# Soridata Artist Profile - Girls' Generation

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> **Girls' Generation** (소녀시대) was a South Korean Girl Group that debuted in 2007.  They retired in 2017 with a 8 artist final line-up and held an Anniversary event in 2022.

They hold the 5th most Music Show Awards among all artists in Korea. They have 13 songs among the most popular in Korea.

Girls' Generation was one of the first big group to use the K-Pop Idol formula as we know today, with multi-year process involving extensive training, selection of girls at young age, and different scouting methods from avenues, open auditions and even street casting.

Prior to their official debut, several members gained experience and public exposure through various activities. For instance, Yoona was active in commercials and appeared in TVXQ's "Magic Castle" music video. Sooyoung had a brief pre-debut career in Japan as part of a duo named "Route 0". Jessica, trained for over seven years, while Hyoyeon was known for her exceptional dance skills even before debut. Taeyeon and Tiffany were recognized for their strong vocal abilities early on. 

A significant global highlight was the release of "The Boys" in 2011, their first album primarily produced for international markets, with an English version of the title track. This marked a deliberate push into the Western music scene, leading to performances on major U.S. talk shows.

The group experienced a lineup change in 2014 with the departure of Jessica, when management considered that she was using too much time for her own personal activities and brands and neglecting the group.

The group entered an hiatus in 2017 when Tiffany, Sooyoung and Seohyun left SM with the condition that the group would not officially disband. In 2023 Sunny also left SM. 

Despite the group never officially disbanding, there was never any other release since 2017 other than the 15 year anniversary reunion (Forever 1). Eventual regroups like Girls' Generation Oh!GG and Girls' Generation HRS were only single releases.

# General Information

- Soridata ID: 78
- Group Gender: Female
- Stage Name: Girls' Generation (소녀시대)
- Aliases: SNSD; 소시; SoShi
- Fanclub Name: SONE
- Original Company: SM Entertainment
- Active Since: 2007
- Debut Day: 2007-08-05
- Current Status: Disbanded

# Metrics and Achievements

- Success Rating: 5.0
*_Success is a star rating that goes from 0 (min) to 5 (max), each star represents one of the following: Sales up to 500000, Streaming score up to 700, Awards up to 5, Youtube Views up to 250 million, Yearly awards up to 7. Example: An artist with 250000 sales (0.5 stars), 900 streaming score (1 star), 8 awards (1 stars), 200 million Youtube views (0.8 stars) and 6 yearly awards (0.85 stars) would be rated ~4.16._*
- Time to Success: 112 days
*_Time to Success measures the duration from debut until an artist reaches their first major milestone: reaching #1 on the Circle Chart Weekly, achieving cumulative sales of 100000 units, or winning a music show award (whichever occurs first)._*
- Last Release: 2023-08-05
- Perfect All-Kills (PAKs): 0
- Music Show Awards: 94 (5° in regards to all artists)
- Most Awarded Song: [Lion Heart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVCubhQ454c)
- End of year Awards: 40 (7° in regards to all artists)
- Streaming Weekly data (from Circle Chart Digital, available since 2010):
    - Score: 21790 (39° in regards to all artists)
    - First Places: 10
    - Times Charted: 344
    - Times Charted on top 10: 49
    - Songs charted: 57
    - Songs charted on top 10 (popular songs): 13
- Billboard Global 200 weekly data (available since 2020, counting only Korean acts):
    - Score: 278 (55° in regards to all artists)
    - Times Charted: 3
    - Best place: 67
- Physical Sales (Circle Chart Album, published since 2010): 3,630,065+ units
*_All Sales for this artist are available. Including data prior to 2010 fetched from different sources other than Circle._*
- Total Youtube Views (from official videos): 3,435,353,136+

# Members of the group

- [Taeyeon (태연)](https://soridata.com/artists/Taeyeon.md): Kim Taeyeon (Date of Birth: 1989-03-09 - 37 years) from South Korea as Leader, Vocal
- [Hyo (효연)](https://soridata.com/artists/Hyoyeon.md): Kim Hyoyeon (Date of Birth: 1989-09-22 - 37 years) from South Korea as Rapper, Dancer
- [Seohyun (서현)](https://soridata.com/artists/Seohyun.md): Seo Juhyun (Date of Birth: 1991-06-28 - 35 years) from South Korea as Vocal, Maknae
- [Sooyoung (수영)](https://soridata.com/artists/Sooyoung.md): Choi Sooyoung (Date of Birth: 1990-02-10 - 36 years) from South Korea as Vocal, Rapper, Dancer
- [Sunny (써니)](https://soridata.com/artists/Sunny.md): Susan Soonkyu Lee (Date of Birth: 1989-05-15 - 37 years) from United States of America as Vocal, Rapper
- [Tiffany (티파니)](https://soridata.com/artists/Tiffany.md): Stephanie Young Hwang (Date of Birth: 1989-08-01 - 37 years) from United States of America as Vocal
- [Yoona (윤아)](https://soridata.com/artists/Yoona.md): Im Yoonah (Date of Birth: 1990-05-30 - 36 years) from South Korea as Vocal
- [Yuri (유리)](https://soridata.com/artists/Yuri.md): Kwon Yuri (Date of Birth: 1989-12-05 - 36 years) from South Korea as Vocal

# Previous Members of the group

- [Jessica (제시카)](https://soridata.com/artists/Jessica.md): Jessica Sooyoun Jung (Date of Birth: 1989-04-18) from United States of America as Vocal

# Links and references

- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/girlsgeneration/)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/girlsgeneration/)
- [TikTok](https://tiktok.com/@girlsgeneration.official)
- [Youtube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPENYtHg4Xhmm6oX8zaQA7Q)
- [Melon](https://www.melon.com/artist/timeline.htm?artistId=228069)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls'_Generation)
- [Namu.wiki](https://namu.wiki/w/소녀시대)
- [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/artist/girls-generation/357463500)
- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Sadg1vgvaPqGTOjxu0N6c)