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T-ARA (티아라; pronounced as Tiara) is a four-member girl group formed by Mnet Media. Originally as six, they debuted on July 29, 2009 on MBC's Radio Star with their debut stage of their first digital single "Lie".

Career[]

2009: Line-up change and debut[]

Prior to their debut as five-members (Jiae, Jiwon, Eunjung, Hyomin and Jiyeon), they released their first song for Cinderella Man OST in April 2009. In June 2009, members Jiwon and Jiae left the group, delaying the group's debut.

The following month, T-ARA re-grouped adding Qri, Boram and Soyeon becoming a six-member group and released their debut single "Lie" on July 27, 2009 and officially debuting on the 29th on the MBC talk show Radio Star.


2017: What's My Name? and members' departures from MBK Entertainment[]

On March 6, 2017, MBK Entertainment announced that T-ARA will be releasing a new mini album in May, and that it will be their last album as six members.[1] It was originally announced that Boram and Soyeon had terminated their contracts, but would still feature on the album, however on May 7, 2017, it was revealed that the album would be delayed to June 2017 to re-record after Boram and Soyeon withdrew from promotions of the last album.[2][3][4] The remaining four members stayed with MBK until December to finish up their activities.[5]

2021: 12th anniversary reunion with "Re:T-ARA"[]

On July 29, 2021, for the group's 12th anniversary, T-ARA's members announced on a live broadcast they are preparing for a comeback.[6] They made their comeback on November 15, 2021 with the single album "Re:T-ARA".[7]

Members[]

Name Position(s) Year(s) active
Qri (큐리) Leader (2013–present), Vocalist 2009–present
Eunjung (은정) Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer, Lead Rapper (Leader 2009–2010) 2009–present
Hyomin (효민) Main Rapper, Lead Vocalist (Leader 2011) 2009–present
Jiyeon (지연) Main Dancer, Vocalist, Visual, Maknae (2009–2012; 2013–present) 2009–present
Former
Boram (보람) Vocalist (Leader 2010–2011) 2009–2017
Soyeon (소연) Main Vocalist (Leader 2011–2013) 2009–2017
Areum (아름) Lead Vocalist, Lead Rapper (Maknae 2012–2013) 2012–2013
Hwayoung (화영) Main Rapper, Vocalist 2010–2012
Pre-debut
Jiae (지애) Leader (2006) 2009
Jiwon (지원) N/A 2009

Sub-units[]

Table[]

Name T-ARA N4[n 1] T-ARA QBS
Boram Former
Qri Former
Jiae
Soyeon Former
Jiwon
Eunjung Yes
Hyomin Yes
Areum Former
Hwayoung
Jiyeon Yes

Discography[]

Korean[]

Studio albums[]

Mini albums[]

Remix albums[]

Single albums[]

Digital singles[]

Collaborations[]

OSTs[]

  • "Cinderella Man OST" ("Good Person") (2009)
  • "Ghastly OST" ("To The End" with SeeYa) (2011)
  • "Hit the Top OST Part.8" ("My Love") (2017)

Japanese[]

Studio albums[]

Best albums[]

Singles[]

Digital singles[]

Gallery[]

Main article: T-ARA/Gallery

Notes[]

  1. Dani was announced as new member of the group, however, plans were discarded and she never debuted with the sub-unit.

References[]

Official links[]

Korean
Japanese

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