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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With news this week that Taeyeon, Yuri and Tiffany were leaving their hosting jobs on Win Win and Music Core respectively, there were fears among Sones that maknae member Seohyun might also be leaving We Got Married where she is in a make-believe marriage with CNBLUE’s Jung Yonghwa.
But SM Entertainment has expressed on the 30th, “Apart from Seohyun on We Got Married, all the other SNSD girls will stop their fixed program activities in Korea. Yuri and Tiffany will leave Music Core on the 31st while we are coordinating the date for Taeyeon’s departure from Win Win. We are not saying that SNSD will be off all shows because they will still meet fans through guest appearances on programs. For example, Jessica will be appearing in SBS Running Man next month as a guest.”
The SNSD girls are currently preparing in earnest for their Japanese activities. They will be releasing their Genie song as their Japanese debut single on September 8th.
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