# Soridata Artist Profile - Kara

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> **Kara** (카라) is a South Korean Girl Group that debuted in 2007. They consist of 5 members: Park Gyuri, Nicole Jung, Seungyeon, Jiyoung Kang and Youngji. 

They have 7 songs among the most popular in Korea.

For years, members were upset with DSP media and some terminated their contracts, changing the lineup of the group several times.

In the period between 2016 and 2022, the group was technically disbanded, specially after Go Hara's passing in 2019. After a 15th anniversary release in 2022, the group reunited under RBW and is now considered active.

# General Information

- Soridata ID: 117
- Group Gender: Female
- Stage Name: Kara (카라)
- Fanclub Name: Kamilia
- Original Company: RBW
- Active Since: 2007
- Debut Day: 2007-03-29
- Current Status: Active

# Metrics and Achievements

- Success Rating: 4.9
*_Success is a star rating that goes from 0 (min) to 5 (max), each star represents one of the following: Sales up to 500000, Streaming score up to 700, Awards up to 5, Youtube Views up to 250 million, Yearly awards up to 7. Example: An artist with 250000 sales (0.5 stars), 900 streaming score (1 star), 8 awards (1 stars), 200 million Youtube views (0.8 stars) and 6 yearly awards (0.85 stars) would be rated ~4.16._*
- Time to Success: 707 days
*_Time to Success measures the duration from debut until an artist reaches their first major milestone: reaching #1 on the Circle Chart Weekly, achieving cumulative sales of 100000 units, or winning a music show award (whichever occurs first)._*
- Last Release: 2024-07-24
- Perfect All-Kills (PAKs): 0
- Music Show Awards: 28 (41° in regards to all artists)
- Most Awarded Song: [Lupin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7TYiyEhxdI)
- End of year Awards: 6 (96° in regards to all artists)
- Streaming Weekly data (from Circle Chart Digital, available since 2010):
    - Score: 8402
    - First Places: 2
    - Times Charted: 135
    - Times Charted on top 10: 21
    - Songs charted: 27
    - Songs charted on top 10 (popular songs): 7
- Billboard Global 200 weekly data (available since 2020, counting only Korean acts): Artist never ranked in top 200
- Physical Sales (Circle Chart Album, published since 2010): 896,926+ units
- Total Youtube Views (from official videos): 623,268,801+
- This artist was featured on [Dingo's Killing Voice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNYEHXsehTg)

# Members of the group

- [Park Gyuri (박규리)](https://soridata.com/artists/Park-Gyuri.md): Park Gyu Ri (Date of Birth: 1988-05-21 - 38 years) from South Korea as Leader, Vocal
- [Nicole Jung (니콜)](https://soridata.com/artists/Nicole-Jung.md): Nicole Yongju Jung (Date of Birth: 1991-10-07 - 34 years) from South Korea as Vocal, Rapper, Dancer
- [Seungyeon (승연)](https://soridata.com/artists/Han-Seungyeon.md): Han Seungyeon (Date of Birth: 1988-07-24 - 38 years) from South Korea as Vocal
- [Jiyoung Kang (강지영)](https://soridata.com/artists/Kang-Jiyoung.md): Jiyoung Kang (Date of Birth: 1994-01-18 - 32 years) from South Korea as Vocal, ex-Maknae
- [Youngji (영지)](https://soridata.com/artists/Youngji.md): Hur Youngji (Date of Birth: 1994-08-30 - 32 years) from South Korea as Vocal, Rapper, Dancer, Maknae

# Previous Members of the group

- [Sunghee (성희)](https://soridata.com/artists/Sunghee.md): Kim Sunghee (Date of Birth: 1989-04-17) from South Korea
- [Goo Hara (구하라)](https://soridata.com/artists/Goo-Hara.md): Goo Hara (Deceased) from South Korea as Vocal, Dancer

# Links and references

- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/dspofficialkara/)
- [Melon](https://www.melon.com/artist/timeline.htm?artistId=222128)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_(South_Korean_band))
- [Namu.wiki](https://namu.wiki/w/카라)
- [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/artist/kara/385160775)
- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/7aZ221EQfonNG2lO9Hh192)