Girl's Generation / SNSD (소녀시대)
Girls Generation (Korean: 소녀시대; 少女時代; So Nyu Shi Dae) is a popular nine-member South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2007. In the order that they were announced as Girls’ Generation members prior the group’s debut, the members are; Yoona, Tiffany, Yuri, Hyoyeon, Sooyoung, Seohyun, Taeyeon (leader), Jessica, and Sunny. Outside Korea they are most commonly referred to as SNSD, the acronym of the group’s Korean name So Nyeo Shi Dae or So Nyuh Shi Dae. In China, they are known as Shao Nü Shi Dai (or Siu Nui Si Doi in Hong Kong) and in Japan as Shōujo Jidai.
Taeyeon
Birth name: Kim Taeyeon 태연
Date of birth: March 9, 1989 (1989-03-09)
Discovery: 2004 8th Annual Best Contest
(Best Singer 1st Place & Grand Award)
School(s): Jeonju High School
Experience: Solo "If" , Hong Gil Dong OST and "Can you Hear me" ,
Beethoven Virus OST, Heading to the Ground OST
Position : Main Vocalist, Leader
Received the YEPP Popularity Award for her solo
"Can you Hear Me", Beethoven Virus OST
Has been part of the reality show We Got Married with her
virtual husband Jung Hyung-don
Former DJ of Chin Chin Radio
Was one of the co-hosts of KBS celebrity talk show "Win Win
Starred in the musical "Midnight Sun"
Jessica
Birth name: Jessica Jung/ Jeong Su-yeon
Date of birth: April 18, 1989 (1989-04-18)
Discovery: 2000 SM Casting System
School(s): Korea Kent Foreign School
Position : Main Vocalist
Stars as Elle Woods on Korea's Legally Blonde Musical
Did a duet with Park Myungsoo for their single "Naengmyun"
Has a younger sister named Krystal, which is part of the girl group f(x)
Jessica was born and raised in San Francisco,
California and is fluent in English.
She moved to Korea when she was 11 for training.
She released 2 singles alongside with SeoHyun and Tiffany:
"오빠 나빠" ("Bad Oppa") and "Mabinogi (It's Fantastic!)".Jessica also stars in Jo Han Kim's music video "Love is Late, I'm Sorry".
Sunny
Stage name: Sunny (Hangul: 써니)
Birth name: Lee Sunkyu (Hangul: 이순규; Hanja: 李順圭)
Date of birth: May 15, 1989 (1989-05-15)
Discovery: 2007 SM Casting System
School(s): Baehwa All-Girls High School
Position : Lead Vocalist
Currently on KBS Invincible Youth with Yuri
Sunny was a trainee under a different entertainment company
before she transferred into SM Entertainment.
After several months of training under SM Entertainment in 2007,
Sunny debuted as a member of Girls' Generation that same year.
She is the niece of SM Entertainment's CEO, Lee Soo Man,
and her father was once the manager of the disbanded K-pop girl group Sugar.
She was a co-DJ of Reckless Radio along with Sungmin of Super Junior
until the broadcast ended on the July 30, 2008.
Sunny appeared in Super Junior-H's music video for "Cooking? Cooking!".
Sunny also sang the song "Finally Now"
on the soundtrack for the movie Story of Wine.
She will be hosting a Music Show called
"The M" with fellow member of SS501 Hyung Joon.
Tiffany
Stage name: Tiffany (Hangul: 티파니)
Birth name: Stephanie Hwang; Hwang Miyoung (Hangul: 황미영; Hanja: 黄美英)
Date of birth: August 1, 1989 (1989-08-01)
Discovery: 2004 Casting System (Los Angeles, California)
School(s): Korea Kent Foreign School
Position : Lead Vocalist
Current MC of Music Core with Yuri
Has released her first single entitled "By Myself"
>Tiffany was raised in Diamond Bar, California and is fluent in English.
She was discovered in the SM Starlight Casting System 2004 in Los Angeles
and began her training under the label until the debut of Girls' Generation.
Along with SeoHyun and Jessica, she released a single,
"Bad Boyfriend" (오빠 나빠) and Mabinogi [It's Fantastic!].
Hyoyeon
Stage name: Hyoyeon (Hangul: 효연; Hanja: 孝淵)
Birth name: Kim Hyoyeon (Hangul: 김효연; Hanja: 金孝妍)
Date of birth: September 22, 1989 (1989-09-22)
Discovery: 2000 SM Casting System
School(s): Studied in Beijing, China for Mandarin Chinese
Position : Vocalist, Main dancer
Hyoyeon once attended a hip hop dance school that specializes in waving,
popping, locking, and animation. Prior to her debut,
Hyoyeon traveled to Beijing, China in 2004 with Super Junior's Siwon
to learn Mandarin and more about Chinese culture.
She is one of the main dancers in Girl's Generation.
Yuri
Birth name: Kwon Yuri (Hangul: 권유리; Hanja: 權侑莉)
Date of birth: December 5, 1989 (1989-12-05)
Discovery: 2001 SM 1st Annual Youth Best Contest
School(s): NeungGok High School
Position : Vocalist, Lead Dancer
Experience:
* Appeared in KM Super Junior Show The King's Boyfriend (2005)
* Featured in TVXQ's "Beautiful Life" music video
* Featured in commercials for Choco Pie, Dongil Highvill,
and Hot Choco Mite
* Acted in Attack on the Pin-Up Boys
* Starred in MBC sitcom Unstoppable Marriage
* Currently on KBS Invincible Youth with Sunny
* Current MC of Music Core with Tiffany
Yuri joined the label when she took 1st place in the 2001
1st SM Youth Best Dancer Contest.
She appeared in TVXQ's "Beautiful Life"
music video and had a small role as a ballerina in
Super Junior's first movie, Attack on the Pin-Up Boys.
She also had a small role in a television segment,
"The King's Boyfriend," which was part of the 2005-2006
KMTV Super Junior documentary, Super Junior Show.
Yuri also played a part in the sitcom Unstoppable
Marriage alongside Sooyoung.
Sooyoung
Birth name: Choi Sooyoung (Hangul: 최수영; Hanja: 崔秀英)
Date of birth: February 10, 1990 (1990-02-10)
Casted: 2002 Korea-Japan Ultra Idol Duo Audition
School(s): Jungshin All-Girls High School
Position : Vocalist and Lead dancer
Experience:
* Debuted in Japan in the duo Route 0 (2002)
* Featured in commercials for Samsung Anycall
* Modelled for Japan Chubbygang and Skoolooks
* Starred in MBC sitcom Unstoppable Marriage
* Starrred in the film Pure Manhwa - Happily Ever After
Before Sooyoung's audition to Girls' Generation,
she made a brief debut in Japan as a singer in the group called Route φ.
She first debuted with Marina Takahashi with the song "Start".
While in Japan, she became close friends with BoA and Sunday from
The Grace as they too were working in Japan as singers at the time.
She was previously a DJ of ChunJi along with Sungmin of Super Junior.
She was soon replaced by Sunny due to schedule conflicts.
Sooyoung also played a part in the sitcom Unstoppable
Marriage alongside Yuri.
Her High School Graduation was on February 10, 2009.
Though she didn't attend the cermony she still graduated.
Yoona
Birth name: Im Yoon Ah (Hangul: 임윤아; Hanja: 林允兒)
Date of birth: May 30, 1990 (1990-05-30)
Discovery: 2002 SM Saturday Open Casting Audition
School(s): Daeyoung High School
Position : Vocalist, Lead Dancer
Awards/Recognitions
* 2008 Korean Drama Festival: Netizen Popularity Award (You Are My Destiny)
* 2008 KBS Drama Awards: Best New Actress Award (You Are My Destiny)[10]
* 2008 KBS Drama Awards: Netizen Award
Experience:
* Featured in music videos for TVXQ's "Magic Castle,
The Grace's "열정 (My Everything)", Super Junior's "U" and "Marry U",
Lee Seung Chul's "Propose"
* Featured in commercials for Sanyo Eneloop, Teun Teun English,
Elite, Sunkist Lemondae, Clean & Clear, Sola VitaminC, YeJiMiIn
* Starred in MBC dramas 9 Hits, 2 Outs and Park Jung Geum,
and KBS drama You Are My Destiny, MBC drama Cinderella Man
- Yoona has appeared in several music videos and commercials.
She gained a minor role in the Korean drama, 9 Ends 2 Outs (9회말 2아웃)
and won a major role in a new drama, You Are My Destiny. In this drama,
Yoona portrays a girl who was once blind.
You Are My Destiny has the highest rating and number of viewers
for daily dramas in its time slot, beating other per popular dramas
from major Korean networks, MBC and SBS.[not in citation given]
Yoona has been accepted by Dongguk University and will continue her studies.
On February 10, 2009 YoonA was spotted at her High School Graduation.
Seohyun
Stage name: SeoHyun (Hangul: 서현; Hanja: 徐玄)
Birth name: Seo Joohyun (Hangul: 서주현; Hanja: 徐珠賢)
Date of birth: June 28, 1991 (1991-06-28)
Discovery: 2003 SM Casting System
School(s): Daeyoung High School
Position : Lead vocalist
Experience:
* 2004 SMART Uniform Model
* Went to the reality show "We Got Married" (2010)
with her husband Yong Hwa of CN. Blue
Seohyun is the youngest member of the Girls' Generation.
She is also a pianist. Along with Tiffany and Jessica,
they released a single "오빠 나빠" ("Bad Oppa"),And "Mabinogi (It's Fantastic!)".
On February 17, 2009 the Digital Release Of the song 짜라자짜
(Go to sleep, Let's go to sleep).
She Sang it alongside with Ju Hyun Mi.
Most Noteable Achievements by SNSD/Girl's Generation
In Seoul Music Awards
First Girl Group and Female Artist To Win Grand Prize Twice
The current holder of most award winner along side TVXQ (9 Times)
One Of The Four Most Grand Prize Winners (2 Times)
In Golden Disk Awards
The Only All Basic Award Winner Including Newcomer Award, Grand Prize , Best Digital Album , Best Album & Popularity Award In Different Years.
The First Girl Group and The 3rd Female Artist to Win Disk Grand Prize
In Melon Music Awards
The current holder of most award winner (10 Times)
Most Grand Prize Winner (3 Times)
In Korean Music Awards
The Only Idol To Win Song Of The Year
In Music Bank
Most #1 wins (27 wins)
Most 'Music Bank #1 of the Year' Awards (2 wins)
Most consecutive #1 wins (9 wins)
Top highest score of all three Music Bank scoring systems (For Gee, Oh! and Hoot respectively)
Top highest score of all time (For Oh!; Girls' Generation currently occupies Four of the ten spots on this list)
In Space Shower Music Video Awards
The First foreigner Artist To Win Best Pop Music Video (Genie)
In Mnet Asian Music Awards
The Most Nominated Without a win (24 Times)
Others
Most consecutive Korean Girl Group and Female Artist to sell all Albums , Repackaged albums & Mini Albums above 100,000
7 number one hit songs
First Asian Girl Group & Female Artist To Rank #1 In Daily Oricon Charts (Gee)
Most consecutive Wins in music shows with a singel Song (Gee )
Most Award Winner Of 2010 & 2009 (In South Korea)
The Most No#1 Winner At Music Shows Gathered Togahter (50 Times)
Most Award Wining Song Gee (11 Times)
Most Grand Prize Winner In Korean History (8 Times)
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How much I love this band and I wish her the best
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