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The Story Of Girls Generation


Girls' Generation : (Sonyeo Shidae) is a nine-member South Korean pop girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2007.[1][2] They are also referred to as SoShi (소시) or SNSD by their fans, both abbreviated forms of the group's Korean name. Girls' Generation is currently the top Korean pop group.[3]
They gained attention at the beginning of their career with songs like "Into The New World", "Kissing You" and "Baby Baby". However, it was not until 2009, they gained immense popularity with the song "Gee", which holds the record for being the longest running No. 1 song on KBS Music Bank, having held the No. 1 chart ranking for nine consecutive weeks. "Gee" was named song of the decade by the Korean music site, Melon.[4] The video also holds the record for the most amount of views for a KPop video on YouTube, with over 75 million views accumulated by the end of May 2012.[5]The group solidified their place in the Korean music industry with follow-up singles like "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)", "Run Devil Run" and "Oh!."
The group began a foray into the Japanese music scene in late 2010 under Nayutawave Records, a part of Universal Music, with the 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, being certified Million by the RIAJ.
In 2011, they returned to the Korean music scene with "The Boys", which was released in three languages, Korean, Japanese, and for the first time, English. They performed "The Boys" on the late night talk show, Late Show with David Letterman, and on the daytime talk show, Live! with Kelly, at the start of 2012. "The Boys" also saw a change in image, instead of an innocent concept with the song, the group began to portray a more mature image.
The leader of the group is Kim Taeyeon. The other members are Jessica JungSunnyTiffanyKim HyoyeonKwon YuriChoi SooyoungIm Yoonaand Seohyun.

Career


2007–2008: Debut and Girls' Generation

In July 2007, Girls' Generation had their unofficial first stage performance on Mnet School of Rock where the group performed their first single, titled "Into the New World" (다시 만난 세계Dasi Mannan Segye). A documentary recording the story of the group's debut titled Mnet Girls' Generation Goes to School was filmed during this time, showing the members as they moved into an apartment together and prepared for their performances. The group's first single was physically released soon after, including an instrumental of the group's debut song and two other tracks: "Beginning" and "Perfect for You". The latter's Korean title is "Wish" (소원SoWon), which later became the name of Girls' Generation's official fan club, S♡NE. The group's debut officially began on August 5, 2007, first performing on SBS Inkigayo and then later on MBC Music Core and KBS Music Bank. "Into the New World" achieved No.1 spot on M! Countdown.
The group released their first self-titled full album in late autumn of 2007 with the lead single "Girls' Generation" (소녀시대Sonyeo Sidae), a remake of Lee Seung-cheol's 1989 song. Promotion for the single started in early November. The album also included the group's first single "Into the New World", "Perfect For You" (re-titled "Honey"), and eight other tracks by the group. In early 2008, Girls' Generation began promoting their second single from the album, "Kissing You", which won the group their first K-chart win after getting the number one position on the KBS Music Bank February chart.[6]
In March 2008, the album was repackaged, re-released and re-titled Baby Baby. A third single, "Baby Baby", was released to promote the album. During the group's promotions, members Jessica, Tiffany and Seohyun were also featured on a mini-album released by Roommate, a one-man band from Purple Communication. The mini-album was titled Roommate: Emotional Band Aid, and was released on December 1, 2008. The song performed by the three girls, titled "Oppa Nappa" (오빠 나빠; literally, Bad Brother), was digitally released before the album in April 2008. The song was performed live on SBS InkigayoKBS Music Bank and M! Countdown some time later.[7][8] Later in the year the three members released "Mabinogi" (It's Fantastic!) together as the theme song for the Nexon game Mabinogi, with Tiffany participating in the music video.[9]
Mnet reality show Factory Girl chronicled the members working as interns at fashion magazine Elle Girl.[10] The articles the group worked on were featured in the Korean Elle Girl magazine. The program began airing in early October.[11] In late 2008, the group also participated in the SM Town Live '08 concert along with other SM Town artists.


2009: GeeGenie and rising popularity

Girls' Generation performing "Genie" at the LG Mobile Worldcup in 2009
On December 26, 2008, posters of the Girls' Generation members wearing roller-skates were posted up in various locations around Seoul. SM Entertainment's phone lines were blocked up by callers asking whether the posters were for sale and the company asked fans to stop taking the posters down for personal use.[12] On December 29, the group's management stated that the posters were indeed teaser posters and that the group would soon release their first EP,Gee, in January 2009.[13]
A teaser video was released in January 2009 and the first single "Gee" released soon after. "Gee" topped Cyworld's hourly music chart on the release day.[14]The song also went No.1 on all major digital music charts within two days.[15] The music video set a record on release, garnering 1 million views on GomTV in under a day.[16]
The group began its album promotion in January 2009 on MBC Music Core where they sang their new lead single "Gee" and the track "Himnae (Way To Go)", another song from their mini-album.[17] "Gee" went on to become a phenomenal hit, breaking the record for consecutive No.1 wins on Music Bank with 9 consecutive wins, as well as receiving a triple crown on SBS Inkigayo. The track also showed strength on other charts, topping the MujikonMelon and Mnetcharts for 8 consecutive weeks, the Dosirak chart for 7 weeks, the Muse chart for 6 weeks and the Baksu chart for 4 weeks.[18][19]
After a short break, SM Entertainment announced that the group would be back with a new mini-album sporting a "Marine Girl" concept. The new single was to be titled "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)"; with the full mini-album being released digitally on June 22, 2009.[20][21] The group started their promotional activities on June 26, 2009, appearing on KBS Music Bank.[22] The performance was followed by follow-up comeback performances on MBC Music Core and SBS Inkigayo on June 27 and 28, 2009. The physical release ofGenie was delayed by SM Entertainment in order to redo the album art, and was released 4 days later on June 29, 2009.[20]
The track proved to be a success as it conquered various music sites, including Melon, Dosirak, Mnet, and Bugs, and it was No.1 on the weekly charts and SKT ringtone weekly charts of the first week of July.[23] The mini-album sold an estimated 50,000+ copies in its first week after released (almost double the numbers from the first-week sales of Gee), an unusual feat for any Korean girl group.[24]

2010: Oh!/Run Devil Run, Japanese debut and Hoot

Girls' Generation at an LG event in 2010.
Later in January, SM Entertainment confirmed the release of Oh!, the group's second full-length album to be released on January 28.[25] The lead single "Oh!", was digitally released on January 25 with the music video being released two days later.[26] On January 30, the group started promotions with the recording ofMBC Music Core.[27] The broadcast of the performance experienced a blackout near the end, to which MBC made the whole performance available online in response.[28] With 'Oh!', the group went on to win 5 consecutive K-charts on KBS Music Bank, as well as achieving a triple crown on SBS Inkigayo.[29] 'Oh!' also went on to win the Music Bank half-year K-chart, coming in at 2nd on Hanteo's first half album sales chart,[30] and also winning the end-of-year K-chart.[citation needed] The music video became ranked as the number one most viewed YouTube video in Korea by the end of 2010. It was also No.1 in Hong Kong and made the top 10 in both the Taiwan and Japan rankings.[31]
Starting from March 11, 2010, photos of the members were released online showcasing a dark concept, dubbed "Black SoShi".[32] A teaser video was released on March 16, with the new single Run Devil Run being released as a digital single on March 17.
Mid-June, it was announced that the group had signed contracts in May, and would begin working under Universal Music Japan's record label Nayutawave Records for their Japanese promotions, with their first Japanese single expected to be released in September 2010.[33][34][35] Girls' Generation began promotion in Japan in August. "少女時代到来~初来日記念盤~" (Girls' Generation's Arrival ~ First Time in Japan Commemoration Disc ~), a DVD featuring seven of the group's music videos as well as special bonus footage was released on August 11, with the special edition of the DVD containing a pink glowstick as well as a pass to the Girls' Generation debut at the Tokyo Ariake Colliseum on August 25.[36] In the first week after release, the DVD sold 23,000 copies, making No.4 on the weekly DVD Oricon ranking and No.3 on the weekly music DVD ranking,[37] making Girls' Generation the first female k-pop group to make the Oricon DVD Top-5 ranking.[38] The sales for the group's first photobook, “少女” (So Nyuh) were estimated to at 1.6 billion won even before release.[39]
Amidst their Japanese activities, the group also participated in the SMTown Live '10 World Tour alongside their label-mates on August 21 at Seoul Jamsil Olympic Stadium.[40] They participated in the subsequent Shanghai, Los Angeles, Paris and Tokyo stops as well.[41]
On August 25, the group held their first showcase in Tokyo Ariake Colliseum.[42] With an initial 10,000 fans invited, it was reported to be the most large-scale plan for a Korean artist debuting in Japan.[36]However, due to high number of expected attendees, the group's management announced that the showcase would take place three times in the same day rather than once to accommodate the estimated 20,000 fans.[43] The group sang 5 of their Korean tracks at each of the showcases, and the total number of attendees over all three shows were estimated to be at least 22,000.[44] At this showcase, the Genie Japanese music video was also revealed publicly for the first time, the teaser having been released a few days prior on August 20.[45]
Their Japanese debut single "Genie" debuted at the No.5 spot on the same day of its release on the Daily Oricon Charts and later rose to the No.2 position on the Daily Charts some time later, earning the group a No.4 position on the Oricon weekly ranking.[46][47][48] The group also hit the number No.1 spots on Japan iTunes' music video chart and both the Rekochoku daily video clip chart and incoming movie daily ranking chart a day later.[49] With pre-orders amounting to 80,000, the single sold an estimated 45,000 copies in the first week after release.[50][51] On October 20, 2010, the group released their second Japanese single, "Gee".[52][53]
A week after the release of their Japanese single, the group released their third Korean mini-album, Hoot on October 27, 2010, consisting of five tracks.[54] The video for lead single, "Hoot", a song originally written in English as "Bulletproof", was released on October 28.[55][56] Girls' Generation commenced their promotional activities with a comeback stage on KBS Music Bank on October 29.[57] "Hoot" quickly rose to the top of the charts and received the No.1 spot numerous times on music shows, proving to be another successful release for the group.[58][59][60][61] The group simultaneously promoted "Hoot" and "Gee" in Korea and Japan respectively, participating in Japanese music broadcasts such as the FNS Music Festival, where they performed their two Japanese singles, "Gee" and "Genie" on December 4.
On December 22, 2010, "Hoot" was repackaged with additional tracks from previous albums and released in Japan. The release rose to the No.2 position on the Oricon charts and selling 21,000 copies on the first day, faring surprisingly well considering that all the included tracks were entirely in Korean.[62]
On December 9, 2010, the group attended the Golden Disk Awards, being awarded three awards including the Disk Daesang (Album of the Year) for their 2nd album Oh!. The group also became the first ever girl group to have both a Disk Daesang (2010)and Digital Daesang (2009). On December 15, 2010, the group attended the Melon Music Awards winning the Best Dressed Singer award, Hot Trend Song award for their latest song, "Hoot", as well as the Artist of the Year award. This would be the 2nd consecutive 'Artist of the Year' award for the group. They topped the Hanteo annual Singer Award chart for 2010.[63]
They were named on Asia Today's list of 50 Korean power leaders for 2011 at the No.44 spot, being the only idol group from the list.[64] Girls' Generation was designated "Artist of the Year" by Dosirak, Soribada, Korea Gallup, Hanteo and Sport Korea and also won Best Song of The Year with "Oh!" at Monkey 3.[65][66]

2011: Girls' Generation and The Boys

The group performing at the Tokyo Dome in 2011, as part of SMTown Live II.
At the start of 2011, the group prepared a new song titled "Visual Dreams", as part of their endorsement efforts for Intel's Core Processors throughout Asia.[67]The music video for "Visual Dreams" was released on January 17, and various promotional campaigns included new music, 2D and 3D music videos, internet sites, photos, and PC store displays.[68]
In latter half of January, it was announced that the group would be returning to the Japanese market through the release of their Japanese version of "Run Devil Run" as a digital single, released on January 25, 2011.[69]
On January 20, 2011, at the 20th Seoul Music Awards, the group received Artist of the Year, the "Bonsang" prize", a "Popularity" award and a "Hallyu award". In doing this, Girls' Generation became one of four artists in Korean music history (the others being Seo TaijiJo Sungmo and H.O.T.) to be named Artist of the Year for two consecutive years. The group also became the only girl group in history to receive Artist of the Year' awards for the Seoul Music Awards, andMelon Music Awards for two consecutive years. They also received two Daesang Awards at the Golden Disk Ceremony, one Digital Daesang (2009), and one Physical Album Sales Daesang (2010).[70]
On March 8, SM Japan updated their official website with information about the release of Girls' Generation third Japanese single and their first Japanese tour. It was stated that on April 27, Girls' Generation would be releasing their third Japanese single Mr. Taxi / Run Devil Run, which would include their first, original, Japanese song "Mr. Taxi".[71] and the Japanese remake of their song "Run Devil Run". A portion of the revenue from their Japanese single would be donated to Japan's Red Cross in order to provide assistance to the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. On April 9, the music video for the Japanese version of "Run Devil Run" was released.
At the 2011 MTV Video Music Aid Japan (VMAJ), Girls' Generation were nominated for three awards under the "Best Group Video", "Best Video Of The Year" and "Best Karaokee! Song" categories.[72]Originally titled MTV Video Music Awards Japan (VMAJ), the title of the event was changed to change the focus of the show to aid Japan, with donations tied to the amount of votes for artistes.[73] Girls' Generation performed two songs at the event, joining the star-studded line up including Tokio HotelLady Gaga and AKB48.[74] On July 2, it was announced that they had come out top in two out of the three nominated categories, winning "Best Group Video" and "Best Karaokee! Song" for the Japanese version of "Genie".[75]
On June 1, 2011, they released their first full-length Japanese studio album, Girls' Generation. The album contained 12 songs, including "Genie", "Gee", "Run Devil Run" and "Mr. Taxi", as well as seven new songs.[76] The album was promoted via the groups first Japan tour titled, The 1st Japan Arena Tour, which started in Osaka on May 31, 2011. A total of 14 concerts in 6 cities would be held over a period of a month and a half. Girls' Generation was certified Platinum (250,000) by Recording Industry Association of Japan on June 14, 2011, making it the fifth Korean artist's album to do so after S.E.S, BoA, TVXQ and KARA. Girls' Generation then was certified Double Platinum (500,000) on July 8, 2011, a first for any Korean girl group.[77][78] The group also set a record for "recording the highest sales of the FIRST album as a foreign artist in Japan. Girls' Generation is the fourth artist to obtained number 1 spot on weekly album chart after BoA, TVXQ and Big Bang,"[79] and became the third Korean act to surpass the 500,000 mark after BoA and TVXQ. As a result of their rising popularity, Girls' Generation became the highest earning foreign artist in Japan for the first half of 2011.[80] By the end of 2011, the album had sold over 728,000 copies.[81][82] The album was re-packaged, as "The Boys" on December 28, 2011.
Girls' Generation was selected by SISA Press as "The Most Influential Entertainers in Korea" for the year 2011, after having placed 6th in 2010.[83]
Girls' Generation performing "The Boys" atMadison Square Garden, in October 2011
On September 26, 2011 the first teaser featuring Taeyeon was released for the impending comeback with the group's 3rd Korean album The Boys, followed by Sunny & Hyoyeon on September 27; Jessica, Sooyoung and Tiffany on September 28 and Yoona, Yuri, and Seohyun on September 29. The first image teaser for "The Boys" was released on the midnight of October 1, 2011 through SM Entertainment's YouTube channel.[84]
Setting their sights on the international market, Girls' Generation signed a contract with Universal Music Group in 2011 to release United States material underInterscope Records.[85] The Boys was originally scheduled to be released through iTunes and various music websites in Asia, including its native country, Korea on October 5, 2011. But on September 30, it was revealed that the album's release has been postponed so as to bring about a worldwide album release.[86] On October 10, it was confirmed that the album will be released on October 19, 2011 and comeback on KBS Music Bank on October 21, 2011.
The title track, "The Boys", co-written by member Tiffany, and produced by Teddy Riley, famous for his work with Michael Jackson, was released in both Korean and English, and eventually Japanese.[87] Within minutes after the release of "The Boys", Girls' Generation achieved an "all-kill" status on all major on and off-line music charts in Korea. Despite not charting on Hot 100, the song managed to peak inside the Top 30 on the iTunes chart in the US, selling over 21,000 copies, becoming one of the best selling K-Pop songs, at that time, in the United States.[88] The same titled album sold 227,994 albums within 12 days in South Korea, becoming the best selling album in October and third best selling album (at the time) in 2011. By the end of December, "The Boys" had sold a further 150,000 copies, bring its total to 385,348 copies, becoming the best selling album in South Korean in 2011.[89] The group began promotions on KBS' Music Bank with "The Boys" and "MR. Taxi". On October 23, 2011, it was confirmed by the members at the New York City date of SMTown World Tour II, that "The Boys" maxi-Single would be released internationally on November 19, 2011, although the date was later moved to December 8, 2011. During the week following their comeback performances, Girls' Generation won their first #1 awards for "The Boys" on M! Countdown on October 27, their second on KBS' "Music Bank" on October 28, and their third on SBS' Inkigayo" on October 30, making "The Boys" an 'All-Kill' on music program charts. They also went on to receive a "Triple Crown" on SBS' Inkigayo. Overall, the group (at the time) had won twelve times on various music programs.
It was announced on November 11, 2011, that the group would be releasing their first official Japanese photobook titled "Holiday". "The 1st Japan Arena Tour" was also made available on Blu-Ray and DVD on December 14, 2011. "Holiday", reached the #1 spot on the book sales ranking chart under the photograph collection category. The photos were a collection of the girls enjoying leisurely time off, and it sold 17,000 copies the first week after going on sale on November 30. In overall book sales ranks, it ranked at #18.
The group also participated on the 2011 Winter SMTown – The Warmest Gift compilation album along with their label mates performing the new song, "Diamond", which was released on December 13, 2011.
On December 7, 2011, it was announced that Girls' Generation will be releasing a re-packaged version of their debut Japanese album "Girls' Generation", which included a Japanese version of the "The Boys", and remixed versions of "The Great Escape", "Bad Girl", "Mr.Taxi". It also contained the new song, "Time Machine". The album was released on December 28, 2011, and, collectively with the initial album, "Girls' Generation" passed sales of over 800,000, with shipments of 1 million.[90] The album placed 5th on the Oricon Weekly CD Albums chart for the second week of January, 2012 (Jan 9 - 15)[91] and Oricon announced that it was the first time in history that an album by a Korean artist has placed in the Top 10 for 17 weeks. The previous record holder was the original soundtrack for the Korean drama “Winter Sonata”, which remained in the Top 10 for 16 weeks.[92][93] Due to their Japanese releases, the group ranked fifth among Japanese artists in terms of monetary profit, the group had generated over 4.5 billion Yen for 2011.[94]

2012: International promotions, sub-unit formation, and Japanese return

Girls' Generation perform "The Boys" at theSeoul Music Awards, January 19, 2012.
On January 12, 2012, the group attended the Golden Disk Awards, held in Osaka, bringing home 2 awards, the "Digital Bonsang" and the highly coveted "Digital Daesang". A week later, on January 19, 2012, they attended the Seoul Music Awards, and brought back 2 awards, the "Bonsang" and "Popularity" awards. The group also won 2 awards from the Gaon Chart Awards, winning the Album Of The Year for the 4th Quarter and Oricon Hallyu Singer award. On February 24, 2012, the teaser for their Japanese digital single, "Time Machine", was released.[95] The song was originally included in the Japanese repackaged version of their first Japanese album. The full music video was released on March 13, 2012, with the song peaking at #14 on Billboard Japan's Hot 100.
Their appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman and Live! with Kelly on January 31, 2012, and February 1, 2012, where they performed remixes of the English version of "The Boys", marked the first time that a Korean musical act has performed on each of the shows. They also performed on the French show,Le Grand Journal, on February 9, 2012, after it was announced that they were to release "The Boys" on February 13, 2012 through Universal Music Group’sPolydor Records in France.
April 2012 saw the formation of Girls' Generation-TTS, or simply "TaeTiSeo", a subunit composed of members Taeyeon, Tiffany, and Seohyun. The subgroup released their first mini-album, Twinkle, on May 2.[96] The group continued promotion throughout the month, performing on variety shows and at the Hallyu Dream Wave Concert. "Twinkle" debuted at #126 on the Billboard 200, selling over 3,000 copies, making it the highest charting KPop album on the chart.[97] By mid-June, 2012, the album had already sold 138,000 copies in its native country, and a further 24,000 copies abroad.[98]
On May 20, 2012, the group performed with their label-mates at the Honda Center in Anaheim, on the SMTown Live World Tour III. Members Yoona and Yuri were not present due to their filming commitments with their television dramas Love Rain and Fashion King respectively. Following the conclusion of their dramas, Yuri and Yoona returned to the group as the tour moved on to Taiwan, where they performed to a crowd of 30,000 people. The tour will then continue into Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, the U.S. and Europe.[99]
S.M. Entertainment released a teaser video for the group's Japanese single, "Paparazzi", on May 29, 2012.[100] This teaser was followed by the release of the full music video, in addition to a dance version, on June 14, 2012.[101] The song, released on June 27, 2012, will serve as the lead single from their upcoming second Japanese-language album.[102]

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