Girls' Generation Group Profile

Girls’ Generation is one of Asia’s most popular pop groups, with hit songs like Gee, Genie, Oh, Hoot, and The Boys etc. The group is often referred to as Soshi, or SNSD – abbreviations of their Korean name So Nyeo Shi Dae (소녀시대).

The nine members of Girls’ Generation are Taeyeon, Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun. Check out SNSD members’ profiles.
SNSD made their official debut in August 2007 with single Into the New World. They released their first (self-titled) full album in November, with its second track Kissing You a hit. The album was repackaged as Baby Baby in March 2008. The girls also worked in various (solo) projects, e.g. in reality shows, TV dramas and radio shows etc.
SNSD released their first mini-album, Gee, in January 2009, which became a mega hit, with its title track breaking various #1 records on music charts. They released their second mini-album, Tell Me Your Wish in June, which was hugely successful as well.
SNSD continued to excel in 2010 – with their second full length album, Oh! in January; a repackaged album, RunDevilRun, in March; and their third mini-album, Hoot, in October – all were best sellers as expected. The group also made their official Japanese debut in September, with single Genie reaching the #4 spot on Oricon weekly chart.
SNSD released their first original Japanese single, Mr Taxi, in April 2011; followed by their first (self-titled) full-length Japanese album in June which reached the top of Oricon weekly album-sales chart. The girls made their Korean comeback in October with their third full length Korean album, The Boys, which became the year’s best selling album.
SNSD released a US maxi single of The Boys in January 2012. A subunit consists of Taeyeon, Tiffany and Seohyun (TaeTiSeo) released their first Korean mini-album, Twinkle, in May.