Girls' Generation
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Girls' Generation is a South Korean pop band that was formed in 2007. [1] An effort to enter the U.S. market in 2011 met with little response.[2]
The members received three years of training at an "idol school," paid for by SM Entertainment.[1] The management company then assembled successful students into a band. The group received the YouTube Music Video Award in November 2013.[3]
All of the members of the band are at least nominally Christian. Tae-yeon is Catholic and the others are Protestant.[4] Four of them, Choi Soo-young, Im Yoon-a, Kim Hyo-yeon, and Tiffany (Stephanie Hwang), participate in a fellowship group.[5] Soo-young and Tiffany have confessed their faith in numerous interviews. Tiffany is a Korean-American and was born in San Francisco.[6]
Discography
- Studio albums
- 2007: Girls' Generation
- 2010: Oh!
- 2011: The Boys
- 2013: I Got a Boy
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedYang - ↑ Kwaak, Jeyup S., "US? Meh, Girls Generation Still Big in Japan," Wall Street Journal, Dec. 18, 2013.
- ↑ Why Girls’ Generation and K-Pop Won Big at the YouTube Music Awards," Wall Street Journal, Nov 4, 2013.
- ↑ South Korea's population is 18 percent Protestant and 11 percent Catholic.
- ↑ "Korean Idol Christians Band Up!," Soshified, Jan. 8, 2010.
- ↑ "‘Californian Girl’: Tiffany Featured in ’1st Look’ Magazine for a Photoshoot in Los Angeles," Soshified, May 16, 2013.
External links
- "SNSD/Girls' Generation - HaHaHa (하하하) (Airport Version) (English Sub)" (2009). The band is adored in Korea, as you can see from the response to this performance at Incheon International Airport.
- "Girls' Generation Oh! MV" (2010). This video has an American football theme.