They also beat out Justin Bieber, One Direciton and Miley Cyrus to win the girls Video of the Year at the inaugural YouTube Music Awards. The act boasts multiple chart-topping albums in both Korea and Japan, while also testing the waters in China and America with Mandarin track "Find Your Soul" and the English single "The Boys" respectively, the latter they performed on "The Late Show With David Letterman" and "Live! With Kelly."
Girls' Generation (Hangul: 소녀시대; So Nyeo Shi Dae), also known as SNSD, is a South Korean girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment. The group is composed of eight members: Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun. Girls' Generation officially debuted on August 5, 2007 with its debut single "Into the New World" and subsequently gained some attention with their self-titled debut album. However, it was not until 2009 that they rose to prominence with the single "Gee", which claimed the top spot on KBS's Music Bank for a record-breaking nine consecutive weeks and was named the most popular song of the 2000s decade by Melon. The group solidified their place in the South Korean music industry with follow-up singles "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)", "Oh!", and "Run Devil Run" from late 2009 to early 2010. wikipedia.org
Girls' Generation's music is predominantly bubblegum pop and electropop. The group's early singles such as "Gee" and "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" (2009) are predominantly bubblegum pop songs; the former also features techno and hip hop elements. Their 2011 single release "The Boys" departed for a more "mature" style from the group's previous emphasis on "cutesy" themes. The self-titled album includes uptempo dance tracks "with a straight pop radio feel."
In 2012, Girls' Generation released "Dancing Queen" a remake of British singer Duffy's "Mercy" (2008). The song features a "funky pop" production, as opposed to the group's signature electropop sound. Their 2013 single "I Got a Boy" was noted for its eclectic musical style, utilizing various genres ranging from bubblegum pop, electropop and drum and bass to pop-rap, EDM and dubstep Jeff Benjamin from Billboard lauded the song as "one of the most-forward thinking lead pop singles heard in any country." Both singles' parent album, I Got a Boy (2013), combines elements from a wide range of genre such as 1980s new wave, EDM, classic and contemporary R&B.
Girls' Generation's 2014 EP Mr.Mr. incorporates "exciting" R&B sounds with "cool, simple" melodies. AllMusic's Heather Phares also noted inspirations of EDM, hip hop, traditional K-pop sound and late-1980s Europop on the EP, which she labelled "a set of songs that offers something for every kind of Girls' Generation and expands their musical reach.
Members : Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, Seohyun, Jessica.
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