BIGBANG, SHINee, KARA Make History As Only Groups To Achieve THIS in 3 Different Decades
Among second-generation K-pop groups, BIGBANG, SHINee and KARA proved their unrelenting popularity after writing a milestone that will remain in the history of the music industry!
KARA Becomes First & Only Girl Group To Have Music Show Win in 3 Different Decades
KARA, a second-generation girl group who made a comeback in seven years and a half cemented their status again in the music scene.
In November, KARA released its special album, "MOVE AGAIN." This is their first release since they dropped its 7th mini-album "In Love" released in May 2015.
To commemorate the 15th anniversary of its debut this year, KARA returned as a complete group, comprising Park Gyuri, Han Seungyeon, Nicole, Kang Jiyoung, and Heo Youngji, expressing the ambition to show their great performance on stage at the same time.
Immediately after its release, the team swept the music charts with the album's title track, "WHEN I MOVE." The song remained atop Bugs Daily Chart for six days, as well as entered other major music sites.
Once a "Queen" in Japan, KARA also solidified their popularity in the country as well. The recently released Japanese version of "WHEN I MOVE" MV topped the top 100 real-time charts of Line Music music videos, Japan's largest music site before the official album was even released.
After about eight years, KARA also challenged their appearance in music shows. Surprisingly, the team topped the K-chart of KBS2's "Music Bank" in the third week of December with "WHEN I MOVE" on December 16.
This is a huge achievement, considering the fierce competition among popular fourth-gen groups.
KARA, who debuted in 2007, achieved its first No. 1 spot on music shows with "Honey" in 2009. In 2010, the group also win No. 1 in a music show with their hit track, "Lupin."
As a result, KARA has become an idol group that has experienced achieving No.1 music show in 3 different decades– in the 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s.
The team has been the representative of the Korean Wave by releasing mega-hit songs such as "Pretty Girl," "Mr," "Lupin" and "STEP," and held the first solo concert at the Tokyo Dome in K-pop girl group history, continues to make history as a living legend.
SHINee, BIGBANG and KARA Are the Only Groups To Achieve Music Show Win In 3 Different Decades
With this, KARA joined SHINee and BIGBANG as the only second-gen K-pop groups to achieve this milestone so far.
SHINee topped music programs with "Love Like Oxygen" in the 2000s, "Lucifer" in the 2010s, and "Don't Call Me" in the 2020s." The quintet, hereinafter quarter is the first K-pop group and boy group to achieve this, proving their moniker, "Princes of K-pop."
Since then, BIGBANG, the holder of the honorific title, "Kings of K-pop" became the second K-pop group to achieve music wins in 3 different decades. The team topped music programs with "Lies" in the 2000s, "TONIGHT" in the 2010s, and "Still Life" in the 2020s.
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Written by Eunice Dawson.
