My Girl's Generation Lovers (MGGL)

Girl's Generation’s New PV for ‘Time Machine’ to Feature Imada Kouji

2012-02-25T23:11:00.004-08:00

Girl's Generation’s first Japanese album, “Girls’ Generation”, which was released on June 31st 2011, reached a shipping record of one million copies, a first in the history of Japan as a Korean artist . There will be a new music video to continue the rapid advancement of Girls’ Generation into Japan. The music video will be for their new song “Time Machine”, and comedian Imada Kouji will appear in the video.

“Time Machine” is a new ballad song that was recorded for last year’s repackaged album release on December 28th, titled “Re:Package Album: Girls’ Generation ~The Boys~”. On February 25th, the song will also be promoted in Girls’ Generation’s CF of UHA Mikukato “E-ma Nodoame”.

Imada Kouji is a self-proclaimed Girls’ Generation fan and leads in knowledge and enthusiasm in the entertainment world, so the staff of Girls’ Generation made the offer to include him.

On the day of shooting, which fell on Valentine’s Day, Imada was not concerned that it was a day off and continued on with the schedule. He was fully motivated and looked forward the challenge. Imada Kouji was often seen as a strong man, but for this he passionately acted out the role of a weak man. He was to cry alone in a room while remembering about the unforgettable past.

Imada Kouji commented on his performance and said, “This is my happiest job ever since a couple of years ago. Before the manager finished talking, I enthusiastically said, ‘I’ll do it.’ The filming was really fun. I gave it my all. When I saw the proposal written with ‘Girls’ Generation Tenth Member’, I felt complete like cutting the goal-tape. I want to receive a business card that says ‘Girls’ Generation Tenth Member’. As one of the fans of Girls’ Generation in the entertainment world, I’m glad they offered me the spot. To the other entertainers who are fans of Girls’ Generation, I feel like I have to tell them the stage has changed (laughs).”

Furthermore, the music video for “Time Machine” is set to be released in early March. For the girls, this music video concept is something that they have not done so far and it seems that the video was influenced by the atmosphere of the teaser. The thirty-second version of the teaser can be seen on Girls’ Generation’s official Japan Facebook page which was opened on February 24th, while the fifteen-second version will be broadcast on Japanese TV on February 25th. You can check out the thirty-second version of the teaser below.

SNSD performs “The Great Escape” & “Mr. Taxi” at MTV’s Video Music Aid Japan!

2011-06-25T09:14:00.000-07:00

On June 25th, SNSD performed “The Great Escape” and “Mr. Taxi” on MTV’s Video Music Aid Japan stage! Check out the video below!

GQ Japan Magazine (July 2011 issue)

2011-06-25T09:10:00.000-07:00

As the power of K-pop continues to steadily spread globally, the world is turning their attention to the nine talented entertainers with world-class appearances, vocals and dancing skills, whom we grew to know and love as Girls’ Generation or SNSD.

GQ Japan became the first magazine for men to conduct an interview and photo shoot with SNSD, who represents not only Korea but the entire Asia. Through the interview, we get a closer look at the real SNSD and we want to stop talking only about their “beautiful legs”, which is a problem not only in Japan but the whole world as they regarded SNSD as “Idols with pretty legs”.

Along with other K-pop representatives, SNSD is steadily rising in their position as pop stars to capture the attention of not only Asia, but the whole world. Their agency, SM Entertainment, held two successful sessions of an all-star concert SM Town Live in the continent of Europe and the tickets were sold out within 10 minutes!

As far as the opposite side of the Earth in Brazil, there is a fanclub for them and the girls also made it as a representative and main focus in BBC and France’s 2nd TV’s broadcast about the globalization of K-pop, as they are regarded as the best representative of K-pop as a whole.

Along with their popularity, SNSD’s value to market products has also greatly increased as proven from the ‘Chocolate Love’ PV for LG to working with famed director James Cameron for the promotion of Samsung’s 3D TV. Later, they worked with one of the biggest computer processor producer in the world Intel for their Asian Campaign and provided another PV, namely ‘Visual Dreams’ because they have attractive appearances and are also believed to be capable of raising the sales rate of the already well-known product.

However, what we are trying to say here is that these amazing results did not come out of nowhere. In order to get started in K-pop, you are usually required to spend around five to eight years as trainees, besides aiming for the global market primarily. Thus, having Jessica and Tiffany, who have lived in the US, is an advantage and a great weapon for SNSD.

Besides that, the staff working closely with the group and supporting them are also top-class composers, song writers and choreographers. They have all the necessities for productions aiming for worldwide promotion.

For a top group like SNSD, it was a pleasant surprise to find out that they are not arrogant at all when you actually get to meet them in person. Rather, they are sweet and straightforward girls, so sometimes it feels as if they are not defending themselves. They have extremely good relationships with each other even when each member is unique and different from the others.

One of the main strengths of SNSD is that every member is an all-round player that can switch to any positions of the group and yet keep their charms and uniqueness. Each member is great in terms of vocals and dancing, and some are exceptionally talented in either one.

Furthermore, each member had the chance to expand her talents in individual commercials, dramas or variety shows so all nine members have their own territories to shine in and they do not have fixed positions such as leader or “centre”.

In 2009, wearing identical performance uniforms, they performed ‘Gee’ and ‘Genie’, showing how SNSD is a group of all-round players. To get to know more of SNSD’s true selves, it is recommended for readers to search on YouTube for their charismatic dance steps, great vocals singing famous western music and as well as their playful sides in talk shows.

When asked about their strength to help them stand out from other groups around the world, Jessica replied, “We have nine colors, just like how the colors of the rainbow vary. Furthermore, the energy and teamwork shines brighter when all nine of us are together.”

Like what Jessica said, fans around the world focus mainly on their uniqueness as well as teamwork. Not only that, the fact that they are very hardworking is also their weapon to success. Each member has gone through 10 hours of harsh training every day during their teenage years. This story itself has become a unique and valuable part of SNSD and this “uniqueness” has motivated each member to work even harder.

Taeyeon talked about their latest single ‘Mr. Taxi’ and stated, “The dance moves were hard. However, since we have been singing and dancing to a wide range of songs, this song wasn’t exceptionally hard.”

On the other hand, when asked about the song which can best represent SNSD, Sooyoung answered, “’Run Devil Run’ because it is the coolest and most artistic song. Also, we enjoyed performing this song the most.”

The girls do not allow themselves to feel proud or satisfied by only having the cute image as stars.

Maxime Paque, who runs Korean Connection, a French K-pop fansite, stated, “They are all hardworkers compared to some European stars. Korean stars are just like athletes.”

These girls do not only have to care about their health, have daily training, but also listen to Corinne Bailey Rae or Bruno Mars, and watch online video sites to try out new dance steps.

SNSD, who works hard day and night, can proudly state that they know their own values and the expectations of fans.

So, we cannot help but wonder, why is the world attracted to them?

Their agency, SM Entertainment, have used worldwide platforms such as YouTube in order to expand their stage globally. Because they have “shared” the growth of SNSD as a group, they have also successfully created fans worldwide. You can even think that when SNSD is releasing a Japanese PV, there are more international fans waiting than Japanese fans. Through these global modes of communications, SNSD has improved their attractiveness and more fans look forward to their next albums.

K-pop and Bollywood are the two best examples of successfully integrating YouTube into a business strategy. Because American pop music has already been known worldwide, YouTube was used only to slightly expand on their popularity.

However, it is a completely different story for K-pop. There are not much ways that Europe and South America can get to know K-pop. Thus, they have to find out about K-pop themselves through YouTube and Internet.

Luca, an administrator of a Brazilian SNSD fan site stated, “While I was searching for pretty computer wallpapers, I came across the nine beautiful girls and started to search about them. 2 years ago, it was extremely difficult to find information about them. However, due to the internet, there are more and more fans. Our site has around 3,000 to 4,000 visits daily now.”

Maxime Paquet stated, “I think that the French listeners are slowly getting sick of western pop culture. K-pop is extremely similar to American pop culture. However, they have something that American pop culture is lacking in. Furthermore, K-pop entertainers have shown their high quality as all-round entertainers. They all sing and dance very well. Maybe the fact that their hardwork is shown clearly during their performances is fresh to the French listeners. K-pop listeners are still increasing in number and I assume that there’s around a hundred thousand listeners in France.”

People compared K-pop artists with American pop artists and chose to listen to K-pop, a genre of music from a far eastern country and the same thing is happening in Japan. It is also said that the teenagers react most to SNSD.

Even though no one tells them who sings and dances better, Japanese teenagers will naturally know by comparing SNSD to other Japanese idols. They will then accept SNSD as well as the fact that their success is the product of their hardwork.

K-pop is trying to replace what was called as western music. We can’t say for sure why the new global stars are cute Asians. It might be the result of great business strategies, or it might be because the world has been desiring something Asian for a long time.

We won’t answer why it has to be these 9 girls for this phenomenon to happen. What we can tell you is that if the 21st century were to be the age for Asians, then the success of SNSD is the sign for the start of that age.

Meanwhile, here is the interview we conducted with each of the nine girls of SNSD, where ten questions were asked. The ten questions asked to SNSD are as follows:

1. How would you describe your personality in one word?

2. When was the moment you were glad to be a member of SNSD?

3. What strength do you think you have that you can be proud of internationally?

4. Please tell us which member you respect and why you respect her.

5. Which song and artist are you into right now?

6. What do you want to develop more on as an artist?

7. Which Korean celebrity do you admire? What’s the reason?

8. What made you happy recently?

9. What compliment makes you happy?

10. What’s your ideal dating course?

Hyoyeon

1989/B

Dancing is her specialty.

Her powerful performance exceeds female level.

“I want to learn various hip hop dances.”

1. Cool

2. When I stand on stage

4. Seohyun because she’s optimistic

5. Jessica J’s ‘Do It Like a Dude’

6. I think it is necessary for us to keep trying hard. I want to try hip hop dance from old school to newest styles.

7. I was motivated while recently watching a Japanese dancer on YouTube. I don’t remember the name though.

8. When I succeeded in shopping! When people saw me with my new clothes, they said that I’m very stylish!

9. When they say that I am charismatic on stage.

10. Looking at flowers in spring. I like tulips.

Seohyun

1991/A

Youngest in the group.

The bookworm of the group and is a fan of the Korean author Lee JiSung.

“I enjoy reading because there are a lot of encouraging books.”

1. Positive! Cautious.

2. When a lot of people tell us that they get encouraged while listening or watching our music.

3. The fact that the nine of us can provide bright energies to make global fans smile. We can also speak English, Chinese, and Japanese!

4. Hyoyeon’s caring personality.

5. Hot Potato’s ‘Confession’ and Taylor Swift’s ‘Speak Now’

6. I want to try composing and song writing.

8. When my parents compliment my actions.

9. Had a good family education, professional and is good at self-control.

10. Parks or rivers where we can feel the nature.

Tiffany

1989/O

From US

Her friend told her, “Your debut story is like a movie scenario.”

1. Wild

2. When I perform in front of large audiences on stage

3. Teamwork, stage performance

4. Taeyeon because she is good with rhythm and she’s really cool while dancing.

5. Katy Perry, P!nk

7. Lee HyoRi, because she has always been passionate on stage since her idol years. I admire how she always tries her best.

8. When the filming for ‘Mr.Taxi’ PV ended.

9. I’m happy when people who watched our performances tell us that we are good.

10. I want to have a date that won’t get off my mind the whole day.

Yuri

1989/AB

Has written the lyrics for one of their songs.

“When you put in your feelings to the lyrics, you can express your feelings better while singing.”

1. Energetic

2. All the time. I am thankful to the fact that I can always share the music I like as well as creating memories and learning new things.

3. Teamwork

4. Tiffany because she is always passionate on things that she likes and is eager to learn.

5. P!nk’s performances.

6. I was very motivated while watching foreign artists’ concert videos recently. Having your own style of music is an amazing thing so I’m working hard to become those kinds of artists.

8. When I hear my manager saying that he gets motivated by my passion and hardwork.

10. Taking a walk.

Sooyoung

1990/O

Her specialty is Japanese.

“I wish to become a type of person who can make others feel comfortable, at work or in daily life.”

1. Enthusiastic and lively, but shy.

2. Always because I am able to achieve things that I couldn’t have done alone.

3. Each of the member’s charms and the energy we have onstage.

4. Seohyun because even though she’s the youngest of the group, she can take care of herself well.

5. P!nk’s ‘Dear My President’, ‘Perfect’, Bruno Mars and James Morrison

6. I want to have one thing that I can proudly say that I am confident in.

8. When my pet got better from being sick, I was really happy.

9. When I hear that I make others feel comfortable, I feel happy.

10. A date where we eat, drink coffee and talk?

Sunny

1989/B

Talks well and is the mood maker of the group.

“When I participated in shows alone, I felt thankful to the members.”

1. Optimistic

2. When we go on stage. Because the members have a good relationship with each other, we have never been bored even in other countries.

3. Teamwork.

4. Tiffany because she gets along well with others.

5. Tamia’s ‘Officially Missing You’.

6. Because I still have a lot more to improve in every perspective, I think I have to work harder.

7. WheeSung. I admired him since he was our vocal trainer, but I really like how he is always trying his best.

8. When my 2-year old niece smiled while looking at me. I was really happy and glad.

9. “You are improving” and “You seemed to have gotten prettier”.

10. Amusement parks

Taeyeon

1989/Blood type O

Outstanding singing skills acknowledged by fellow members.

Finds that her ‘ability to immerse people into the music by her voice’ is her strong suit.

1. The Universe

2. When I wake up and wash my face.

3. The fact that some concepts can only be used well on SNSD.

4. Yuri. I respect her for being able to do something with perseverance.

5. Recently I’m into Frankie J’s ‘Don’t Wanna Try’.

6. I want to study more on music, because I want to become a singer who can present any kind of song well.

8. I feel really happy when I watch DVD movies on my own in the room.

9. From the opposite gender, it will be “Your song is great” or “You sing well”. From the same gender, it will be “Your skin looks great”.

10. I wish to go to an amusement park.

Jessica

1989/Blood type B

Born in the US.

Took the leading role in the musical ‘Legally Blonde’,

“I started to have a positive mind, and started to like pink too!”

1. Cool (Smiles)

2. The fact that I have friends and colleagues for life.

3. We have nine colors, just like how the colors of the rainbow vary. Furthermore, the energy and teamwork shines brighter when all nine of us are together.

4. All our members’ endurance!

5. Corrine Bailey Rae’s ‘Paris Nights/New York Morning’ and ‘My love’

7. It’s BoA sunbae. She gives me a lot of advices and I like how she always put efforts into her work.

8. A birthday party for myself, with many precious people around. ❤

9. When they say “your voice is beautiful”.

10. Amusement park, ice skating and shopping

YoonA

1990/ Blood Type B

Active as an individual actress and model, “I enjoy presenting so many styles to the people, while gaining experiences.”

1. Bright.

2. When I was pursuing my individual career, I felt lonely. (smiles) I like it very much when I’m with the members, because they become my energy.

4. Seohyun. She always studies hard. Although she has a tender heart, she is really worth the respect.

5. Boys II Men’s ‘End of the road’, Bruno Mars’ ‘Just, the way you are’ (This song is nice!)

6. It’s important to always build my character and constantly try to upgrade myself.

8. When I got my driving license.

9. If they add an “I knew that you are…” before their compliments, it gives me the feeling that they trust me.

10. Drive on a beautiful road.

SNSD traveled more than 25,000 km within 10 days

2011-06-25T08:54:00.000-07:00

On cable channel, Mnet’s daily information programn ‘WIDE Entertainment News’ aired at 5pm KST on June 24th, SNSD’s air travel mileage was revealed.According to a study by the staff of the program, SNSD traveled in and out of Korea more than 8 times from June 8th to June 18th. In order to fulfill their official schedules, the girls have traveled more than 25,086km. For illustration purpose, the distance covered is about the distance of one going on a Seoul-Busan-Seoul trip for 25 times. Distance between Seoul and Busan is about 456 km.

Last year, Rain recorded accumulative mileage of 670,000km within his 8-year activities. With their global-scale popularity, the girls are expected to exceed Rain’s figure.

Japanese fans aspire to be SNSD!

2011-06-25T08:51:00.000-07:00

On Nihon TV’s ‘ZIP’ aired on June 22nd (morning) the ‘SNSD craze’ in Japan was discussed in a section entitled ‘I want to be SNSD’.

The program featured an interview with a group of young female fans at the ‘Japan Arena Tour’ concert, a young girl in her teens who wants to be the 10th member of SNSD and also a group of students learning SNSD’s dance steps in a dancing school.

Japanese female fans come from different age groups but they seem to have similar opinions about SNSD. Among their comments were, “To be like SNSD, I’m currently on diet”, “I want to be like SNSD” and “Dance, songs and everything about them is perfect”.

Particularly, an elementary school female student said, “I want to become a singer like SNSD” and expressed her desire to spend hundreds of million of yens to renovate certain areas of her house into a dancing room.

In addition to that, a dancing school specializing in SNSD’s choreography stated, “The students adore SNSD very much”. To date, more than 1000 students have enroled for the SNSD dance course, which was introduced since SNSD’s Japanese debut last year. It was also mentioned that any student who has completed 4 sessions (1.5 hours each) would be able to master the choreography of a particular song.

Besides this, SNSD’s ‘nail fashion’ also seems to be a hot demand at a Korean-owned nail shop in Japan. The shop received a lot of requests requests such as, “I want my nails to look like Sooyoung’s in SNSD’s ‘Hoot’ album jacket”.

Ray Magazine (August 2011 issue)

2011-06-25T08:46:00.000-07:00

Taeyeon

9^th March 1989

Interests: Movie, Music, Book reviews

With outstanding singing skills

Q1. What are the charms of SNSD that you know as a member of the group?

It’s our simplicity and frankness and how we behave naturally all the time.

Q2. What is the song you would sing for people in love?

I will recommend “Born to be a lady”.

Q3. Who are the people you consider to be your allies?

It’s our fans. They always give us support and the energy to produce the next album. We never fail to get strength from our fans.

Q4. What do you want to be if you were to be reborn again?

A bird, I admire them because they can fly!

Q5. Who is the member you would marry if you were a man?

Myself. (Smiles) Because I know myself the best.

Q6. What is the fashion item you are aiming for this summer?

During summer, your arms will usually be exposed when you wear short-sleeves or no-sleeves, so I will find some bracelets that will stand out.

Q7. Please reveal the secrets of your fair skin.

I will do hot-packing before firming, sometimes I also use scrubs.

Q8. Which is the place you wish to go in Japan?

Tokyo’s Disneyland and hot spring.

Q9. Any surprises from Japan’s culture and habits?

How they broadcast live on TV early in the morning.

Q10. If you broke up with your lover, how will you overcome this?

I think time heals all wounds.

Q11. What do you do when you can’t sleep?

I listen to music. My favourite artiste changes from time to time. (Smiles)

Jessica

18^th April 1989

Interests: Move, music reviews, shopping

Specialized in: Singing, English and Piano

Born in San Francisco

Q12. How will the aura be like when all members gather around?

It will be very noisy but relaxed.

Q13. When people do Gee and Genie dance covers, what are the key dance steps?

In either ways, leg movements are the key steps. You can check them out through MVs.

Q14. Your impression on Japanese guys?

I feel that they’re very careful and sensible. They’re cautious and careful all the time.

Q15. Have you ever gone for shopping in Japan?

Yes. I like Shibuya’s opening ceremony. Because we don’t have this in Korea, I will go for shopping when I come to Japan.

Q16. What are the things that give you comfort?

Bag and shoes. When I see cute things I will purchase it ‘unconsciously’.

Q17. If you were to be reborn again, would you like to be a girl or a boy?

I would still like to be a girl. Then I can have a lot of styles!

Q18. What are your thoughts while trying out your roles in the musical ‘Legally Blonde’?

I feel that it’s a new experience. I took the leading role, the musical is a fresh experience for me and I found it enjoyable.

Q19.What kind of styles and behaviors of a man that could make your heart pounds?

When he suddenly touches my fringe and helps me tidy it up. (Smiles)

Q20. What do you think of Japanese female fans?

They have a variety of personalities and they love fashion.

Q21. Which sports do you have confidence in?

I’m not very good at sports……..Although I like watching footfall, I don’t enjoy playing it by myself.

Q22. Please reveal the secrets of maintaining nice legs.

Although I don’t put extra attention into it….. Sometimes I will get into a hot tub.

Hyoyeon

22th September 1989

Interest: Movie reviews, Shopping, Chinese

Attract fans with powerful dance performances.

Q23. What are the new trends among girl groups?

It’s nail art. I like leopard spots, so I will keep the design but only change the colors.

Q24. Something that all the members want to do in Japan?

Go to Sapporo during winter, and other places that receive positive comments, like hot spring.

Q25. Which is the place you like most about your face?

Is it the eyes…… If not it will be the face when I smile. Because people around me praise me about that. When I talk about it myself, it’s a little embarrassing. (Smiles)

Q26. Food you like?

Korea’s rice cake (“tteok”), in hot sauce….. and tteok…. Whatever it is, as long as it has the word ‘tteok’, I will like it.

Q27. Sports that you would take up as a challenge?

Swimming. Previously when we went overseas for filming, members played at the sea. Because I’m bad at swimming, I want to do it well. (Smiles)

Q28. What do you think of Japanese females?

I think they have strong personalities and confidence.

Q29. How do you overcome it when you’re disheartened?

Because I have my parents at home, I can go home, relax and rest, then I will feel better.

Q30. How is your room decorated?

Simple but it has a ‘princess style’ to it (Smiles). My curtain has lace, basic color being ivory, and the main color is pink.

Q31. How is your character when you’re with friends?

I will be very naughty. (Smiles) I will also crack a lot of jokes.

Q32. You receive good comments on your dance performance. What are the points to note when you dance?

I think it’s taking note of the angles and settings in front of the mirror, eye movements too.

Q33. Something that you will never forgive?

Betrayal. Because I’m the type of person who takes relationships seriously. I would really feel hurt.

Seohyun

28^th June 1991

Interests: Music reviews

Specialised in: piano, singing and Chinese

Maknae who receives a lot of love from the members.

Q34. What’s on your mind during performances?

I will enjoy it while thinking ‘Let’s enjoy this moment’.

Q35. What is the fashion you want to try out this summer?

Usually I stick to basic styles but this time, from summer onwards, I want to try other styles too.

Q36. Your happiest moment?

When I accomplish something I’ve planned for.

Q37. What’s the job that you would want to take up?

A professor in a university. Because professor is the one who guides students on the road to their dreams. I think it’s a very meaningful job to take up.

Q38. Do you think your fashion has to suit the taste of someone you like?

Although it’s important to wear something you like, to a certain extend, trying to match the taste of people you like is not a bad choice too. (Smiles)

Q39. What is your dream in the future?

I want to do something that empowers people and give them strength.

Q40. If time machine ever exists, which era would you like to go to and what would you do?

Into the future, because as society develops, I’m curious how it will be like from now on.

Q41. A number you like?

Q42. When is the time that thoughts like ‘Still a young child~’ comes to your mind?

When I can’t control my own emotions properly.

Q43. A tour spot in Korea you would recommend?

The Gyeongbok Palace because it’s a place where you can experience Korea’s history and culture.

Q44. You’re the most serious member, anything you like being a dongsaeng (younger sister)?

Because I’m the only daughter in the family, whenever I’m with my 8 cute unnies (older sisters), I feel very happy.

Yuri

5^th December 1989

Interests: Books

Specialized in: Dance, acting, swimming

The outstanding health-mania is the result of Yoga and sports.

Q45. What kind of female you would want to be 10 years later?

I think it will be good if I can continue doing music like now, and at the same time save some space to enjoy life as well as becoming a career woman. I also want to make one of my dreams come true, which is to master Japanese language, and take up some roles in Japanese drama and movies.

Q46. When is the time you think that you’ve already grown into an adult?

When I try to smile instead of getting angry. Now I have learned to take everything easy.

Q47. If you don’t have anything to do now, what would you want to do then?

Because I really like music very much, I think I will still be doing music anywhere I go.

Q48. If you were to become another member for one day, who would you choose to be?

Although all of them are great, I’ve never thought of being someone else. (Smiles)

Q49. In a day, when do you feel the calmest?

When I wake up in the morning and the bright sunlight shines on my face.

Q50. What is the dream that makes you feel good when it comes true?

I want to master Japanese language. I also want to watch Japanese dramas without subtitles.

Q51. A Korean food and drink that you would like to recommend?

Biji Jjigae. It’s a stew made using tofu residue. It’s tasty and is also good for health.

Q52. Something that made you cry recently?

During acting lessons, when I was angry with myself for not speaking well.

Q53. Please tell us some simple ways to maintaining health.

Before you sleep, look back at the entire day and be self-affirmed. That is really simple!

Q54. What kind of fashion do you like?

Chic styles that make use of black and grey designs. I also like to wear simple and basic items.

Q55. Something that you’re currently interested in?

Stage performances. So, I’m learning it through watching foreign artistes’ live performance videos.

Sunny

15^th May 1989

Interests: Sports, music reviews, shopping

With a cheerful character, she is also active in variety broadcasts.

Q56. What is your most nervous moment?

When I get returns for my hard works. When our fans have good reactions to it, I feel really satisfied.

Q57. Something that you want to do when it comes to summer?

Going for vacation. It will be nice going to the beach, I also want to go to tropical regions and eat delicious fruits!

Q58. If you are to change your hairstyle, what kind of hairstyle would you like to try?

Short hair! I want to keep it very short. (Smiles)

Q59. A book or comic you like?

Novels written by a French writer called Bernard Werber. A Comic would be “One Piece” which teaches us about friendship and fate.

Q60. What kind of compliment do you want to hear from a man?

‘You’re charming’ or ‘You’re smart and mature’.

Q61. How would you react if you forget about the lyrics or dance steps?

It’s important to stay calm and act naturally! Also, quickly make myself steady.

Q62. Your impression on Japan?

Everything is in order right start from the airport, people have good manners, roads are also neat and clean.

Q63. A place for shopping in Korea that you would recommend?

Seoul’s Garosugil (Tree-lined street). There are a lot of café houses and clothing stalls. You can find a lot of clothes there. It’s also a place that I like very much.

Q64. How do other people comment on your characters?

They say that I’m cheerful and lively but I think, other than that, I’m also quite reserved sometimes. However, I’m working hard on becoming more cheerful.

Q65. Any ways to relieve stress?

Watch TV or movies then go to sleep. I like thrillers and mysteries.

Q66. When you go out with others for a meal, what would you choose to eat?

Japanese Ramen. I like Miso ramen the best. (Smiles)

Sooyoung

10^th February 1990

Interests: Movies, music reviews

Specialized in: dance, acting, Japanese

Knows a lot about Japanese culture and habits.

Q67. Is there something that you must eat when you come to Japan?

Fried oysters. They taste the best when they’re fried!

Q68. What do you talk about when members gather around?

We talk about nice food or discuss about other artistes’ new songs.

Q69. Do you prefer confessing to the person you like, or get confessions from others?

I’m a young girl so I would prefer getting confessions if possible. (Smiles)

Q70. Say a word about your characters?

When I asked Taeyeon-jang, she said ‘like the sky’ (Smiles) because my emotions are very stable so I think this is the way to describe me.

Q71. Please tell us some Japanese words you like.

Food.

Q72. Something that made you laugh recently?

When I said “We are Sooyoung!” instead of “I am Sooyoung!” during our trip to China.

Q73. Are you aware of fashion trends?

Although I feel that I’m aware of that, I would like to have my own style.

Q74. If there was a conflict among the members, how would you solve it?

Talking to each other will do. And say ‘sorry…….’ to each other sincerely.

Q75. What is the most touching movie or drama you’ve watched until now?

Korean drama will be ‘Love Generation’ and ‘The Painter of the Wind’. I also like Japan’s ‘Nobuta wo Produce’. Movie would be “Forrest Gump”.

Q76. Something you’re currently interested in?

Fashion, Travel, and artist P!NK.

Q77. Do you have complex emotions?

Of course I have.

YoonA

30^th May 1990

Interests: Movie review

Specialized in: Acting

Active as an actress.

Q78. What kind of people are the members to you?

People who understand one another even without saying anything.

Q79. Please tell us your dream as a group.

Always take up new challenges, we are also thinking of becoming a more and more charming Girls’ Generation.

Q80. Which part of your body do you like the most?

My hands. My fingers are so long that I’ve never considered them cute last time. But I started to gain confidence afterwards.

Q81. If you were to have a date during summer, what kind of date would you like to have?

I would like to walk on a long and beautiful road, on a day of mild weather. In the evening, I will drive along the Han River under the lights, that will be great too.

Q82. Food that you dislike?

I’m not particular about food. I eat a lot!

Q83. What do you do to maintain your style?

Recently I go to gym for exercises. I also eat a lot, which gives me the energy to dance.

Q84. What do you do during your holidays?

I watch movies and meet up with friends. I also go to the gym.

Q85. A country that you’d want to go, at least once?

Czech Republic, especially Prague.

Q86. Something that you would consider a treasure?

An album that contains my photos since young. My mobile phone is also a treasure. (Smiles)

Q87. What is the source of your luck?

I react very sensitively to the weather. So I’ll be happy on bright days!

Q88. What are your thoughts about the Japanese broadcasts?

I was surprised looking at Japan’s camera sets and the speed they switch from one to another.

Tiffany

1^st August 1989

Interests: English, Music reviews

Specialized in: English, Plotting stories, singing

Born in L.A

Q89. Do you go out with the members and what do you do?

We go for shopping or movies. Recently we also went for bowling.

Q90. Something that you want to try from now onwards?

Because the language that first comes to my mind is English, I want to try acting in America.

Q91. How do you keep everything uniform with all the members when you dance?

Because we do it together for a long time, we don’t have the sense of being stressed trying to breathe at the same rate. All of us have high expectations even after we’ve completed the task.

Q92. Any Korean drama you would like to recommend?

‘Secret Garden’ and ‘Hwang Jin Yi” are really interesting dramas!

Q93. Something that you’re really bad at?

Making people laugh. Because I take things seriously, I can’t say anything funny.

Q94. What kind of male fashion do you like?

Style that looks rough, and is outstanding anywhere a person goes. Because I think that one can tell another person’s sense from his accessories, I look at their shoes and watches. (Smiles)

Q95. Do you have good sleeping habits?

According to the members, I behave well when I sleep. (Smiles)

Q96. What was your dream when you were young?

I wanted to become a singer and lawyer like Elle Woods in the movie ‘Legally Blonde’.

Q97. What kind of woman would you think, “she’s beautiful”?

Someone who has confidence and passion. Also someone who is attractive.

Q98. What kind of fashion do you pay attention to?

All! If I want to wear one-piece dress with feminine style, I would choose matching shoes to go with it, right? In this way, I’m pretty concerned about all kinds of fashions. (Smiles)

Q99. A message to Ray’s readers!

Thank you for always supporting us! I feel that the 8^th month publication is a gift for me because my birthday is in August!

Q100. What do you need for your future plans?

Tiffany: Exercises. I don’t like to exercise so I haven’t been doing it for 3 years, but recently I go to the gym and toughened up my body. Also, to present a good image during the Japan tour, I would work out even if I’m tired.

Yuri: I need instruments or guitar for my music compositions. I went to Shibuya’s big instrument shop before, and I want to own all the things in the shop. (Smiles)

Jessica: To have dreams. I think it’s good to have big dreams. People will work towards their goal if they have one. To me, I want to try shoe designing in the future.

Sooyoung: Exercises. Because no matter what we want to do, health is always the priority. So, I think nothing will work if we don’t build up our physical strength.

YoonA: I want to upgrade myself. To display my abilities, it’s important to have passion in anything I do. I think it will be good if I have better concentration.

Hyoyeon: Learning to speak and master languages. Now I’m studying Japanese language. I also think that I should study Chinese so that I won’t forget what I learned in China during my 1 year study there.

Taeyeon: I want to study music. Because I feel that if one cannot make her own music, she cannot find anything to express herself.

Sunny: We need to plan our future properly, both for SNSD and for ourselves. It’s important to prepare ourselves well for the future.

Seohyun: I think no matter what we do, the basic of all is still health. As health is not something to be achieved within one day, it’s important to take care of our food intake and habits, as well as to take in vitamins.

SNSD made first appearance on men’s mag!

2011-06-23T01:57:00.000-07:00

The July edition of Japan’s popular men’s magazine, ‘GQ Japan’ which will be available in the market starting June 24th, would definitely be given thumbs up as well as the satisfaction-guaranteed-look by any man as Asia’s no.1 girl group, SNSD would be featured in it. It also contains an interview section with the girls.

According to Japan’s Oricon on June 23rd, GQ Japan also introduced SM Entertainment’s development program. From the interview carried out by GQ Japan with SNSD, one would be able to understand the hard times the girls had gone through before becoming who they are today. The girls had undergone a strict 10-hour training every day. Everything that the girls went through as trainees during their 5 to 8 years pre-debut period were recorded in detail.

In addition to that, it was also mentioned that the use of world’s largest video sharing site, YouTube plays a major role in propelling SNSD’s popularity among international fans.

This was the first time SNSD were featured in Japan’s men’s magazine. Since there seems to be more female SONEs in Japan, we will not be surprised if there are actually more females getting the July edition of this magazine.

SNSD, the best selling foreign artistes in Japan!

2011-06-23T01:41:00.000-07:00

SNSD recorded a total sales of 2.6 billion Yen in the first half of 2011, according to ‘Oricon 2011 first half ranking’ which placed them at the no.1 spot in terms of total sales among foreign artistes and 5th among the top selling artistes in Japan.

AKB48 sold the most with 6.66 billion Yen, followed by Arashi with 6.59 billion Yen. EXILE came in 3rd with 4.68 billion Yen while Japanese diva, Namie Amuro was just a spot in front of Shoujo Jidai with a total sales amounting to 2.7 billion Yen. Kara took the 6th spot with sales of 2.15 billion Yen. SNSD and Kara who are the symbols of Kpop fever in Japan since last year had managed to be in the top 10 best selling artistes in Japan for the first half of 2011.

After 3 weeks of its release, SNSD’s 1st Japanese studio album ‘Girls’ Generation’ has recorded a total sales of 378,534 copies. With sales volume reaching 400,000, the initial shipment of 500,000 copies proved to be too little. In order to cope with the demand, additional 100,000 copies are being shipped.

AKB48 members touched and wowed by SNSD’s performances

2011-06-23T01:34:00.000-07:00

On June 18th, Kikuchi Ayaka, Oota Aika, Nakagawa Haruka and 5 other members of Japan’s famous girl group, AKB48 visited SNSD in Tokyo, took photos with them and wrote about their experiences at SNSD’s ’1st Japan Arena Tour 2011′ concert in their blogs.

In the photos, SNSD and AKB48 members were seen in cute and friendly poses. The girls of AKB48 appeared to be in a really jovial mood while making some poses with the gifts they received at the concert.

One of the AKB48 who were present at SNSD’s concert in Tokyo, Kikuchi Ayaka stated, “I went to SNSD’s live concert. I’ve really learned a lot. They were really good in dancing. Indeed, their styles were really cool. I was shocked. I’ve already surrendered”.

Another member of AKB48, Oota Aika wrote, “They were really cute. It was touching and fun. Even though there were 9 members, they were always together in their performances and I was touched by this.”

Kim Jeong Hoon : When SNSD appeared on TV….

2011-03-04T00:45:00.000-08:00

Former UN (United N-generation) member cum actor Kim Jeong Hoon who was based in Cheolwon GOP is another witness of the Soshi effect in the army. At 8am KST on February 28th, Kim Jeong Hoon said, “I’m really touched to see my fans again after waiting for two years”.

He added, “After I joined the army, girl group power was on the rise. In Cheolwon, everytime SNSD appeared on TV, everyone disappeared from the hallway”.

Kim Jeong Hoon was enlisted into the army in April 2009 and since January last year, he has been serving at the National Defense Public Relations Division.

SNSD to cheer for Oryx Buffaloes in Osaka on Korean Day

2011-03-04T00:40:00.000-08:00

SNSD will be meeting Park Chan Ho and Lee Seungyeob soon.

SNSD who are not only popular in Korea but also in Japan will be traveling to Osaka to cheer for Japanese Baseball team, Oryx Buffaloes and also top Korean players, Park Chan Ho and Lee Seung Yeob at the ‘Korean Day’ event match.

To add more excitement to the game, Oryx decided to invite SNSD. A representative of Oryx said, “We have contacted the relevant department in charged of SNSD on this matter. Since SNSD will be visiting the stadium on Saturday, April 23rd, a huge turnout can be expected”. In the event, SNSD will be singing the national anthem as well as throwing and hitting the first ball of the game.

SNSD and Kara are both popular among Oryx Buffaloes players, especially among the younger players.

Will Seo Hyun give her first kiss to Yong Hwa?

2011-03-04T00:32:00.000-08:00

On MBC TV ‘We Got Married (WGM) Season 2′ to be aired on March 5th, there is a great interest among fans and viewers on whether the virtual couple would actually kiss on the show.

This episode features the shooting of the couple’s wedding moments. The YongSeo couple looks like a real pair of bride and groom where the handsome Yong Hwa put on in his tuxedo and the angelic Seo Hyun in her wedding dress.

Particluarly in one of the photos, Seo Hyun who put on a pink wedding dress with a headband and Yong Hwa who wore a black tuxedo with a pink bowtie, posed in such a way that Yong Hwa pushed a bicycle full of sweet potato with Seo Hyun holding on to his arm.(*I believe this would become the famous pose for future couples).

Meanwhile, 2AM member Im Seulong and MC Kim Nayoung visited the set of the shooting and while eating snacks with them she said, “Now, you need to gargle, don’t you?”,hinting that the two should be kissing after that and the YongSeo couple felt embarrassed upon hearing that remark.

So of the netizens commented, “Other than the sweet potato on the bicycle, I can’t see anything else”, “I hope the two of them really love each other very much”, “I want to see them kiss like Jo Kwon and Ga In”, “What a perfect match. I want to see more pictures”, etc.

SNSD unleased ‘girl power’ in Japan

2011-03-04T00:28:00.000-08:00

SNSD who debuted in Japan September last year were ranked 2nd in Japan’s Girl Group Power Ranking, a sign that the craze for Korean Wave in the country is on the rise.

In the newly-released March Issue of Nikkei Entertainment, Japan’s Girl Group Power Ranking was published. The ranking was determined based on last year’s average album sales.

AKB48, dubbed by Korean media as Japan’s version of SNSD, took the no.1 spot. Based on Oricon’s Singles sales data, AKB48 sold an average of 670,000 copies from December 2009 to December 2010. SNSD, whose hit songs include ‘Genie’, ‘Gee’, etc recorded an average sales of 121,000 copies and the girls were ranked 2nd. 3-member girl group Perfume came in 3rd with an average sales of 109,000 copies while Kara came in 4th.

Meanwhile, SKE48 took the 5th spot with 100,000 copies, adult version of AKB48, SDN48DL in 6th, Morning Musume in 7th, Idoling in 8th, Berryz Koubou in 9th and Momoiro Clover grabbed the 10th spot.

Sunny voted as ‘Best Variety Idol’ on Daum Star Ranking

2010-12-27T23:24:00.000-08:00

From a poll conducted from December 21st to December 27th to determine the ’2010 Best Variety Idol’, Sunny emerged as the winner as she obtained over 50,000 votes from the 7-day poll, leaving behind her closest contender IU by more than 40,000 votes.

Congratulations to Sunny. 역시 이순규!

SNSD ranked among top 10 artists who shine in Japan in 2010

2010-12-27T23:19:00.000-08:00

From December 3rd to December 24th, an online survey was conducted on Japan’s Asahi TV’s ‘Music Station’ to determine the ‘Artists who shine in the year 2010‘.

From the poll result, Kara and SNSD were placed within the top 10, alongside popular Japanese artists such as Fukuyama Masaharu, Arashi, AKB48, Nishino Kana, Perfume, etc. Kara was ranked 6th while SNSD took the 9th spot.

This year, SNSD’s Japanese singles ‘Genie‘ and ‘Gee‘ have both surpassed sales of 100,000 copies respectively and recorded a total revenue of 880 million yen from all the singles and album sales in Japan this year. Besides that, SNSD’s 2nd Japanese Single ‘Gee‘ was also awarded the Best Single Award at the ‘2010 BIGLOBE Music Award‘ and ranked no.2 on ‘The 43rd Oricon Annual Ranking 2010‘ newcomers’ sales category. Such is the huge popularity and impressive achievement of SNSD in Japan this year.

SNSD praised for being the most economical when it comes to online shopping

2010-12-27T23:14:00.001-08:00

One A Day Social Commerce shopping mall, Crazy Ticket conducted a survey from November 29th to December 23rd entitled ‘Which girl group would pay great attention to economical shopping through social commerce?’ involving 889 participants. From the survey result, SNSD topped the list where 442 participants (49.7%) voted for them. T-Ara came in 2nd with 218 votes (24,5%) and 2NE1 in 3rd with 198 votes (22.3%).

A representative of Crazy Ticket said, “Through this survey, the public have told us about their thoughts and impressions of SNSD, Tiara and 2NE1′s image. Particularly, many of the respondents expressed their opinions on SNSD’s thriftiness. Some of the respondents commented, ‘In view of their busy schedules, it seems that SNSD would only buy things they really need through online open market’,'Christmas gift to express gratitude towards SNSD seems to be available through social commerce’ and ‘I will only buy necessary items which are affordable and economical through One A Day Social Commerce’”.

Meanwhile, SNSD are also the most-searched figure in 2010. According to portal site, Naver, ‘SNSD’ is the 5th most popular keyword search and 1st in terms of most searched figure.

Most people would recommend Tae Yeon to their best friends

2010-12-27T22:33:00.000-08:00

Tae Yeon is voted no.1 for the female idol that a person would most likely introduce to his/her best friend.

From a poll conducted through a portal site of the movie ‘Be All and End All (Korean:내 친구의 소원/Translation: My Friend’s Wish)‘ entitled ‘Such as in the movie ‘Be All End All’, which female idol would you introduce to your best friend to go on a blind date with?’, Tae Yeon was ranked 1st.

4minute’s HyunA came in 2nd with 31% while miss A’s Suzy and Kara’s Han Seungyeon took the 3rd and 4th spot respectively.

‘Hoot’ is no.2 on Oricon with recorded sales of 61k in Week 1

2010-12-27T22:26:00.000-08:00

Before the year ends, SNSD added another impressive achievement by securing the 2nd spot on Oricon Weekly Album Chart.

According to Oricon on December 28th, SNSD’s licensed Japanese Edition of 3rd Mini Album ‘Hoot’ recorded sales of 61,000 copies in the first week, thus making it the 2nd hottest selling album in Japan for the week.

Oricon stated, “SNSD’s single ‘Gee’ captured the 2nd spot before but not on the album chart. This is SNSD’s first top 10 entry on the album chart”.

The Japanese edition of the mini album ‘Hoot’ consists of SNSD’s hits such as ‘Tell Me Your Wish’, ‘Gee’, ‘Run Devil Run’, ‘Oh!’, etc.

SNSD topped annual sales on Hanteo as SM artists dominated the music industry in 2010

2010-12-27T22:23:00.000-08:00

2010′s music charts seemed to be dominated by SM Entertainment artists such as SNSD, Super Junior, SHINee, BoA, etc.

According to album sales information site, Hanteo Chart on December 27th, SM artists were ranked very highly in the chart as they have shown their strength in terms of total album sales, singles sales, etc. this year.

SNSD who have released 32 albums and singles since debut in 2007, topped the chart with recorded total sales of 303,442 copies this year. Super Junior and SHINee came in 2nd and 3rd respectively. JYJ took the no.4 spot, followed by Beast in 5th.

This annual aggregate chart calculates the singles and full albums involving the artists in a particular year.

In terms of sales for a single album, Super Junior’s 4th album ‘Bonamana’ is the best selling album with 132,127 copies, followed by SNSD’s ‘Oh!‘ and ‘Hoot‘ in 2nd and 3rd spot respectively. SHINee’s ‘Lucifer’ came in 4th while BoA’s ‘Hurricane Venus’ took the 5th spot. Again, all top 5 spots were occupied by SM artists.

SNSD’s ‘Oh!’ is the ‘Best Song of The Year’ on Monkey 3

2010-12-27T22:22:00.000-08:00

SNSD‘s ‘Oh!‘ was selected as the most popular song which received the most love in 2010 on online music site, ‘Monkey 3′.

The ’2010 Monkey 3 Best Song 30′ was selected based on the number downloads and online streaming from January 1st to December 10th (90%) and also Monkey 3 user votes (10%).

From these criteria, SNSD emerged as the winner with their hit song ‘Oh!’. As soon as it was released, ‘Oh!’ recorded an ‘all-kill’ on various music charts and went on to take the no.1 spot for the first half of the year on these charts, including the ‘Monkey 3′ chart as well.

SNSD are indeed the most popular singer of the year as their hits ‘Oh!’, ‘Run Devil Run’ and ‘Hoot’ dominated the charts as soon as they were officially released.

Through the scores calculated based on download and streaming figures from January 1st to December 10th on ‘Monkey 3′, ‘Best Artist’, ‘Longest Weekly Chart Winner’ and ‘Best Duet Song’ were also selected.

miss A’s ‘Bad Girl Good Girl’ was awarded the ‘Longest Weekly Chart Winner’ as the promising newcomers took no.1 on ‘Monkey 3 Weekly Chart’ for 4 weeks in a row. For the ‘Best Duet Song’ category, IU and Im Seulong (2AM)’s ‘Nagging’ secured the no.1 spot. 2AM on the other hand, were selected as the ‘Best Artist’.

SNSD ranked 4th on ‘Pop Culture Power Leader Big 30′

2010-12-27T22:19:00.000-08:00

Year 2010 is coming to an end. Media, panels of industry experts and professionals, in collaboration with Herald Economics have selected the ‘Pop Culture Power Leader Big 30‘ to acknowledge the influence and dominance in the broadcasting, films, performances, music and entertainment industry.

SNSD who were ranked 14th last year, went up 10 places to secure the no.4 spot this year, 2 spots behind the founder of SM Entertainment, Lee Sooman.

Increasing concern over idols’ dangerous work conditions

2010-12-17T05:49:00.000-08:00

With the recent injury of SNSD’s Tiffany, industry representatives have been raising voices of concern over the dangerous conditions idol singers are forced to perform in.

The majority of idols perform elaborate choreography on slippery stages while wearing clothing that distracts and gets in the way of safety measures. Female idols are especially prone to injuries, as they usually perform in 10cm ‘kill heels,’ increasing the possibility of an injury occurring.

Not only that, but their jam packed schedules and frequent dance rehearsals leave no time for rest, straining their bodies to work under high levels of fatigue.

Park Sung Jin, the director of Wellton Hospital, commented, “Injuries such as desmorrhexis are increasing amongst the youth due to intense workouts and carelessness. It’s difficult to treat damaged ligaments, and recovery takes a long time, so it’s important that injuries don’t happen at a young age.”

Santa SM to release ‘gift’ before Christmas

2010-12-17T05:45:00.000-08:00

Yes, Christmas is near and SM Entertainment has a surprise ‘gift’ for you but it’s different from other gifts, mainly because it is not free. However, if you look at it as something to make your Christmas more meaningful then yes, it is a gift.

So, what is this gift we are talking about here? Ok, i’m not going to beat around the bush any longer. It’s the ‘소녀시대 The 1st Asia Tour “Into The New World” Live Album‘. It contains a total of 38 tracks in 2 CDs. Some fans are disappointed it’s not the DVD but hey, anything that has to do with our girls is worth every cent, right? Well, add this into your Christmas shopping list and hopefully our credit card won’t be hitting its credit limit so soon.

Here’s the album information and track list:

Release Date : 23/12/2010
Price : 19,900 won(Approximately $17.23USD) (Online Sales -16,000 won,approximately $13.85USD)
Label : SM Entertainment

Contents:

CD1
01. Nine Angels
02. Tell Me Your Wish (Remix version)
03. Show! Show! Show!
04. Girls’ Generation
05. Beginning
06. It’s Fantastic
07. Etude
08. Ooh La-La!
09. Kissing You
10. One Year Later (Jessica & Onew)
11. Introduce Me A Good Person (Yoona)
12. Sunny (Sunny)
13. Umbrella (Tiffany)
14. Hush Hush (Taeyeon)
15. Chocolate Love
16. Honey
17. Dear. Mom
18. Forever

CD2
01. Day By Day
02. My Child
03. Barbie Girl (Jessica)
04. Santa Baby (Sooyoung)
05. Label: Suite “mirror” Article 4 “the morning song of a Clown”(?) (Seohyun)
06. Sixteen Going On Seventeen (Seohyun)
07. Over The Rainbow
08. 1,2 Step (Yuri)
09. Into The New World
10. Be Happy
11. Way To Go
12. Gee
13. Touch The Sky
14. NaengMyeon
15. HaHaHa
16. Complete
17. Baby Baby
18. Oh!
19. (Bonus Track) Beautiful Girls (Feat. Yoo Young Jin)
20. (Bonus Track) Singin ‘In The Rain (Studio version)

Bonus : Poster

Are you ready? Let’s take out those plastic cards!!!

Oh! SNSD won 2010 Annual K-Chart Award

2010-12-17T05:34:00.000-08:00

Awards keep flowing in for the girls! Today, SNSD were crowned with the 2010 K-Chart Award for their 2nd Album title track, ‘Oh!‘. In the first half of 2010, ‘Oh!’ consistently sat on the top of the K-Chart for 5 weeks in a row and for that, it was also chosen as the #1 song for the first half of 2010 on KBS Music Bank K-Chart.

With the win, the girls have won the Year-End K-Chart Award for 2 years in a row. In 2009, ‘Gee’ took the #1 spot for 9 weeks in a row and thus crowned as the winner for that year. To help you recall, here’s a photo from last year.

In today’s KBS Music Bank Year-End Special, out of the top 10 songs in 2010, SNSD have 3 entries. As mentioned before, ‘Oh!’ took the #1 spot, ‘Hoot’ in 4th and ‘Run Devil Run’ in 6th.

For those who missed the performances and the result announcement, here you go:

Oh! + Hoot

2010 K-Chart goes to……SNSD!!!

‘I Love You’ MR-Removed version: Tae Yeon praised for her awesome singing ability

2010-12-17T05:29:00.000-08:00

Recently, the MR-Removed version of Tae Yeon’s ‘I Love You’ (the OST for SBS drama ‘Athena’) videos have surfaced on online entertainment forum sites.

For those who are not familiar with the term, MR means Music Recorded. So, for MR-Removed videos, basically, the music is taken out from the video and all that can be heard is the artist’s actual vocal ability. This method has been used to evaluate the vocal abilities of artists such as SNSD, IU, Beast, Sistar, Tiara and other idol groups.

From the MR-removed video of ‘I Love You’, one could only come up with a conclusion that Tae Yeon’s singing ability is near-perfect as there is only a slight 1% of voice wavering and the difference between the normal and MR-removed video (in terms of singing) could hardly be detected. Composer of ‘I Love You’, Ahn Youngmin even praised Tae Yeon for her great singing ability.

Netizens who heard the MR-Removed version gave their praises to Tae Yeon:

-”Powerful singing ability”
-”How is it possible that such voice comes from someone with a kid-like face?”
-”This is a really good song. Superb singing ability”

Check out the MR-Removed version of ‘I Love You’ and be amazed!

Meanwhile, SNSD will be attending the TBS Japan Record Awards in Japan on December 30th.

Arrow dance syndrome struck Kim Tae Hee

2010-12-17T04:54:00.000-08:00

The trailer of the upcoming MBC drama, ‘My Princess’ was revealed on December 16th and Kim Tae Hee’s ‘Hoot’ dance as seen in the trailer has garnered much attention from the viewers. The new drama will be aired starting January 5th, 2011.

In the trailer, Kim Tae Hee sang SNSD’s ‘Hoot’ and cutely did the arrow dance, much to Song Seung Hun’s amazement. Ever since the trailer was released, it has gathered a lot of hot reactions from netizens.

Check out Kim Tae Hee’s version of ‘Hoot’:

Go Behind The Scene Of The Domino’s CF!

2010-12-15T23:26:00.000-08:00

A couple of BTS photos as well as a making film from the latest Domino's CF has been released hot from the oven.

Check them out under the cut.

SNSD to appear on Japanese drama ‘Sazae-san 3′

2010-12-15T23:20:00.000-08:00

SNSD will be making a surprise appearance on a Japanese drama.

According to Sankei Sports on December 16th, SNSD will be making an appearance on Fuji TV’s special drama ‘Sazae-san 3′ which is scheduled to be aired on January 2nd at 6.30pm.

According to the Japanese daily, SNSD had completed the recording for ‘Sazae-san’ in October, before Tiffany’s injury and thus, viewers would be able to see all the nine girls on the show.

The drama ‘Sazae-san’ was adapted from a Japanese comic strip created by Machiko Hasegawa which was first published on Fukunichi Shimbun on April 22nd, 1946. 23 years later, in October 1969, Fuji TV aired an animated comedy series of ‘Sazae-san’ and it is still in production
after 40 years.

In the drama, the girls will dress in cute golf costumes, revealing their slim figures. Also, this is the first time foreign guests are featured in the drama and SNSD was given that honor.

PD of the program, Asano Sumi said, “While I was looking for suitable guests for the show, I came across SNSD’s promotional video and i immediately wanted them on the show”.

SNSD commented, “We are really happy as we received lots of love from the Japanese people for our appearance on the show”.

Here’s the preview of ‘Sazae-san 3′ featuring SNSD:

3 more awards added to the trophy shelves

2010-12-15T23:12:00.000-08:00

SNSD bagged 3 awards in the ‘2010 Bugs! Music Awards‘ where the evaluations were done from November 23rd to December 13th (21 days) by Neowiz Internet Music Portal, Bugs!

In the ’2010 Bugs! Music Awards’, there were 12 categories in total such as ‘Song’, ‘Pop Song’,'Drama OST’, etc. The selection of winners is based on 100% netizen votes. The 21 days voting period attracted participation from 110,000 Bugs! members. From these 3 categories, SNSD won the ‘Song of The Year Award’, ‘Music Video of the Year Award’ and ‘Idol of the Year Award’.

The focus was mainly on the ‘Song of The Year’ category where SNSD’s hit song, ‘Oh!’ emerged as the winner with a total of 29,744 votes, about twice the number of votes received by runner-up, 2AM.

The songs and artists who won the awards for each category will be given the ’2010 Bugs! Music Awards’ recognition icon for 1 year and the names of these artists will also appear in a separate dedicated Bugs! domain to acknowledge their achievements.

The official results of the ’2010 Bugs! Music Awards’ are available at its official website.

‘Oh!’ is the No.1 video on ’2010 YouTube REWIND’

2010-12-15T23:06:00.000-08:00

SNSD’s videos were ranked 1st and 2nd on YouTube Korea’s ’2010 YouTube REWIND’.

SNSD’s ‘Oh!’ MV has been chosen as the most viewed music video on YouTube Korea, followed by ‘Run Devil Run’ MV. On the other hand, the MV for ‘Hoot’ which was released in October managed to secure the 9th spot despite the fact that it was just released about 2 months ago. ‘Oh! Dance version’ was ranked 10th and this means that there are 4 SNSD videos in the Top 10.

*Super Junior’s ‘Bonamana’ was placed 3rd, SHINee’s ‘Lucifer’ in 4th while 2NE1′s ‘Can’t Nobody’ and ‘Go Away’ grabbed the 5th and 6th spot respectively.

SNSD bagged 4 at MMA, won Artist Award for 2 years in a row

2010-12-15T22:56:00.000-08:00

DAEBAK!!! I do not know what other words to express the girls’ success. I’m lost for words so I’ll keep this really short and let the videos WOW you instead. If you’ve missed the award show earlier on, the girls won:

1. 2010 Artist Award
2. 2010 Top 10 Artist Award
3. 2010 Hot Trend Award
4. 2010 Best Dressed Award

Here are some videos of SNSD at the ’2010 Melon Music Awards’:

Red Carpet

Performances
>Hoot

>Oh!

Awards

2010 Melon Music Awards : Results

2010-12-15T22:49:00.000-08:00

2010 Artist Award
Winner: SNSD

2010 Album Award
Winner: 2NE1 – To Anyone

2010 T-World Best Song Award
Winner: 2AM – I Can’t Let You Go Even If I Die

2010 Newcomer Award
Winner: CN Blue

2010 Netizen Popularity Battle Award
Winner: Super Junior

2010 Hot Trend Award
Winner: SNSD – Hoot

2010 MBC + Star Award
Winner: Miss A

2010 OST Award
Winner: Lee Seunggi

2010 Rap/Hip-Hop Award
Winner: Supreme Team

2010 R&B Award
Winner: Gummy

2010 Trot Award
Winner: Jang Yoonjung

2010 Alternative Award
Winner: Hot Potato

2010 Music Video Award
Winner: Hwang SooAh PD – Irreversible (Ga In)

2010 Song Writer Award
Winner: Kim Ina/Lee Minsoo

2010 MBC Radio Singer Award
Winner: Jung Yeop

2010 Performance Culture Award
Winner: Psy

2010 Best Dressed Award
Winner: SNSD

Ahn Young Min commended Tae Yeon for her singing ability

2010-12-15T22:42:00.000-08:00

Composer and lyricist Ahn Young Min has nothing but praises for Tae Yeon.

In a post entitled ‘Tae Yeon – I Love You (Athena OST)’ in his own minihompy, Ahn Young Min mentioned that he worked with Tae Yeon for the OST.

Ahn Young Min stated, “This is the second time I work with Tae Yeon and it’s amazing to see that she handled the song really well. I was worried that the song might be too matured for her but when she started singing, my tears started to fall”. The well known composer went on to praise Tae Yeon in terms of her singing ability as well as how she managed to put in her feelings and emotions into the song.

Tae Yeon’s ‘I Love You’ was officially released on December 13th, the same day as the first broadcast of SBS drama ‘Athena: Goddess of
War’.

List of performances and special stages for tomorrow's Music Bank

2010-12-15T22:31:00.000-08:00

Here is the list of performances and special stages for tomorrow's Music Bank, 17 Dec 2010. (unconfirmed)

**Special Stage!!**

2010 Hot trend Ⅰ. The Center of Hallyu!

- SNSD : Oh & Hoot

- Kara : Lupin + Jumping

- Super Junior : Bonamana

**Special Stage!!**

2010 Hot trend Ⅱ. Hot Duet

- IU & Seulong(2AM) : Nagging

- Changmin &Lee;Hyun (Homme) : Still Eating Well

**Special Stage!!**

2010 Hot Trend Ⅲ. The golden generation of girl groups

DIVA 5!

- After School & Rainbow & Sistar & Girls Day & NS Yoonji

**Special Stage!!**

Orange Caramel Magic Girl Parody

- Mubank Caramel : SHINee & BEAST & Ze:A

**Special Stage!!**

2010 Hot TrendⅤ. Vocal line

- SG Wanabe & Super Junor & SHINee :My everything

**Performances!!**

- Sistar : Push Push + How Dare You

- Rainbow : A + Mach

- Miss A : Bad Girl Good Girl + Breathe

- CN BLUE : Love + I'm a loner

- Son Dambi : Queen + db Rider

- FT Island : Love Love Love

- BEAST & 4minute : Soom + Huh + Dance Performance

- Tiara & Secret : I go crazy because of you + Magic + Madonna + YA YA YA

- SHINee : Lucifer

- SG Wannabe : Sunflower

- 2AM : I can't let you you even if i die + You wouldn't answer my call

- 2PM : Without you + I'll be back

SNSD’s ‘Genie’ chosen as 2010’s ‘#1 Breakthrough Album’ on iTunes Japan

2010-12-13T00:05:00.000-08:00

SNSD’s debut Japanese single ‘Genie‘ was recently selected by iTunes Japan as the #1 ‘Breakthrough Album of 2010′ on its ‘2010: Music, 2010 BEST‘ chart.

‘Genie’ – which many of you know was the Japanese version of SNSD’s hit, ‘Tell Me Your Wish‘ – received an explosive popularity since its release and even ranked as #2 on the Oricon Daily Single Charts.

iTunes also ranked the top 100 most-downloaded songs in their “2010 iTunes Top 100” chart, with KARA’s Mister ranking at 14th, and SNSD’s ‘Genie’ and ‘Gee‘ landing in 29th and 30th respectively.

CNBLUE’s Yong Hwa composes a song for SNSD’s Seo Hyun

2010-12-13T00:00:00.000-08:00

CNBLUE’s Yong Hwa made a surprise reveal of a song he composed for his virtual wife, SNSD’s Seo Hyun, on this week’s episode of MBC’s “We Got Married.”

The episode focused on more footage of the couple’s vacation trip and continued where they left off last week where the couple had been enjoying dinner after a busy day.

After finishing their meal, Yong Hwa stated, “I have something I’ve been preparing for Seo Hyun. It’s going to be one of the greatest hits of the season. Honestly, it’s a song about Seo Hyun. The song’s about something I’ve been meaning to do for a while, but haven’t. It’s about ‘informal speech.’”

On the spot, he revealed a bit of the song’s melody and, as if too shy to reveal the chorus, he murmured a bit of the lyrics, further increasing the curiosity of the viewers and Seo Hyun alike.

Much anticipation is being put on how the song will turn out and what message the lyrics will contain.

Superb fans prove it again,SNSD appeared in drama Mary Stay Out All Night!

2010-12-12T23:55:00.000-08:00

I am totally impressed with fans with sharp eyes,it seems that they are looking for their idols anytime.

This time,some sharp eyes Sones spotted SNSD in KBS drama Mary Stay Out All Night,the girls were not really appearing in the drama,there was a TV broadcasting SNSD's HOOT during that time and it was just a 1-2 seconds cut but our sharp eyes fans managed to spot it.

This has also become a hot topic among fans on SNSD Baidu Thread,impressed with these people with sharp eyes?

SNSD to continue promotional activities in Japan with the release of "Oh!" Japanese version!

2010-12-12T23:50:00.000-08:00

[TRANS] It’s a partial translation of Sports Donga news article regarding SNSD’s 3rd single in Japan.

Once SNSD announces a new single next year in February, they will aim for the top spot on Oricon weekly Chart.

SNSD will announce their 3rd single “Oh!” on 2/2/2011. The title song “Oh!” from their 2nd full album which was announced on January in Korea is a song with easy melody and has a lively rhythm that is similar to the J-Pop style, which is why the Japanese regard this song as their favorite SNSD song. According to SM entertainment, “Oh!” is the most popular song the Japanese fans tend to cosplay or cover on YT video.

Jessica - BoA bond sparks attention!

2010-12-12T23:42:00.000-08:00

Some photos from Golden Disk Awards gained attention from fans.

BoA and SNSD attended Golden Disk Awards 3 days ago with both winning awards on the event.some photos of BoA and SNSD's Jessica gained attention from fans.

They were spotted standing close to each other after the event.

Some comments from fans:

"They are like twins during the event"

"SM Love"!

"Congratulations girls!"

Park Min Young Confirms Her Friendship With SNSD's Jessica!

2010-12-12T23:36:00.000-08:00

Park Min Young recently expressed her affection for SNSD's Jessica.

On the 11th, Park Min Young talked about her friendship with Jessica during an episode of KBS 2TV 'Entertainment Relay'.

The actress proved her close friendship with Jessica after posting a photo of the idol on her Twitter. She stated, "It has been about 8 years since I have known Jessica."

Park Min Young caused laughter by adding, "Jessica is the prettiest in SNSD. After her is Yoona."

MBC WGM gagwoman Park Mi Sun is deeply immersed in YongSeo couple charm

2010-12-12T23:25:00.000-08:00

MBC’WGM’ gagwoman park misun deeply immersed in ‘YongSeo’ couple charm

Park Misun said ‘it feels cute to watch Yong Hwa and Seo Hyun’. She stated happily showing how different Seo Hyun towards Yong Hwa at the beginning, slowly opening up her heart makes people happy’

Also, ‘all in the broadcasting room feel it is very interesting to watch Yong Hwa and Seo Hyun’s skinship. Even though they didn’t broadcast a lot in the show( I think she meant some scenes were cut.) How they express their own real feeling is delivered realistically.

Park Misun feels ‘Adam’ couple is like a friend because they spend a long time with this couple. ‘Goguma’ charmingly warm, ‘Winnie’ is romantic.

SNSD's Tae Yeon filming for Daum CF?

2010-12-12T23:09:00.000-08:00

SNSD's main vocal Tae Yeon is rumored to be filming a CF for Daum.

However,what caught fans' attention is her hairstyle in these photos, fans totally love her apple-like hairstyle, do you like this hairstyle too?

Tower Records Ranks Best Selling Albums - SNSD #1

2010-12-12T21:14:00.000-08:00

Tower record has recently released its 2010 bestselling albums list. The categories are Japanese music, western music and K-POP and anime.

This was tallied as of November 30, 2011. It includes imported albums, domestic albums, and digital album sales.

Tower Record 2010 Best

[Japanese Music]
1. Arashi – Boku no Miteiru Fuukei
2. Kimura Kaela – 5 years
3. Ikimonogakari – Ikimonobakari ~Members BEST Sellection~
4. Nishino Kana – to LOVE
5. DBSK – BEST SELECTION 2010
6. FUNKY MONKEY BABYS – FUNKY MONKEY BABYS BEST
7. JUJU – Request
8. Fukuyama Masaharu – THE BEST BANG!
9. Utada Hikaru – Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.2
10. Tokyo Jihen – Sports

[Western Music]
1. Lady Gaga – The Fame Monster
2. Oasis – Time Flies…1994-2009
3. Linkin park – A Thousand Suns
4. Ke$ha – Animal
5. Orianthi – Believe
6. Lady Gaga – The Remix
7. Maroon 5 – Hands All Over
8. Taylor Swift – Fearless
9. Sade – Soldier of Love
10. Justin Bieber – My Worlds

[K-POP]
1. SNSD – Oh!: Girls’ Generation Vol.2
2. KARA – KARA BEST 2007-2010
3. Super Junior – Bonamana: Super Junior Vol.4
4. SHINee – Lucifer: SHINee Vol.2
5. 2NE1 – 2NE1 1st Mini Album
6. CNBLUE – Bluetory: CNBLUE 1st Mini Album
7. G-Dragon – Heartbreaker: G-Dragon Vol.1
8. CNBLUE – ThankU
9. OST – Ikemen Desu Ne – Japanese version Original Soundtrack –
10. KARA – Lupin: Kara 3rd Mini Album

[Anime]
1. Various Artists – ONE PIECE MEMORIAL BEST
2. Houkago Tea Time – Houkago Tea Time II
3. Various Artists – Hagane no Renkinjutsushi FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST FINAL BEST
4. Mizuki Nana – IMPACT EXCITER
5. Lia & Tada Aoi – My Soul, Your Beats!/Brave Song
6. Houkago Tea Time – GO!GO!MANIAC
7. Houkago Tea Time – NO, Thank You!
8. Girls Dead Monster – Keep The Beats!
9. Houkago Tea Time – Utauyo!!MIRACLE
10. Sakamoto Maaya - everywhere

Most Popular Korean Girls Group (Stage 3)

2010-12-10T22:47:00.000-08:00

Continue from Stage 1 & Stage 2

vote for your favorite korean band...

this poll will be ended on 18th December 2010

after that, stage 4 of the most popular korean girls group gonna be start...

Kara vs 2NE1

SNSD vs F(x)

Girl's Generation (SNSD) vs F(x)Market Research

Group deserved to compete back...

Which group do you think need to compete back?online survey

MV for Tae Yeon’s ‘I Love You’ revealed

2010-12-10T22:36:00.000-08:00

The music video for Tae Yeon’s ‘I Love You’ which is one the original soundtracks of SBS new drama, ‘Athena: Goddess of War‘ was released today, December 10th.

Taeyeon’s beautiful ballad ‘I Love You’ will be released as a digital single through various music sites on December 13th.

Enjoy the MV!

SNSD awarded for national contributions at ‘2010 Proud Korean Awards’ by Casper on December 10, 2010 at 1:08 am

2010-12-10T22:28:00.000-08:00

Having just walked off with three awards from the ‘25th Golden Disk Awards‘ last night, the girls of SNSD girls added yet another prestigious award to their list of accomplishments.

Earlier this morning, the group was recognized by the ‘2010 Proud Korean Awards‘ for their contributions to national unity and their positive representation of South Korea to the world. They were awarded as winners of the ‘Art Category’ by the Journalists’ Association of Korea.

Members Hyo Yeon, Seo Hyun and Sunny were present to receive the honor.

Check out the event photos below!

SNSD endorses Domino’s Pizza

2010-12-10T22:24:00.000-08:00

SNSD can now add yet another company to their long list of endorsements.

The girls have just inked a CF deal with Domino’s Pizza to advertise a new pizza with pork steak and veggies on it. In addition to filming, they also recorded a song for the CF.

Check out their new adorable CF below.

SNSD’s Tae Yeon leaves message of gratitude on official site

2010-12-10T22:13:00.000-08:00

Having won the prestigious ’Disk Bonsang Daesang‘ award at this year’s Golden Disk Awards a couple of days ago, SNSD’s leader Tae Yeon left a long message on the official notice board of SNSD’s site to express her gratitude towards their fans.

Check it out below!

SONEs~~~ Hello~~~~ ^^

Finally!! I am leaving a message on our official site!! I was a little late wasn’t I ^^….

When the members were leaving messages one by one on here when we started out ‘Hoot’ promotions I thought, it must be my turn soon~

and waited a bit but because of our busy schedule!.. I was a big mess ^^;

But I like it better now that I get to leave a message to everyone during this meaningful time~~~~

First of all!! My congratulat

ions to you!! Both SNSD and SONE joined their strengths and finally! We won a huge~ award!!!! +_+

*clap clap clap clap*~~~ <3>

SONEs must have been really busy since it’s nearly the end of the year…

So thank you all for participating in polls or SMS messaging ^^

It feels like each and every one of them kept building up.. and it ended up creating such a happy moment for us!

Something like this.. requires a lot of interest and love…

SONEs… You must love us a lot don’t you????????????????????? kekekekekekekekekeke

Us SNSD also congratulated ourselves, hugged, laughed, cried^^…We were all really happy~~~

One regretful part was our Fany.. wasn’t with us together,

But she’s working really hard to get better in case the people around her get worried for her ^^

She monitors the members ve~ry o

bjectively as well ^^ Tiff-manager kekeke

Even though she wasn’t with us there, she was very noisy during our celebration~ We had a good time ^^

We’re real when we’re together as nine members kekeke

Anyway! I think it’s good to have people who are becoming more important to us and have people we can depend on~~

Both SONEs and our SNSD ^^

We will return back as much as you have gifted us these important moments, awards, memories..

and we will always be healthy an

d brightly!! show SNSD’s endless charms(?) kekekeke

There’s still a long way to go keke

So I hope to become a kind of close friend who isn’t embarrassing.. who sparingly takes care of each other ^^

Since it’s really the end of the year, I hope you wrap up your year well, and keep healthy in the cold weather!

(Always!!!! Wash your hands!!)

Let’s meet during the remaining schedules for the year everyone ^^~~~~~

I love you <3>

Ah.. and please give love to my Athena OST track ekkekekekekekekekkekekekekekekekekekekkekekekekkeke

Lets try to make an all-kill once ag-……..

SNSD eye 500k sales in Japan before year ends

2010-12-10T22:09:00.000-08:00

SNSD who had just debuted in Japan in September 2010, are expecting to hit the 500,000 copies mark in terms of albums and DVD sales in Japan.

According to Oricon, SNSD who released 2 singles and a DVD, recorded a total sales of 318,736 as of December 9th. The DVD entitled ‘Girls’ Generation Torai – Commemorative Edition – New Beginning of Girls’ Generation‘ sold 81,034 copies as of the date mentioned, while First Japanese Debut Single ‘Genie’ which was released on September 8th, recorded sales of 112,724 copies. 2nd Debut Single ‘Gee‘ which was unveiled on October 20th added 124,978 copies to the tally.

The DVD still manages to fetch sales of about 2,142 copies in the 17th week of it’s release and it was ranked 6th based on Oricon Weekly Chart released on December 6th. Based on the Singles Weekly Chart (December 6th), ‘Genie’ and ‘Gee’ sold 2201 copies (13th week) and 4155 copies (7th week) respectively.

In addition to these, the Japanese edition of ‘Hoot’ which will be released on December 22nd is expected to boost SNSD’s annual sales in Japan and thus, surpassing the 500,000 copies mark. Japanese edition of ‘Hoot’ which comes in Regular Edition, Limited Pressing Edition and First Press Limited Edition is expected to fetch better sales than singles. With that, the goal of exceeding 100,000 copies for every music release will soon be realized.

Interview with the Disk Daesang winner

2010-12-10T22:06:00.000-08:00

After ‘The 25th Golden Disk Awards‘ ceremony, our girls were interviewed by IS (일간스포츠). Here are the contents of the interview:

Reporter: What came to your mind when SNSD was announced as the Daesang winner?

SNSD: We were still in a shock. It feels like a dream. It was very much beyond our expectation as we only wish to enjoy the moments with our fans. Winning such a grand award…we felt thrilled and scared at the same time. We will never forget the moment when ‘Golden Disk Daesang SNSD’ were announced.

Reporter: The award, expected?

SNSD: Not at all. In fact, due to our anxiety, we seemed to make a lot of mistakes while performing on stage today. Usually before we get on stage, we will put our hands together and shout ‘Right Now, SNSD‘ followed by ‘Hwaiting‘ but today, everything just seems to be very hectic and we didn’t get to do it. So, while we were sitting around the table, instead of using our hands, we put our feet together and did the slogan.

Reporter: You girls must be missing Tiffany very much. At every winning speech, you mentioned Tiffany’s name.

SNSD: On the stage, SNSD will only be complete when there are all 9 of us. Because of her knee injury, the void left by Tiffany is huge. We thought about Tiffany a lot every time we receive the awards. It’s such a pity she couldn’t be here with us today.

Reporter: After receiving the ‘Newcomers’ Award’ in 2007, there seems to be some kind of a bond between SNSD and Golden Disk Awards.

SNSD: We are really grateful for the acknowledgements. The fact that the awards were decided based on the actual album and music sales made winning these awards more meaningful. All these will not be possible without our caring fans whom we are so thankful for.

Reporter: How about things that you will always remember during your trainee days?

SNSD: To be artists, we spent 4-6 years as trainees. As we looked back, we realized that our parents were very worried about us then. After becoming a singer, the most glorious moment is when we were able to stand on the stage, the feeling is really great. We would like to thank our teacher, Mr. Lee Soo Man who made our dreams come true.

Reporter: Any words for your ahjussi (uncle) fans?

SNSD: We know they cheer for us like their own little sisters or nieces. As to not disappoint them, we will always try to give our best.

Reporter: Today, are you girls going to throw a party to celebrate the win?

SNSD: Really! Today, we never thought that we would receive the daesang. Not only us, but our family – BoA sunbae-nim, Super Junior sunbae-nims and SHINee, received many awards today so there will be a big feast. The party will be prepared by our agency, we have no idea about it. We will have to talk about it.

Reporter: What is your goal for the future?

SNSD: At this moment of glory, we have none but if there must be something that we should wish for, we truly hope that the 9 members of SNSD will always be together to the end.

The 25th Golden Disk Awards 2010 : Results

2010-12-10T21:55:00.000-08:00

Disk Daesang
Winner: SNSD

Samsung YEPP Digital Daesang
Winner: 2AM

Disk Bonsang
Winners:
1. DJ DOC
2. SHINee
3. SNSD
4. Super Junior
5. BoA

Digital Bonsang
Winners:
1. 2AM
2. IU
3. Miss A
4. CN Blue
5. Lee Seunggi

Samsung YEPP Newcomers’ Awards
Winners:
1. BEAST
2. Secret
3. Sistar

Ceci Popularity Awards
Winners:
1. SNSD
2. SHINee

MSN Asian Popularity Award
Winner: Super Junior

COSMOPOLITAN Rock Award
Winner: F.T Island

Hip Hop Award
Winner: Supreme Team

Production Award
Winner: Hong Seungsong

Achievement Award
Winner: Park Choonsuk

2010 Golden Disk Awards

2010-12-09T01:52:00.000-08:00

In another hour time,the long-awaited awards ceremony is finally kicking off! The red carpet is ongoing right now,however it will not be broadcasted.
Check out the ladies’ rehearsal photos and more live updates to come under the cut.

SNSD to reveal Domino Pizza CF!

2010-12-08T23:01:00.000-08:00

SNSD will release the official CF of Domino Pizza.

The title of the CF's song is Chashu Song, above is the picture of the girls filming for the CF,anticipating it?

SNSD's Soo Young is a talking goat?

2010-12-08T22:47:00.000-08:00

Recently, SNSD were guests for the show "YaHaengSung" (Night Star Variety Show).

For a segment of the show, SNSD together with the hosts had a Audio Book Recording. The book was "The Smartest Giant in Town". For the recording, Tae Yeon plays George the Giant, Yoona plays a Giraffe, Soo Young plays a Goat etc.

Soo Young's "imitation" of a goat was so impressive that she received a standing ovation. Even host, Gil jokingly said that the "Daejong Goat Acting Awards" should be given to Soo Young.

Check out Soo Young's impressive Goat imitation here!

SNSD's Yuri Star Call clip subbed!

2010-12-08T22:42:00.000-08:00

Take a look at the video here where black pearl of SNSD,Kwon Yuri left some messages on Star Call regarding her Birthday party.

SNSD are on the verge of selling 300,000 copies in 2010

2010-12-08T22:13:00.000-08:00

SNSD have surpassed Seo Taiji’s achievements!

As of December 8th, SNSD are ranked 1st on Hanteo in terms of total album sales in 2010. Since their debut in 2007, the girls have released a total of 31 albums and singles to date.

This year, SNSD recorded a total sales of 297,612 copies and they are on the verge of breaking te 300,000 copies mark. With that figure, SNSD have surpassed the record of previous year’s winner, Seo Taiji (248,808 copies) by a 50,000 copies margin, making them the ‘album eater’ of the year.

SNSD’s 2nd Album ‘Oh!’ (released in January 2010) recorded sales of 123,307 copies and its repackaged album ‘Run Devil Run‘ (released in March 2010) added another 56,486 copies to the tally, taking the total sales for the 2nd Album to a massive 179,1793 copies. SNSD are the only female artists who managed to sell more than 150,000 copies for a single album in 2010. In Men’s category, the only notable name in terms of album sales is Super Junior, who sold 225,648 copies from their 4th album ‘Bonamana’.

SNSD are also the only artists at the brink of achieving a ‘double double‘, a term given for the achievement of selling more than 100,000 copies for each of 2 albums released in a year. Following the success of 2nd album ‘Oh’, SNSD’s 3rd mini album ‘Hoot’ have sold 91,373 copies as of December 8th.

SNSD sang their hit songs with fans on the street

2010-12-08T07:11:00.000-08:00

Recently, SNSD were guests for the show "YaHaengSung" (Night Star Variety Show).

For a section of the show, each member took turns to "test" whether the fans knew how to sing to their hit songs.

The street was filled with fans and it was the first time there was such a big crowd.

In the end, all SNSD's hit songs made it as fans managed to sing along to all. SNSD then thanked all the fans through a window in the van. Host, Shin Dongyup then made SHINee's Onew show his face for the female fans and once Onew appeared, female fans started screaming and no screams from male fans was heard.

This was funny because when it was SNSD's turn, many male fans kept screaming but when SHINee's Onew appeared, many female fan's screams was heard instead.

Check out this hilarious scene here!

SNSD's Jessica did NOT get "molested"

2010-12-08T07:00:00.000-08:00

We previously reported a rumor on a Fancam that shows Jessica being "molested" which caused a big commotion among fans.

A representative of SMENT has confirmed that the rumors are NOT true.

“The rumor is not true at all. If something like that happened at the scene, we would have taken immediate action. Please do not misunderstand the situation to be something it isn’t - representative of SMENT

SNSD’s Yoona chosen as the idol with the most beautiful smile

2010-12-08T06:56:00.000-08:00

SNSD’s Yoona was recently chosen as the idol star with the most beautiful smile.

Seoul’s Jamsil Dentistry, which held a poll from November 20th to December 3rd, asked 712 participants: “Which idol star has the most beautiful smile?”

Yoona ended up being the #1 ranked idol, receiving 49.4% of the votes. Following YoonA were KARA’s Nicole (281 votes, 39.4%) and Tiara’s Jiyeon (201 votes, 28.2%), who took second and third place respectively.

Fans celebrate Yong Hwa & Seo Hyun’s 300th day anniversary

2010-12-08T06:53:00.000-08:00

In celebration of the 300th day anniversary of CNBLUE’s Yong Hwa and SNSD’s Seo Hyun, fans have been creating photoshopped images of the couple in wedding attire.

The photos have been rapidly spreading throughout internet community boards, especially after one netizen falsely claimed that they were official photos uploaded onto the “We Got Married” homepage.

Fans exclaimed, “I thought they had a wedding photo shoot for real” and “I hope they take one soon just like those pictures.”

Various fan-made music videos featuring the couple are being uploaded to celebrate the anniversary, while one fan site even sent in a cake for the couple. The “We Got Married” message board is currently being bombarded with over 1,000 congratulatory posts.

The 61st episode of MBC’s “We Got Married” will air on December 11th.

‘Come To Play’ on 3rd January 2011!

2010-12-08T06:48:00.000-08:00

SNSD attended the recording of MBC’s ‘Yoo Jaesuk and Kim Won Hee’s Come To Play’ (commonly known as ‘Come To Play’) at MBC Dream Center in Ilsan, Gyeonggi-do on December 8th. All of the girls attended the recording except Tiffany who is still recuperating from her knee injury. Besides SNSD members, MBLAQ’s Mir and Lee Joon, Beast’s Yoseob and Ki Kwang and Super Junior’s members were also involved in the recording.

During today’s recording, the members of the idol groups talked about love and gratitude towards their parents and also their regrets.

A staff of the program, “These idol singers started off at a young age as trainees. Without the love and support from their parents, it will be hard for them to go through their daily activities and training. There were various stories about themselves and their respective parents. On today’s recording, these topics were being openly revealed and discussed”.

The staff added, “There will also be a battle of ‘Who is the most princess-like and most filial child’”.

This special episode of ‘Come To Play’ will be aired on January 3rd, 2011.

9 girls with golden hearts transformed into angels to help a single mother

2010-12-08T06:46:00.001-08:00

SNSD transformed into angels and helped out in a donation drive for a single mother who is suffering from cancer.

On MBC’s ’7 Days’ Miracle’ which will be aired on December 9th at 6.50pm KST, a donation drive was being carried out for Mdm. Kim Jung Ok, a single mom diagnosed with Stage 3 Cervical Cancer.

All 9 members of SNSD showed their support by donating some of their own items. In particular, their rare signed debut album. MC Kim Jedong, who is a samchon (uncle) fan of SNSD went down on his knees and said, “This is paradise!”.

At the trading centre, queues were formed next to SNSD and Kim Jedong. As items for trade such as notebooks, netbooks, monitors, game consoles, etc were put up for trading, a brave male fan then spoke up, “Taeyeon-ah, Would you like to go to Hongdae with Oppa? Let’s go”. Meanwhile, SNSD’s T-Shirts were the hot trading items.

Mdm. Kim Jung Ok also had a car accident and she is also suffering from 2nd Degree Intellectual Disability. Her husband passed away due to diabetes and she single handedly raised her two kids, aged 13 and 14 (a boy and a girl) by working in a factory. In December 2009, she was diagnosed with Stage 3 Cervical Cancer.

SNSD set to dominate ’2010 Melon Music Awards’

2010-12-08T06:42:00.000-08:00

SNSD are looking good as ‘2010 Melon Music Awards‘ draws closer.

So far, SNSD who achieved great success in both Korea and Japan in 2010, are dominating various categories in terms of online votes. Of the 12 categories, SNSD are leading in the ’2010 Artists’ Award’, ’2010 Hot Trend Award’, ’2010 Music Video Award’, ’2010 Album Award’, and ’2010 T World Best Song’.

In the previous edition, SNSD bagged 6 awards - ’2009 Artist Award’, ’2009 Song Award’, ’2009 Mobile Music Award’, ’2009 Smart Radio Award’, ’2009 Odyssey Award’ and ’2009 Top 10 Award’.

This year’s ‘MelOn Music Awards’ will take place on December 15th at Hall of Peace, Kyunghee University and it will be aired LIVE on MBC Drama Net, MBC Everyone, MBC Life and MBC Game. It can also be streamed LIVE on Melon.com’s Afreeca TV application.

Soo Young shed tears on Strong Heart

2010-12-08T06:30:00.001-08:00

Soo Young shed tears while conveying the story of Park Seungil, a former basketball coach who is currently fighting the Lou Gehrig’s disease. According to kidshealth.org:

“Lou Gehrig’s disease damages motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. Motor neurons are
nerve cells that control muscle movement. Upper motor neurons send messages from the brain to the spinal cord, and lower motor neurons send messages from the spinal cord to the muscles. Motor neurons are an important part of the body’s neuromuscular system.”

On SBS ‘Strong Heart’ aired on December 7th, Soo Young said, “SNSD went to visit Park Seungil, a former basketball coach who is suffering from the Lou Gehrig’s disease”.

She added, “His current girlfriend is helping to nurse him. She is Park Seungil’s first love. They were destined to be together even after Park Seungil went abroad to study, became a basketball coach and later married someone else. After he was diagnosed with the disease, Park Seungil decided to file for a divorce. After that, his current girlfriend looked for him and managed to find him. When they finally met, Park Seungil asked ‘Would you be with me?’. She agreed and she has been looking after Park Seungil for 5 years now”.

After listening to Soo Young’s touching story netizens commented:

-”From today onwards, I’m a fan of Soo Young”
-”Soo Young not only has a pretty face but also a pretty heart”
-”Soo Young is a warm person”

Yuri Talks About SNSD Members' Visit To An Amusement Park

2010-12-07T08:24:00.000-08:00

SNSD's Yuri took part in the upcoming episode of SBS 'Strong Heart'. She talked about an episode that happened when she visited an amusement park, known for having a lot of people.

Yuri stated, "This past summer, my members and I escaped from our dorm to play at an amusement park without our manager knowing." She revealed that the other members were Yoona, Jessica, Sooyoung, and Hyoyeon.

She continued, "We hid our faces, but it seemed like people knew we were SNSD and started recognizing us. After thinking about it, the five of us ended up going around with odd disguises."

Due to Yuri's disguise, she was able to play freely at the amusement park. As a celebration of their successful retreat, Yuri revealed a photo they took with their disguises.

This episode of 'Strong Heart' is scheduled to air on December 7th.

SNSD's Yuri is very close to all SHINee members except Onew due to...?

2010-12-07T08:18:00.000-08:00

Recently, SNSD were guests for KBS2 "YaHaengSung" (Night Star Variety Show).

For a section of the show, SNSD's Yoona started to say something she is proud of. She said that she was proud of herself for going to see SHINee's Onew musical, "Rock of Ages" and went to support him even though she was really tired.

Host Jong Shin asked Yuri if she goes to musicals and Yuri replied honesty that she is not very close to Onew. Yuri continued by explaining that she likes him but because their gag styles are different causing all the hosts to agree with her.

Host Jong Shin even said "Speaking of Onew's gag style, he's a loner". JongShin then asked Yuri which SHINee members she is close to and Yuri replied "Everyone but Onew".

To wrap up the whole situation, JongShin said "Now I think... Yoona is really nice". Even SHINee's Onew agreed and said "Yoona is a nice girl~"

Check out this hilarious scene here!

SNSD performed on Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Camp

2010-12-07T08:11:00.000-08:00

Korean female group SNSD performed on Japan music shows Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Camp, check out their performances here!

Gee

Genie

Did SNSD's Jessica get molested?

2010-12-07T07:53:00.000-08:00

Recently, SNSD performed at the Korea China Song Festival on 2nd December.

A Fancam that was posted today on Youtube is causing a big commotion among SONEs. Nothing is comfirmed but fans are saying that Jessica got molested by an old man judging by the Fancam. But some felt that nothing really happened.

The reason why fans are thinking that Jessica got molested was because: After Jessica finished her speech at (0:46). Jessica whispered to Hyoyeon who was standing beside her and changed her standing place with Hyoyeon. After hearing what Jessica whispered (0:51), Hyoyeon had a shocked expression and she glared at the man. Then Jessica goes on telling Sooyoung and she didnt seem to have a good expression after that.

Please note that NOTHING is COMFIRMED!

Check out the video here.

Getting you ready for ‘The 25th Golden Disk Awards’

2010-12-07T07:49:00.000-08:00

We are just days away from ‘The 25th Golden Disk Awards‘ which will be aired LIVE, not only in Korea Republic but to 6 other countries in Asia – Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand

So, who were the winners last year? No worries. There’s no need to crack your head trying to recall. We have it here for you:

Digital Daesang
SNSD

Disk Daesang
Super Junior

Digital Bonsang
Baek Ji Young – Sensibility
Davichi – Davichi In Wonderland
Son Dam Bi – Type B
SNSD – Gee (The First Mini Album)
Lee Seung Gi – Will You Marry Me (Featuring Bizniz)

Disk Bonsang
SG Wannabe – Vol.6 – Gift
Super Junior – Sorry, Sorry
Druken Tiger – Feel Ghood Muzik : The 8th Wonder
2pm – 1집정규앨범 – Hottest Time of the Day
Lee Seung Chul – Mutopia

Samsung YEPP Popularity Award
SHINee
Super Junior

Rock Award
Epik High

Samsung YEPP Rookie/Newcomers’ Awards
Digital – 4minute
Disk – T-ara

For this year’s awards, there will be 11 categories in total:

1. Disk Daesang – 1 winner
2. Samsung YEPP Digital Daesang – 1 winner
3. Disk Bonsang – 5 winners
4. Digital Bonsang – 5 winners
5. Samsung YEPP Newcomers’ Awards – 2 winners
6. Ceci Popularity Awards – 2 winners
7. MSN Asian Popularity Award – 1 winner
8. COSMOPOLITAN Rock Award – 1 winner
9. Hip Hop Award – 1 winner
10. Producers’ Award – 1 winner
11. Achievement Award – 1 winner

‘FNS Music Festival’ rating soared to the highest during SNSD and AKB48′s collab

2010-12-07T07:44:00.000-08:00

It’s because of SNSD too!

SNSD performed a collaboration with Japanese girl group AKB48 at Fuji TV’s ‘FNS Music Festival’ on December 4th where AKB48′s ‘Beginner‘ was the opener for SNSD’s ‘Genie’.

Japanese daily, Sankei Sports reported on December 7th that an average viewership rating of 21.7% was recorded. However, when SNSD and AKB48 appeared on stage, the rating soared to 29.4%, the highest recorded for the show.

Korea-China Music Festival to be aired on December 12th

2010-12-07T07:37:00.000-08:00

‘The 12th Korea-China Music Festival’,co-organized by China’s CCTV and Korea’s KBS took place in KBS Hall Yeouido, Seoul on December 2nd at 7.30pm.

In this year’s event, artists from the Korean side are SNSD, CN Blue, 2NE1, Supreme Team, U-Kiss, Kara, SHINee, Shin Seunghoon, Park Junghyun, Chaeyeon, etc. China were represented by Sun Nan, Wang Fang, Han Hong, Hit-5, etc.

U-Kiss and Hit-5 joined hands to perform a song called ‘Friends’, while Shin Seunghoon and Sun Nan sang ‘I Believe’. SNSD who dressed in gold outfit performed ‘Hoot’ without Tiffany at the annual music festival.

‘The 12th Korea-China Music Festival’ will be aired at 6pm KST, December 12th on KBS 1TV.

BEAST’s Ki Kwang confesses to liking SNSD’s Yoona

2010-12-06T01:52:00.001-08:00

On this week’s episode of MBC’s ‘Hot Brothers’, BEAST’s Lee Ki Kwang shyly confessed to have a crush on SNSD’s Yoona.

As part of the show’s new ‘Season 2′ format, the cast members were given a mission to learn how to become teachers for a countryside school. After taking tests for their level of proficiency, members Tak Jae Hoon, Park Whee Soon, and Lee Ki Kwang were appointed to teach in a lower graded class.

During class time, Park Whee Soon asked Ki Kwang which member of SNSD he liked the most. Upon Ki Kwang’s hesitation to answering, Whee Soon asked, “Are you worried news articles will write about this?” To which Ki Kwang replied, “Yes, I’m scared. I like Yoona-ssi.”

Artists confirm their attendance for the “2010 Melon Music Awards”

2010-12-06T00:28:00.001-08:00

As the ceremony date for the “2010 Melon Music Awards” draws near, music fans will be delighted to hear that artists from all three companies - SME, YGE and JYPE - will be standing on one stage.

Representatives of Melon Music revealed that viewers can anticipate a meaningful ceremony because of the variety of confirms from different agencies. “We believe that artists confirmed their attendances because they trust the fairness of our awards show. It will be a highly meaningful ceremony, as artists will be giving back the love they’ve received from their fans all year long together.”

Many collaboration stages are under preparation, along with a cute surprise by ceremony host Song Joong Ki.

SNSD, 2AM, 2PM, 2NE1, Tiara, CNBLUE, IU, Lee Seung Ki, DJ DOC and 4Men have been chosen as the top 10 nominees for the “2010 Artist Award”, the winner of which will be revealed during the ceremony.

Tiffany’s lookalike dances to “Hoot” with SNSD on ‘Star King’

2010-12-06T00:06:00.000-08:00

Baek Seon Ah, a reporter for MBC’s ‘Section TV Entertainment Communication‘, made a guest appearance on this week’s ‘Star King‘, where she came on as a contestant for the show’s ‘Voices of Miracles Project‘.

The reporter is known to be Tiffany’s lookalike, and indeed, was first nicknamed as ‘Sogang University’s Tiffany‘ after she represented the college last year for the ‘Miss University Pageant‘.

During her appearance on ‘Star King’, Baek Seon Ah danced alongside SNSD and performed the trademark ‘Robin Hood’ dance from ‘Hoot‘. She also showcased her lovable charms through her performance of f(x)’s ‘NU ABO‘.

Besides the above, you can check out Tae Yeon singing on Star King:

Wang Biho accused SNSD of plagiarism

2010-12-05T23:33:00.000-08:00

On KBS 2TV’s ‘Gag Concert‘ aired on December 5th, Wang Biho accused SNSD of plagiarism. According to Biho, the chorus of SNSD’s ‘Hoot’ particularly the ‘hoot hoot hoot’ portion, sounds similar to Country KkoKko’s ‘Happy Christmas’ (Christmas~Christmas~Christmas in the lyrics).

He added, “Not only the song, even the ‘Hoot’ arrow dance was based on Seo Kyungsuk’s arrow nose performance”.

Well, do not take these comments seriously as this is a ‘Gag Concert’ and it’s meant for entertainment only.

SNSD to target Europe in 2011?

2010-12-05T22:32:00.000-08:00

The popularity of SNSD reached the ears of Billboard.com‘s writers.

On December 3rd, Billboard.com published an article entitled, ‘Korea’s Girls’ Generation/SNSD Ready To Storm Japan’, highlighting mostly SNSD’s success in Japan.

In the article Billboard.com mentioned, “The Japanese music market may be increasingly resistant to international repertoire, but that isn’t stopping Girls’ Generation. The Korean girl group is hoping to turn huge YouTube buzz into sales in Japan and other international markets”.

At the end of the article, Billboard.com also mentioned about SNSD’s upcoming plans which includes the prospect of targetting Europe in 2011.

Girls’ Generation’s first Japanese-language album is due in the spring, and the group may target Europe later in 2011. There aren’t yet any plans for a North American release.

-Billboard.com

In addition to that, MBC News which was aired earlier today covered the Korean Wave in France. Based on these hints, is it true that Soshi is going to Europe next year? For now, we can only wait as we gather more hints coming our way.

SNSD & KARA Invited to "MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2010"

2010-12-04T02:03:00.000-08:00

33 artists have been announced for TV Asahi’s “MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2010”, which will be broadcast on Friday, December 24th.

“MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE” is an established annual end-of-year program with the top artists of the year. This year 33 artists were selected: aiko, Arashi, SNSD, Ikimonogakari, AKB48, EXILE, KAT-TUN, KARA, Kanjani8, KinKi Kids, Koda Kumi, KOBUKURO, Saito Kazuyoshi, JUJU, Superfly, SMAP, Tackey & Tsubasa, TOKIO, DREAMS COME TRUE, Nishino Kana, NEWS, Hamasaki Ayumi, Perfume, FUNKY MONKEY BABYS, Fukuyama Masaharu, V6, Hey! Say! JUMP, Porno Graffiti, moumoon, YUI, Yuusuke, Yuzu and L’arc~en~Ciel.

This program will broadcast live from Chiba’s Makuhari Messe Event Hall from 19:00 to 23:10 (7pm~10:10pm). The program’s official site is taking applications for the audience viewers, so if you want to see these wonderful artists in person, definitely apply. The deadline is December 6th.

MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2010
TV Asahi December 24, 2010 (Friday) 19:00~23:00 (7pm~10:10pm)

Seo Hyun shares to her husband Yong Hwa her drivers license!

2010-12-04T01:57:00.000-08:00

On the 4th of December broadcast of MBC "We got married", Seo Hyun from SNSD shared to her virtual husband CNBLue Yong Hwa her Drivers License!

The couple went to get their drivers license before, even studying hard for the exams. Thus, Seo Hyun was able to get her drivers license ID and shared it to Yong Hwa and Yong Hwa was surprised on Seo Hyun's expression in her photo.

Seo Hyun came off looking a bit arrogant in her ID photo. In the episode, Seo Hyun can be seen driving the car with Yong Hwa in the passenger seat.

SNSD to perform at music fest in Japan this weekend with AKB48, SMAP, Arashi and many more!

2010-12-04T01:17:00.000-08:00

Korean female idols Girls' Generation will fly into Japan today to take part in annual music show "2010 FNS Music Festival" over the weekend.

A PR official from SM Entertainment told 10Asia over the phone, "The girls will perform at the annual music fest while member Tiffany will not participate in the show since she is still recovering from her knee injury."

Last month, Tiffany suffered an injury to her left knee after falling during a performance for their latest song "Hoot" on a televised music show.

This year’s FNS Music Festival, which will be held on Saturday, will include performances by Japanese artists SMAP, Arashi, V6, AKB48, EXILE, Tube, KinKi Kids and Ken Hirai.

The FNS Music Festival first took place in 1974 and has been produced and hosted every year by Fuji Network System and Fuji Television.

Nine-member girl group Girls' Generation has taken the Japanese music market by storm since making their debut in the country in August this year, attracting over 20,000 fans to their first showcase and becoming the first Korean girl group to place in at No. 1 on the prestigious Oricon chart.

Their Japanese singles "Gee" and "Genie" have each sold over 100,000 copies to be certified gold discs.

The girls have been busy promoting their latest song "Hoot" in Korea from their third mini-album of the same name which has topped various online and offline music charts since its release in mid-October.

SNSD dominates the second half of 2010 for ‘K-Chart’ wins

2010-12-04T01:14:00.000-08:00

Dominating the charts during the first half of 2010 with their singles, “Oh!” and “Run Devil Run“, SNSD has found that they’ve also garnered great success in the latter half of the year.

On the December 3rd episode of “Music Bank“, the ladies won their 5th consecutive ‘K-Chart‘ win with their newest hit, “Hoot“.

Combined with their prior success on “Music Bank” earlier this year (5 consecutive wins for “Oh!” and 2 consecutive wins for “Run Devil Run”), SNSD has acquired a total of 12 ‘K-Chart’ wins for 2010.

Not only have they been a big hit in Korea, but their popularity in Japan has skyrocketed in just a few short months since their debut in September. The girls were given the prestigious opportunity to perform at the 2010 FNS Music Festival with other A-list J-pop stars on December 4th.

Considering their formidable success streak this year, these girls have certainly got a lot to live up to for 2011.

SNSD says goodbye with ‘Hoot’ on Music Core

2010-12-04T01:07:00.000-08:00

Having made a return at the end of October, the SNSD girls will be wrapping up promotions for their ‘Hoot‘ mini album through the December 4th episode of Music Core.

Despite centering their promotions in Japan for the second half of 2010, the SNSD girls have proved that they have not lost their touch in Korea, as their title song, ‘Hoot’, has swept music charts while claiming a truckload of #1 trophies on Music Bank and Inkigayo.

So check out their ‘Hoot’ performance one last time before they say goodbye.

This was pre-recorded from last week. The girls are currently in Japan for the FNS Music Festival.

SONEs wish Yuri a Happy Birthday

2010-12-04T00:53:00.000-08:00

“A newspaper advertisement with a picture of Yuri and a loving message from her fans was posted on the 3rd in the X Newspaper,” revealed a representative.

The message reads,

You floated down to earth during the cold Winter,

But like the sunbeams you sit in on a cold Winter’s day,

You’re a person filled with warmth.

You’re always bright, sparkly and cheerful,

Someone who shows their all,

Just like your name, clean and clear (Yuri = Glass).

December 5th,

is SNSD Yuri’s 22nd birthday.

With the fans’ deepest sincerity,

We wish you a very Happy Birthday.

Happy birthday Yuri!

SNSD and Tokyo’s SHIBUYA109 collaborate for “109 Girls’ Generation Xmas”

2010-12-03T09:32:00.000-08:00

SNSD and Tokyo’s SHIBUYA109 have put their collaboration plan into practice. The collaboration is called “109 Girls’ Generation Xmas”.

In this Christmas collaboration, the 9 members of SNSD are displayed on the front of 109’s cylinder building. The huge multicolored illumination of SNSD will be displayed from November 30th to December 25th.

SNSD’s Comments
We, SNSD (Girls’ Generation), are appearing on the cylinder of “SHIBUYA109”, which is a symbol of Shibuya and girls fashion.
We go out shopping often and one of our favorite places is Shibuya, so we’re extremely happy!
There are also 9 members of SNSD, so it feels like fate that we get to collaborate with “09”.
It would be great if this could make everyone’s Christmas a little more fun and bright.
This time our theme is “line dancing” and we were particular about the fashion during this photo shoot.
Definitely come out and see it!
And, everyone please have a fantastic Christmas.
Merry Christmas!!

SNSD for Goobne Chicken CF

2010-12-03T09:25:00.000-08:00

Yuri spotted by elementary school student in a public restroom

2010-12-03T09:20:00.000-08:00

During the recording of KBS 2TV’s ‘Night Star’, Yuri talked about the incident that happened to her at a public restroom.

Once, Yuri went to a public restroom and as she was on her way out, an elementary student saw her. On top of his/her voice, the student said, “SNSD’s Yuri came here to poop”. Embarassed by the student’s remark, Yuri walked up to the student and said, “Hey! I did not poop”. Yuri’s hilarious reenactment of the scene drew laughters from the members of the program.

Following the surprise revelation by Yuri, SNSD members revealed their know-how about using public restroom which will be disclosed on December 5th at 11.15pm KST.

SNSD's Jessica is just not into cleaning

2010-12-03T09:11:00.000-08:00

SNSD members gave unanimous votes to Jessica for being the member who hates house cleaning the most.

On KBS 2TV’s ‘Night Star’ which will be aired on December 5th, SNSD talked about various interesting stories that happened in their dorm.

On this episode, the girls praised Hyoyeon who does most of the cleaning around the dorm including washing the dishes. When it comes to the member who does the least cleaning, the girls unanimously voted for Jessica.

2nd Korean Wave Industry Award: Pop Culture Award goes to SNSD!

2010-12-03T09:05:00.000-08:00

Besides the 2010 Proud Korean Awards, SNSD’s achievements will also be acknowledged at the ‘Annual Korean Wave Industry Awards’.

According to Korean Wave Culture Industry Forum, the ’2nd Korean Wave Industry Awards’ will be held at the National Assembly Memorial Hall on December 4th, where awards for 6 categories will be presented during the ceremony.

At the award ceremony, SNSD will be given an award in the Pop Culture Category.

SNSD announced winner of ’2010 Proud Korean Awards’ for Art Category

2010-12-03T09:02:00.000-08:00

On December 2nd, Journalists’ Association of Korea announced the winners for ’2010 Proud Korean Awards’. SNSD were announced as the recipients of the award for Art Category. Singer, Kim Janghoon on the other hand, was announced the winner for the Sharing Service Category.

The winners were selected through strict and careful evaluations by the panel of judges in terms of their contributions to national unity, global competitiveness, vision, etc.

The ’2010 Proud Korean Awards’ ceremony will be held at Juniper Room in 63 Building in Yeouido, Seoul on December 10th at 11.00am KST.

*In my opinion, a more appropriate name should be given for the award.

Yulivia Newton-John

2010-12-03T08:56:00.000-08:00

Have you seen Yuri acting in a musical before? Not to worry, you’ll get the chance soon!

During the recording of KBS 2TV’s “100 Points out of 100″ , Yuri and Minho were selected to act in musical ‘Grease‘ as part of the ‘Increasing Expressions’ lesson.

As a ‘new student’ of the school in this program, Yuri showcased the “Hoot” arrow dance and it was well received, especially among the male ‘students’ and the staffs.

During the ‘Increasing Expressions’ lesson, Yuri and Minho performed of the famous musical number from the movie ‘Grease’ called ‘Summer Nights‘. The members of the show were amazed as they watched Yuri and Minho acted out one of the most famous musical movies of all time.

Musical actress, Kim Sohyun was specially invited to the program as a ‘teacher’ to evaluate the ‘students’ on their expressions during the musical lessons. On Yuri, Sohyun said, “Right now, she could perform on musical stage”, praising Yuri for her performance and stating the possibility of Yuri becoming a musical actress one day.

The program was heated up even more during the kissing scene at the end of their performance, which filled the members and even the staff of the program with excitement.

Aren’t you curious if they really kissed? Make sure you don’t miss KBS 2TV’s ’100 Points out of 100′ at 5.15pm KST on December 4th.

Chinese football star is a fanboy of SNSD's Yoona

2010-12-03T08:48:00.000-08:00

According to China’s Sina.com on December 1st, “National (China) football player, Ronghao published on his personal blog a picture of Girls’ Generation’s Yoona and left a message “Don’t be long-winded, if you see a woman of this type, let me know”.

Following the blog post, his fans commented, “Yoona who is 20 this year has both innocent and cute image. Is she Ronghao’s dream girl?”. Besides that there are also fans who urged him to play in the Korean League by saying, “Conquer the Korean League and return with a beautiful lady”.

Mobile popularity voting for 20th High1 Seoul Music Awards kicks off

2010-12-03T08:30:00.000-08:00

As 2010 is coming to an end soon, the mobile popularity voting process of ‘20th High1 Seoul Music Awards‘ kicks off with a fierce competitions among fans to select the winners for this year’s awards. In the previous edition of the award ceremony, SNSD won the ‘Daesang (highest/top award)‘.

The “20th High1 Seoul Music Awards’ will be held on January 20th, 2011 at the Hall of Peace, Kyunghee University in Hoegi-dong, Seoul. The nominees with the most mobile popularity votes will be awarded 20% (from total points) for the “High1 Popularity Award” category. The real-time result of the mobile voting is shown on Seoul Music Awards website.

In terms of mobile votes (at the time this article is published), Beast is leading the pack in the ‘Bonsang’ category with 21.7%, Super Junior in 2nd with 18.8%, 2PM in 3rd with 12.5%. SNSD (Oh! and Run Devil Run) is currently in 4th with 9.2%.

In the ‘Newcomers’ Award’ category, Daeguk NamA (D-NA) is currently in the pole position with 34.9%, CN Blue in 2nd place with 33.1% followed by F.Cuz in 3rd with 15.7%.

As for the ‘Popularity Award’ category, SHINee is currently in the lead with 32.2%, SNSD (Oh! and Run Devil Run) is in 2nd place with 22.9% and followed closely by Super Junior in 3rd with 22.8%.

The ’20th High1 Seoul Music Awards’ is organized by Sports Seoul and sponsored by High1 Resort and it will be aired LIVE on y★star and Comedy TV on January 20th, 2011 from 7.00pm to 10.00pm KST.

‘Babo’ audition failure was a blessing in disguise for Soo Young

2010-12-03T08:22:00.000-08:00

On SBS TV’s “Strong Heart – Royal Family Special” aired on November 30th, Sooyoung talked about how her experience in an audition for a drama. After listening to CN Blue member, Kang Minhyuk’s story on how he lost a role in a drama to fellow member, Jung Yonghwa in an audition, Soo Young said, “Before debut, I’ve attended a lot of acting auditions too”.

Soo Young said, “The most unforgettable audition I had was for the movie ‘Babo (Miracle Of A Giving Fool)‘. I wanted a role in the movie so badly but in the end Park Hasun was given the role”.

In the movie, Park Hasun played a role as a younger sister to the male actor, Cha Taehyun. According to Soo Young, she participated in the audition for this role.

Soo Young added, “If I were to be casted for ‘Babo’, my debut with SNSD will be affected. After debuted with SNSD, I heard Park Hasun received a lot of attentions from that movie. I think everyone has their own time for everything. Therefore, Min Hyuk will do well this time around”. For Soo Young, the failure in the audition was a blessing in disguise.

Kang Min Hyuk is currently being casted for SBS Monday-Tuesday drama “It’s Okay, Daddy’s Daughter”.

Choi Jin Hyuk’s computer is full of Yuri Players

2010-12-03T08:02:00.000-08:00

On SBS TV’s ‘Strong Heart – Royal Family Special’ aired on November 30th, actor Choi Jin Hyuk confessed that he is a big fan of Yuri.

On the show, Choi Jinhyuk said, “Honestly, I’m a big fan of SNSD‘s Yuri. My computer’s desktop is full of Yuri Players (a fan-made video player of which a set of favorite videos of an artist are compiled and edited) and thus, it is difficult whenever i try to look for something on my desktop”. The participants of the show were surprised after hearing Jinhyuk’s confession.

He added, “To me, Yuri is like a goddess. Besides her beauty, Yuri also seems to be a very sweet woman. I like her ‘Jjanggu (Crayon Shinchan) dance‘ in particular”. Yuri then did her fan service by performing the ‘Jjangu dance’ and fanboy, Choi Jinhyuk could not hide his excitement.

Yuri feels the ‘burden’ everytime she goes to Japan

2010-12-03T07:56:00.000-08:00

On SBS ‘Strong Heart’ aired on November 30th, Yuri talked about the ‘burden’ she has while carrying out SNSD‘s activities in Japan.

According to Yuri, SNSD who wore hot pants (which revealed their beautiful legs) during ‘Genie’ debut in Japan were labeled as ‘Beautiful Legs Group’ ever since. When they were featured on TV shows, there were talks about their legs. Yuri added that the camera would even focus on their legs.

Due to the fact that a lot of interest and attention were directed to their legs during broadcasts, she felt that it was really a burden. Yuri explained that every time they are off to Japan, she would be spending more time and attention on her legs rather than her face. Especially when there are wounds, cuts and bruises on the legs, these visible marks have to be covered up with make-ups.

Yuri then gave everyone a good laugh when she revealed the truth behind ‘Beautiful Legs Group’ by saying, “SNSD members’ legs are generally not beautiful. Only a few are beautiful. There are members with shorts legs and some have thick legs.

5th K-Chart win for ‘Hoot’, SNSD won 27% of 2010′s K-Chart awards

2010-12-03T07:42:00.000-08:00

After winning K-Chart for 5 weeks in a row with ‘Oh!’, SNSD recorded the same amazing feat with ‘Hoot’.

On KBS ‘Music Bank’ aired LIVE on December 3rd, SNSD and Baek Jiyoung who were both absent went up against each other for this week’s K-Chart award. SNSD’s ‘Hoot’ emerged as the winner for the 5th week in a row with total point of 10,436, about 2,000 points more than Baek Jiyoung’s ‘That Woman’.

With the win, SNSD have successfully grabbed 13 K-Chart Awards or 27% of the total awards in 2010. The girls could not attend today’s show as they are preparing for the FNS Music Festival in Japan on December 4th. The new ‘Music Bank”s MCs, Hyun Woo and Min Ji said, “We will pass this trophy to SNSD”.

For those who missed today’s show, here is the result announcement:

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2010-11-30T21:58:00.000-08:00

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“Right Now, Psy’s Generation”

2010-11-29T03:35:00.000-08:00

Psy is one happy man!

The man who was enlisted twice in the army is well known for his unique and energetic stage performance. On SBS Inkigayo aired on November 28th, his performance was even more special, with the support of 8 pretty angels, doing the arrow dance at the end of his performance, “Right Now”.

After his performance, Psy updated his me2day with a new post entitled, “므..훗!!! (￣▽￣)” and attached a group photo of himself and SNSD members.

Psy’s adoration for SNSD is not something new. Once, he was asked about his favorite girlgroup while he was serving in the army. Psy replied, “SNSD is a religion in the army”. He also mentioned that Yuri is his favorite member in SNSD.

With that photo, Psy could go around and boast “Jigeumun Psyshidae!”

SNSD to perform at 12th Korea-China Music Festival

2010-11-29T03:31:00.000-08:00

On December 2nd, SNSD together with artists from Korea and China will be performing at the 12th Korea-China Music Festival in KBS Hall, Seoul.

The event is jointly organized by China’s CCTV and Republic of Korea’s KBS. The event was organized as part of the effort to promote cultural exchange between the two countries. Some of the Kpop artists who will be performing at the annual events besides SNSD are Kara, SHINee, 2NE1, CN Blue, Supreme Team, etc.

12th Korea-China Music Festival will be aired on KBS 1TV on December 12th at 5.10pm KST.

SNSD’s Tae Yeon reflects on her most interesting fan experience in Japan

2010-11-29T03:23:00.000-08:00

SNSD’s Tae Yeon shared some memories from the group’s Japanese promotions during her appearance on KBS 2TV’s “Nocturnal Variety” on November 28th.

Tae Yeon revealed, “We have an unusual amount of Japanese fans that see us and begin to cry. One fan I remember in particular grabbed my arm and just began crying. I began wondering if her back was hurting so I asked her if she was okay. It turns out that she was just asking me to autograph her back!”

When asked by the MC how popular the group is in Japan, Hyo Yeon replied, “It’s crazy over there! You can see people copying our exact outfits, makeup, and even our hair colors.”

Yuri added, “There are a lot of fans that cosplay as us when we go perform. It’s impressive because we can see SNSD concepts from three months ago all the way to three years ago.”

SNSD’s Jessica expresses her affection for SHINee’s Onew

2010-11-29T03:17:00.000-08:00

SNSD’s Jessica expressed her affection for SHINee’s Onew on the November 28th episode of KBS 2TV’s “Nocturnal Variety.”

Fellow member Hyo Yeon first began talking about Onew in comparison to the traits of her ideal man, by stating that he fit only two of her three desired traits, the third being humor.

Jessica retorted, “Onew is so nice and caring. It doesn’t matter if he’s not humorous because I’m not humorous either,” showing her affectionate feelings for him.

She continued, “Onew and I sang a duet song together once. I like people that sing well, and Onew sings well and has a nice voice.”

The two then went on to sing their duet song on the spot, leading MC Shin Dong Yeob to comment, “Jessica never took her eyes off of Onew the entire time they were singing.”

Jessica gave her characteristically chic reply, “Well, I see him every day so of course I stare at him while singing.”