SNSD

Girls' Generation

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Girls' Generation
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, Sonyeo Shidae GG, Shoujo Jidai, Shao Nü Shi Dai
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genres	K-pop, pop, dance-pop, teen pop, bubblegum pop, electropop,[1][2]
Years active	2007–present
Labels	SM Entertainment  Nayutawave  Interscope  Polydor  Universal Music
Associated acts	SM Town, TaeTiSeo
Website	Official Korean website Official Japanese website Official US website
Members
Taeyeon Jessica Sunny Tiffany Hyoyeon Yuri Sooyoung Yoona Seohyun

Girls' Generation
Hangul	소녀시대
Hanja	少女時代
Revised Romanization	Sonyeo Shidae
McCune–Reischauer	Sonyŏ Shidae

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They 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 the 'Song of the Decade'.^[3] The group solidified their place in the Korean music industry with follow-up singles "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)", "Run Devil Run", and "Oh!". 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 sold over 100,000 copies for each of their six Korean releases, making them the first female group in the South Korean music industry to do so in over six years.^[4][5] Within five years, the group has sold a total of over 4.4 million albums and 30 million digital singles. In 2010 alone, the group sold 11,730,000 albums and singles collectively.^[6][7] The group's immense popularity in their native South Korea has earned them the title "The Nation's Singers" and "The Nation's Girl Group"^[8] 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.^[9][10] Forbesrevealed the group were most powerful entertainers in South Korea for the year of 2011.^[6]

The group began a foray into the Japanese music scene in late 2010 underNayutawave Records, 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 after being certified 'Million' by the RIAJ and made the group the second Korean artist to earn this achievement in Japan since label mate BoA's "Best of Soul" in 2005.^[11] They returned to the Japanese music scene in June 2012, with "Paparazzi", the lead single from their second Japanese album, Girls' Generation II ~Girls & Peace~.

In April 2012, the group formed Girls' Generation-TTS (known simply as "TaeTiSeo"), their first sub-unit 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.