Members
Kim Taeyeon (Hangul 김태연; Hanja 金泰姸), known officially as Taeyeon, was born on March 9, 1989. She is a South Korean singer, known for being the leader of 9-member girl group Girls’ Generation (소녀시대), formed by SM Entertainment in 2007.
Jessica was born and raised in San Francisco, California, and is fluent in English. She released two singles alongside with SeoHyun and Tiffany: “Oppa Nappa” (Korean: 오빠 나빠), and “Mabinogi (It’s Fantastic!)”. Jessica also stars in Kim Jo-han’s music video “Love is Late, I’m Sorry” and is featured in 8Eight’s song, “I Love You”.
Sunny was a trainee under a different entertainment company before she transferred into SM Entertainment. After several months of training under SM Entertainment in 2007, Sunny debuted as a member of Girls’ Generation that same year. She was a co-DJ of ChunJi (Korean: 천방지축 라디오, literally Reckless Radio), along with Sungmin (Korean: 성민), of Super Junior until the broadcast ended on the July 30, 2008.
Tiffany was born and raised in Diamond Bar, California and is fluent in English. She was discovered in the SM Starlight Casting System 2004 in Los Angeles and began her training under the label until the debut of Girls’ Generation. Along with SeoHyun and Jessica, she released a single, “Oppa Nappa” (Korean: 오빠 나빠) and “Mabinogi [It's Fantastic!]“.
Hyoyeon was BoA’s silhouette during a dance break in BoA’s “Over the Top” performance in MKMF 2005. Hyoyeon once attended a hip hop dance school that specializes in waving, popping, locking, and animation. Prior to her debut, Hyoyeon traveled to Beijing, China in 2004 with Super Junior’s Siwon to learn Mandarin and more about Chinese culture.
Yuri joined the label when she took 1st place in the 2001 1st SM Youth Best Dancer Contest. She appeared in TVXQ’s “Beautiful Life” music video and had a small role as a ballerina in Super Junior’s first movie, Attack on the Pin-Up Boys. She also had a small role in a television segment, “The King’s Boyfriend”, which was part of the 2005–2006 KMTV Super Junior documentary, Super Junior Show. Yuri also played a part in the sitcom Unstoppable Marriage
Before Sooyoung’s audition to Girls’ Generation, she made a brief debut in Japan as a singer in the group called “Route φ”. She first debuted with Marina Takahashi with the song “Start”. She was previously a DJ of ChunJi (Korean: 천방지축 라디오, literallyReckless Radio), along with Sungmin of Super Junior but was soon replaced by Sunny due to schedule conflicts.
Before her debut with the girl group Girls’ Generation, Yoona had been well known in the entertainment industry. She began to film commercials and model for various magazines when she was a trainee.
Seohyun is the youngest member of SNSD and is skilled in piano. She was a 2004 SMART uniform model with TVXQ. Along with Jessica and Tiffany, they released a single “Oppa Nappa” (Korean: 오빠 나빠), and “Mabinogi (It’s Fantastic!)”. On February 17, 2009, her duet with trot singer Joo Hyun-Mi (Korean: 주현미), was digitally released, called “JjaRaJaJja” (Korean: 짜라자짜).
ALBUM
- 2007: Girls’ Generation
- 2010: Oh!
Repackaged albums
- 2008: Baby Baby (repackaged edition of Girls’ Generation)
- 2010: Run Devil Run (repackaged edition of Oh!)
Mini albums (EPs)
- 2009: Gee
- 2009: Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)
Special albums
- 2008: Sweet Memories with Girls’ Generation
- 2008: Heart 2 Heart with Girls’ Generation
Single albums
- 2007: The First Single Album (also known as Into the New World)
- 2010: Genie