They were digital monsters at their prime
I feel like Red Velvet 
T-ara has no equivalent to this generation coz 2nd gen gg's competition are closer than now that only bp and twice are dominating.
Hard to compare because unlike 3rd Gen, 2nd Gen had multiple strong groups. 3rd Gen has only like what 5 - 6 popular groups?
I feel like Red Velvet
T-ara has no equivalent to this generation coz 2nd gen gg's competition are closer than now that only bp and twice are dominating.
true i feel like the delineation between rankings or whatever was tighter w 2nd gen groups. that or they just seemed to change "positions" a little more often
I feel like during their peak, they are on pretty much the same level of snsd, maybe just a liiiitle bit lower than snsd, but those two are pretty much head to head. Roly poly is huge and should have been the soty. Their other songs are bops too.
During T-ARA's peak, they had the chance to overtake SNSD and 2NE1. After "Bo Peep" all their releases were either a massive hit or a national hit. Then the scandal happened.... 
T-ARA's "Roly-Poly" was the most downloaded song of 2011 with 5M+ downloads, if I am not mistaken.
Then after the scandal and until now, they captured the Chinese market.
Pre-scandal days, T-ara was on their way to beating SNSD. In fact, their song, Roly Poly was the most downloaded and impactful song during their era.
They were not just dominating in Korea but also in Japan and most especially China. T-ara was literally China's girl group that time. Their fandom, Queens, was able to beat Beyonce's fandom in Billboard Fandom Contest or whatever it was called.
Their members were also very popular especially Jiyeon(who was known as Little Kim Tae Hee and was able to beat Suzy and Yoona as the most beautiful Kpop idol twice), Eunjung(she was with Suzy in Dream High 1) and Hyomin(for her sexiness).
They served hits after hits. But unfortunately, that stupid scandal happened and everythign went crashing down. But even then, China embraced them very tightly that they still managed to be its girl group. Even until now, they are still known in China.
rv is the best parallel, both have had many hits, both album sales weren't as strong as others but they're there lol, all members are well known, both were never the #1 gg but always were in the top 3, and were still able to compete with the top ggs
btw not yall saying they were on the same level as snsd, they were huge don't get me wrong but aside from digitals t-ara couldn't compete with them.
Even now China still love them.
Just a note they are the only kpop group I think who has free reign to perform and have concerts in China. Their concert
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They were literally China's girl group.
They were literally China's girl group.
They really loved their Chinese fans and even sang their songs in Chinese
Soyeon also sang covers of very famous Chinese songs
rv is the best parallel, both have had many hits, both album sales weren't as strong as others but they're there lol, all members are well known, both were never the #1 gg but always were in the top 3, and were still able to compete with the top ggs
btw not yall saying they were on the same level as snsd, they were huge don't get me wrong but aside from digitals t-ara couldn't compete with them.
They were honestly on the road to levelling SNSD. Physicals was not T-ara's strong suit before but their digitals were on par with SNSD. And the members' popularity were as huge as SNSD members especially Jiyeon, Eunjung and Hyomin. Their status in China was also so huge that they always won awards there.
If the scandal didn't happen, they might have beaten SNSD. But history is history.
They were honestly on the road to levelling SNSD. Physicals was not T-ara's strong suit before but their digitals were on par with SNSD. And the members' popularity were as huge as SNSD members especially Jiyeon, Eunjung and Hyomin. Their status in China was also so huge that they always won awards there.
If the scandal didn't happen, they might have beaten SNSD. But history is history.
i strongly disagree. bc to make it to snsd level they would have had to be able to compete with snsd in physicals as well. i could also use the argument that snsd was huge in japan too. i think if the scandal didnt happen they wouldve continued to be top gg status (which they already were), on par with snsd but not beating them. t-ara’s popularity in sk was crazy but their fandom wasnt as strong as snsd’s which reflected in their physicals. snsd had both.
They were definitely in the same territory of SNSD and Wonder Girls. Even when I didn't care much for K-pop back then, I knew about them through the help of my cousins, especially because they played "Roly Poly" a lot and it grew on me. Around that time, I also learned of the scandal, which actually saddens me in retrospect.
Has the best idol actressvout of her generation, o believe 2 of their members are popular actresses as well, and theyre the only ones that the general public dont hate for being idols because they’re THAT good.
DigiMons of their era. Queens of China.
Has the best idol actressvout of her generation, o believe 2 of their members are popular actresses as well, and theyre the only ones that the general public dont hate for being idols because they’re THAT good.
DigiMons of their era. Queens of China.
This is true.
Jiyeon and Eunjung were one of the best idol actresses if not the best.
Even Hyomin was a good idol actress.
i strongly disagree. bc to make it to snsd level they would have had to be able to compete with snsd in physicals as well. i could also use the argument that snsd was huge in japan too. i think if the scandal didnt happen they wouldve continued to be top gg status (which they already were), on par with snsd but not beating them. t-ara’s popularity in sk was crazy but their fandom wasnt as strong as snsd’s which reflected in their physicals. snsd had both.
But if they just stayed for longer, their Chinese fans would have helped in physicals since they have wrapped China in their fingers.
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