KARA - Ima, Okuritai Arigatou PV

KARA - Jet Coaster Love
Release Date: April 6, 2011

Jet Coaster Love (SINGLE+BOOKLET)(First Press Limited Edition B)
01 ジェットコースターラブ (Jet Coaster Love)
02 今、贈りたい「ありがとう」("Ima, Okuritai 「Arigatou」")
03 ジェットコースターラブ (Instrumental) (Jet Coaster Love)
04 今、贈りたい「ありがとう」 (Instrumental) ("Ima, Okuritai 「Arigatou」")
First Press Limited Edition B comes with a 28-page deluxe booklet.

Jet Coaster Love (First Press Limited Edition C)
01 ジェットコースターラブ (Jet Coaster Love)
02 今、贈りたい「ありがとう」("Ima, Okuritai 「Arigatou」")
03 ジェットコースターラブ (Instrumental) (Jet Coaster Love)
04 今、贈りたい「ありがとう」 (Instrumental) ("Ima, Okuritai 「Arigatou」")
05 [ボーナストラック] SOS (Army Slick's 2011 bavtronic mix)
First Press Limited Edition C comes with the bonus track SOS (Army Slick's 2011 bavtronic mix).

Jet Coaster Love (SINGLE+DVD)(First Press Limited Edition A)
CD
01 ジェットコースターラブ (Jet Coaster Love)
02 今、贈りたい「ありがとう」("Ima, Okuritai 「Arigatou」")
03 ジェットコースターラブ (Instrumental) (Jet Coaster Love)
04 今、贈りたい「ありがとう」 (Instrumental) ("Ima, Okuritai 「Arigatou」")
DVD
「ジェットコースターラブ」Music Video (Jet Coaster Love)
First Press Limited Edition A comes with the music video DVD.

Jet Coaster Love (Normal Edition)
01 ジェットコースターラブ (Jet Coaster Love)
02 今、贈りたい「ありがとう」("Ima, Okuritai 「Arigatou」")
03 ジェットコースターラブ (Instrumental) (Jet Coaster Love)
04 今、贈りたい「ありがとう」 (Instrumental) ("Ima, Okuritai 「Arigatou」")

KARA - Ima, Okuritai "Arigatou" MV (Eng Sub) (English Translation)


Kara (카라, often stylized as KARA) is a girl group from South Korea signed with DSP Media (DSP). The band name Kara comes from the Greek Word "chara" (χαρά, lit. "joy"), which the group interpreted to mean "sweet melody"

Kara started as a four-member group and debuted with their first album The First Blooming in 2007. In 2008, Kim Sunghee departed the group due to parental pressure, and two members were brought in; as such, the group consists of five members: Park Gyuri, Han Seung-yeon, Goo Hara, Nicole Jung and Kang Jiyoung. The five-member band achieved their first number one song with "Honey".

The group has released two full-length albums — The First Blooming and Revolution — along with various EPs. Kara has won various awards, including the Best Dance Award at the M.net Asian Music Awards and Best Female Singer at the 16th Korean Entertainment Arts Awards.

The group eventually made their debut in Japan on 2010. By the end of that year, Kara was dubbed as Japan's #1 Rookie Artist of 2010 by Oricon and also received the New Artist Of The Year Award (International) from the Japan Gold Disc Awards. The group also released their first Japanese album, Girl's Talk which was eventually certified as Platinum by the RIAJ. By February 2011, Kara's "Jumping" and "Mister" singles have received Platinum and double Platinum certificates respectively from RIAJ. In March, Kara was hailed as the first foreign female artist to top Oricon’s Composite DVD Chart [2] and the first foreign artist to top the said chart for 2 consecutive weeks.

"Jet Coaster Love"
On April 6th, Kara unleashed their third Japanese single, "Jet Coaster Love", after the original release date was pushed back due to the natural disasters that struck Japan early last month. As soon as it was released onto the music charts, “Jet Coaster Love” instantly rose to #2 on the Oricon Daily Chart with 47,810 copies sold. The single lost the #1 spot to SDN48 with only a difference of 2,000 copies. On its second day, KARA was able to snatch the #1 spot on the Oricon Chart selling 28,643 copies. Kara was able to set another record as “Jet Coaster Love” maintained its position and ranked #1 in Oricon's 4/18 Weekly Single Ranking selling 123,000 copies in it’s first week. This is the first time a foreign female group has had a number one ranking in it’s first week of release since the creation of the Oricon Single Ranking back in January 1968, so it has been 43 years and 4 months.

In addition, the last time a foreign female artist has placed #1 on the weekly singles ranking was 6 years ago when BoA’s “DO THE MOTION” reached #1 on the 4/11 2005 ranking. The last time a foreign female group placed number one, was The Nolans’s “Dancing Sister” single on the 11/17 1980 weekly ranking, which became number one in its 16th week; it’s been 30 years and 5 months.

Kara was selected as the number one newcomer this year and “Jet Coaster Love” is their first number one in both the weekly single and album rankings. Kara’s #1 ranking in both the single and album categories is a great feat. The only other Korean artists who have been able to receive this high honor are BoA and TVXQ. Also, this is the first record from the current Hallyu girl group frenzy lineup. The incredible thing was that Kara dominated the chart without the help of promotional activities, thus proving once again their explosive popularity in the country. In addition, all proceeds from the single will be donated to Japan’s natural disaster relief aid.

-wikipedia