T-ara is a four-member South Korean girl group formed by Core Contents Media in 2009. Their debut studio album Absolute First Album (2009) included the hit singles "TTL (Time to Love)" and "Bo Peep Bo Peep". "Bo Peep Bo Peep" earned the group their first music show win on KBS's Music Bank. It was later awarded Triple Crown on SBS's Inkigayo and was nominated for Best Dance Performance by a Female Group at the 12th Mnet Asian Music Awards. The album was re-released as Breaking Heart in 2010 and included two further singles, "I Go Crazy Because of You" and "I'm Really Hurt". "I Go Crazy Because of You" claimed two consecutive wins on Inkigayo and one on Mnet's M Countdown. The repackage album was nominated for both a Disk Bonsang and Popularity Award at the 25th Golden Disk Awards. Temptastic (2010) was released later that year and included the singles "Wae Ireoni" and "yayaya" both receiving wins on M Countdown.
The group's second extended play John Travolta Wannabe (2011) had the lead single "Roly-Poly" which became the top grossing and most downloaded song of 2011 in South Korea. The video for "Roly-Poly" was awarded Best Music Video at the 3rd Melon Music Awards and the song was later nominated for Song of the Year and Best Dance Performance by a Female Group at the Mnet Asian Music Awards. Their 2011 release, Black Eyes, included "Cry Cry" which became their first number-one song on the Billboard Korea K-pop Hot 100 chart, charting at the #1 position for two weeks. T-ara came back with the repackaged version of Black Eyes in January 2012 with Funky Town, with the lead single "Lovey-Dovey". The song was critically acclaimed, debuting at number one on the Gaon Chart and becoming the group's second song to reach number-one on Billboard Korea's K-pop Hot 100 chart. Funky Town and "Lovey-Dovey" were nominated for multiple awards, including the Album Bonsang, Popularity Award, Digital Daesang, and the Digital Song Bonsang at the 2012 Golden Disc Awards, winning the latter. The song also won Song of the Year at the Gaon Chart Music Awards, the Main Prize Bonsang at the Seoul Music Awards, and gave the group a nomination for Best Female Group at the 2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards. "Lovey-Dovey" won a total of thirteen number one awards on various South Korean music shows: four on Music Bank, four on Music on Top, three on Inkigayo, and two on M! Countdown, becoming one of the group's most successful songs in Korea, alongside "Roly-Poly".
T-ara's fourth extended play Day by Day was released in July of 2012, with a lead single of the same name. "Day by Day" topped all Korean real-time charts within an hour of release and gave T-ara their sixth "all-kill". The song reached number two on the Gaon Weekly Digital Singles Chart and the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100. The song ranked among the best selling singles of the year with nearly 2,150,000 copies sold in South Korea alone by the end of 2012. However, the song did not win any awards, presumably because promotions were cut short due to Ryu Hwa-young's withdrawal from T-ara. The group released the repackaged version of the extended play, Mirage, in September of the same year with the lead single "Sexy Love". The song was nominated for Best Female Group Dance at the KU Awards and won the This Year's Will award at the GQ Korea Awards. By the end of 2012, T-ara had been nominated for multiple year-end awards, winning awards such as Top Pop Artist at the Billboard Japan Music Awards and Best Idol Group at the Korean Culture & Entertainment Awards.
T-ara released their next Korean single, "Number Nine" in 2013, with the release of their fifth extended play Again. "Number Nine" reached number five on the Gaon Weekly Digital Chart and number 4 on Billboard's K-pop Hot 100. In China, the song topped YinYueTai's Korean and official charts. The song won Song of the Year at the 2013 KU Awards, with the group also winning Best Girl Group. In 2014, T-ara released their sixth extended play And & End with the lead single "Sugar Free". "Sugar Free" peaked at number 36 on Gaon's weekly chart and number 61 on its monthly chart.* It debuted at number 4 on Billboard's Digital song sales chart, making it T-ara's highest-ranking song on the chart to date."Sugar Free": "Sugar Free" was nominated for multiple awards, including the Main Prize Bonsang at the Seoul Music Awards. The song won Best Dance Video at the MTV Best of the Best Awards and Artists of the Year at the 3rd V Chart Awards. T-ara released "So Crazy" with the extended play So Good in 2015. The song provided T-ara with nominations for Favorite Artists Of the Year, Artists of the Year, and Group of the Year at the 4th V Chart Awards, winning the latter. By the end of 2014 and 2015, T-ara had won multiple awards, including China Most Popular Female Artist Award and Most Popular Artist In China at the SBS Awards Festival, and Best Girl Group at the KU Awards.
T-ara released their next lead single, "Tiamo", in 2016. In China, "Tiamo" topped both YinYueTai and Tudou's weekly charts. The song's success in the country contributed to T-ara being nominated for Artist of the Year and Group of the Year at the 5th V Chart Awards, where they won the latter. In 2017, T-ara released "What's My Name?", with an extended play of the same name. The song gave T-ara their first music show win since "Lovey-Dovey". The song was nominated for Mwave Global Fans' Choice at the Mnet Asian Music Awards and the Hallyu Popularity Award at the Soribada Best K-Music Awards, and won the Main Prize Bonsang at the Soribana Best K-Music Awards and the China Choice Award at the MTV Best of the Best Awards.
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Awards and nominations Award ceremonyYearCategoryNominee / workResultAnnual Home Shopping Awards2010Top 10 Songs"Bo Peep Bo Peep"2011"Roly-Poly""Beautiful Girl""Log In"2012"Lovey-Dovey"2016"Bikini"Asia Artist Awards2016Most Popular Artist – SingerT-ara20172018Asia Jewelry Awards2011Diamond Award in SingingBillboard Japan Music Awards2012Top Pop ArtistT-araBugs Music Awards2009New Artist of the Year2010Female Group of the YearArtist of the YearSong of the Year"Bo Peep Bo Peep"Music Video of the YearIdol of the YearT-ara2011Female Group of the YearSong of the Year"Roly-Poly"Cable TV Broadcasting AwardsBest Star AwardDream Girls (TV Show)Cyworld Digital Music Awards2009Rookie of the Month – August"Lie"Ting's Choice Artist – September"TTL (Time to Love)" Gaon Chart Awards2010Best Selling Ringtone"Wonder Woman"Gaon Chart Music Awards2012Song of the Year – July"Roly-Poly"2013Song of the Year – January"Lovey-Dovey"2015Weibo Star AwardT-araGlobal Chinese Music Awards2012Most popular Korean newcomer with Asian influenceGolden Disc Awards2009Best New Artist"Lie"2010Album BonsangBreaking HeartPopularity AwardDigital Song Bonsang"You Drive Me Crazy"Asia Popularity Award2013Digital Song Bonsang"Lovey-Dovey"Digital DaesangAlbum BonsangFunky TownPopularity AwardMSN International AwardT-araMSN Southeast Asian AwardMalaysia's Favourite Award2014Album BonsangAgainPopularity Award2016Jiangsu Popularity AwardT-araGQ Korea Awards2012This Year's Will"Sexy Love"2014"Sugar Free"GSL Tour Awards2011Best Girl GroupT-araHallyu Center Awards2015Hallyu Envoy AwardHong Kong Youth Music FestivalAsia Idol AwardHuading Awards2016Best Group - GlobalInnolife Japan Awards2011Best Girl Group2012 Japanese Music Awards2013Best Girl GroupKBS Music Festival2010Song of the Year"Bo Peep Bo Peep"2011Idol of 2011T-araSong of the Year"Roly-Poly"Korean Culture & Entertainment Awards2012Best Idol GroupT-araKorean Popular Music AwardsBest Dance & Electronic Song"Roly-Poly"KU Awards2010Best Girl GroupT-ara2011Dance of The Year"Roly-Poly"Best Girl GroupT-ara2012Best Female Group Dance"Sexy Love"News of The YearT-araBest Girl Group2013Song of The Year"Number 9"Best Girl GroupT-ara2014Comeback of The Year"Sugar Free"Song of The YearBest Girl GroupT-araAlbum of The YearAnd & End2015Best Girl GroupT-araLuxury Brand Model Awards2016Top Hallyu Girl GroupMelon Music Awards2009Song of the Year (Daesang)"Women's Generation" Mobile Music AwardCurrent Stream Award"TTL (Time to Love)" 2010Top 10 Award (Bonsang)T-ara2011Best Music Video"Roly-Poly" Song of the YearTop 10 Award (Bonsang)T-ara2012Global Artist AwardMnet 20's Choice Awards2010Most Influential Star2011Hot Balance Star20's Online Music"Roly-Poly"2012"Lovey-Dovey"Mnet Asian Music Awards2009Best New Female Artist"Lie"Music Portal Mnet AwardT-araSinger of the Year2010Best Female Group"Bo Peep Bo Peep"Best Dance Performance – Female Group2011"Roly-Poly"Song of the Year2012Best Female Group"Lovey-Dovey"Best Collaboration"We Were in Love" Artist of the YearT-ara2017Mwave Global Fans' Choice"What's My Name?"MTN Broadcasting Advertising Festival2011Best Commercial Model of the YearT-araMTV Best of the Best Awards2011Best Music Video"Roly-Poly"Best Female GroupT-araBest LiveBest Global Star2014Best Dance Video"Sugar Free"Mwave Global Awards2014K-Pop Star World ChampionshipT-araNational Idol Singing Contest2015Hangawi AwardSBS Awards Festival2014Most Popular Artist In China2015China Most Popular Female Artist Award SBS The Show Best of the Best2017 China Choice AwardSeoul Music Awards2010Best New Artist2011Popularity AwardMain Prize (Bonsang)"You Drive Me Crazy"2012Best Song"Roly-Poly"Popularity AwardT-araMain Prize (Bonsang)"Roly-Poly"2013Popularity AwardT-araMain Prize (Bonsang)"Lovey Dovey"2015Hallyu Special AwardT-araMain Prize (Bonsang)"Sugar Free"Popularity AwardT-ara2020Legend Rookie AwardSoribada Best K-Music Awards2017Main Prize (Bonsang)What's My Name?New Hallyu Popularity AwardTower Records Awards2011Single of the Year"Bo Peep Bo Peep" (JPN Ver.)2012Album of the YearJewelry BoxArtist of the YearT-ara2013Single of the Year"Bunny Style"Artist of the YearT-araV Chart Awards2013Favorite Artists Of the YearT-ara20142015Artists of the Year"Sugar Free"Group of the Year2016Artists of the Year"So Crazy"Group of the YearFavorite Artists of the YearT-ara2017Group of The Year"Tiamo"Favorite Artists of the YearT-araYahoo! Asia Buzz Awards2009Korean Buzz StarT-ara20102011 Other accolades Recognitions + Year Country From Honor Ref.2011South Korea Gyeonggi Functional Game Festival Honorary ambassador appreciation plaque Korea National Tax Service Honorary Head of Civil Service Department Plaque National Sharing Movement Appreciation Plaque Senator Na Kyung-won Honorary Advisers 2013 Korea Tourism Organization Plaque of Appreciation
Listicles + Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement Publisher Year List Ranking Naver2010Most searched Terms in 20107thSoribadaMost searched Artists in 20103rdDaum2012Most searched Terms of 20125th Forbes Korea Korea Power Celebrity 17th 2013 22nd Forbes China 2017 Global Idol Chinese Popularity Ranking 2nd Sao Star2020K-Pop Groups With The Best Concepts 3rdRolling Stone 2023 The 100 Best Korean Pop Songs of All Time ("Bo Peep Bo Peep") 45th GQ France202421 K-Pop Groups Taking the Internet by StormPlaced
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