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Jessica Jeong

– July 25, 2009Posted in: Singer

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Jessica was born and raised in San Francisco, California, and is fluent in English. She released two singles alongside with SeoHyun and Tiffany: “Oppa Nappa” (Korean: 오빠 나빠), and “Mabinogi (It’s Fantastic!)”. Jessica also stars in Kim Jo-han’s music video “Love is Late, I’m Sorry” and is featured in 8Eight’s song, “I Love You”.

In their second mini-album Genie, she duets with Shinee’s leader Onew in a song entitled “One Year Later” (Korean: 1년 後). Jessica and Park Myeong-su (Korean: 박명수) released a duet song for Muhandojeon (Korean: 무한도전, literally Infinity Challenge) called, “NaengMyun” (Korean: 냉면).

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Kim Taeyeon

– July 21, 2009Posted in: Singer

Kim Taeyeon 01Kim Taeyeon (Hangul 김태연; Hanja 金泰姸), known officially as Taeyeon, was born on March 9, 1989. She is a South Korean singer, known for being the leader of 9-member girl group Girls’ Generation (소녀시대), formed by SM Entertainment in 2007. Taeyeon and the other eight members of her group debuted on July 19, 2007. She has since ventured out into DJ-ing and reality-variety shows, along with various solo singles.

Taeyeon was born in the city of Jeonju, North Jeolla Province. She graduated Jeonju High School of Art on February 5, 2008. Taeyeon, like the rest of her group, was professionally trained in singing and dancing. Taeyeon was discovered in the 2004 8th Annual Best Contest winning first place in the contest. In total, Taeyeon was trained for approximately three years. Her father owns a spectacle shop.

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Girls’ Generation

– July 21, 2009Posted in: Girl Group

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Girls’ Generation (Hangul: 소녀시대; Hanja: 少女時代) is a South Korean nine-member girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2007. Its members include (in order of official announcement) Yoona, Tiffany, Yuri, Hyoyeon, Sooyoung, Seohyun, Taeyeon (the leader) , Jessica, and Sunny. International Girls’ Generation fans usually refer to the group as SNSD, the acronym of the group’s Korean name So Nyeo Shi Dae. Many of the members had already pursued entertainment careers before the group’s debut through music videos, commercials, and others. Their official fanclub is known as S♡NE (소원, soweon), named after a song from their debut single. Their official ballon color is pastel rose pink and while other idols have round shaped balloons, Girls’ Generation balloons are heart shaped to match their fanclub name.

The group has sold over 100,000 copies each of their first three albums, a first for female groups in South Korea.

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Battle of Girl Groups Under Way

– July 21, 2009Posted in: South Korea

The local pop scene is sizzling with an array of girl groups, both old and new, and the competition is expected to heat up with each band presenting distinctive sounds, fashion and personalities.

Reigning Groups

Girls’ Generation and the Wonder Girls have been the top girl groups for the past two years, but now their thrones are starting to look a bit shaky as new groups loaded with new tricks have appeared.

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The nine-member Girls’ Generation, of SM Entertainment, released their new album “Genie” in June, donning a marine and military style for their new look. They have been topping charts on Internet music Web sites and music programs aired on television.

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2NE1 Comes Out on Top at Music Bank

– July 19, 2009Posted in: South Korea

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The “Female Big Bang,” 2NE1, rose to stardom Friday by coming out on top at the “Music Bank” on KBS-TV.

The girl band took first place with “I don’t care,” the flagship song of its first mini-album, beating Girls’ Generation and Lee Seung-gi.

People’s enthusiasm with the four-member group proved strong as it shot to top only one week after appearing at the KBS music program.

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'Genie' Tops Music Bank

– July 14, 2009Posted in: South Korea

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“Genie” a new song released by Girls’ Generation two weeks ago, topped KBS-TV’s Music Bank Friday evening.
The flagship song of the girl group’s second mini-album competed with songs from 4minute and Seo Tae-ji.

“Genie” has swept various online music charts since its release June 25. It took just two weeks for Girls’ Generation, one of South Korea’s pop groups, to return to top both online and offline, after months of absence.

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