Characteristics of a Popular Girl Group

Thought this was very interesting, parts where omitted that wasn't about KARA.

Characteristics of Popular Girl Groups

SNSD is made up of 9 members and they do dramas, variety programs, among other things and show how lovely they are. In “GEE” they showed their catchy dance which was a hot topic from kids to adults. KARA is walking in Fin.K.L’s footsteps as being the traditional idols, “Honey” was their big break, and “Mr.'s butt dance became a hot topic, both (SNSD & KARA) have become national idols.

In order to have hit songs in K-POP it’s almost a rule to have unique dance performances like Wonder Girls’ “Tell Me” and KARA’s butt dance. The dances become a popular topic of conversation (even in news programs) and fan’s also copy the choreography and fill up websites with their copied dance videos.

 Senpai Boy Groups co-star, bond and support their protégées

In 2009 this is how girl groups appeared (to the public). Already DBSK and BIGBANG have established their popularity in Japan and have rapidly increased recognition for K-POP. Coincidently, the popularity for girl groups from those boy groups’ companies has also increased.

There is a steady hierarchical relationship in Korea, Girl groups are in the position of younger sisters to Senpai groups (Note: Senpai is the same as sunbae), so it’s natural they appear together in their music programs, concerts, music videos, etc. 2NE1’s debut song “Lollipop” was a collaboration with BIGBANG. SNSD members have appeared in DBSK and SUPER JUNIOR’s music videos. KARA members have also frequently worked with their senpai’s SS501.

Korea’s Popular Girl Groups

2007

March- KARA (Dance; August 2010 Japanese debut): Park Guyi, Han Seungyeon, Nicole, Goo Hara, and Kang Jiyoung make up this 5 person idol group. They debuted in Korea in March 2007. In 2009 they released “Mr.” and the “butt dance” became very popular. In February 2010, they had their first Japanese showcase which was immediately sold out, and they quickly did other performances. In August they’ll debut in Japan.

 Credit: dkpopnews

Totally disagree with SS501 frequently working with KARA, helped established their popularity lol. I can only count a handful of times where both groups appeared on the same set/show, 4 actually lol. Though they do support KARA :D