T-ara are a South Korean girl band whose eight-year career peaked at the time
K-pop was enjoying the height of its popularity in Japan. During this period the
girls signed to the management agency J-Rock for a multimillion dollar sum
reported to be the highest signing fee paid for an emerging K-pop act. With a
fan base extending throughout Asia the band were hugely popular in both China
and Japan as well as in South Korea. With two hit albums and a string of number
one singles, the girls were one of the most popular K-pop bands of the period
until rumours of internal strife and b...