Girls' Generation
Sumber : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls%27_Generation
| 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 |
| Origin |
Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres |
K-pop, pop, dance-pop, teen pop, bubblegum pop, electropop,[1][2] R&B |
| Years active |
2007–present |
| Labels |
SM Entertainment
Nayutawave (Japan)
Interscope (United States)
Polydor (France) |
| Associated acts |
SM Town, TaeTiSeo |
| Website |
Official website |
| Members |
Taeyeon
Jessica
Sunny
Tiffany
Hyoyeon
Yuri
Sooyoung
Yoona
Seohyun |
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 has released three Korean full albums, three Korean
mini-albums, one Japanese full album and various singles. Their 2009
hit single "
Gee" 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.
[3]
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 세계,
Dasi 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" (
소원,
SoWon),
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" (
소녀시대,
Sonyeo 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.
[4]
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 Inkigayo,
KBS Music Bank and
M! Countdown some time later.
[5][6] 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.
[7]
Mnet reality show
Factory Girl chronicled the members working as interns at fashion magazine
Elle Girl.
[8] The articles the group worked on were featured in the Korean
Elle Girl magazine. The program began airing in early October.
[9] In late 2008, the group also participated in the
SM Town Live '08 concert along with other
SM Town artists.
2009: Gee, Genie 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.
[10]
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.
[11]
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.
[12] The song also went No.1 on all major digital music charts within two days.
[13] The music video set a record on release, garnering 1 million views on
GomTV in under a day.
[14]
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.
[15] "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
Mujikon,
Melon and
Mnet charts for 8 consecutive weeks, the
Dosirak chart for 7 weeks, the
Muse chart for 6 weeks and the
Baksu chart for 4 weeks.
[16][17]
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.
[18][19] The group started their promotional activities on June 26, 2009, appearing on
KBS Music Bank.
[20] 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 of
Genie was delayed by SM Entertainment in order to redo the album art, and was released 4 days later on June 29, 2009.
[18]
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.
[21]
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.
[22]
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.
[23] The lead single "
Oh!", was digitally released on January 25 with the music video being released two days later.
[24] On January 30, the group started promotions with the recording of
MBC Music Core.
[25]
The broadcast of the performance experienced a blackout near the end,
to which MBC made the whole performance available online in response.
[26] 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.
[27] '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,
[28] 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.
[29]
Starting from March 11, 2010, photos of the members were released online showcasing a dark concept, dubbed "Black SoShi".
[30] 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.
[31][32][33] 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.
[34]
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,
[35] making Girls' Generation the first female k-pop group to make the Oricon DVD Top-5 ranking.
[36] The sales for the group's first photobook, “少女” (So Nyuh) were estimated to at 1.6 billion
won even before release.
[37]
On August 25, the group held their first showcase in Tokyo Ariake Colliseum.
[40] With an initial 10,000 fans invited, it was reported to be the most large-scale plan for a Korean artist debuting in Japan.
[34]
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.
[41]
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.
[42]
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.
[43]
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.
[44][45][46] 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.
[47] With pre-orders amounting to 80,000, the single sold an estimated 45,000 copies in the first week after release.
[48][49] On October 20, 2010, the group released their second Japanese single, "
Gee".
[50][51]
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.
[52] The video for lead single, "
Hoot", a song originally written in English as "Bulletproof", was released on October 28.
[53][54] Girls' Generation commenced their promotional activities with a comeback stage on
KBS Music Bank on October 29.
[55]
"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.
[56][57][58][59]
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.
[60]
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.
[61]
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.
[62] 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.
[63][64]
2011: Mr. Taxi, Girls' Generation and The Boys
Girls' Generation performing "The Boys" in
NY SMTown Concert, in October 2011
Hoot was certified Gold by Record Industry Association of Japan.
[65] 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.
[66]
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.
[67]
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, scheduled for release on January 25, 2011.
[68]
On January 20, at the 20th
Seoul Music Awards, the group received an
Artist of the Year award, a
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 Taiji,
Jo Sungmo and
H.O.T.) to win two consecutive
Artist of the Year awards at the
Seoul Music Awards. The group also became the only girl group in history to receive
Artist of the Year awards for
Seoul Music Awards, and
Melon 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).
[69]
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".
[70] and the Japanese remake of their song "
Run Devil Run". A portion of the revenue from their Japanese single
MR. TAXI / Run Devil Run 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 Japanese music video of "Run Devil Run" was released.
It was also announced that the group would embark on a Japan-wide tour titled
The 1st Japan Arena Tour which would start at Osaka on May 31. A total of 14 concerts in 6 cities would be held over a period of one and a half months.
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.
[71]
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.
[72] Girls' Generation performed two songs at the event, joining the star-studded line up including
Tokio Hotel,
Lady Gaga and
AKB48.
[73]
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".
[74]
On June 1, 2011, they released their first full-length original Japanese studio album
Girls' Generation.
This album contains 12 songs including the singles "Genie", “Gee”, "Run
Devil Run", "MR. TAXI" and a Japanese version of "Hoot".
[75]
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.
[76][77]
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,"
[78]
and became the third Korean artist 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.
[79] Girls' Generation has sold over 629,436 copies, and now holds the 5th spot for best selling albums of 2011 in Japan according to Oricon.
Recently, the group has been in the midst of their second Asia Tour.
They held their first two concerts in Seoul on July 23 and 24, followed
by concerts in Taipei, Taiwan on September 9, 10 and 11, and then
continue onto Singapore on December 9.
On August 21, 2011
The 1st Asia Tour: Into The New World DVD reached the No.1 spot in Japan's "Tower Records" being the highest selling DVD between August 15-21st.
[80]
Girls' Generation was designated by SISA Press as "The Most
Influential Entertainers in Korea" for the year 2011, after having
placed 6th in the 2010 ranking.
[81]
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.
[82]
Girls’ Generation was originally scheduled to release the third album
The Boys
through iTunes worldwide and through various music websites in Asia
including 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, with details to be released as soon as they
were confirmed.
[83] 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", was released in both Korean and English. It was written, composed and arranged by
Teddy Riley, who was
Michael Jackson’s producer.
[85]
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.
On October 21, 2011, Girls' Generation began their promotions on
KBS Music Bank with "The Boys" and "
MR. Taxi". On October 23, 2011, it was also confirmed by the members at the
SMTown Live '10 World Tour that
The Boys maxi-Single would be released internationally on November 19, 2011, although it was later moved to December 8, 2011.
On the following week after 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's
Inkigayo. Overall, the group has won twelve times on various music programs.
The Boys sold 227,994 albums just within 12 days in South
Korea alone, becoming the best selling album in October and third best
selling album thus far in 2011.
It was announced on November 11, 2011 that Girls’ Generation would be
releasing their first official Japanese photobook titled “Holiday”.
Girls' Generation's
The 1st Japan Arena Tour was also made available on Blu-ray and DVD on December 14, 2011.
Girls' Generation's first Japanese photograph collection book
‘Holiday‘ seized 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 labelmates performing the song "Diamond", which was released on December 13, 2011.
By the end of December,
The Boys sold over 385,348 copies in South Korea, becoming the best selling album in 2011.
[86]
2012: International promotions, sub-unit formation
On January 12, 2012, the group attended the "
Golden Disk Awards"
that was held in Osaka, the group ended up bringing home 2 awards
namely a "Digital Bonsang" and the highly coveted "Digital Daesang"
which was the biggest award given that night. On January 19, 2012, the
group attended the
Seoul Music Awards and brought back 2 awards, the "Bonsang" and "Popularity" awards.
On January 31, 2012, Girls' Generation performed for the first time on American late night talk show
Late Show with David Letterman.
They performed a remix version of the English version of "The Boys".
They followed up by performing on syndicated daytime talk show
Live! with Kelly
on February 1, 2012. Their appearances marked the first time that a
Korean musical act performed on each show respectively. They also
performed on the French show
Le Grand Journal on February 9, 2012, after it was announced that they were to officially release, ‘The Boys’ on February 13, 2012 through
Universal Music Group’s
Polydor Records in
France.
On February 22, 2012, Girls' Generation won 2 awards from the
Gaon Chart Awards, winning the Album Of The Year for the 4th Quarter and Oricon Hallyu Singer award.
On April 19, 2012, it was announced that a subgroup will be created called "Girls' Generation
TaeTiSeo", comprising of group members Taeyeon, Tiffany, and Seohyun. The subgroup released their first mini-album,
Twinkle, on May 2.
[88]
Subgroups
On April 19, SM Entertainment officially announced the creation of a
Girls’ Generation subunit, Girls’ Generation–TaeTiSeo, comprising of
Taeyeon, Tiffany, and Seohyun. The subunit's first mini-album "Twinkle"
is expected to be released on May 2, 2012. According to the statement by
SM Entertainment, "Girls’ Generation’s subunit will feature the various
talents of each Girls’ Generation member by changing the members of the
unit according to the music and concept of each new subunit album. This
subunit will aim to grab the attention of fans with all aspects of
music, performance, and fashion styles."
Members
| Stage name |
Birth name |
Date of birth |
| Romanized |
Hangul/Hanja |
Romanized |
Hangul/Hanja |
| Taeyeon |
태연/太妍 |
Kim Tae-yeon |
김태연/金太妍 |
(1989-03-09) March 9, 1989 (age 23) |
| Jessica |
제시카/潔西卡 |
Jessica Jung, Jung Soo-yeon |
제시카 정, 정수연/鄭秀妍 |
(1989-04-18) April 18, 1989 (age 23) |
| Sunny |
써니/珊妮 |
Lee Soon-kyu |
이순규/李順圭 |
(1989-05-15) May 15, 1989 (age 23) |
| Tiffany |
티파니/蒂芙尼 |
Stephanie Hwang, Hwang Mi-young |
스테파니 황, 황미영/黃美英 |
(1989-08-01) August 1, 1989 (age 22) |
| Hyoyeon |
효연/孝淵 |
Kim Hyo-yeon |
김효연/金孝淵 |
(1989-09-22) September 22, 1989 (age 22) |
| Yuri |
유리/侑莉 |
Kwon Yu-ri |
권유리/權俞利 |
(1989-12-05) December 5, 1989 (age 22) |
| Sooyoung |
수영/秀英 |
Choi Soo-young |
최수영/崔秀英 |
(1990-02-10) February 10, 1990 (age 22) |
| Yoona |
윤아/潤娥 |
Im Yoon-ah |
임윤아/林潤娥 |
(1990-05-30) May 30, 1990 (age 21) |
| Seohyun |
서현/徐賢 |
Seo Joo-hyun |
서주현/徐珠玄 |
(1991-06-28) June 28, 1991 (age 20) |
Endorsements
Girls' Generation performs their single "Chocolate Love" at an LG event.
The song is a promotional song for LG's Chocolate phone.
The group has made many ads for the Korean market, including this one for the LG Cookie
During their early career, the group were endorsers for several brands such as Elite Uniform,
[89] Nexon Bubble Fighter,
[90] Samsung and
LG.
[91] Since 2008 they have been exclusive models for the Goobne Chicken
[92]
and have filmed several commercials for the brand, recorded jingles for
advertising purposes, and modeled for promotional Goobne calendars as
well. Goobne Chicken has since become a strong contender in the chicken
industry and attribute their success to the group.
[93]
By mid-2009 the group members were models for over 10 brands and were
chosen as one of South Korea's most sought after advertisers in a survey
conducted by brand consulting research institute.
[94] Several members are solo advertising models such as Seohyun who is a model for
Clean and Clear and
The Face Shop,
[95] Taeyeon who models for A-Solution, a cosmetics brand,
[96] Yuri who models for Mamonde, or Yoona who models for
S-Oil[97] and
Innisfree. Alongside
Super Junior, they are also exclusive models to the partly SM Entertainment-owned retail brand SPAO.
[98] Endorsing clothing brands, online games,
[99] food industries,
[100] events, electronics, cosmetics and even products reserved for the top celebrities to endorse such as petroleum and
credit cards, the group was considered one of the most sought after models in 2009.
[101]
The group continued to be active in advertising in 2010, endorsing brands and products including the
Nintendo DSi[102] and
Domino's Pizza.
[103]
In late 2010, a gift certificate company began releasing gift
certificates each worth 10,000 won which featured Girls' Generation
images on the cards, making them the first celebrities to be featured as
such.
[104] The Korean web portal
Daum
also began using the group as models while remodeling certain services
and search engines in early October 2010, and released Girls' Generation
desktop wallpapers and
screensavers for promotion.
[105]
A survey conducted in December 2010, saw 409 out of 741 marketing
employees choosing Girls' Generation as the model with the most
influence over consumers, attributing their positive attention from the
public to their vocals, looks and fashion sense.
[106] In 2011,
Intel Asia announced that the group would become official advertising models for the company.
[107]
Meanwhile, members Yuri, Sunny, Jessica, Tiffany, Sooyoung and Hyoyeon were models for
Christian Dior. Other members which include Yoona, Seohyun and Taeyeon were not models for
Christian Dior, due to their other cosmetic contracts.
Woongjin Coway
stated that they selected Girls' Generation as their exclusive models
and recently contracted with the group to endorse their water purifiers.
Their contract will begin on March 1 and last through the year, while
TV advertisements will begin running mid-March. In March 2011, the group
started endorsing the Vita500 brand of energy drinks as part of
Vita500's 10th anniversary
[108] and exclusive Vita500 posters of Tiffany, Yuri and Yoona were released.
[109]
In Japan, the group is currently endorsing the
throat lozenge brand
E-ma Nodoame.
[110] They endorsed
Lipton tea as well, with their songs "Let It Rain" and "MR. TAXI" used as background music.
[111] In July 2011, along with labelmates
TVXQ, they started endorsing
7-Eleven Japan products featuring the Japanese version of the song "
Hoot" in commercials.
[112]
On August 19, 2011, Girls' Generation were chosen as the ambassadors for the
2010-2012 Visit Korea Year. Seohyun will be appointed as
UNICEF
envoys on October 11, 2011 at Changseong-Dong, Seoul. This is a notable
feat, as only those who have a respectable reputation are appointed as
goodwill representatives.
On October 2011 Girls' Generation were appointed models for J.ESTINA.
On December 15, JCE chose Girls’ Generation as the models for their
representative bundled game brand, “Freestyle Sports”, for this winter.
They will begin official marketing activities by releasing Girls’
Generation characters.
LG Electronics
Korea announced on January 16, 2012 that popular girl group, Girls’
Generation, were chosen to be the new models for their Cinema 3D TV
brand.
On March 5, representatives of the city of GangNam in Seoul released a
statement saying that the Girls' Generation will be the honorary
ambassador for the city of
Gangnam-gu starting on the March 7, 2012.
On March 30,
Lotte announced that Girls' Generation were chosen to be the new models for
Lotte Department Store.
Meanwhile, Girls' Generation were chosen to be models for ACE BED. On
April 14, Girls’ Generation were appointed as new ambassadors for the
association Korea’s Retinitis Pigmentosa Society, to help cure
blindness. On April 16 was revealed that Girls' Generation has been
chosen as the newest endorsers
Korea Yakult. On May 3, 2012 Seohyun was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for UN Pavilion Yeosu Expo 2012.
[113]
On May 11, 2012 was revealed that they will be rolling out a new perfume endorsement with
10 Corso Como this June! Titled ‘GIRL’, the official release is on June 8.
[114]
Philanthropy
On February 4, 2010 Girls' Generation held a donation campaign with
music site Lunchbox. In the Music Dream campaign, 3% of the purchase
price from people joining the site Dosirak will be donated to "Korea
Make Wish Foundation".
On August 9, 2011 Girls' Generation, f(x) and SHINee took part in an
effort to help African children. The groups were joined by United
Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Kimoon in the ‘Help African Children’
project co-organized by the
Korean Red Cross Society and the Korean
UNICEF committee.
Girls' Generation appeared on the September 17th episode of KBS‘
‘Love Request‘ to donate blood. They invited a girl with a heart
condition and a blind boy to fly to Korea to receive treatment. Girls'
Generation also participated in a blood drive campaign during the show
together with Super Junior.
Woongjin Coway held a “Beautiful Auction” event at
Times Square in Yeongdeungpo with Girls’ Generation on the 27th September 2011 to help women who are neglected.
Girls’ Generation member Seohyun released a digital song "Dreams Comes True" together with
Donghae
on the 11th and proceeds will be donated to UNICEF. The funds will be
used to treat children who are suffering in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia,
and Djibouti.
Controversies
Diet
In February 2011,
Chosun Ilbo reported that band members ate only 1,500 kcal a day.
[115]
This corresponds to a seasonal vegetable, five pieces of broccoli,
100 grams of grilled chicken breast, and 150 grams of brown rice.
[115] Several members of the band hotly denied these claims in a interview televised by
SBS in November.
[116] "They say we eat eight brocolli pieces and one sweet potato for a meal," Yuri said.
[116] "That’s crazy. I thought they meant we ate 1,500 kcal a meal at first.”
[116]
According to Tiffany: "I feel like we eat at least 3,000 kcal a day.
Our manager told us, ‘The amount of money SNSD spends on food is much
greater than the amount Super Junior spends on their meals.'"
[116]
Discography
Korean discography
- Studio albums
- EPs
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Japanese discography
- Studio albums
- Singles
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English discography
- Studio albums
- Singles
|
Tours
Headlining tours
Concert participation
Filmography
Dramas
Reality shows
Photobooks
Awards
Fanclub
- Official Fanclub Color: Pastel Rose Heart [117]
- Official Fanclub Name: S♡NE (SONE), 소원 (Wish) [117]
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녀시대 日데뷔 싱글 ‘지니' 티저 공개, 한국서도 관심폭발 (Sonyeo Sidae Releases their Japanese
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- ^ (Korean)CF 퀸으로 등극한 소녀시대, 광고계도 접수 ('CF Queens SNSD takes over the Advertisement World')
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(Korean) 비오템과 함께하는 커플 UV 체험단 모집
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- ^ (Korean) 마비노기, 소녀시대가 부른 주제곡 Mabinogi(It's Fantastic!) 공개
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