Girls' Generation / SNSD / Shojo Jidai

by **musiclover2174** » Tue May 03, 2011 8:02 am

by **jonasmileynlt** » Tue May 03, 2011 7:35 pm

I love SNSD so much! I never know what to call them though.

Each country has a different name.. like in Japan, they are called Shojo Jidai, and I guess in English-speaking countries they are called Girl's Generation

by **pomporella** » Tue May 03, 2011 8:05 pm

KARA's better *flees*

by **xtofer** » Wed May 04, 2011 1:41 am

jonasmileynlt wrote:I guess in English-speaking countries they are called Girl's Generation

Yes that's their international name!

I didn't like them back when they were starting in early 2008. "Gee" made me notice them! "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" is their best single so far. Jessica and Taeyeon is my favorite members.

by **jonasmileynlt** » Wed May 04, 2011 1:49 am

xtofer wrote:
jonasmileynlt wrote:I guess in English-speaking countries they are called Girl's Generation
Yes that's their international name!

I didn't like them back when they were starting in early 2008. "Gee" made me notice them! "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" is their best single so far. Jessica and Taeyeon is my favorite members.

Ahh I see.
My favorite song by them is "Run Devil Run" followed by "Tell Me Your Wish" and "Mr. Taxi".

They've come a long way since this (even though I did love it):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN1wf9LJd-M

by **musiclover2174** » Wed May 04, 2011 11:33 am

Personally, my favorite among them is Seohyun.

She was the first one I noticed on their video, Tell Me Your Wish (Genie). That was their first hit in our country.

by **musiclover2174** » Wed May 04, 2011 11:34 am

I can still remember their peaks on Myx International Top 20. A music countdown here in our country.

Tell Me Your Wish (Genie) - #3
Gee - #9
Oh! - #1
Run Devil Run - #2
Gee (Japanese Version) - #15
Hoot - #2

I can still remember how RDR got a neck-to-neck battle with JB's "Baby" on the daily chart. However, "Baby" still won against RDR on the weekly chart.

http://www.last.fm/user/poriel · by **poriel** » Wed May 04, 2011 11:35 am

Finally a Thread! :lol:

yes They're really huge in my country.. No one can catch them. 8-)

by **musiclover2174** » Wed May 04, 2011 11:38 am

poriel wrote:Finally a Thread! yes They're really huge in my country.. No one can catch them.

I created it because I really love them. How I wish they will make English version of their songs, they could be huge worldwide.

And btw, are they officially the most successful girl group in South Korea?

http://www.last.fm/user/poriel · by **poriel** » Wed May 04, 2011 11:45 am

musiclover2174 wrote:
poriel wrote:Finally a Thread! yes They're really huge in my country.. No one can catch them.
I created it because I really love them. How I wish they will make English version of their songs, they could be huge worldwide.

And btw, are they officially the most successful girl group in South Korea?

yes, since 2009. after Gee.

by **musiclover2174** » Wed May 04, 2011 11:48 am

poriel wrote:
musiclover2174 wrote:
poriel wrote:Finally a Thread! yes They're really huge in my country.. No one can catch them.
I created it because I really love them. How I wish they will make English version of their songs, they could be huge worldwide.

And btw, are they officially the most successful girl group in South Korea?
yes, since 2009 I think. after Gee.

That's great!

And now, they're conquering Japan. Just read that Mr. Taxi is #1 on Billboard Japan Hot 100.

http://www.last.fm/user/poriel · by **poriel** » Wed May 04, 2011 11:54 am

What's difference of lead & main vocalist? :-?

by **musiclover2174** » Wed May 04, 2011 12:00 pm

poriel wrote:What's difference of lead & main vocalist?

I read somewhere that main vocalists are the one who always get most parts in a song. Obviously, that would be Taeyeon and Jessica. While lead vocalists who are the second who get most parts in a song. That would be Seohyun, Tiffany and Sunny. Obviously, Yuri, Sooyoung, Hyoyeon and Yoona are the least who get parts of the song. I hope my explanation is right.

http://www.last.fm/user/poriel · by **poriel** » Wed May 04, 2011 12:02 pm

musiclover2174 wrote:
poriel wrote:What's difference of lead & main vocalist?
I read somewhere that main vocalists are the one who always get most parts in a song. Obviously, that would be Taeyeon and Jessica. While lead vocalists who are the second who get most parts in a song. That would be Seohyun, Tiffany and Sunny. Obviously, Yuri, Sooyoung, Hyoyeon and Yoona are the least who get parts of the song. I hope my explanation is right.

Ah.. OK.

But I thought Tiffany part is quite a lot. Taeyeon-Jessica-Tiffany like this..

by **musiclover2174** » Wed May 04, 2011 12:02 pm

Girls' Generation

Track listing:

1. "Girls' Generation"
2. "Ooh La-La!"
3. "Baby Baby"
4. "Complete"
5. "Kissing You"
6. "Merry-Go-Round"
7. "When I Call You (Tears)"
8. "Tinkerbell"
9. "7989 (Feat. Kangta)"
10. "Wish (Honey)"
11. "Into the New World"

The debut album of Girls' Generation. It was released on November 1, 2007 under SM Entertainment in South Korea. The album spawned three singles: "Into the New World", "Girls' Generation" and "Kissing You". The album has sold 160,000+ copies in South Korea.

Singles:

"Into the New World" was released on August 2 2007, three months prior to the release of the album. The song reached #1 on Gaon Chart and managed to sell over 100,000+ copies.

"Girls' Generation" was released on the same day of album's release. The song also peaked at #1 on Gaon Chart, becoming their second #1 on the chart.

"Kissing You" was released on January 13, 2008. The song also reached #1 on Gaon Chart which makes it their third #1 hit. The music video of the song featured Super Junior's Donghae. On March 11 2008, the Rhythmer Volume 1 remix single was released and featured four remixes of the song which includes: Skool Rock Remix, House Remix, Groovy Candy Remix, and Funk Remix.

Baby Baby

Tracklisting:

1. "Girls' Generation"
2. "Ooh La-La!"
3. "Baby Baby"
4. "Complete"
5. "Kissing You"
6. "Merry-Go-Round"
7. "When I Call You (Tears)"
8. "Tinkerbell"
9. "7989 (Feat. Kangta)"
10. "Wish (Honey)"
11. " Into the New World"
12. "Kissing You (Skool Rock Remix)"
13. "Let’s Go Girls' Generation (long)"
14. "Let’s Go Girls' Generation (short)"

The repackaged album was released on March 17, 2008. The album had three additional tracks. The album spawned one single: "Baby Baby". The repackaged album sold 108,000+ in South Korea, bringing its overall total to 268,000+ copies.

Single:

"Baby Baby" was released on March 13 2008, four days prior to the re-release of the album. The song only reached #5 on Gaon Chart, breaking their strings of #1 hits.

by **musiclover2174** » Wed May 04, 2011 12:03 pm

Gee

Tracklisting:

1. "Gee"
2. "Way To Go!
3. "Dear Mom"
4. "Destiny"
5. "Let's Talk About Love"

The first mini-album of Girls' Generation. It was released on January 7, 2009 after 9 months of hiatus. The album spawned one single: "Gee". The EP has sold 200,000+ copies in South Korea.

Single:

"Gee" was released on January 5 2009, two days before the release of the EP. The song quickly rosed to #1 in various charts and went on to become their most successful song. It broke several chart records, notably on M.Net and KBS' Music Bank, where it stayed on the top for eight and nine weeks respectively. The song also became their 4th #1 on Gaon Chart and was named as the Song of the Month of January and February. The music video of the song featured SHINee's Minho, and has hit 40 million views on YouTube.

The album and the song got the following awards:

*Cyworld Digital Music Awards : Song of the Month (January)
*Cyworld Digital Music Awards :Bonsang Award
*19th Seoul Music Awards: Bonsang Award
*19th Seoul Music Awards: Digital Album Award
*19th Seoul Music Awards: Daesang Award
*Gaon Chart: Digital Music Award ("Gee")
*7th Korean Music Awards: Song of the Year
*2009 Melon Music Awards : Song Of The Year
*2009 Melon Music Awards : Odyssey
*24th Golden Disk Awards

igital Bonsang Award
*24th Golden Disk Awards

igital Daesang Award

by **musiclover2174** » Wed May 04, 2011 12:03 pm

Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)

1. "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)"
2. "Etude"
3. "Girlfriend"
4. "Boyfriend"
5. "My Child"
6. "One Year Later" by Jessica & Onew

The second mini-album of Girls' Generation. The EP was released on June 29, 2009. The EP spawned one single: "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)". The EP has sold 200,000+ copies.

Single:

"Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" was released digitally on June 22, 2009, the song became the 6th hit for the group, topping various off- and online charts. The song also topped the Gaon Chart, their 5th #1 hit on the chart. The song was originally titled "I Just Wanna Dance". After SM Entertainment had purchased the rights to the song, the lyrical story of the lyric was re-written with additional composition by Yoo Young-jin, and the melody arranged by Yoo Han-jin. The song was originally an Uzbekistan song interpreted by Dineyra. The song had two music videos: the original and the 3D version for Samsung. The original music video of the song has hit 7 million views on YouTube.

by **musiclover2174** » Wed May 04, 2011 12:04 pm

Oh!

Tracklisting:

1. "Oh!"
2. "Show! Show! Show!"
3. "Sweet Talking Baby"
4. "Forever"
5. "Be Happy"
7. "Talk To Me"
10. "Day By Day"
11. "Gee" (Bonus Track)
12. "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" (Bonus Track)

The second album was released on January 28, 2010 in Korea. It was also released in different Asian countries like Japan, China, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The album had one single: "Oh!". The album has sold 198,000+ copies in Korea.

Single:

"Oh!" was released on January 25, 2010. The song reached #1 on Gaon Chart, becoming their 6th #1 hit. The song was also named as the Song of the month February. The song ranked #4 on Gaon Chart Top 10 Digital Songs of the Year and it was the second best selling single of that same year. The music video of "Oh!" shows the portrays the girls as cheerleaders. The video has gained over 30 million views on YouTube.

Run Devil Run

The repackaged album was released on March 17, 2010 in Korea. It was also released in Philippines and Japan. The album cover features Yoona. The album spawned one single: "Run Devil Run". The album has sold 137,000+ copies in Korea alone, giving a 335,000 combined sales with the original.

Single:

"Run Devil Run" was released on March 17,2010. The song reached #1 on Gaon Chart, becoming their 7th #1 hit on the chart. It was also named as the song of the month March. The music video continues the story of "Oh!", with the arrival of the 'Black SoShi'. The video has gained over 20 million views on YouTube.

by **musiclover2174** » Wed May 04, 2011 12:05 pm

Hoot

Tracklisting:

1. "Hoot"
2. "Mistake"
3. "My Best Friend"
4. "Wake Up"
5. "Snowy Wish"

The third EP was released on October 27, 2010 in Korea. The album was also released in Japan and China. The album had one single: "Hoot". The album has sold 164,000+ copies in Korea and 159,254+ copies in Japan.

Single:

"Hoot" was released on October 25, 2010. The song also reached #1 on Gaon Chart and was named as the Song of the month October. The music video of the song featured Siwon of Super Junior.

by **musiclover2174** » Wed May 04, 2011 12:06 pm

Girls' Generation

Tracklisting:

1. "MR.TAXI"
2. "GENIE"
3. "you-aholic"
4. "Run Devil Run" (Japanese Version)
5. "BAD GIRL"
6. "Beautiful Stranger"
7. "I'm In Love With The HERO"
9. "Gee" (Japanese Version)
11. "HOOT" (Japanese Version)
12. "BORN TO BE A LADY"

The debut Japanese album of South Korean girl group Girls' Generation, slated to be released on June 1, 2011 in Japan under Nayutawave Records. The album will be released in Deluxe First Press Limited Edition, Limited Edition and Regular Edition. the album had 3 singles already: "Genie", "Gee" and "Mr. Taxi/Run Devil Run". Once the pre-order was opened on Amazon Japan, the Deluxe Edition sold like hot cakes and rose to no.1 on the pre-order chart while the Limited Edition was ranked 5th. The album topped the Oricon Daily Album Chart at 1st place on June 1st with a sales count of 73,583 units, which made Girls' Generation the first foreign girl group ever to top the chart on the release date. The album sold over 232,000 copies on the June 13, 2011 edition of the Oricon Weekly Album Chart, surpassing the record for first week debut album sales for a foreign artist, a record previously held by labelmate BoA's Listen to My Heart. It was then followed up with a second week sales count of 94,105 units, and a third week sales count of 52,876 copies, totaling 378,534 copies. Total is 589,086+.

Singles:

Genie

"Genie" is the debut single of Girls' Generation in Japan. It was released on September 8, 2010. A new version of the music video was filmed to accompany the Japanese version, and the teaser was released on August 19, 2010. The music video has a 3D version while it was filmed. On August 26, 2010, the full music video was released. The song reached #4 on Oricon Weekly Charts, and has sold 150,105+ copies in Japan. It was selected by iTunes Japan as the #1 Breakthrough Album of 2010 on 2010: Music, 2010 BEST chart.

Gee

"Gee" was released as their second single on October 20, 2010. The song became more successful than "Genie". The song reached #2 on Oricon Weekly Charts, and has sold 204,569+ copies in Japan. The music video of the song still features Minho of SHINee and was released on October 6, 2010.

Mr. Taxi/Run Devil Run

"Mr. Taxi/Run Devil Run" was released as the third single of Girls' Generation in Japan. It was also their first double A-side single. The song has reached #2 on Oricon Weekly Charts, and has sold 165,205+ copies in Japan. It also charted #1 on Japan Hot 100 and #22 on United World Singles Chart. It was first announced to be released on April 13th 2011 in Japan, the release was postponed to April 27th, due to the severe 2011 T?hoku earthquake and tsunami. The teaser video for Run Devil Run was released on April 8, 2011 and the music video on April 9, 2011. The teaser video for MR. TAXI was released on April 22, 2011 while the dance version was released on April 25, 2011 and the music video was released on April 29, 2011.

by **musiclover2174** » Wed May 04, 2011 12:09 pm

poriel wrote:
musiclover2174 wrote:
poriel wrote:What's difference of lead & main vocalist?
I read somewhere that main vocalists are the one who always get most parts in a song. Obviously, that would be Taeyeon and Jessica. While lead vocalists who are the second who get most parts in a song. That would be Seohyun, Tiffany and Sunny. Obviously, Yuri, Sooyoung, Hyoyeon and Yoona are the least who get parts of the song. I hope my explanation is right.
Ah.. OK.

But I thought Tiffany part is quite a lot. Taeyeon-Jessica-Tiffany like this..

Seohyun and Tiffany are always equal when it comes to parts.

In some cases, I noticed Seohyun got more parts than Tiffany in "Into the New World", "Girls' Generation", "Kissing You" and some other songs.

While Tiffany got more parts than Seohyun in "Gee", "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)", "Hoot" and some other songs too.

Sunny, on the other side, is still considered lead vocalist because she's got more parts than the other remaining members.
:wink:

by **musiclover2174** » Wed May 04, 2011 1:30 pm

My SNSD Ranking

Note: This is just my opinion, so please don't be harsh on me. Thanks.

Best in Vocals

1. Taeyeon - she has strong vocals.
2. Seohyun - her voice can be cute and can be strong. i love her cover of Because You Loved Me with Taeyeon.
3. Tiffany - i love her sexy husky voice.
4. Jessica - can hit high notes though she cracks sometimes.
5. Sunny - has a wide range of voice.
6. Yuri - she has a good voice. listen to the studio version of Into the New World.
7. Hyoyeon - her voice has improved a lot, she can control her voice.
8. Sooyoung - she has a cute voice.
9. Yoona - though her voice is not great compared to others, she has improved a lot. Kudos.

Best in Dancing

1. Hyoyeon - she's the Dancing Queen. :lol:

2. Yuri - she's very appealing when she dances.
3. Sooyoung - her legs got a huge factor on her great moves. i think she makes the least mistake when they're live.
4. Yoona - i can see her emotion when she dances.
5. Seohyun - she's not only great in singing, but she's also great in dancing. second from sooyoung, she also makes the least mistake when they're live.
6. Taeyeon - she's a great dancer too. watch the practice video of Genie.
7. Sunny - she's energetic when she dancing. watch the practice video of Genie.
8. Jessica - sometimes, she is confused with the positions.
9. Tiffany - among the 9 members, she frequently gets seen doing mistakes in videos. :lol:

Most Prettiest

1. Seohyun - as i've mentioned earlier, she was the first one i noticed among the other members. she's very beautiful in my eyes. i love her.

2. Tiffany - she has a very cute wink. it's charming. :wink:

3. Yuri - her cute smile attracted me alot.

4. Taeyeon - she's very beautiful, notably in the Japanese MV of Run Devil Run. it's very attracting.

5. Yoona - considered by many as the face of the group, but for me, she's a fair beautiful woman. she looks like a doll. :wink:

6. Jessica - she's beautiful, notably in Genie.

7. Sooyoung - she's very sexy, she's appealing.

8. Hyoyeon - i don't get why people call her ugly when she's really beautiful as same as the other member. she has a resemblance of Song Hye Kyo. :wink:

9. Sunny - among the group, she doesn't attract me as same as the others, although i find her cute and charismatic sometimes.

That's my view. You can post yours too. Just don't be too harsh with the words you will use. Thanks. :wink:

by **jpguy** » Wed May 04, 2011 3:17 pm

I had hopes for them to smah the USA but they didn't

It never happened, but I'm in love with their Korean songs

!!! "Genie" is an amazing song!! YUP!

by **musiclover2174** » Wed May 04, 2011 4:32 pm

jpguy wrote:I had hopes for them to smah the USA but they didn't It never happened, but I'm in love with their Korean songs !!! "Genie" is an amazing song!! YUP!

Maybe it will happen in the future. We'll never know. :wink:

by **Al3xSaid3** » Wed May 04, 2011 5:07 pm

i'm in love with Girls' Generation!!
my faves are Taeyeon and Yuri.
i'm a huge k-pop fan too!