T-ara #1 on Gaon Chart!

T-ara's Roly Poly made a good rank on various music charts and now, seems that Cry Cry will also make a good rank on various charts.

T-ara's new song Cry Cry is #1 on Gaon Chart!

Davichi and T-ara’s Jiyeon, Hyomin & Soyeon to star in ‘Roly Poly’ musical

T-ara members Jiyeon, Hyomin & Soyeon will be starring in the ‘Our Youth Roly Poly‘ musical along with Davichi‘s Kang Minkyung.

Even before production of the musical, producers knew they wanted to perform the musical on stages all across Asia. International fans’ expectations for ‘Our Youth Roly Poly’ are higher than ever as it is being put on by Hallyu stars T-ara and Davichi’s Kang Minkyung who has previously showcased her acting skills in a drama series.

The musical will tell the stories of seven older women, and their past experiences with love and friendship. T-ara and Kang Minkyung will be playing the roles of the women in their youth, but the characters who will play the roles of the older women have yet to be revealed. The staff remarked, “We assure you that the cast to play the middle-aged women will be just as glamourous as the girls who will play the younger roles“.

“In the musical, the cute and sassy schoolgirls grow up and turn into women of society. They become mothers, wives, and professional career women. We hope everyone will look forward to the cast members that will be fulfilling the latter roles“, they continued.

Twenty new actors and actresses were selected at the second round of auditions which took place on the 14th and 15th, and official practice for the musical begins on the 24th.

‘Our Youth Roly Poly’ will be performed at the Sungnam Art Center Opera House starting January 13th 2012 through February 25th, 2012.

KARA’s ‘Super Girl’ debuts at #1 on Oricon Chart

Last week, the ladies of KARA released their second Japanese full-length album, ‘Super Girl‘ in the digital form and it placed first on iTunes Japan. On November 23rd, the ladies released the physical album and ‘Super Girl’ has topped the Oricon Daily Album Chart on the first day with a sales figure of 73,076.

KARA’s first Japanese full-length album, ‘Girl’s Talk’ received the Gold Disk award by selling over 100,000 copies during its first week and has sold 500,000 copies to date. It seems the girls are also following a similar sales path with their second album.

Congratulations to the girls for their continued success in Japan.

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KARA's photoshoot for Winter Magic!

Check out the BTS video of the KARA girls for Winter Magic!

KARA's photo shooting for Super Girl!

Check out the BTS video of the shooting of the photos of KARA's new Japanese album Super Girl.

The girls look awesome here!

Kara surpasses 500,000 sales mark with Japanese debut album

Girl group Kara continue to enjoy sweeping popularity in Japan as their debut single album "Girl Talk" has sold more than 500,000 copies in the country.

On November 22nd, DSP Media revealed, "More than 500,000 copies (501,999) of Kara’s Girl Talk, which was released last December, have been shipped out as of November 18."

"Girl's Talk" was an instant hit with sales of over 10,000 copies during the first week of release, claiming a certified gold. Fans continue to snap it up for almost a year making the album surpassed the 500,000 mark in records sold.

Continuing the heat of Kara's popularity, their second Japanese album "Super Girl", which was released today, has received more than 360,000 preorders. In addition, the album recently ranked first on Japan's iTunes store in terms of downloads.

The new album will include their current single "Winter Magic" and the previously released singles "Jetcoaster Love" and "Go Go Summer".

Meanwhile, Kara has been nominated for the most coveted Excellence Award at the 53rd Japan Record Awards on December 30th.