Girls' Generation
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Girls' Generation in January 2012.
From left to right: Taeyeon, Hyoyeon, Seohyun, Sooyoung, Yoona, Jessica, Tiffany, Sunny and Yuri.
Background information Also known as SNSD, SoShi, So Nyeo Shi Dae
GG, Shoujo Jidai, Shàonǚ shídài Origin Seoul, South Korea Genres K-pop Years active 2007–present Labels S. M. Entertainment (South Korea)
Nayutawave (Japan)
Interscope (U.S.)
Polydor (France)
Universal Music (Taiwan) Associated acts SM Town, Girls' Generation-TTS Website Official Korean website Members Taeyeon
Jessica
Sunny
Tiffany
Hyoyeon
Yuri
Sooyoung
Yoona
Seohyun This article contains Korean text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Hangul and hanja. Girls' Generation Hangul
소녀시대
Hanja
少女時代
Revised Romanization
Sonyeo Shidae
McCune–Reischauer
Sonyŏ Shidae
Girls' Generation (Korean:
소녀시대
; So Nyeo Shi Dae) is a South Korean girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2007.
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The nine member group consists of Taeyeon, Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun. In Japan, they are known as Shoujo Jidai (Japanese; 少女時代).
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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".
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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 digital albums and singles collectively.
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The group's immense popularity in their native South Korea has earned them titles "The Nation's Singers" and "The Nation's Girl Group".
