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t-ara r : soyeon , hyomin , jiyeon , eunjung , performing boram and qri in 2013 in hong kong l -- seeya band -rrb- davichi t-ara n4 qbs speed -lrb- south korean 2009 -- present tiara t-ara
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t-ara

t-ara -lrb- ; ; ; stylized as t-ara , t ♔ ara , or tΛrΛ -rrb- is a south korean girl group that debuted in 2009 under core contents media , now known as mbk entertainment .
before their debut , there was a high level of interest in the group as they were called the `` super rookies '' and had been training for three years prior .
originally a five-member group composed of jiae , jiwon , eunjung , hyomin , and jiyeon , they released their first song `` good person '' -lrb- 좋은 사람 , `` joheun saram '' -rrb- for the soundtrack of the korean drama `` cinderella man '' in april 2009 .
after jiae and jiwon withdrew from the group two months later , t-ara debuted as a six-member group with the addition of boram , soyeon , and qri in july 2009 , releasing their first single `` lies '' -lrb- 거짓말 , `` geojitmal '' -rrb- .
their debut studio album `` absolute first album '' was released in december 2009 and spawned several hit singles including `` ttl -lrb- time to love -rrb- '' , `` bo peep bo peep '' , and `` you drive me crazy '' -lrb- 너 때문에 미쳐 , `` neo ttaemune michyeo '' -rrb- .
the album was followed by the group 's first extended play , `` temptastic '' , in 2010 .
their second extended play `` john travolta wannabe '' -lrb- 2011 -rrb- produced `` roly-poly '' , which was nominated for several awards and went on to become the `` gaon '' chart 's number one single of the year .
in less than six months , the group released their third extended play `` black eyes '' -lrb- 2011 -rrb- , which spawned three number one singles : `` cry cry '' , `` we were in love '' -lrb- 우리 사랑했잖아 , `` uri saranghaetjanha '' -rrb- and `` lovey-dovey '' .
in 2011 , t-ara signed a $ 4.3 million contract with management company j-rock for their japanese debut , the highest out of all the korean girl groups debuting in japan .
the group 's first single was a remake of their 2009 hit `` bo peep bo peep '' .
it ranked at number one on the `` oricon '' weekly charts .
