History of SNSD

History
Pre-debut
The members were
professionally trained primarily in
singing and dancing, while a
select few were also trained in
acting and modeling. Many of the
members already had made
stage names for themselves
through their participation in
magazine ads, television
commercials, and small television
appearances. For nearly two
years, Korean websites
speculated about which of the
female SM Entertainment trainees
would be placed into the group.
Before the official release of the
group name, Girls' Generation, it
was rumored that the group
would be named "Super Girls"
after their so-called counterpart,
Super Junior.
2007: Debut and first album
In July 2007, Girls' Generation
had their first performance on
M.net M! Countdown. Although
this performance was never
broadcast on television, many
videos were shot by fans and
uploaded onto the internet. The
song the girls performed was
called "Into the New
World" (Korean: 다시 만난 세계), which
became their first single. A show
documenting the girls' debut
titled "M.Net's Girls Go To School"
was filmed during this time.
In August 2007, the single "Into
the New World" was released.
This single included two other
songs, "Beginning" and "Perfect
for You" (Korean: 소원), later
renamed as Honey for their self-
titled debut album Girls'
Generation. An instrumental of
"Into the New World" was also
included.
The group began promoting the
single soon after its release. Girls'
Generation performed their
single on SBS's Inkigayo, MBC's
Show! Music Core, and on KBS's
Music Bank.
After a short break, the group's
first full album was released in
late autumn 2007, with the lead
single "Girls'
Generation" (Korean: 소녀시대), a
cover of Lee Seung-Chul (Korean:
이승철)'s hit. Promotion for the
single started in early November.
Marked by dance routines and
vocals, "Girls' Generation" was a
hit for the group, and the album
has sold 121,143 copies to date,
placing 8th in the year-end
charts.[1] In early 2008, Girls'
Generation began promoting
their second single, "Kissing
You". The music video featured
Donghae from Super Junior. This
song achieved the #1 spot in the
three main TV music rankings—
SBS Inkigayo, M.net
M.Countdown! and KBS Music
Bank.
In March 2008, the album was
re-released and re-titled Baby
Baby. A third single, "Baby Baby",
was used to promote the album.
A digital EP featuring Jessica,
Tiffany, and Seohyun was
released on April 2008, titled
Roommate. The single from the
mini-album is "Oppa
Nappa" (Korean: "오빠 나빠", literally
"Bad Brother", although
contextually it refers to an older
male friend).
Girls' Generation, along with
fellow artists such as BoA, TVXQ,
Super Junior, CSJH the Grace,
Zhang Liyin, SHINee and other SM
artists participated in SM Town
Live '08. The tour expanded its
route to South Korea, Thailand,
and China.
2008–2009: Other activities,
return with mini-albums
It was announced in autumn
2008 that Girls' Generation
would be starring in a reality
show on M.net. Titled Factory Girl,
the show chronicles the girls
working as interns at fashion
megazine "Elle". The program
began airing in early October.[2]
During their absence from the
music scene, they appeared in
many commercials for MapleStory
and Mabinogi. It was then
announced that the group's first
mini-album, Gee, would be
released in January 2009.[3] A
teaser video was released in
January 2009 and the first single
"Gee" released soon after.
Interest in the song rose after
the digital release,[4] topping
Cyworld's hourly music chart on
the release day.[5] The song also
went #1 on all major digital
music charts within two days.[6]
The group began its album
promotion on January 2009 on
MBC Show! Music Core.[7] They
sang their new single, "Gee", and
"Him Nae/Way To Go", another
track from the Gee mini-album.
This song is a remake of the
song "Haptic Motion" that was
used in cellphone advertisements
and is a mix of bubblegum pop
and punk rock. Meanwhile,
questions were raised when the
group did not appear on KBS's
Music Bank with "Gee", even after
winning #1 on the music chart
show.[8]
"Gee" is the record holder for the
longest-running #1 on music
portal M.net (for 8 weeks),
surpassing the previous record
of 6 weeks set by the Wonder
Girls' "Nobody".[9][10] They also
broke the record on KBS's music
show Music Bank by being #1 for
9 consecutive weeks,[11]
previously set by Jewelry's "One
More Time, which had 7
wins.[12] They won the award
for best-selling song for the first
half 2009 for "Gee". Promotions
for the song ended at the end of
March.
After a short break, SM
Entertainment announced that
the girls would be back with a
new single and showing a
"Marine Girl" concept; the song,
titled "Sowoneul Malhaebwa
(Genie)" (Korean: "소원을 말해봐",
literally "Tell Me Your Wish"), the
mini album was released digitally
on June 22, 2009.[13][14] The
mini-album includes a duet
between Jessica and Shinee
member Onew called "One Year
Later".[15]
On May 3, 2009. Girls Generation
was starred in their new reality
show "SNSD Horror Movie
factory", with the premier
episode receiving a viewership
rating of 3.3%. The show was
then cancelled after 6 episodes
due to low ratings. [16]
Since June 23, 2009, Girls'
Generation are starring Cable TV
program called "Girls'
Generation's Hello Baby" of KBS
Joy, where they are taking care
of a child and somewhat
experience how motherhood is
like. In that show, they take care
of a boy name "Cho
Kyungsan" (Korean: "조경산"), and
each week they (or fathers, male
guests who come out time to
time) select "The Best Mom" and
"the Worst Mom" among the
members according to their
work for the day.
On June 26, 2009, Girls'
Generation's comeback
performance was recorded on
KBS's Music Bank.[15] The group
then had their return
performances on MBC's Music
Core and SBS's Inkigayo on June
27 and 28, 2009. Girls'
Generation's 2nd mini-album
Genie was released on June 29,
2009.
Their first win for their single
"Sowoneul Malhaebwa (Genie)"
was obtained at the July 10,
2009 episode of KBS Music Bank.
Their second award was claimed
at the July 12, 2009 episode of
SBS Inkigayo. The group finished
promotions for "Sowoneul
Malhaebwa (Genie)" in August
2009.
Currently, the members are
carrying on with their solo
activities.
On October 7th, Girls' Generation,
along with label-mate f(x)
released a digital single named
"Chocolate Love" for the 4th
edition of the Blacklabel series LG
CYON phone, "Chocolate". Girls'
Generation sang the "Retro Pop
Ver." of the song while f(x) sang
the "Electronic Pop Ver."