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They were also named as one of the Top 10 artists of 2012 and Lovey Dovey got #8 in the Top 50 Songs of 2012 category. I always did prefer Soompi compared to a AllKpop.. Source: http://www.soompi.co...awards-results/

Well.. It could've been better. But I always thought Sexy Love as a "bridging song" anyway, sort of a sacrifice to breakthrough the controversy wall and put T-ara back on the charts (either that or hanging up their mikes for a year or so), so actually it performed much better than I actually predicted. But hey.. (sorry for Miss A & BEG fans) it actually beat Miss A's I Don't Need a Man & Gain's Bloom & a bunch of other hit song, and just one spot under FT Island, so its not that bad all things considered.

It's true!! And it's actually FOUR songs if you add their "We Used to Be in Love" collaboration with Davichi (he he I don't know how to edit the topic title).. Source: Korea Billboard @ youtube

A good thing going for T-ara is that their songs are radio friendly and can be enjoyed by people in both genders and a wide range of age demographics.. so if Korean teens and tweenies think that listening to T-ara is not cool (for now ~bet their still listening when they are not with their friends), there still many who still enjoy T-ara's music & charm. Just look at the survey's Best 5 Singers for People in their 30′s 1. Psy – 28.9% 2. Girls’ Generation – 22.1% 3. Big Bang – 9.6% 4. SISTAR – 8.1% 5. T-ara 7.7% Come on girls, if you can still do this with controversies in 2012, imagine what you can do in 2013? (KKS please don't screw the year up again..)

Man, do the girls look gorgeous.. and the fans were great also!

Here is another Xmas greeting on Core Media.. since its official CCM, why not send a greeting back to them on the Youtube comments? Who knows who will read it..

Wohoo two thumbs up for Hyomin & her fashion sense.. classy, sexy, preppy ..and in season!

The videos were made by KpopItalia but it is based on the Gaon's National Physical Albums Ranking and Online Download Chart from mid-November 2011 to mid-November 2012. Check out their channel for the other parts of the chart. Top 20 (Lovey Dovey #1) Top 40-21 (Day by Day #28)

Great pictures, but please tell me its a wig right? I love my Hyomin with long luxurious hair

Sometimes it seems that the only thing that can save the girls from all the bad publicity that KKS caused them its their own sheer hard work.. KKS bungles the Hwayoung episode... other idol groups would've gotten sidelined (read:unemployed) for a year or so. And when (or even if) they comeback they won't be relevant anymore in the K-pop industry, plus members will be leaving left & right. Just looked at what happened to Jewelry. They still can't recover from their scandal, long hiatus & original member exodus. Not T-ara. They worked their butts off with Sexy Love, even while the Antis were still foaming at their mouths calling the girls to disband. Not only it was a commercial success (top 5 in both Gaon & Oricon monthly charts) it also gave some respect back and they proudly started attending events instead of hiding & crying for months... Now KKS made another needlessly stupid controversy, well once again T-ara is impressing me. They made a live Music Bank performance just a day after the articles came out and is continuing to busy themselves with work. Although netizens used the word "determination" to bash T-ara a lot in the past but to me "hard work & determination" is really what they are all about. Its good if they can get some rest once in awhile, but T-ara needs to dig deep, go into crisis mode and work their ass off again, thanks to KKS' bumbling management.

I really liked tonight's perf, as said before their live voices came out & the cheers plus fan chant wasn't bad either.. But can you imagine any other idol group performing just a day after a controversy? That's some brave & tough girls right there.. Anyway personally I think this current controversy is just a small issue compared to what they have faced before, especially since most people understand who is really to blame whenever xxxx happens to T-ara.. Btw anyone else catch the Music Bank Year End Chart? 1. Psy - Gangnam Style 2. Sistar - Loving U 3. T-ara - Lovey Dovey 4. Sistar - Alone 5. SNSD-TTS - Twinkle

What everyone forgot to mention is that Pachinko is not a problem for teenagers, its a game for adults, teenagers can't get anywhere near the parlors ..while teenagers drinking alcohol is a serious problem. Still KKS should get kicked in the balls for taking the endorsement.. is not like its that lucrative of a deal anyway.

<facepalm> CCM.. when are you going to learn. Get proffesional help for public relations!! Pachinko is actually more like the game machines in arcades that give you tickets that you can exchange for prizes (dolls, cigarettes etc.) only in the form of silverballs.. It's legally not considered as gambling but illegally you can exchange the silverballs with tokens/coins instead of prizes and usually in the back alleys near every pachinko shop you can "secretly" (though everyone knows) exchange the tokens with hard cash... .so legally its not a gambling machine (gambling is officially illegal in Japan) but they are being used by the Japanese underground for gambling. But since it is common knowledge for Japanese (doubt the girls know this) CCM should've known better.

Oh come on... this particular photographer probably just screwed up his timing & missed the "smile shot." Its freezing there and they are only wearing miniskirts, it must be hard to keep on smiling for the dozens of photogs there when there is a winter wind blowing through your exposed legs & rattling your teeth..

That's an absolutely right decision considering T-ara fans range from 50 to 5 year olds, I always wonder on how people like to bash idols for innocently dating (most of them are in their teens and twenties after all) but on the other hand love to hear about their drinking stories and think it as cute. I have nothing against people who drink but it just sounds hypocritical to me.. I could be wrong, but one thing about T-ara that I love is that we don't hear any "cute drunk" stories from them or about how they are happy because they are old enough to drink or talking about their favorite alcoholic beverage.. I'm not saying that Idols shouldn't drink in their own free time, but why do you have to talk about it in the media? Aren't they supposed to be role models? Lee Hyori has dropped her lucrative soju endorsement just because of the same reasoning, too bad other top youth idols (which I won't mention here) happily took it over..

Yeah while the sitting audience way in the back seems to enjoy all of the performance, the pit audience was actually really cold when girl bands were on stage, I guess most of the mushroom head teengirls were only there for the boy bands.. But check out the cuts, atleast the T-ara girls seemed to be enjoying themselves watching the other acts perform: http://youtu.be/6rgrlkRz0Po I wonder what Boram was laughing about at 1:49

I think this was done during the Sexy Love promo just based on Ahreum & Eunjeung's hair color.. Ahreum's hair was dark at the Budokan concert & Day by Day promo, while Eunjeung changed from her fierce raven-haired smokey dark look after the controversy. With things getting back on gear again I wish Eunjeung will go back to her former strong-but-cute look (like on We Got Married), she just looks too frail & vulnerable now..

The red carpet dress is so Eun Jeung.. she does love those collars.. but her stage outfit took my breath away

If you check out the uploader's channel.. they also dance to SNSD's the Boy's, BAP's Warrior, Afterschool's Bang etc. etc.. IMHO Ahreum does really stand out compared to the other girls, not only the way she looks (it's easy because of her snow-white complection) but also how sharp she dances... no wonder she got recruited into T-ara. Anyone knows who are the other girls? Someone said there's The Seeya members also there..

Like Elienore said before they are the only Christians in the group..

T-ara won best Idol Group & D-Unit won best rookie of the year... What a wonderful night for the Jeon sisters Congrats!

Wait... I thought the Southeast Asia tour was already a done deal? It was already announced for months (I even have already started saving up for the tickets). So does this mean its still up in the air?

Sorry.... I just couldn't help myself

Did Soyeon wore Boram's adidas blue & star's track suit? Looks good on her but I doubt if she could zip it up

This is what I'm talking about... some crazy Vietnam fans may got a bit out of line a few days back, but V-Queens in general really love their T-ara idols.. PS: I hope MBC will air both songs... remember Mnet only aired one of T-ara's two songs during the M Global Countdown in Thailand (aka Singing in the Rain ) a few weeks back? Hopefully, the fact that the girls wore two different outfits means both Roly Poly & Sexy Love will be aired..