Girls’ Generation

Girls’ Generation, also known as SNSD, the acronym of So Nyeo Shi Dae (Hangul: 소녀시대; Hanja: 少女時代), is a nine member girl group formed in 2007 by SM Entertainment. The group debuted on SBS Inkigayo on August 5, 2007, performing their first single, “Into the New World” (다시 만난 세계)/ (Dashi Mannan Segye). The members are (in order of official announcement) YoonA, Tiffany, YuRi, HyoYeon, SooYoung, SeoHyun, TaeYeon (the leader), Jessica, and Sunny. They are said to be a multilingual group. Aside Korean, they speak English, Chinese, and Japanese. Both Jessica and Tiffany have been raised in America, HyoYeon traveled to Beijing in 2004, and SooYoung started out in the Japanese entertainment business first in the girl group Route-O in 2004.

Members Profile:  

TaeYeon

Birth Name: Kim Tae Yeon (김태연)

Date of Birth: March 9, 1989 (1989-03-09) (age 18)

Position: Leader, Main Vocalist

TaeYeon joined SM Entertainment after winning the grand prize for the Best Singer Award at the 8th SM Young Star Contest in 2004. She frequents SooYoung’s Chun Bang Ji Chuk radio program (co-hosted with Sungmin of Super Junior) as a guest.

 

Jessica

Birth Name: Jessica Jung (제시카 정), Jung Soo Yeon (정수연)

Date of Birth: April 18, 1989 (1989-04-18) (age 18)

Position: Lead Vocalist

Jessica joined SM Entertainment after being discovered at the SM’s Starlight Casting System in 2000. She was born and raised in the United States and has advanced English speaking skills. She has gained anti-fans due to rumors of her dating various celebrities, (feuled by photos on the internet, some proven to be fake) including members of other SM groups.

 

Sunny

Birth Name: Lee Soon Kyu (이순규)

Date of Birth: May 15, 1989 (1989-05-15) (age 18)

Position: Supporting Vocalist

Sunny was the last member to join the group and was a “hidden” trainee at SM Entertainment until her debut. She is known as the “secret weapon,” ^{[citation needed]} and has the least amount of training in SM entertainment among the girls^{[citation needed]} having trained previously with another company before joining SM. Also, she along with Jessica Jung have been rumoured to be nieces of Lee Soo Man, the founder of SM Entertainment, this has not been clarified and is most likely to be a false rumour.

 

Tiffany

Birth Name: Stephanie Hwang (스테파니 황)

Korean Name: Hwang Mi Young (황미영)

Date of Birth: August 1, 1989 (1989-08-01) (age 18)

Position: Lead Vocalist

Tiffany grew up in Diamond Bar, California and briefly attended Diamond Bar High School before moving to South Korea. She graduated from Korea Kent Foreign School and joined SM Entertainment after winning the SM Starlight Casting System (USA-LA)Contest in 2004^{[citation needed]}. She is a native English speaker and can also play the flute.

 

HyoYeon

Birth Name: Kim Hyo Yeon (김효연)

Date of Birth: September 22, 1989 (1989-09-22) (age 18)

Position: Supporting Vocalist/Lead Dancer

Hyoyeon was known to be the Top Dancer Trainee in SM^{[citation needed]}. She performed at the 2005 MKMF Award Show dancing as Boa’s silhouette. She is also close with Min, a JYP trainee, as both girls were a part of The Little Winner’s Dance Team.^{[citation needed]}

 

YuRi

Birth Name: Kwon Yu Ri (권유리)

Date of Birth: December 5, 1989 (1989-12-05) (age 17)

Position: Supporting Vocalist/Lead Dancer

 

SooYoung

Birth Name: Choi Soo Young (최수영)

Date of Birth: February 10, 1990 (1990-02-10) (age 17)

Position: Supporting Vocalist

Sooyoung can speak fluent Japanese her debut as an entertainer in Japan as part of Route-O. During her time in Japan she spent time, shared a living area and trained with fellow SM artists BoA (SM soloist) and Sunday (part of SM’s CSJH The Grace, and previous SM soloist in Japan). She is currently a DJ for the Chun Bang Ji Chuk radio program (co-hosted with Sungmin of Super Junior)

 

YoonA

Birth Name: Im Yoon Ah (임윤아)

Date of Birth: May 30, 1990 (1990-05-30) (age 17)

Position: Supporting Vocalist

Previous Works: TVXQ ‘Magic Castle’ M/V (2004), SANYO Eneloop CF (2006), TEUN TEUN English ‘Follow Me’ CF (2006), Super Junior ‘U’ M/V (2006), TSZX The Grace ‘열정 (My Everything)’ M/V (2006), ELITE School Uniform CF (2007), HAITAI Beverage Sunkist ‘Lemonade’ CF (2007), Clean & Clear CF (2007), MBC Drama ‘9 Hits, 2 Outs’ (2007), Super Junior ‘Marry U’ M/V (2007)

YoonA graduated from Daeyoung High School and joined SM Entertainment after being discovered at the 2002 SM Saturday Open Casting Audition. She got her start in the industry by filming commercials and acting for music videos, and thus has the most experience among the Girls’ Generation members.

 

SeoHyun

Birth Name: Seo Joo Hyun (서주현)

Date of Birth: June 28, 1991 (1991-06-28) (age 16)

Position: Lead Vocalist

Specialty: Piano

 

On August 1, 2007 SM Entertainment released the group’s first single and music video for their debut song “Into the New World”. After its success, a full self-titled album was released on November 1, 2007, with the lead single “Girls’ Generation”.

Kissing You

Perfect for you

Beginning

Into the New World

Girls’ Generation

Lee Seung Chul – Propose (with Yoona)