''Fantastic Girls'' is the fourth Japanese studio album and seventh overall studio album release by South Korean
girl group
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Kara
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on August 28, 2013, by
Universal Sigma
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. This marks their final Japanese album featuring
Jung Nicole
Nicole Yongju Jung (born October 7, 1991), referred to as Nicole, is an American singer based in South Korea. She is a member of South Korean girl group Kara.
In 2014, Jung left DSP Media and moved to B2M Entertainment to pursue her solo care ...
and
Kang Jiyoung
Kang Ji-young (born January 18, 1994), also known as Jiyoung or JY, is a South Korean singer and actress based in Japan. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Kara.
Life and career
Kang Ji-young was born on January 18, 1994, in Paj ...
.
Background
Details surrounding the album were accidentally leaked by a South Korean music store, who listed the album on their website before Universal Sigma had announced it. On July 29, 2013, Universal Sigma announced that Kara would be releasing a fourth Japanese album in August. It was announced that the album would be released in three editions.
Editions
Regular CD Only includes the first press edition includes a bonus track, "Happy Happy Love."
CD+DVD Type A includes a DVD featuring footage of the group's Japanese fan meeting "Kamilia School," held at Yokohama Arena on June 23, 2013.
CD+DVD Type B includes a DVD featuring the group's U-Express live performance on March 2, 2013.
Singles
Two songs from the album were released as singles.
The first single, "
Bye Bye Happy Days!
is the eighth Japanese single by South Korean girl group Kara. It was released on March 27, 2013.
Editions
The single was released in four different editions. All limited editions come with a trading card randomly selected from five kinds.
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", was released on March 27, 2013. The single debuted at number three on ''
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...
s daily singles chart selling 25,552 physical copies. By the end of the week, the single had risen to the number two spot on the ''Oricon'' weekly singles chart and sold a total of 65,588 physical copies. It debuted at number two on the ''
Billboard Japan
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'' Hot 100 and ''Billboard Japan'' Hot Single sales chart. The single charted for 7 weeks and has currently sold over 78,000 copies in Japan.
The second and final single from the album, "
Thank You Summer Love", was released on July 24, 2013.
The single debuted at number two on ''Oricons daily singles chart selling 48,479 copies, thus becoming the group's highest first day sales for a single. The single maintained its number two position and debuted at number two on the ''Oricon'' weekly singles chart selling 69,416 copies. "Thank You Summer Love" also debuted at number one on the ''Billboard Japan'' Hot 100 and ''Billboard Japan'' Hot Single sales chart, becoming Kara's second number one on both charts.
Track listing
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Singles charted
Release history
References
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2013 albums
Japanese-language albums
Kara (South Korean group) albums
Universal Music Japan albums