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Girls' Generation is a South Korean girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2007. The nine member group consists of Taeyeon, Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun. In Japan, they are known as Shoujo Jidai (SNSD)
The group gained attention at the beginning of their career with songs such as "Into the New World" and "Kissing You" but it was not until 2009 when they gained significant popularity with their hit single "Gee", which would be named as South Korea's "Song of the Decade". The group solidified their place in the Korean music industry with follow-up singles "Tell Me Your Wish", "Run Devil Run", and "Oh!" from late 2009 to early 2010. In 2011, after a series of activities in Japan, the group returned to the Korean music scene with "The Boys", which was released in three languages: Korean, Japanese, and for the first time, English. In 2010 alone, the group sold more than 11,730,000 albums and singles collectively. The group's immense popularity in their native South Korea has earned them titles "The Nation's Singers" and "The Nation's Girl Group". The Sisa Journal named the group as the most influential entertainers for the years 2011 and 2012, making them the first female idol group in history to make the list. They have also been listed as #1 on the Top Female Singer's list for 4 consecutive years in a row (sans 2nd half of 2011 at #2) on the Leespiar Popularity Survey in Korea.Asia Today placed the group at forty-four on the 50 Korean Power Leaders list in 2011. Forbes also revealed the group were most powerful entertainers in South Korea for the year of 2011.
The group began a foray into the Japanese music scene in late 2010 under Nayutawave Records, with Japanese remakes of their 2009 Korean hits "Genie" and "Gee". The group's debut Japanese album, Girls' Generation, released in June 2011, is currently the highest selling album in Japan by a Korean group in Oricon history. It was certified "Million" by theRecording Industry Association of Japan, which made them the second Korean artist to earn such an achievement in Japan since label mate BoA's "Best of Soul" in 2005. The group followed up their success in Japan with their second album, Girls' Generation II ~Girls & Peace~.
They have expanded their reach in the Korean industry through their first sub-unit, Girls' Generation-TTS (known simply as "TaeTiSeo"), composed of members Taeyeon, Tiffany, and Seohyun. The subgroup's debut EP, Twinkle, peaked at #126 on the Billboard 200, becoming the highest charting K-Pop album on the chart thus far.
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2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, [2011], [2012]….
2007. Girls venturing into a new world of uncertainties. It felt like only last week that Taeyeon, Hyoyeon, Seohyun, Yoona, Jessica, Sunny, Sooyoung, Yuri, and Tiffany performed on their debut stage. Back when girl groups always consisted of 5 members at the most, Girls’ Generation did the unthinkable; debuted as a nine-member group. Girls’ Generation has since become the most lovable yet the most controversial girl group in South Korea. Nevertheless, they gained lots of attention, be it good or bad.
Music wise, it’s really easy to distinguish their evolving musical style. It started off with Into The New World: a pop song mixing strong beats with fresh voices. Then came Perfect For You and Beginning, the former a ballad with an innocent undertone, and the latter a sexy euro pop song. Then came what would be the trademark song for the group; a remake of Lee Seungchul’s hit song, “Girls’ Generation”.
In 2008, they promoted a cutesy song and danced with a lollipop, clearly showing a childlike side to them. Alongside this number is Baby Baby, another song with an innocent vibe. Other songs from the first studio album, Girls’ Generation, had tracks with similar concepts, such as Tinkerbell, Ooh La-La!, Merry-Go-Round, and also three ballads titled Complete, 7989, and Tears respectively. It was clear that this pink album provided a blueprint for the later works that follow. Though the group took a nine-month hiatus, individual members came up with songs of their own. Yuri and Sooyoung sang “Kkok”, a trot song, for the drama “Working Mom”. Tiffany, Seohyun, and Jessica, on the other hand, released two songs: “Oppa Nappa” and “It’s Fantastic!” for the online game Mabinogi. Sunny sang “Finally Now” for the drama Story Of Wine, while leader Taeyeon sang “If” and “Can You Hear Me?” for “Beethoven Virus”, in which the latter snapped up an award for the 2008 Golden Disk Awards. Both Sunny and Taeyeon proved their prowess in ballads, but little did they know that they will sing once again in 2009; this time together.
2009 was very much painted with 소녀시대 everywhere. Music shows, public concerts, on the streets, in restaurants, music stores, and even during award ceremonies. 2009 was the year the girls enjoyed almost unparalleled success in the music industry with Gee. While other songs such as Let’s Talk About Love, Destiny, Himnae, and Dear. Mom were performed in conjunction, it was Gee which took the Repulic of Korea by storm and consequently creating the Gee Fever phenomenon. The controversial song Tell Me Your Wish (Genie) followed up, with mediocre reception. Other songs in the mini-album include songs reminiscent of their younger selves, such as Etude, Girlfriend, and My Child. Boyfriend, on the other hand, reflected more vigour and exudes confidence and sexiness. A ballad, One Year Later, ensured that the 소녀시대 flavour stuck. Individually, Seohyun sang a trot song with Joo Hyunmi entitled “JjaRaJaJja”. Jessica went gung-ho with her hit song “Naengmyeon”, a duet with comedian Park Myungsoo. Tiffany had a chance to shine with her songs “By Myself”, a ballad for the drama Ja Myung Go, and “A Girl, Meets Love”, another ballad with K. Will. Taeyeon and Sunny came together to sing “SarangInGulYo”, the OST for Heading To The Ground. The two joined Seohyun, Sooyoung, and Jessica in the song “S.E.O.U.L.” with some Super Junior members. It was this year that it was clear what the girls are good at singing: ballads and trot.
Midway through 2010, and the girls had worked to release an album that sold over 200, 000 copies (and still counting). The two singles in this album, Oh! and Run Devil Run experienced varying success. The hype that was Gee followed up for Oh! with multiple wins for weekly music shows, as well as Run Devil Run. Though it was evident that their musical style evolved with time, ballads will always have a special place in the albums; Forever, Day By Day and ☆★☆ being the only three of them. Echo and 뻔 & Fun are songs that still retain their image in 2007 and 2008. On the other hand, Be Happy, Show! Show! Show!, Boys & Girls, and Stick Wit U showed slight changes with heavier beats and, for some, even rap incorporation. Even better is the bossa-nova duet between Tiffany and Jessica, with the song Coffee Caramel (Talk To Me). Sunny sang “My Doll” for the drama Oh! My Lady, while high-school graduate Seohyun sang “It’s Okay Even If It Hurts” for the drama Kim Soo Ro.
With fame comes love calls from small and large companies alike. That’s what Elite, Goobne, Clean & Clear, Shinhan credit cards, Domino’s, Ellesse, SPAO clothings, Miero, LG, Samsung, Nintendo, Sam Yang, Yejimiin, A-solution, Biotherm and other companies have done. There were even songs produced for the girls in conjunction with the products in big projects such as the LG Chocolate (Chocolate Love), Sam Yang Ramyun (부글부글), Everland Carribean Bay (Cabi Song), and recently, LG Cooky (Cooky).
