SNSD" redirects here. For the political party, see Alliance of Independent Social Democrats.

For other uses, see Girls' Generation (disambiguation).

Girls' Generation

Girls' Generation in September 2015

From left to right, standing: Sunny, Yuri, Yoona,
Seohyun and Taeyeon
From left to right, kneeling: Sooyoung, Tiffany and
Hyoyeon
Background information
Origin Seoul, South Korea
K-pop
bubblegum pop
Genres
electropop

Years active 2007present

S.M. Entertainment
EMI Japan
Labels
Interscope

SM Town
Associated acts Girls' Generation-TTS

Website girlsgeneration.smtown.com
Taeyeon
Sunny
Tiffany
Hyoyeon
Members Yuri
Sooyoung
Yoona
Seohyun

Past members Jessica

Korean name
Hangul
 Hanja
Revised Romanization Sonyeo Sidae
McCuneReischauer Sony Sidae
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Girls' Generation (Hangul: ; RR: Sonyeo Sidae), also known as SNSD, is a South
Korean girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment. The group is composed of eight members:
Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, and Seohyun. Originally a nine-
piece group (with Jessica, who later departed from the group in September 2014), Girls'
Generation debuted in 2007 with their Korean eponymous debut album. Though the album
gained some attention, it was not until 2009 that the group rose to fame with the single "Gee",
which claimed the top spot on KBS's Music Bank for a record-breaking nine consecutive
weeks and was named the most popular song of the 2000s in South Korea by Melon. Girls'
Generation further consolidated their popularity on the South Korean music scene with
follow-up singles "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)", "Oh!", and "Run Devil Run", which were
released in mid-2009 and early 2010.

In mid-2010, Girls' Generation signed with Nayutawave Records (present-day EMI Records
Japan) to venture into the Japanese music scene. Their June 2011 self-titled Japanese debut
album peaked atop the Japanese Oricon Albums Chart and became the first album by a non-
Japanese girl group to be certified million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.
The group's third Korean studio album The Boys was released in October 2011 and became
the best-selling album of 2011 in South Korea with sales of over 380,000 copies. An English
version of the single "The Boys" was released by Interscope Records in an attempt to expand
the group's endeavor to the global music scene. The group's 2013 fourth Korean studio album
I Got a Boy was supported by the single "I Got a Boy", which was subjected to major
attention from Western media following its winning the Video of the Year award at the
inaugural YouTube Music Awards. Their fifth Korean studio album, Lion Heart, was
released in 2015. In 2017, Girls' Generation released their sixth Korean studio album,
Holiday Night, to commemorate the group's tenth debut anniversary.

Girls' Generation's signature music