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The members received three years of training at an "idol school," paid for by SM Entertainment.<ref name="Yang" /> The management company then assembled successful students into a band. The group received the Youtube Music Video Award in November 2013.<ref> [http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/11/04/why-girls-generation-and-k-pop-won-big-at-the-youtube-music-awards/ Why Girls’ Generation and K-Pop Won Big at the YouTube Music Awards]," ''Wall Street Journal'', Nov 4, 2013.</ref>  

The members received three years of training at an "idol school," paid for by SM Entertainment.<ref name="Yang" /> The management company then assembled successful students into a band. The group received the Youtube Music Video Award in November 2013.<ref> [http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/11/04/why-girls-generation-and-k-pop-won-big-at-the-youtube-music-awards/ Why Girls’ Generation and K-Pop Won Big at the YouTube Music Awards]," ''Wall Street Journal'', Nov 4, 2013.</ref>  

All of the members of the band are at least nominally Christian. Tae-yeon is Catholic and the others are Protestant.<ref>South Korea's population is 18 percent Protestant and 11 percent Catholic.</ref> Four of them, Choi Soo-young, Im Yoon-a, Kim Hyo-yeon, and Tiffany (Stephanie Hwang), participate in a fellowship group.<ref>"[http://snsdkorean.com/2010/06/08/korean-idol-christians-band-up/ Korean Idol Christians Band Up!]," ''Soshified,'' Jan. 8, 2010.</ref> Tiffany and Soo-young have confessed their faith in numerous interviews. Tiffany is a Korean-American and was born in San Francisco.<ref>"[http://www.soshified.com/2013/05/californian-girl-tiffany-featured-in-1st-look-magazine-for-a-photoshoot-in-los-angeles ‘Californian Girl’: Tiffany Featured in ’1st Look’ Magazine for a Photoshoot in Los Angeles]," ''Soshified,'' May 16, 2013.</ref>

All of the members of the band are at least nominally Christian. Tae-yeon is Catholic and the others are Protestant.<ref>South Korea's population is 18 percent Protestant and 11 percent Catholic.</ref> Four of them, Choi Soo-young, Im Yoon-a, Kim Hyo-yeon, and Tiffany (Stephanie Hwang), participate in a fellowship group.<ref>"[http://snsdkorean.com/2010/06/08/korean-idol-christians-band-up/ Korean Idol Christians Band Up!]," ''Soshified,'' Jan. 8, 2010.</ref> Soo-young and Tiffany have confessed their faith in numerous interviews. Tiffany is a Korean-American and was born in San Francisco.<ref>"[http://www.soshified.com/2013/05/californian-girl-tiffany-featured-in-1st-look-magazine-for-a-photoshoot-in-los-angeles ‘Californian Girl’: Tiffany Featured in ’1st Look’ Magazine for a Photoshoot in Los Angeles]," ''Soshified,'' May 16, 2013.</ref>

==Discography==

==Discography==