KARA

About Kara: Kara (Hangul: 카라, Japanese: カラ, often stylized as KARA) is a Korean pop girl group formed by DSP Media in South Korea. The group is composed of Park Gyuri, Han Seung-yeon, Nicole Jung, Goo Ha-ra, and Kang Jiyoung. The group's name comes from the Greek word "chara" (χαρά, lit. "joy"), which they interpreted to mean "sweet melody".

Kara originally started as a four member group and made their debut with "Break It" while displaying a strong female image and a mature R&B sound. Expectations for the group to be as big as their senior labelmates, Fin.K.L, were extremely high and the members were promoted as successors to them. They released their first album titled The First Blooming in 2007. However, their debut was not well received by the public and was a commercial failure. The following year, Kim Sunghee departed the group due to parental pressure, and members Goo Ha-ra and Kang Jiyoung were eventually brought in. After their addition, the group also began to change their image and style of music to the "pretty but natural" appeal, and they eventually released their first mini-album Rock U in July 2008. They eventually achieved their first number one song with "Honey". In July 2009, the group released their second studio album entitled Revolution, which saw the group slightly returning to their original image during their debut. The album spawned the hit singles "Wanna" and "Mister", whose choreography featured the "butt-dance", that helped increase the group's popularity within East Asia.

After finding national success the group eventually began to expand their music to Japan by signing to Universal Music Japan's subsidiary label, Universal Sigma in 2010. The group's debut became a success after being dubbed as "Japan's #1 Rookie Artist of 2010" by Oricon and they also received the "New Artist Of The Year Award (International)" from the Japan Gold Disc Awards. In April 2011, the group achieved their first #1 single with "Jet Coaster Love", making them the first foreign female group since the creation of the Oricon to rank #1 in the first week of release and the first foreign female group in 30 years to do so. Overall, the group managed to sell one million physical singles within 3 years making them one of the most successful South Korean acts in Japan. Their official fanclub name is "Kamilia", which is a combination of "Kara" and the Latin word "familia", and their official color is Pearl Peach.

Music Video

Step it up



Mister



Honey