少女時代

k-pop

少女時代 (Shōjo Jidai), known as Girls' Generation in South Korea, is an eight-member South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2007. The group consists of: 태연 (Taeyeon), 써니 (Sunny), 티파니 (Tiffany), 효연 (Hyoyeon), 유리 (Yuri), 수영 (Sooyoung), 윤아 (Yoona) and 서현 (Seohyun). Former member 제시카 (Jessica) left the group in 2014. They made their debut in Japan on June 11, 2011. The group began a foray into the Japanese music scene in late 2010 with Japanese remakes of their 2009 Korean hits Genie and Gee. The group's debut Japanese album GIRLS' GENERATION was released on June 11, 2011. It is currently the highest selling album in Japan by a Korean group in Oricon history. It was certified Million by the RIAJ and made the group the second Korean artist to earn this achievement in Japan since Korean labelmate BoA's Best of Soul in 2005. In 2011, they returned to the Korean music scene with The Boys, which was released in three languages: Korean, Japanese, and for the first time, English. In early 2012, the group performed The Boys on the late night talk show Late Show with David Letterman and on the daytime talk show Live! with Kelly, becoming the first Korean musical act to perform on each show, and the first Korean act to perform on syndicated television in the United States. Taking advantage of the positive press, Girls' Generation released a repackage of their first album titled GIRLS' GENERATION ～The Boys～ on December 2...