Girls' Generation
Girls' Generation
Promo photo for "[[Into the New World"]] Prior to their official debut, Girls' Generation was known as "Super Girls", a fan-made name that reflected how SM Entertainment touted the group as the female version of Super Junior. The group was announced to include members with diverse talents and language skills for future expansion into international markets. Throughout its pre-debut period, the group saw many lineup changes.
However, perhaps its best known pre-debut lineup consisted of 12 members: Soyeon, Taeyeon, Jessica, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, Hajin, Seohyun, Hwanhee and Chanmi. However, Soyeon, Hajin, Hwanhee and Chanmi all left or were cut from the group. A final trainee, Sunny, was added to the group shortly before its debut.
From July 7, 2007, through July 14, the debuting lineup of Girls' Generation was revealed, starting with Yoona, followed by Tiffany, Yuri, Hyoyeon, Sooyoung, Seohyun, Taeyeon, Jessica, and finally Sunny. On July 18, the group had their first public performance on Mnet's School of Rock. A week later, on July 27, a documentary titled Girls' Generation Goes To School captured the members as they prepared for their official debut.
Girls' Generation's debut single, "Into the New World", was released on August 2, 2007. Three days later, the group held their debut stage at SBS' Inkigayo. Promo photo for [[Girls' Generation (album)|Girls' Generation]] On October 11, Girls' Generation achieved their first-ever music show win with "Into the New World" on Mnet's M!
Countdown. Girls' Generation made their first-ever comeback with the release of their first full-length album, Girls' Generation, on November 1, 2007. Its title track of the same name is a remake of Lee Seung-chul's 1989 hit song.
Following the success of "Girls' Generation", in January 2008, the group began promoting "Kissing You" as their first studio album's second single. The music video for the song, released on January 14, featured a cameo from Super Junior's Donghae. On March 17, 2008, a repackage of Girls' Generation, titled Baby Baby, was released.
Afterwards, the members began solo promotional activities, thus sending the group into an indefinite hiatus period. After 9 months of hiatus, in December 2008, SM Entertainment announced the group would make their comeback in January 2009. Promo photo for [[Gee]] On January 7, 2009, Girls' Generation released their first mini album, titled Gee, and its title track of the same name.
The album's title track went on to become a cultural phenomenon; it claimed the number one position on Music Bank for a then-recording-breaking nine consecutive weeks. Furthermore, the song's "crab dance" choreography and skinny-jean styling set trends all over South Korea. In 2011, "Gee" was crowned 'Song of the Decade' by MelOn.
Girls' Generation's second mini album, Tell Me Your Wish (Genie), along with its title track of the same name, was released in June 2009. The physical album's release was delayed from June 25 to June 29 after controversy arose on the original artwork, which was then re-edited. Coincidentally, American pop star and global icon Michael Jackson died on the album's original intended release date while in the midst of rehearsals for the This Is It tour.
Girls' Generation later paid tribute to him. In October, Girls' Generation collaborated with labelmate f(x) for "Chocolate Love", which served as a promotional single for LG's Chocolate cell phone. On November 11, SM Entertainment announced that Girls' Generation would embark on their first-ever concert tour the following month.
Tickets for the tour went on sale on November 19 and sold out within three minutes. The tour, titled Girls' Generation Asia Tour: Into The New World, initially consisted of two Seoul dates: December 19 and December 20. However, in order to meet fans' requests for additional concerts, two "encore" dates were announced in January 201...
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