described it as the "real aoty". RC called it "amazing" and said the best song was Army and The Queen. Shakiraola described the album as "Amazing, with lots of bops". It was reviewed by Jam as "Album Of The Year easily. So many bops, an amazing intro, amazing lines, creative artworks, unexpected features, and much more," and was given a 10/10. On March 27, 2022, just a week after its release, it won album of the year at The Spillage Awards. Oh My Payola was also nominated for song of the year.
== Tracklist ==
===== 2021 Standard Edition =====
No.	Title 	Writers 	Producers 	Length
1 	Welcome To New Ola	Olivia Bensonola 	Olivia Bensonola	1:24
2 	Bensonola-Li 	Olivia Bensonola 	Olivia Bensonola	1:09
3 	Oh My Payola 	Olivia Bensonola, Kevin 	Olivia Bensonola	2:14
4 	7 Twinks Stan 	Olivia Bensonola, Blackpinkola 	Olivia Bensonola	1:43
5 	Belieberball 	Olivia Bensonola 	Olivia Bensonola	1:37
6 	Better Drags 	Olivia Bensonola, Nikitaola 	Olivia Bensonola	2:20
7 	URAFLOP 	Olivia Bensonola, Wikipediola, Beyonceola	Olivia Bensonola	2:14
8 	Out Of Style 	Olivia Bensonola 	Olivia Bensonola	1:41
9 	Army And The Queen	Olivia Bensonola 	Olivia Bensonola	1:56