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Chakra (album)

album by Chakra

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 11, 2025
Entity authorityQ16245408 ↗
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Chakra is the self-titled third studio album of the South Korean girl group Chakra. The singles were "Come Back" and "Da".

Background and development

Chakra had gained popularity through their Indian-inspired music and powerful image. With Chakra 3, the group's third album, the group turned to a more emotional and feminine concept, as in their lead single "Come Back". Prior to the album's release, the members of Chakra had been pursuing careers outside of the group. Jung Ryeo-won acted in the television drama Saxophone , Eun worked as a video jockey for a KMTV music program, and Hwangbo appeared as a panelist in various variety shows. In order to promote the album, the members halted individual activities and united as a group. The members also helped in producing the album—along with their usual producer, Lee Sang-min, they supervised the song-selecting process and picked out the tracklist themselves. Upon hearing "Come Back", the members decided it to be the album's lead single.

During production, Eani quit Chakra due to education issues in the United States.

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The public source identifies “Chakra (album)” as album by Chakra. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Chakra and album.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current 174-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2002. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Chakra and album providing the first useful test.
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