Ji Yeon and Suzy snap a friendly selca on Music Core T-ARA 朴智研 与 MISS A 秀智 结束主持的最后合照？

T-ara's Ji Yeon and Miss A's Suzy snap a selca on today's Music Core.

Their final episode as the MCs of the show,a bit sad that the girls won't be MCing on the show starting next week,but also anticipate their future activities,T-ara will make their comeback next month!

Hwaiting Suzy and Ji Yeon!

昨天10月8号 T-ara 成员 智研 在她个人推特账户上上传了一张与 Miss A 忙内 秀智 的合照。她附上留言说道“音乐中心节目！今天已经来到最后一天了，转眼间已经一年了，在这里有我充满许多美好的回忆，谢谢大家，我会再次以更好地形象回来，大家多多关注啊！”


为此，在下个星期开始如无意外大家应该看见 少女时代 美英 与 侑利 开始主持一职咯！

October : Week 1

For the first week of October chart, Huh Gak achieves his first #1 song on Muzik Chart with "Hello". The song has also earned him first-place trophies from M! Countdown and Music Bank just recently. Coming close at second place is KARA with "STEP" and Davichi rounds up the top spots with "Don't Say Goodbye". Check-out the complete result below.

Chart sources: Ollehmusic, Naver, Mnet, Soribada, Monkey3,
On-air sources: Music Bank, M! Countdown, Inkigayo, Music Core

KARA performed goodbye stage for Step on Music Core

I was surprised to see the girls performing on today's Music Core,i thought that they have ended their promotional activities for Step already,anyway,glad to see their performance,enjoy!

‘Music Core’ performances from October 8th! 本周 1008 “音乐中心”表演视频！

MBC’s ‘Music Core‘ is back once again with another fun and exciting show!

This episode saw the final MC sessions from miss A‘s Suzy and T-ara‘s Jiyeon. Starting next week,SNSD‘s Yuri and Tiffany will be leading the show.

Besides the usual stages, Boyfriend made their comeback this week, while Simon D made his debut.

Meanwhile, other performers included Super Junior, Brown Eyed Girls, B1A4, Maybee, INFINITE, Kim Kyu Jong, U-KISS, Davichi, Hwanhee, Haha, Kim Jang Hoon (feat. Psy), Jewelry-S, KARA,Kan Mi Youn, ALi, and Piggy Dolls.

Check out their performances below!

本周10月8号的出演者有：


Jewelry S，简美妍，B1A4，肥猫，金长勋，HAHA，Davichi，金圭钟，Boyfriend，SIMON D，KARA，Infinite，Super Junior，Brown Eyed Girl，MayBee，Chocolat，Piggy Dolls 以及 Ali


表演视频如下： Kim Kyu Jong (SS501) - Yesterday Super Junior - A-CHA Brown Eyed Girls - Sixth Sense KARA - Step Kim JangHoon ft.PSY - Breakups Are So Like Me Infinite - Paradise Hwan Hee - Without Knowing Davichi - Don't Say Good Bye HAHA - Rosa BOYFRIEND - You Are My Lady + Don't Touch My Girl 回归舞台 Simon D - Cheerz B1A4 - Beautiful Target Jewelry S - I'm All Right Maybee - Good-bye Valentine Fat Cat - My Love Bad Boy Kan MiYeon - Don't Wanna See You U-Kiss - Neverland Tiffany,Suzy,Jiyeon,Yuri

音乐中心 111008 表演名单！

本周10月8号的出演者有：


Jewelry S，简美妍，B1A4，肥猫，金长勋，HAHA，Davichi，金圭钟，Boyfriend，SIMON D，KARA，Infinite，Super Junior，Brown Eyed Girl，MayBee，Chocolat，Piggy Dolls 以及 Ali

Old photos of Lee Min Ho & KARA’s Han Seungyeon revealed

On an episode of a popular MBC entertainment program that aired on the 7th, old photos of today’s hottest Hallyu stars were revealed.

Especially noteworthy were photos of Lee Min Ho, who rose to stardom after his roles in ‘Boys Over Flowers‘ & ’City Hunter‘.

Still-cuts of his scenes from the 2005 drama ‘Anthem of Love‘ were revealed, in which he played the role of a waiter.

Upon seeing the old photos, fans were able to once again see that the actor had come from humble beginnings and slowly rose to the top, building acting experience as the years went by.

Additionally, pictures of KARA‘s Han Seungyeon when she was much younger were also brought to light. Seungyeon played a role in the popular 1997 drama ‘Star in My Heart‘, and she had the same cute image back then as she does today.

Likewise, old photos of Super Junior‘s Lee Teuk as well as Lee Jin, So Ji Sub, Ji Sung, Jung Jae Young were also shown.

Viewers who tuned in to the episode responded with, “Lee Min Ho! He’s worked so hard to become what he is now“, “Seungyeon looks the same as she does now“, and “I guess a lot of them had roles like that before they became famous“.

Record companies to fight for KARA in Japan

KARA‘s contract with their Japanese music label will officially end soon.

The girls have experienced some explosive popularity in Japan, and according to a entertainment insider, KARA’s contract with Universal Music Japan only requires them to release one additional album.

Other rival labels who have gotten wind of the news are swiftly trying to seal a new contract with the girls.

Hallyu management officials stated in detail, “Taking into consideration their fame in Japan along with their album sales to date, it would be easy for them to sign a contract for at least $8.5 million over three years“.

KARA is currently promoting in Japan under ‘Universal Music Japan’ but their contract with the music label will end early next year. Universal pitched an idea to KARA’s agency DSP Entertainment, requesting to lengthen the contract for another year or two, and they’re currently in negotiations.

The details of their new contract have not been revealed, but those in both the Korean & Japanese Entertainment industry are fully aware that because KARA is the hottest Hallyu idol in Japan right now, their demands will most likely be high & specific. Still, rival labels are making their best effort to offer KARA a better deal. They know the value of KARA in the Japanese entertainment market. Insiders believe that with their current status in Japan and the number of albums sold, they would require to be paid at least $2.5 million per year. ”As a whole, their annual sales from Japanese promotions alone probably equal close to $42 million… A cool $2.5 million annually should be easy.”

But not only are the girls the hottest girl group in Japan, they hold the records for most albums sold by a Korean artist. Their singles “Jetcoaster Love” as well as “Go Go Summer” both sold over 200,000 copies, and their “Mister” ringtone were downloaded by 750,000 consumers back in March. Thus, the girls were given the label ‘Triple Platinum’ by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.

The girls are constantly being asked to be featured on programs and guest-star on others, but they cannot accept all of the offers because they simply do not have enough time for all of them. KARA promoted their new track for three short weeks in Korea, but proved that was enough time for them to seize the #1 spot on several music charts. KARA’s last performance was on SBS Live Inkigayo ‘Go-green Concert with UN CCD‘. They performed more ambitiously during this performance than any other, perfectly nailing their hip dance for their title track, “STEP“.

KARA’s “STEP” was an all-kill, topping the charts of Mnet’s M! Countdown as well as others. In the first two weeks of their comeback, their song was #1 on five different music programs.

The girls have wrapped up their three-week promotions in Korea and are preparing for their next Japanese single. Their teaser for “Winter Magic” has already been released in Japan.

4Minute's Ji hyun and G.Na show off their close friendship! G.NA 与 4MINUTE 队长 南智贤 的2张合照！

G.Na uploaded 2 new selcas on her Twitter.

She said,"we are going to depart,this is 4minute's leader Nam Ji Hyun,we go to New York:.

The labelmates show off their close friendship in the selcas attached here.

Meanwhile,G.Na will focus on her overseas activities after concluding Top Girl promotion!

今天10月8号著名歌手 G.NA 在她个人推特账户上上传了2张与 4minute 队长 南智贤 的合照。她附上留言说道“要出发了，我们要离开了，这是和4Minute队长清纯可爱的南智贤拍照，我们去纽约！”

News clip on KARA Gyuri's 200 Pound Beauty musical

Check out the video above as the media reported about Gyuri's musical performance for 200 Pound Beauty!

KARA's Star Date Eng Sub

Check out the Star Date clip of KARA subbed in english!

September's Best Selling Albums KARA #1

Girl group KARA is finally number one on domestic soil.


The numbers for the girls' third album "STEP" are out, according to GAON Charts.


After having been released on September 6th, STEP sold 97,667 copies during the month of September, making them the number one album for the month.


The title song of the same title also achieved great results. "STEP" placed number two for September's Combined Digital Chart and number one on the September Downloads Chart with 1,719,950 downloads.

Compared to other girl groups, KARA was the second girl group to hit number one on the monthly album chart, following 2NE1. Also, they're the first girl artist or group to sell over 90,000 hard copy albums, In fact, the numbers are continuing to rise with the 100,000 mark right around the corner.


2nd place on the Best Albums Chart was Super Junior's "Mr. Simple The 5th Repackage Album" (released September 19th), trailing behind KARA's "STEP" by only 457 copies. And the regular "Mr. Simple The 5th Album" was number four for September having sold an additional 31,242 copies. This comes after they were the number one album for August with 287,000 copies sold. Combined, the group has sold 318,669 copies so far. 3rd place was Infinite with their first special repackage album "Paradise", having sold 34,704 copies.


Continuing on, 5th place went to Sung Shi-kyung's 7th album "First", with 30,077 albums sold. The OST album for the SBS drama "Take Care Of The Boss" sold 23,894 copies placing 6th, B1A4's "B1A4" album placed 7th with 20,791, and the Brown Eyed Girls at 8th with their 4th album "Sixth Sense" selling 19,285 copies.


GAON Charts calculates album sales, buy subtracting the amount of albums left in storage of the music production companies from the total albums initially produced.