The tour went on to South Korea, Thailand, and China. Girls' Generation, along with fellow artists such as BoA, TVXQ, Super Junior, CSJH the Grace, Zhang Liyin, SHINee, and other SM artists participated in SM Town Live '08. The single from the mini-album is 'Oppa Nappa' ( Korean: '오빠 나빠', lit.'Bad Brother', although contextually it refers to an older male friend). A digital EP featuring Jessica, Tiffany, and Seohyun was released on April 2008, titled Roommate. A third single, 'Baby Baby', was used to promote the album. In March 2008, the album was re-released and re-titled Baby Baby. This song achieved the #1 spot in the three main TV music rankings-SBS Inkigayo, M.net M.Countdown! and KBS Music Bank. The music video featured Donghae from Super Junior.

In early 2008, Girls' Generation began promoting their third single, 'Kissing You'. 'Girls' Generation' was became popular, and the album has sold 121,143 copies to date, placing 8th in the year-end charts. Promotion for the single started in early November. Girls' Generation performed their single on SBS's Inkigayo, MBC's Show! Music Core, and on KBS's Music Bank.Īfter a short break, the group's first full album was released in late autumn 2007, with the lead single 'Girls' Generation' ( Korean: 소녀시대), a cover of Lee Seung-Chul ( Korean: 이승철)'s hit song in the 1980s. An instrumental of 'Into the New World' was also put in the album.Īfter the single was released, the group started to promote it. This single included two other songs, 'Beginning' and 'Perfect for You' ( Korean: 소원), later renamed as Honey for their debut album Girls' Generation. In August 2007, the single 'Into the New World' was released. The show ended after 9 episodes, when they finally appeared on another show, 'School of Rock'. 'M.Net's Girls Go To School' was filmed during this time, to show how the girls made their debut. The girls performed 'Into the New World'( Korean: 다시 만난 세계), which became their single. Even though their performances were never played on television, videos of their performances were posted on the Internet. Girls' Generation first performed on M.net M! Countdown in July 2007. Some girls had already appeared in television advertisements, music videos of other music groups and acted in dramas as well, before Girls' Generation started.

2011-now: Jessica's departure, Lion Heart, Holiday Night, and lineup changesĮach member of the group was trained in singing and dancing before their debut, while some others were trained in acting and modelling.2008–2010: Other activities, return with mini-albums and Japanese Debut.Their fans are called ' S♡NE' (소원), and is pronounced as 'So-won', which means 'wish' in Korean. Fans usually call the group SNSD, which is a short-form of the group's Korean name, So Nyeo Shi Dae (or So Nyuh Shi Dae). Jessica was a member, but in 2014, she left the group. Girls' Generation members are Yoona, Tiffany, Yuri, Hyoyeon, Sooyoung, Seohyun, Taeyeon (who is the group's leader), and Sunny. Girls' Generation ( Hangul: 소녀시대 Hanja: 少女時代) is a pop group made up of nine members that was formed by SM Entertainment in 2007. From left to right: Taeyeon, Hyoyeon, Seohyun, Sooyoung, Yoona, Jessica, Tiffany, Sunny and Yuri.

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