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n. 1 (context colloquial English) A particularly special or compatible person or thing. 2 (context colloquial English) A particular person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One. pron. The person or thing.
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The One is a 2001 American science fiction action- martial arts film written and directed by James Wong. The film stars Jet Li, Delroy Lindo, Jason Statham and Carla Gugino. The film was released in the United States on November 2, 2001.
The One was a video game magazine in the United Kingdom which covered 16-bit home gaming during the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was first published by EMAP in October 1988 and initially covered computer games aimed at the Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, and IBM PC markets.
Like many similar magazines, it contained sections of news, game reviews, previews, tips, help guides, columnist writings, readers' letters, and cover-mounted disks of game demos.
The magazine was sometimes criticised for including "filler" content such as articles on Arnold Schwarzenegger with the justification that an upcoming film had a computer game tie-in.
Readers also initially had trouble buying the magazine due to the name; The One lead to confusion among newsagents over exactly which magazine they meant.
The ONE is a shopping centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is built on the site of the former Tung Ying Building at 100 Nathan Road. It was developed by Chinese Estates Holdings and opened in 2010.
The One is the twenty-third studio album by British singer-songwriter Elton John, released on 22 June 1992. It was recorded at Studio Guillame Tell in Paris, produced by Chris Thomas and managed by John Reid. The album was dedicated to Vance Buck, and its cover artwork was designed by Gianni Versace.
The One spent three consecutive weeks at #2 without ever reaching #1 in the UK, being kept off the top spot by Lionel Richie's Back to Front compilation. However, it was John's biggest selling album in the US since 1975. The One was certified 2x platinum in the US by the RIAA.
The One was a six-issue comic book limited series distributed by Epic Comics in 1985–1986. It was written and drawn by Rick Veitch.
It is an ambitious and bizarre fantasy-adventure involving monstrous superheroes, the Cold War, and spiritual evolution.
"The One" is a song by the Foo Fighters, released as a single in 2002. It appeared on the movie soundtrack album for Orange County. The retail single itself was only released in Australia and New Zealand. However, it was made available by import in the US and UK, and promotional singles for radio airplay were sent out to a number of countries including Canada, the UK and the US.
The song was also released as a b-side to the CD2 version of the single " All My Life" and in the Limited Edition Bonus DVD of certain copies of the One by One album. In the UK one copy each of 6 different versions of the single were released - 3"cd, cd, mini disc, cassette, 12" vinyl and 7" vinyl, they were given away as prizes. As such they have become the most highly sought after Foo Fighters collectibles.
The cover art resembles the cover art of Fame. The video for the song (directed by Jesse Peretz) is loosely based on the movie, seeing the band members attending several art courses, namely, Dave Grohl studies acting, Nate Mendel studies to be a mime, Taylor Hawkins studies violin and Chris Shiflett attempts ballet. In the video Dave tries unsuccessfully to get the attention of a classmate.
When it aired on MTV, the chorus was slightly altered. The unedited version goes, "You're not the one, but you're the only one who can make me feel like this / You're not the one, but you're the only one who can make me feel like shit!" The edited version simply repeats the first line twice so as to avoid the climactic expletive.
This song was featured on the 8th season of MTV series Making the Video.
The One (獨領風騷) is manhua being written by Taiwanese author Nicky Lee. Published by Tong Li Comics, it is being serialized in Star Girls Magazine.
Michael Jackson The One is the DVD release of a CBS special that aired in January 2004. Released by Epic Records, it includes interviews with other celebrities about Jackson's influence on music and pop culture, and also contains clips from Jackson's previous music videos. It was certified Gold in the US five months after release, with shipments amassing 50,000 units by that point. The certification body of the US—the RIAA—recognizes the DVD as an official Michael Jackson production. It was also released on Video CD format, in several Asian countries such as India and Thailand.
The One is the only EP to be released by Canadian thrash metal band Annihilator to date. It was released in 2004 before the album All for You.
"The One" is a song written by Karen Manno and Billy Lee, and recorded by American country music singer Gary Allan that reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was released in January 2002 as the second single from his album Alright Guy. This song also entered the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Allan's first Top 40 entry on that chart.
The One is the third studio album by Frankie J. It was released on March 22, 2005 and debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 with over 130,000 copies sold in its first week released and was certified platinum by the RIAA for shipping over a million copies. The album's first single, " Obsession (No Es Amor)" had been receiving heavy rotation on radio stations, reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
On October 11, 2005, The One saw a re-release in a dual disc format which included a cover single of the song " More Than Words" by Extreme, with the DVD portion offering the whole album in enhanced stereo quality sound. The "More Than Words" music video (in both English and Spanish) came with a behind the scenes look with Frankie J, titled "Along For the Ride".
"The One" is a song recorded, written, and produced by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira for her first English-language studio album, Laundry Service. The track was released as the album's fourth single in 2003 in many European countries, but not in the United States. Epic Records wanted to release "The One" in the United States, but due to the failure of Shakira's previous single " Objection (Tango)" and that it was doing below average, Epic scrapped those plans. However, in the U.S. "The One" was able to make the TRL countdown, and it peaked at number three. In other countries, it became a modest hit.
"The One" is a song by American boy band Backstreet Boys. It was released on May 16, 2000 as the fourth and final single from their third studio album Millennium (1999).
In a 2001 interview on The View, the group stated they never really intended "The One" as their fourth single. The group held a poll which allowed fans to choose what the next single from their album should be, and after Nick Carter himself called in and voted for "The One", his large fan-base followed. The song the rest of the group really wanted to be a single that the fans were voting for the most was "Don't Want You Back".
A sneak preview of this song was released on the Selections from A Night Out with the Backstreet Boys CD on November 17, 1998 and had a slightly different sound to it; another preview was shown at the end of Britney Spears' album ...Baby One More Time (under the title "I'll Be the One") two months later. This song was also used as the opening song in the shōnen anime Hanada Shōnen-shi.
The One were a British band formed to back Peter Perrett on his first new material since The Only Ones originally split up in 1981.
Perrett initially started work with Miyuki, who was a keyboard player and was his manager's wife. A full band was then assembled via advertisements in Melody Maker. Richard Vernon was recruited on bass guitar, Steve Hands on drums and Jay Price on guitar.
The first release by Peter Perrett & The One was an EP of demos entitled "Cultured Palate". Another EP was released to precede the album, Woke Up Sticky. The band toured extensively, but split by 1999 due to Perrett's unreliable behaviour.
The One was the debut album that was released by Jane Zhang, who was one of the runners-up in the 2005 Super Girl competition. This album contains ten tracks, three of which are in English.
In the summer of 2006, Zhang visited the United States to collaborate with music producer Craig Williams, who is best known for discovering the R&B singer R. Kelly and is the composer for The Oprah Winfrey Show. She also collaborated with producer Reid Hyams, who has worked with Celine Dion and R. Kelly. The three English songs in this album were produced by Craig Williams with Reid Hyams as the executive producer.
The album was released on October 11, 2006, which was her 22nd birthday.
The track "這該死的愛" (This Damned Thing Called Love) won Top 10 Gold Songs at the Hong Kong TVB8 Awards, presented by television station TVB8, in 2007.
"The One" is a song by American recording artist Mary J. Blige featuring Canadian entertainer Drake. Written by Blige and Drake along with Ester Dean and producer Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, it was included in her ninth studio album, Stronger with Each Tear (2009). Released as the album's lead single, the song marked Blige's 5th entry on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, on which it reached number 32. Blige's sum extended her lead for most charted titles among women in the 1990s and 2000s.
"The One" is a song written by Slaughterhouse, a hip hop supergroup consisting of rappers Crooked I, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz and Royce da 5'9". Produced by DJ Khalil, it is the lead single from the group's self-titled debut album. The beat samples heavily from the Boogie Down Productions I'm Still #1 and Lenny Kravitz song " Fly Away." The song was released on July 2, 2009.
The One is a television film starring Richard Ruccolo and Meredith Monroe. It premiered on ABC Family in 2003. It was directed by Ron Lagomarsino.
The One is Chubb Rock's third full-length album released in 1991. It reached #13 on Billboard's " Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums" chart for that year. Three singles from that release, " Treat 'Em Right", "Just The Two Of Us" and "The Chubbster", made it to #1 on Billboard's " Hot Rap Singles" chart list for the same year.
"The One" is the first single from Elton John's 1992 album, also called The One. It reached #9 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #1 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart and #10 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also a #1 hit on Canada's RPM 100 national singles chart on 5 September 1992.
On bonus footage on his Live in Barcelona DVD, John states that he felt an intense connection to Taupin's lyrics for "The One" in light of his personal circumstances around the time of making the album, in particular the line "For each man in his time is Cain until he walks along the beach."
Elton John performed the song at the 1992 VMAs.
"The One" is a song by Australian singer and songwriter Kylie Minogue taken from her tenth studio album, X (2007). "The One" was written by Minogue, Richard Stannard, James Wiltshire, Russell Small, John Andersson, Johan Emmoth and Emma Holmgren, while production was handled by Stannard and Freemasons. The song was released by Parlophone in Europe and the United Kingdom, and by Warner Music in Australia and New Zealand. Originally the song was to be accompanied with a physical release to coincide with the UK leg of the KylieX2008 tour, but was released as digital-only instead becoming Minogue's second digital single after " Over the Rainbow".
"The One" was originally performed by dance music group Laid and Emma Holmgren, but decided to give it to Minogue. For "The One", there are two official composition mixes. The album edit is a midtempo synthpop song, while the single remix is a more upbeat dance-pop song. Freemasons decided to remix the original song for single release. Lyrically, the song is directed at a lover, telling him that she is the one and wanting him to love her. "The One" was generally acclaimed received from music critics, with many praising the musical composition, lyrical content and, though it was complimented with its remix, the album version was vastly acclaimed more.
Commercially, the song was not successful in the music charts, due to very limited promotion. The song did not chart in her native Australia, becoming a failure in the Oceanic region outside of reaching the top of the airplay chart in New Zealand and peaking at number ten on the dance chart in Australia. In Europe, the song managed to chart inside the top ten in Belgium (Flanders) and Slovakia, and reached number thirty-six in the United Kingdom. The song has featured in several concerts since its release, most recently being performed on Minogue's 2011 Aphrodite World Tour.
The One is an Australian television program broadcast by the Seven Network, hosted by Andrew Daddo. The program pits several psychics against one another, participating in trials which challenge their purported abilities in activities such as clairvoyance, telepathy and mediumship to determine who is Australia's "top psychic".
The show was originally created by Fox Studios Australia, who in 2006 contracted Simon Turnbull, President of the Australian Psychics Association, to help create the show. The psychics' abilities are observed by a studio audience or at external locations, and are judged by a two-person panel including Stacey Demarco, a psychic, and Richard Saunders, vice president of Australian Skeptics.
The show premièred in Australia on Tuesday, 8 July 2008 and ended following its second season in 2011. The program was broadcast with closed captions and classified PG.
The One is a 2007 album by Shinichi Osawa, and the first studio album released under his real name. The album is a major departure for Osawa; mainly electro house and breakbeat roots, and focusing more on the experimental variants of house (electro, fidget, among others) as well as electronic rock. Many tracks make use of regular instrumentation; usually guitars, bass and drums, but extending to koto in the final track.
It features collaborations with Au Revoir Simone, Princess Superstar, Ania Chorabik, Nelson, Freeform Five and others.
The One is a song by Danish singer Medina from her international debut studio album Welcome to Medina. It was released as the fifth single from the album on 15 August 2011. The song was written by Medina, Providers and Terri Bjerre and it was produced by Providers. "The One" peaked at number 64 in Germany.
The One is the sixth studio album by American R&B recording artist Eric Benét, released June 5, 2012 on Jordan House Records with distribution by EMI. It is the follow-up to Lost in Time (2010).
"The One" is a song by American R&B recording artist Tamar Braxton. Written by Braxton, Christian Ward, Shaunice Lasha Jones, LaShawn Daniels, the song contains samples from Juicy Fruit by Mtume. The song also contains re-sung lyrics from The Notorious B.I.G.'s " Juicy", which also sampled Juicy Fruit. It was released as the second single on May 7, 2013 from her second studio album Love and War (2013).
The One Total Home Experience, stylized THE One, is a furniture retail company founded by Swedish entrepreneur and philanthropist Thomas Lundgren. As of December 2014, the home fashion brand has a total of 18 stores across the Middle East in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates, with a total staff complement of over 700.
"The One" is a song by recording artist A-Lee from his second studio album, Forever Lost (2012). It was released on January 11, 2011 in Norway, on EE Records and Columbia/ Sony Music Norway. A-Lee worked with producers Ground Rules.
"The One" is A-Lee's second single and it sold 2x Platinum in Norway and reached #7 at Norwegian Single Charts VG-Lista. It was also certified the most-played song on all Norwegian radio in 2011.
It was also the most played song on radio NRK mP3 in 2011 making A-Lee being #1 on this radio for the second consecutive year after 2010 and ranked #2 at the NRJ radio Norway best song of 2011. The song "The One" was also nominated for Best Norwegian Hit at NRJ Music Awards 2012.
In 2011, A-Lee performed "The One" at huge annual show VG-Lista Rådhusplassen in Oslo where he attended for the second consecutive year after 2010.
THE ONE is Uverworld's seventh original album. It was released on November 28, 2012, and there are 13 tracks on the album. The members came up with the title because they feel that "our fans and people become "one", and as a team, each and every person's unique personalities become interwoven." They also stated, "After being active for 12 years, we've finally arrived at stage 1."
The album will contain "Reversi", which will serve as the theme song for the upcoming Ao no Exorcist movie (December 28 release) as well as "The Over", which was used as the theme song for the drama series Kuro no Onna Kyoshi.
The DVD for the limited edition will come with footage from Live at Avaco Studio and music videos. It will also enclose a 24-page special booklet.
"The One" is the debut recording by Polish singer Aneta Sablik. She premiered the single at the final of the 11. season of German casting show Deutschland sucht den Superstar. Aneta Sablik was announced in the night of May 3, 2015 as the show's winner, making Meltem Ackigöz the runner-up. The song was released on May 3, 2014 to digital outlets from Oceania and Europe, debuting at the number-one in the iTunes download charts of all German-speaking countries. It later debuted on the first position in the official charts of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg.
Jeong Soon-won (; born March 26, 1974), better known by his stage name The One is a South Korean singer. He won the second season of the Korean version of I Am a Singer, and finished third place in the third season in the Chinese version of I Am A Singer in 2015.
"The One" is a song by Dublin-based alternative rock quartet Kodaline. The song was released on 12 April 2015 as the second single from the band's second studio album, Coming Up for Air (2015).
The One is the second studio album by Indonesian singer Afgan. It was released on April 1, 2010. The album has 12 songs, including "Bukan Cinta Biasa", "Panah Asmara", "Dia Dia Dia", and "Bawalah Cintaku".
The single "Cinta 2 Hati" was used on the soundtrack of the Indonesian film Cinta 2 Hati, starring Afgan and Olivia Jensen.
The single "Seperti Bintang" was used in an advertisement for the Indonesian brand Panadol Cold & Flu.
The One is the sixth regular studio album by German pop singer Sasha, released by Columbia Records on December 5, 2014 in German-speaking Europe. It marked his first studio album in five years, following the release of 2009's Good News on a Bad Day.
"The One" is the sixth and final studio-release single from American rap metal artist Deuce. The song was initially released on The Two Thousand Eight EP, where it was the lead single. However, it was modified once in 2010 with added instruments and a chorus at the start. Finally, it was modified once more for the Nine Lives album, where it featured additional production and mixing by Ben Grosse. This version was released as the album's final single on February 14, 2013. It is now his most viewed video on YouTube with over 5 million views, surpassing " America" in 2015. The music video was directed by James Jou.
Speaking of the song, Deuce noted that with it he felt that "through my music, I could do so much".