About SNSD (Girl's Generation)

Girls' Generation (Korean: 소녀시대, Hanja: 少女時代, Sonyeo Sidae ) is a nine-member South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2007. The nine members are: Taeyeon, Jessica, Tiffany, Sunny, Yuri, Hyoyeon,Seohyun, Sooyoung and Yoona . They are often referred to as SoShi (소시), or SNSD (mainly outside Korea), the first of which is an abbreviation and the second an acronym of the group's Korean name So Nyeo Shi Dae. In China and Taiwan, they are known as 少女時代 (Shàonǚ Shídài; or Siu Nui Si Doi in Hong Kong) and in Japan as 少女時代 (Shōjo Jidai).

The group has released two full albums, three mini-albums, and various singles. Their 2009 hit single Geeholds the record for being the longest running #1 song on KBS's Music Bank, having held the #1 chart ranking for 9 consecutive weeks. 2009 and 2010 also saw the group winning various awards, including consecutive Artist of the Year (Daesang) awards at the Seoul Music Awards, Golden Disk Awards, Melon Music Awards, and the Korean Cultural Entertainment Awards.

The group began a foray into the Japanese music scene in late 2010 under Nayutawave Records, a part of Universal Music, with the Japanese remakes of their 2009 Korean hits Tell Me Your Wish (Genie) and Gee.2010 saw the group reach considerable success in Japan, in Korea after winning the prestigious Disk Daesang (Album of the Year) and Artist of the Year at the Golden Disk Awards and Melon Music Awards respectively. The group was certified gold by the RIAJ twice in Japan.

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The members =

Stage Name		Birth Name
Romanized	Hangul	Romanized	Hangul	English Name
Taeyeon	태연	Kim Tae Yeon	김태연	Tae-Yeon Kim
Jessica	제시카	Jeong Su Yeon	정수연	Jessica Jung
Sunny	써니	I Sun Kyu	이순규	Soon-Kyu Lee
Tiffany	티파니	Hwang Mi Yeong	황미영	Stephanie Hwang
Hyoyeon	효연	Kim Hyo Yeon	김효연	Hyo-Yeon Kim
Yuri	유리	Kwon Yu Ri	권유리	Yu-Ri Kwon
Sooyoung	수영	Choi Su Yeong	최수영	Soo-Young Choi
Yoona	윤아	Im Yun A	임윤아	Yoon-A Im
Seohyun	서현	Seo Ju Hyeon	서주현	Joo-Hyun Seo