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For other uses, see Girls' Generation (disambiguation).
This article is about the band. For their self-titled debut album, see Girls' Generation (album).
Girls' Generation
Girls' Generation
Hangul
소녀시대
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSo nyeo si dae
McCune–ReischauerSo nyŏ shi dae

Template:Contains Korean text Girls' Generation (Hangul: 소녀시대; Hanja: 少女時代; Mandarin Chinese: Shaonü Shidai; Template:Lang-ja; Template:Lang-vi) is a South Korean nine-member girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2007. Its members include (in order of official announcement) Yoona, Tiffany, Yuri, Hyoyeon, Sooyoung, Seohyun, Taeyeon, Jessica, and Sunny. They are commonly referred to as SNSD, the acronym of the group's Korean name So Nyeo Shi Dae or So Nyuh Shi Dae.

History

Pre-debut

The members were professionally trained primarily in singing and dancing while a select few were also trained in acting and modeling. Many of the members had already made appearances in magazine ads, television commercials, and small television appearances. For nearly two years, Korean websites speculated about which female SM Entertainment trainees would be placed into the group. They were speculated to be called Super Girls after their counterpart Super Junior.

2007: Debut and first album

In July 2007, Girls' Generation had their first performance on Inkigayo. The song the girls performed was called "Into the New World" (Template:Lang-ko), which became their first single. A show documenting the girls' debut titled M.Net's Girls Go To School was filmed during this time. The song had a physical release, which included two other songs, "Beginning" and "Perfect for You", which was later renamed to "Honey" for their self-titled debut album Girls' Generation. An instrumental of "Into the New World" was also included. The group began promoting the single soon after its release. Girls' Generation performed their single on SBS's Inkigayo, MBC's Show! Music Core, and on KBS's Music Bank.

After a short break, the group's first full album was released in late autumn 2007, with the lead single "Girls' Generation" (Template:Lang-ko), a cover of Lee Seung-Chul's hit. Promotion for the single started in early November. Marked by dance routines and vocals, "Girls' Generation" was a hit for the group, and the album sold 121,143 copies to date, placing 8th in the year-end charts.[1] In early 2008, Girls' Generation began promoting their second single, "Kissing You". The music video featured Donghae from Super Junior. This song achieved the #1 spot on three major TV music rankings—SBS Inkigayo, M.net M.Countdown! and KBS Music Bank.

In March 2008, the album was re-released and re-titled Baby Baby. A third single, "Baby Baby", was used to promote the album. A digital EP featuring Jessica, Tiffany, and Seohyun was released on April 2008, titled Roommate. The single from the mini-album is "Oppa Nappa" ("Template:Lang-ko", literally "Bad Brother", although contextually it refers to an older male friend).

2008–2009: Other activities, return with mini-albums and 1st solo concert

It was announced in autumn 2008 that Girls' Generation would be starring in a reality show on M.net. Titled Factory Girl, the show chronicles the girls working as interns at fashion magazine Elle. The program began airing in early October.[2]

During their absence from the music scene, they appeared in many commercials for MapleStory and Mabinogi.

Girls' Generation, along with fellow artists such as BoA, TVXQ, Super Junior, CSJH the Grace, Zhang Liyin, SHINee and other SM artists participated in SM Town Live '08. The tour expanded its route to South Korea, Thailand, and China.

It was then announced that the group's first EP, The First Mini Album — Gee, would be released in January 2009.[3] A teaser video was released in January 2009 and the first single "Gee" released soon after. Interest in the song rose after the digital release,[4] topping Cyworld's hourly music chart on the release day.[5] The song also went #1 on all major digital music charts within two days.[6]

The group began its album promotion on January 2009 on MBC Show! Music Core.[7] They sang their new single, "Gee", and "Him Nae (Way To Go)", another track from Gee. Meanwhile, questions were raised when the group did not appear on KBS's Music Bank with "Gee", even after winning #1 on the music chart show.[8]

"Gee" is the record holder for the longest-running #1 on music portal M.net (for 8 weeks), surpassing the previous record of 6 weeks set by the Wonder Girls' "Nobody".[9][10] They also set a record on KBS's Music Bank by being #1 for 9 consecutive weeks,[11] breaking the record previously set by Jewelry's "One More Time", which had 7 wins.[12] "Gee" also won the "Best-selling Song" award on Music Bank's half-year special, for "Gee". Promotions for the song ended at the end of March.

After a short break, SM Entertainment announced that the girls would be back with a new single and showing a "Marine Girl" concept; the song, titled "Sowoneul Malhaebwa (Genie)" (Template:Lang-ko, literally "Tell Me Your Wish"); the mini album was released digitally on June 22, 2009.[13][14] The mini-album, Genie, includes a duet between Jessica and SHINee member Onew called "One Year Later".[15]

The group started performing their new song. On June 26, 2009, Girls' Generation's comeback performance was recorded on KBS's Music Bank.[15] The group then had their return performances on MBC's Music Core and SBS's Inkigayo on June 27 and 28, 2009. Genie was released on June 29, 2009. Their first win for their single "Sowoneul Malhaebwa (Genie)" was obtained at the July 10, 2009 episode of KBS Music Bank. Their second award was claimed at the July 12, 2009 episode of SBS Inkigayo. The group finished promotions for "Sowoneul Malhaebwa (Genie)" in August 2009.

On October 7, Girls' Generation, along with label-mate f(x), released a digital single named "Chocolate Love" for the 4th edition of the Blacklabel series LG CYON phone, "Chocolate". Girls' Generation sang the "Retro Pop Version" of the song while f(x) sang the "Electronic Pop Version".

In addition to their musical activities, the girls have had various television series, with varied success. On May 3, 2009, Girls' Generation starred in their new reality show Sonyuh Shidae Horror Movie factory, with the premiere episode receiving a viewership rating of 3.3%. The show was then cancelled after 6 episodes due to low ratings.[citation needed] The show was replaced with another Girls' Generation reality program Himnaera-Him! or Cheer Up! in which the girls try to cheer up hardworking people in the midst of an economic slump. The show was canceled after two episodes due to the girls becoming too busy with the release and promotion of their new mini-album, Sowoneul Malhaebwa (Genie).[citation needed] Since June 23, 2009, the group has been on a reality series titled Girls' Generation's Hello Baby, on cable network KBS Joy, where they take care of a child and experience what motherhood is like. In that show, they take care of a boy named "Cho Kyungsan" (Template:Lang-ko), and each week they (or fathers, male guests who come out time to time) select "The Best Mom" and "the Worst Mom" among the members according to their work for the day. The show ended on November 17, 2009.[citation needed]

In July, selected members, alongside selected Super Junior members, released the song "S.E.O.U.L."[16]. The music video was released as part of South Korea's tourism initiative.

The group also announced its first solo tour, with two Korean dates in December and other Asian locations to follow.[17] The Korean dates sold out in 3 minutes.[18] The concert is titled "Into the New World" after the name of their debut single.

2010: Second album and other activities

During their first Asian concert, the girls performed a new song called "Show, Show, Show".[citation needed] Due to the success of the first concerts, the group confirmed that they will be holding encore concerts on February 27 and 28.[19] The tickets will be on sale from February 21.[citation needed]

Girls' Generation was chosen to sing SBS's new logo song "Naeileul Bobnida" (Korean: "내일을 봅니다)", "Look at Tomorrow"). [20]

The new album has been confirmed to be called Oh! and will be released on January 28.[21] The first single, "Oh!", was released to digital music sites on January 25.[22]

Controversies

Silent protest

On June 7 2008, during the 2008 'Dream Concert', a silent protest was held against Girls' Generation by various fanclubs, notably E.L.F. (Super Junior), Cassiopeia (TVXQ), and Triple S (SS501) by turning off their glowsticks and remaining silent during the performance.[23]

Marine girl concept

When the cover image for their second EP Genie was released, there was controversy regarding the images used on the cover, specifically the World War II Japanese A6M Zero fighter and a Nazi swastika shaped badge present on the cover. SM Entertainment delayed the EP in order to redo the covers.[24] The EP was released 4 days later.

Discography

Main article: Girls' Generation discography

Albums

EPs

Tours

Awards

Years Awards
2007
2008
2009
  • Cyworld Digital Music Awards : Song of the Month (January) ("Gee")[32]
  • Incheon Culture Day Ceremony : 2009 Young Artist Award [33]
  • Nickelodeon Korea Kids Choice Awards : Best Female Singer Award [34]
  • 17th Korean Cultural Entertainment Awards : Teen Musical Artist Award [35]
  • 24th Golden Disk Awards : Digital Daesang Award [36]
  • 24th Golden Disk Awards : Digital Bonsang Award [36]
  • Congress Daesang Ceremony Award : Pop Music Award[37]
  • 2009 MBC Entertainment Awards : Special Award (Best Singer) [38]
2010
  • 16th Annual Korea Entertainment Arts Awards Ceremony : Best Female Group [39]
  • Korean Ministry of Culture and Tourism : Content Industry Award (Special honor)[40]

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