PD of ‘Invincible Youth’ takes pictures of the G7 members at the KBS ‘Music Festival’

The producer of KBS ‘Invincible Youth‘ and ‘Music Bank’, Kim Ho Sang, recently revealed pictures he took of the ‘Invincible Youth’ members at the recently held 2010 KBS ‘Music Festival’.

On the official Twitter of ‘Music Bank’, the PD tweeted, “The ‘Invincible Youth’ members at the Music Festival”, and uploaded pictures of 4minute’s HyunA, KARA’s Goo Hara, After School’s Jooyeon, and SNSD’s Sunny and Yuri.

In the pictures, you can see HyunA, Hara, and Jooyeon doing the ‘V’ pose together, while Yuri and Sunny are posing individually.

The PD also added, “Victoria at the ‘Music Festival’”, and uploaded a photo of Victoria also cutely doing the ‘V’ sign.

The last episode of KBS 2TV ‘Invincible Youth’ came to a close on December 24th.

SNSD named on Asia Today’s list of ‘50 Korean power leaders for 2011′

Asia Today chose 50 Korean power leaders for 2011 and released the results today.

One hundred influential figures were recommended by reporters under Asia Today, and through an intense internal discussion, were divided into four different categories.

For objectivity, 200 Asia Today readers currently working in any of the four fields were chosen to aid in ranking the figures for each category. Out of the 50 chosen, 19 are from industrial circles, 14 are government officials, 12 are related to culture and the arts, and five are from banking.

Ranked first is Korea’s figure skating gold medalist Kim Yuna. In the same sports category isManchester United’s soccer player, Park Ji Sung, who ranked in at 38th.

The leading influential figures of the entertainment industry were chosen to be Kolleen Park of KBS’s “The Qualifications of Men,” who came in 25th, followed by girl group SNSD, who came in 44th.

The top 10 are as follows:

1. Kim Yuna
2. Kim Mun Su (Governor of Kyungki-do)
3. Kim Hwang Shik (Prime Minister)
4. Park Yong Man (President of Doosan)
5. Kim Kwang Suk (President of Charmzone Cosmetics)
6. Park Hee Tae (Chairman of the National Assembly)
7. Oh Se Hoon (Mayor of Seoul)
8. Son Hak Kyu (Head of the Democratic Party)
9. Uh Yoon Dae (President of KB Financial Group)
10. Ban Ki Moon (UN Secretary General)

[101123] Taeyeon @ UFO Reply

MC YulTi & SNSD at 101225 Music Core filled with cuteness & clumsiness XD

Not long after I went in, both Yuri and Fany were walking towards the small stage at the left side of the main stage and were preparing to start MC-ing. But a staff needs to talk to Yuri so Fany went over to the small stage first. Yuri was walking towards the wrong direction but thank god a staff directed her. If not she would be detouring.

After their MC-ing part, the both of them return to the MC stage. Yuri held Fany's hand and was leading the way. Along the way, we were waving at them. Yuri was smiling and nodding her head at us. As for Fany, she also waved at us while being pulled by Yuri.

The 4 MCs' sitting arrangement was that in the front row Yuri was on the left and Fany was on the right. Behind YulTi, Jiyeon was on the left and Suzy was on the right. After they settled down, Yuri asked a staff to give her a bottle of water but the latter didn't heard her request so Fany called a staff who was in front of her and did a drinking hand sign. Fany gulped down the water first before passing the bottle to Yuri. Yuri also gulped down the water. Everything looks so coordinated~

Fany totally looks like a PD. She either was discussing something with the camera PD or the two MCs behind her. She kept doing alot of hand signs. And as for Yuri, she either was staring at the monitor or looking at her script. Occasionally Fany would put her hand on Yuri's lap and whispered to her ear. Yuri was listening to her while nodding. And occasionally Yuri also whispered to her; side-hugging her and would put her hand on her lap too.

Both Jiyeon and Fany were waiting at the right side of the stage but not too sure what Fany had stepped onto, she almost slipped. Thank god that Jiyeon managed to grab her if not... Fany can you please be more careful?! If you want to ask what was Yuri doing at that point of time... She was using Yoong's mirror. Yuri, image is very important but you need to look after your Fany!

Today's performance was live so there's no pre-recording. The girls went onto the stage during the 2 MCs mc-ing part. We felt so touched when we saw the girls doing the "Right Now It's SNSD" action. But Oh was already being played so the nine of them immediately dispersed and started to perform. And Yuri, who was the furthest from her starting position, she walked slowly from the north to south. So fail~~!! We were laughing so hard at her. We laughed not because of her fail but because despite that she was walking towards her position, she still did the dance moves and controlled her facial expression. Everything reminds us of the sentence that Hyoyeon often used to describe Yuri, " She fails very professionally".

During the ending part where there was a group singing, Yuri was humming to the song (she doesn't know the lyrics) but in end she sneakily went to the back, passed the mic to Maknae and said something to her. Sunny immediately laughed and her laughter was pretty loud... Yuri returned to her original position with an embarrassing smile after being laughed at. And till the end of the song, that "Yuri" mike was in Maknae's hands...

During the ending, when the confetti dropped, Sooyoung grabbed some but as for Yoong she accumulated all the confetti in her hands and proudly showed it to us. She even swing your hands because she afraid that we didn't saw it. Usually Hyoyeon would always accompany Yoong to play with the confetti but today, it was Sica. At that point of time, Sica also accumulated alot of confetti in her hands so in the end she and Yoong proudly showed us those confetti...

After the girls finished their performance, all the screaming was so loud. Yoong ran to the right side of the stage and was staring at the audience with an blank expression while wiping her sweats. And as for Taeyeon, she ran to the right side of the stage alone and was covering her ears, signaling that she couldn't hear what the Mcs were saying. But in the end she waved at the audience. Today SONEs dominated the place so everybody was yelling the girls' names. The girls were busying waving and bidding goodbye so they were the last group to go back to the backstage. When the girls were about to go in, Yuri helped to tidy the fringe of the girl who was beside her. She also grabbed her ponytail and lastly she put her hands around that girl...upon looking very closely, beside that girl...Sica also...

Maknae, Taeyeon and Sica didn't returned to the backstage but were standing behind the props, removing their mics with the help of the staffs. At that point of time, a male fan screamed "Seohyun ah!" so Maknae immediately released her hands and waved at our direction. She's so obedient. Maybe because of her encouragement, a few of the male fans screamed for Taeyeon and Sica. Although the both of them didn't released their hands, they did raised their head and thanked the fans with a smile. But because of the awkward starings, the both of them immediately lowered their head, continued removing the mics. Suddenly Sica looked at our direction so we were staring at each other...Then a group of other groups' fans and I waved at her. But only I continued to wave non-stop and was raising my hands up high until Sica raised her chin, signaling that she saw it. So I put hands down. But she was looking at me and laughed. Hahahha. It's a bonus for me!!!

Soshily Ever After

...Because without this exact number, things would be left incomplete.

When So Nyuh Shi Dae walked into the new world, the old world experienced a turning point that resembled everlasting change. There was no turning back. It was the beginning of a life threatening plague that would swipe out all living beings in the world and leave inevitable traces of soshi-symptoms upon many many people, such as increased heart-beat, laughing fever, the urge to act crazily, extreme spazzing etc. There’s this ironic statement that states that the cause to a disease is also the remedy, and this relates to SNSD as they are the one and only doctors that can cure these soshi-symptoms, yet once fans attend their live performances the disease just becomes worse. Regardless, we don’t give a hoot because the soshi plague is desired and its soshi-effects tend to bring out the positive aspects of life. Sure, the impact is tremendous, but who said these soshi-symptoms were bad?

The nine sisters were perfect for each other, they are now and will always be despite any tsunami-height waves triggering ahead. Perhaps in the dictionary perfection is defined as something without flaws, without mistakes. But in the soshictionary this isn’t so. Perfection is the ability to recognise, accept and be willing to learn from one’s past mistakes. It is a process of changing certain things in life to make them better and bring about positive effects to yourself and the others surrounding you, rather than merely a flawless result. After all, a life about complete perfection would be boring, because the world requires a contrast between the good and bad in order to highlight the former. SNSD’s cute mistakes during performances are what shape them into who they are today – success without failure is no success at all. What we also have to realise is that a mistake from one member will affect the whole performance routine, but what differentiates these girls from others is their ability to work as one and help each other – even if it’s just a quick glance during a mistake.

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=playe...d&v=a8MCu8iH01s

Nine sisters. One heart. Some say that they are only popular due to heavy promotions by SM Entertainment and that it’s not their actual talents for which they are famous for. Let’s get one thing straight. SME knows its work and they work damn hard to promote all its artists in order for them to reach their full potential despite the monetary value associated. But this does not necessarily mean that the ladies are nothing but just pretty faces. It’s true that not every member can sing so brilliantly, and it can be said the same for dance too. But if Soshi is being criticised because “Oh! She can’t sing for sh**” or “she’s got the skinny body but her moves aren’t even up to normal standard, even I can do better!” then this is all wrong. Well, to me at least.

Life is about a balance. Our bodies would not function if we only had ‘good’ substances with the complete absence of bacteria, and vice versa. Despite the need for equality between females and males in the contemporary society, both genders are born to have different features so that they can help each other in life. If everyone was the same then there would be no point of relationships. Same thing with SNSD. Every girl specialises in a certain area, which is why there are main vocalists and main dancers set by SME. Whilst YoonA may not be the best at singing, her dancing and acting abilities are evident. Taeyeon is known as the best singer in terms of vocal techniques despite she may not be top for dance. But it’s okay, because each member contributes a little to the whole soshi-bond and this is what makes Girls’ Generation complete.

Watching SNSD grow for the past few years has been like standing next to a merry-go-round spin its way through ups and downs. It would be a lie to say that every single song released has been an ultimate smash hit but this doesn’t matter because if that really did happen, then every time they held trophies, every time they won awards things would seem bland and meaningless. There is nothing to highlight if there’s no shadow. There would be no shining stars if the sky was bright forever. They’ve been through tears and smiles, but in the end we know they will spin back to where we are viewing from because we can never escape them once caught. What’s more important is that they do not have fear for the end of the ride as the experience would outweigh all and everything.

“Sowoneul malhaebwa” they sing. There are plenty of wishes to be fulfilled as requested from Sones, espcially during the Christmas time. You are sitting down and in the middle of listening to a love melody, glancing through the frosted glass window and seeing the heavy fall of snow whilst your heavy breath blows a heart-shape onto the glass (or at least imagine it like me). Whether it is to meet the girls in real life, buy them presents or to hope that they will be happy every day, you secretly pray that your snowy wishes will be answered one day. Truth is, they can be your genies but that doesn’t mean every wish can be granted. However, the hope and anticipation of its possibility is what keeps us, Sones, alive. Maybe one day we will have the chance to meet and become best friends. But till’ then we will keep running and chasing after them, because they are worth every effort we make.

Girls’ Generation. They are our idols/role models, dominating figures, remedies, children riding on merry-go-rounds, genies and spies. Soshi is fierce – they kick, make the devil run, shoot arrows and hold guns. But their cute image will never be erased despite the appearance of ‘Black Soshi’, because Oh! Em! Gee! They are just too lovable. Here’s the proof (in no particular order):

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When So Nyuh Shi Dae walked into the new world, the old world experienced a turning point that resembled eternal change. And from that point onwards all Sones will live Soshily Ever After, because it’s not the end that matters but the fact that their existence has already been the best thing that’s ever happened in Soshistory.

Sports Korea Awards SNSD

Sports Korea Awards + Interview

For the second time in a row,Sports Korea awarded both “Star of the Year” and “Artist of the Year” to SNSD!

3 consecutive hit songs- “Oh!”, “Run Devil Run”, and “Hoot”- topped off yet another successful year for the girls both at home and internationally. Ever since their debut showcase held at Ariake Colosseum this past August, the girls have quickly become a household name in Japan, gaining a whole new sector of fans.

Despite their huge success worldwide, SNSD were surprised at receiving the two titles on December 25th. In the waiting room at Ilsan, Gyeonggi-do, the girls showed their honest reactions to the newly added awards under their belts:


Reporter: You are the ‘Star of The Year’ award winner. How do you feel?
Jessica : Yeah~!
Seohyun : I could not believe it.
Sunny : As we are still young girls, this means a lot to us and it seems surreal.

Reporter: This year SNSD have been receiving lots of love. What do you think is the factor for your popularity?
Taeyeon : I think the audiences love the ‘freshness’ of our performances everytime we come up with a new concept. Also, the expectation that goes with the change in our appearances played a major role as well.
Seohyun : Since we’re growing slowly everyday, please feel proud for us. I guess when the audience see us being happy on stage, they too, will be feeling the same.

Reporter: It has been a busy year. What’s the most memorable moment?
Jessica : Our first showcase in Japan was the most memorable.
Taeyeon: That’s right. The feeling is still fresh in our minds. When we first landed on a foreign land, how would we know that the fans know about us and gave us such huge cheers and support? Even now, I still find it hard to believe.
Seohyun: In achieving new records in a new place, it has given the team members an opportunity to work together more closely.
Sooyoung: I think for me it’s Tiffany’s injury. This is the first time a member has been absent for this long due to something like this. With the void left by Tiffany, I think we have learned to care and think of one another better now.
Tiffany: I’m really thankful for the care and concerns given by the members. The void was greatly felt. In the future, I do not want to get hurt or ill anymore.

Reporter: What are your plans for 2011?
Seohyun: This year, we had the ‘Asia Tour’ going. Whenever we meet fans abroad, there is a special kind of feeling which is quite different from what we received from fans in Korea. In order to meet more of our foreign fans, we want a world tour . As proud citizens, SNSD want to help promote Korea Republic as well.
Taeyeon: I only want to greet everyone with good news. Please keep SNSD in your minds in 2011 too.

Shoujo Jidai heated up Christmas Eve with ‘Genie’ and ‘Gee’

Christmas gift arrived early for those lucky ones who attended Japan’s Asahi TV’s ‘Music Station Super Live’earlier today as the 9 angels graced the stage with their forever-awesome performances of ‘Genie‘ and ‘Gee’.

Like many of you might have noticed, our girls have shown great improvement in the level of their Japanese language. Besides Sooyoung, Tiffany and Seohyun spoke really fluently on ‘Music Station’ today. Looks like Tiffany has been utilizing her 1-month break to the fullest. Being able to speak so fluently within a month is not an easy task and it only proves that our girls are indeed very linguistic. During the interview, the MC was also amazed with the fact that their Japanese have improved.

Here’s the translation for the interview involving the MCs, Sooyoung and Yuri:

• Male MC: Your Japanese has gotten much better.
  Sooyoung: We study very hard.
  Female MC: That’s great.
  Male Mc: What’s your goal for next year?
  Yuri: Next year I want to become better in Japanese. We want to challenge Japanese people ( she made a cute mistake in her Japanese.)
  Sooyoung: We want to try to do a national tour in Japan.

For those who missed today’s performances and interview, here you go: [VIDEO] CLICK HERE

Japanese pro baseball player wants Soshi to throw first ball for Orix Buffaloes

Park Chanho and Lee Seungyeop’s fellow Orix Buffaloes (Japanese Professional Baseball team) team mate, Kondo Kazuki’s longing for Korea’s idol groups has attracted a lot of attention.

On December 25th, Japan’s ‘Daily Sports’ reported that Orix’s Kondo stated, “For the opening game at home next season, I’d love to see female group, SNSD or Kara throwing the first ball”.

He added, “Nowadays, there are many Korean versions of SNSD and Kara’s songs coming in. If Korean girl group made the opening throw, we will be able to achieve good results in the next season”.

SNSD received big cheers on ‘Music Core Christmas Special’

SNSD received big cheers from the crowd at the MBC ‘Show! Music Core Christmas Special’ today for two reasons – splendid powerful performances and Tiffany’s comeback. Tiffany came back not only as one of the performers but also one of the MCs along with Yuri.

After more than a month, Korean fans finally got to see all 9 girls on stage and Tiffany’s comeback date is easy to remember as it falls on Christmas, December 25th. On today’s ‘Music Core’, SNSD performed the short version of ‘Oh!’ followed by the full version of ‘Hoot’ in their lovely white costumes, the similar costumes they put on at Melon Music Awards on December 15th.

Here are the girls performances on ‘Music Core’ today:

SNSD ranked among top 10 artists who shine in Japan in 2010

SNSD and Kara were included in the top 10 of ‘Artists who shine in the year 2010‘ in Japan.

From December 3rd to December 24th, an online survey was conducted on Japan’s Asahi TV’s ‘Music Station’to determine the ‘Artists who shine in the year 2010‘.

From the poll result, Kara and SNSD were placed within the top 10, alongside popular Japanese artists such as Fukuyama Masaharu, Arashi, AKB48, Nishino Kana, Perfume, etc. Kara was ranked 6th while SNSD took the 9th spot.

This year, SNSD’s Japanese singles ‘Genie‘ and ‘Gee‘ have both surpassed sales of 100,000 copies respectivelyand recorded a total revenue of 880 million yen from all the singles and album sales in Japan this year. Besides that, SNSD’s 2nd Japanese Single ‘Gee‘ was also awarded the Best Single Award at the ‘2010 BIGLOBE Music Award‘ and ranked no.2 on ‘The 43rd Oricon Annual Ranking 2010‘ newcomers’ sales category. Such is the huge popularity and impressive achievement of SNSD in Japan this year.

010 Hanteo Artist of the year SNSD..!

2010 Hanteo Artist of the year…. SNSD!

With so many successes in 2010, it has undoubtedly been the ‘year of Soshi‘. While there are merely 4 days left until 2011, the girls list of achievements just keep stretching longer and longer…

SNSD has recently been awarded Hanteo’s Singer Award for 2010!

The chart takes into account all albums released by the artist since their debut, but counts sales made in 2010 (In this case 1st Jan – 26th Dec 2010). While SNSD placed 2nd in 2009 behind hip-hop veteran Seo TaiJi. Selling a total of 303,442 copies this year, SNSD took home the crown while fellow SM label-mates Super Junior andSHINee placed 2nd and 3rd with 262,610 and 154,332 copies sold respectively.



Another interesting point is that alongside Soshi, fellow SM town artists completely dominated Hanteo’s best selling albums for 201o.

1. Super Junior – Bonamana (ver A) – 132,127
2.SNSD – Oh – 123,668
3.SNSD – Hoot – 94,442
4. SHINee – Lucifer (ver A) – 58,628
5. BoA – Hurricance Venus – 57,273
6.SNSD – Run Devil Run (repackaged) – 57,037

SNSD praised for being the most economical when it comes to online shopping

One A Day Social Commerce shopping mall, Crazy Ticket conducted a survey from November 29th to December 23rd entitled ‘Which girl group would pay great attention to economical shopping through social commerce?’ involving 889 participants. From the survey result, SNSD topped the list where 442 participants (49.7%) voted for them. T-Ara came in 2nd with 218 votes (24,5%) and 2NE1 in 3rd with 198 votes (22.3%).

A representative of Crazy Ticket said, “Through this survey, the public have told us about their thoughts and impressions of SNSD, T-Ara and 2NE1′s image. Particularly, many of the respondents expressed their opinions on SNSD’s thriftiness. Some of the respondents commented, ‘In view of their busy schedules, it seems that SNSD would only buy things they really need through online open market’,'Christmas gift to express gratitude towards SNSD seems to be available through social commerce’ and ‘I will only buy necessary items which are affordable and economical through One A Day Social Commerce’”.

Meanwhile, SNSD are also the most-searched figure in 2010. According to portal site, Naver, ‘SNSD’ is the 5th most popular keyword search and 1st in terms of most searched figure.

Most people would recommend Taeyeon to their best friends

Taeyeon is voted no.1 for the female idol that a person would most likely introduce to his/her best friend.

From a poll conducted through a portal site of the movie ‘Be All and End All (Korean:내 친구의 소원/Translation: My Friend’s Wish)‘ entitled ‘Such as in the movie ‘Be All End All’, which female idol would you introduce to your best friend to go on a blind date with?’, Taeyeon was ranked 1st.

4minute’s HyunA came in 2nd with 31% while miss A’s Suzy and Kara’s Han Seungyeon took the 3rd and 4th spot respectively.

Girls' Generation and SM Entertainment picked as the top of K-pop

SM Entertainment has been picked as the "Power Man" of the celebrity industry. 100 professionals were asked to pick the best of many categories, and SM Entertainment received 28 votes, making them the "2010 Entertainment Power Man." Not only so, but Girls' Generation received the "This Year's Star Daesang." This is the first time that a company has gotten both the "Star Daesang" and "Power Man".

Second place went to CJ Entertainment with 21 votes, a mere 7 votes behind SM Entertainment. CJ Entertainment does not have celebrities, but it is the dominant powerhouse in distributing movies and DVDs in Korea. This year it saw its biggest success with "Mister".

Third place went to MNet with 14 votes, most likely because of its Super Star K. However, because MNet is a branch of CJ Corporate just as CJ Entertainment is, if the two votes are combined CJ Corporate overtakes SM Entertainment.

Girls' Generation was 1st in the "Star Daesang" with 36 votes, but also entered the "Power Man" rankings with 6 votes, the only non-company name to be on the list. Wonbin was second with 19 votes, and Jang Hyuk was 3rd with 6 votes. They were also first in "This Year's Singer" with 55 votes. JYP Entertainment's representative also voted for Girls' Generation instead of his company's 2PM or Wonder Girls, showing just how successful the girls were this year.

Wonbin won 1st place in "This Year's Actor" with 35 points, and Kang Hodong won 1st place in "This Year's Comedian" with 23 points. "This Year's Song" went to miss A's "Bad Girl Good Girl" with 26 votes, KBS 2TV Happy Sunday's "Qualifying Men" obtained 1st place in "This Year's TV Program" with 18 votes, and "Mister" won "This Year's Movie" with 47 votes.

Do you agree with these rankings?

SNSD awarded ‘Star of The Year’ and ‘Artist of The Year’

SNSD were awarded the ‘Star of The Year‘ and ‘Artist of The Year‘ awards by Sports Korea for 2 consecutive years.

In 2010, SNSD released 3 hit songs, ‘Oh!’, ‘Run Devil Run’ and ‘Hoot’ as well as becoming the center of girl group craze syndrome in Japan ever since their debut showcase in Ariake Coliseum in August 2010.

On December 25th at the waiting room in Ilsan, Gyeonggi-do, the awards came as a surprise to the girls as they could not believe they have won the two awards. Although the girls have grown into a big star across Asia, they are indeed still cute and shy girls. Here are some of the reactions from the girls after winning the awards:

Reporter: You are the ‘Star of The Year’ award winner. How do you feel?
Jessica: Yeah~!
Seohyun: I could not believe it.
Sunny: As we are still young So Nyeos, this means a lot to us and it seems surreal.

Reporter: This year SNSD have been receiving lots of love. What do you think is the factor for your popularity?
Taeyeon: I think the audience love the ‘freshness’ of our performances everytime we come up with a new concept. Also, the expectation that goes with the change in our appearances played a major role as well.
Seohyun: Since we’re growing slowly everyday, please feel proud for us. I guess when the audience see us being happy on stage, they too, will be feeling the same.

Reporter: It has been a busy year. What’s the most memorable moment?
Jessica: Our first showcase in Japan was the most memorable.
Taeyeon: That’s right. The feeling is still fresh in our minds. When we first landed on a foreign land, how would we know that the fans know about us and gave us such huge cheers and support? Even now, I still find it hard to believe.
Seohyun: In achieving new records in a new place, it has given the team members an opportunity to work together more closely.
Sooyoung: I think for me it’s Tiffany’s injury. This is the first time a member has been absent for this long due to something like this. With the void left by Tiffany, I think we have learned to care and think of one another better now.
Tiffany: I’m really thankful for the care and concerns given by the members. The void was greatly felt. In the future, I do not want to get hurt or ill anymore.

Reporter: What are your plans for 2011?
Seohyun: This year, we had the ‘Asia Tour’ going. Whenever we meet fans abroad, there is a special kind of feeling which is quite different from what we received from fans in Korea. In order to meet more of our foreign fans, we want a world tour. As proud citizens, SNSD want to help promote Korea Republic as well.
Taeyeon: I only want to greet everyone with good news. Please keep SNSD in your minds in 2011 too.

Soongyu voted as ‘Best Variety Idol’ on Daum Star Ranking

From a poll conducted from December 21st to December 27th to determine the ’2010 Best Variety Idol’, Sunny emerged as the winner as she obtained over 50,000 votes from the 7-day poll, leaving behind her closest contender IU by more than 40,000 votes.

Congratulations to Sunny. 역시 이순규!

‘Hoot’ is no.2 on Oricon with recorded sales of 61k in Week 1

Before the year ends, SNSD added another impressive achievement by securing the 2nd spot on Oricon Weekly Album Chart.

According to Oricon on December 28th, SNSD’s licensed Japanese Edition of 3rd Mini Album ‘Hoot’ recorded sales of61,000 copies in the first week, thus making it the 2nd hottest selling album in Japan for the week.

Oricon stated, “SNSD’s single ‘Gee’ captured the 2nd spot before but not on the album chart. This is SNSD’s first top 10 entry on the album chart”.

The Japanese edition of the mini album ‘Hoot’ consists of SNSD’s hits such as ‘Tell Me Your Wish’, ‘Gee’, ‘Run Devil Run’, ‘Oh!’, etc.

SNSD’s ‘Oh!’ is the ‘Best Song of The Year’ on Monkey 3

SNSD‘s ‘Oh!‘ was selected as the most popular song which received the most love in 2010 on online music site, ‘Monkey 3′.

The ’2010 Monkey 3 Best Song 30′ was selected based on the number downloads and online streaming from January 1st to December 10th (90%) and also Monkey 3 user votes (10%).

From these criteria, SNSD emerged as the winner with their hit song ‘Oh!’. As soon as it was released, ‘Oh!’ recorded an ‘all-kill’ on various music charts and went on to take the no.1 spot for the first half of the year on these charts, including the ‘Monkey 3′ chart as well.

SNSD are indeed the most popular singer of the year as their hits ‘Oh!’, ‘Run Devil Run’ and ‘Hoot’ dominated the charts as soon as they were officially released.

Through the scores calculated based on download and streaming figures from January 1st to December 10th on ‘Monkey 3′, ‘Best Artist’, ‘Longest Weekly Chart Winner’ and ‘Best Duet Song’ were also selected.

miss A’s ‘Bad Girl Good Girl’ was awarded the ‘Longest Weekly Chart Winner’ as the promising newcomers took no.1 on ‘Monkey 3 Weekly Chart’ for 4 weeks in a row. For the ‘Best Duet Song’ category, IU and Im Seulong (2AM)’s ‘Nagging’ secured the no.1 spot. 2AM on the other hand, were selected as the ‘Best Artist’.

SNSD ranked 4th on ‘Pop Culture Power Leader Big 30′

Year 2010 is coming to an end. Media, panels of industry experts and professionals, in collaboration with Herald Economics have selected the ‘Pop Culture Power Leader Big 30‘ to acknowledge the influence and dominance in the broadcasting, films, performances, music and entertainment industry.

SNSD who were ranked 14th last year, went up 10 places to secure the no.4 spot this year, 2 spots behind the founder of SM Entertainment, Lee Sooman.

SNSD to perform at 2010 KBS Music Festival

Information

Date and time: 30 December 2010, starting from 9.50pm KST

List of performers: Super Junior, SNSD, 2PM, SHINee, Kara, CNBLUE, 2AM, After School, U-Kiss, Sistar, FT Island, f(x), 4minute, Secret, IU, T-Ara, Beast, etc.

SNSD Concert Live Album Reveals Bonus Track

Fans have probably been dying for the release of the Into the New World live album, either excited to relive their memories of attending the concert or trying to capture a feel of what it would’ve been like sitting in the Pink Sea~ Although December 30th seems like an eternity away..some exciting news has been released regarding the 2 disc album!

BONUS TRACKS. The first song is “Beautiful Girls.”
Probably one of my most favorite songs/clips to be played during their concert! Now we’ll all get an even better version of it for our iPods. The second bonus song will be the studio version of Singin’ in the Rain. Just a quick reminder:

Apart from the two bonus songs, there will be a total of 38 other songs on the album. If you haven’t ordered your copy yet, go right now!

So..live album. Live DVD next right? 0:)

Jessica’s fan cafe ‘Pure Jessica’ donate 1,000,000 Won to help the elderly

Jessica’s fan cafe made donations to a welfare association for the elderly people, ‘Sarang-bang‘.

On December 29th, a representative of ‘Sarang-bang’ said, “On December 23rd, before Christmas, Jessica’s fan cafe, ‘Pure Jessica‘ have donated 1 million Won and some gifts”. To acknowledge the contribution, ‘Sarang-bang’ have publicly revealed a donation certificate bearing the fan cafe’s name.

‘Pure Jessica’ which was founded in 2007 have more than 59,000 members to date.

Viewers love listening to ‘Oh!’ on home shopping shows

SNSD‘s ‘Oh!‘ is the most popular background music for TV home shopping programs.

GS Shop conducted an analysis from January 1st to December 28th through the broadcasts of its own home shopping programs. From over 10,000 background music tracks used, SNSD’s ‘Oh!’ was played 450 times.

Also in the top 10 list of the popular songs on home shopping programs are Kara’s ‘Lupin’, T-Ara’s ‘Bo Peep Bo Peep’, Sistar’s ‘Push Push’, Secret’s ‘Magic’, Rainbow’s ‘Not Your Girl’, miss A’s ‘Bad Girl Good Girl’, After School’s ‘ Because Of You’, etc.

A representative of GS Shop said, “In the past, home shopping music were those of the old pop songs with no lyrics so that viewers would concentrate on the shopping hosts and the products being introduced. However, recently, the use of new popular songs seems to be the trend. The bright and cheerful girl group songs seemed to encourage purchases and ‘hook songs’ which have repeated short verses are mostly played because these songs draw viewers’ concentration to the programs”.

Seohyun lives up to her Goddess image

The maknaes of popular idol groups gathered in one place to deliver splendid performances.

On 2010 SBS Gayo Daejun which took place on December 29th starting from 9.55pm KST at Ilsan Kintex, SNSD‘s maknae Seohyun along with MBLAQ’s Mir, After School’s Lizzy, 2PM’s Chansung, SHINee’s Taemin, Kara’s Kang Jiyoung and f(x)’s Sulli performed Britney Spear’s ‘Circus’.

Seohyun awed the crowd and netizens with her glamorous appearance when she ‘descended’ onto the stage like a Goddess dressed in gold with purple silk cloth tied around her waist, which acted as wings when she raised her arms.

Netizens commented:

-”It looks as if a Goddess had descended”
-”She left a huge impact although it was only for a few seconds”
-”Seohyun, the Goddess of all Goddesses”

2010 Daum Life On Awards: SNSD’s Oh! selected as the ‘Music of The Year’

Daum Communications have announced the winners for the ‘2010 Daum Life On Awards‘ where the award ceremony will be taking place on January 3rd, 2011 at the El Tower Grand Hall in Yangje-Dong. Kim Jedong will be the host for the ceremony.

From December 2nd to December 22nd, Daum conducted the online voting process to determine the winners of the ’2010 Daum Life On Award’ through its website. There are 22 categories of awards with 28 award recipients in total.

In the ‘Contents Category’ netizens have selected SNSD‘s ‘Oh!‘ as the winner for ‘Music of the Year‘ award, adding another trophy to their collection in 2010 after being crowned with various prestigious year-end awards.

Winner in each category will receive prize money of 1,000,000 Won and a trophy. The winner for ‘view Grand Award’ will be receiving 5,000,000 Won and the nominees who made it to the final round will also be presented with special gifts.

This award was organized in conjunction with a donation campaign and netizens were charged 100 Won for every vote they cast. From the 21-day voting period, a total of 27,000,000 Won was collected from 89,764 people who participated in the online voting. The sum of money collected will be channeled to Korea Association of Social Welfare Centers to help the less fortunate families all over the country.

SNSD blessed with the most awards in 2010

Among all girl groups, SNSD were blessed with the most awards this year.

Music portal site, ‘Bugs!‘ conducted a poll from December 14th to December 27th entitled ‘Which girl group were blessed with the most awards in 2010?‘. From 2,829 participants who took part in the poll, 65% (1822 people) voted in favor of SNSD, putting the girls on top of the list.

Netizens commented, “‘Oh!’, ‘Run Devil Run’ and ‘Hoot’ have secured the no.1 spot on various music awards respectively and thus, SNSD are the ones who are blessed with the most awards this year” and “SNSD won the most awards due to their skills and popularity”.

SNSD who have won Daesangs for 2 consecutive years (Digital Daesang in 2009 and Disk Daesang in 2010), won 3 awards at the ’2010 Golden Disk Awards’. They also won 14 K-Chart Awards, inclusive of the Annual K-Chart Awards on KBS 2TV’s ‘Music Bank’, 8 Mutizen Awards on SBS ‘Inkigayo’, 3 awards at the ’2010 Bugs! Music Awards’ and bagged 4 awards at ’2010 Melon Music Awards’. Other than domestic recognition, SNSD also chosen as the Best Rookie by Japan BIGLOBE and they are in contention for the Best Rookie Award at the ’2010 Japan Record Award’ which will be taking place on December 30th.

From the result of the poll, 2NE1 took the no.2 spot with 20% (548 people), followed by miss A in 3rd with 8%.

It’s a super busy day for the girls!

On December 30th, SNSD will be traveling back and forth between Korea and Japan as they will be attending the year-end events in the 2 countries. This is indeed the proof that SNSD are currently enjoying huge popularity in both countries.

The girls departed for Japan last night (sportsseoul.com mentioned ‘this morning’, which is wrong) and they will be attending the ‘Japan Record Awards’ which will be televised LIVE on TBS. ‘The 52nd Japan Record Awards‘ is an annual award ceremony organized by Composers Association of Japan and SNSD have been nominated for theBest Rookie Award.

After the award ceremony (probably after Best Rookie Award is announced), the girls will be taking an express plane ride to Korea where they will be performing at the ‘2010 KBS Song Festival‘. According to the list of performances released by KBS, SNSD will only be performing in the second half of the show. For this year’s festival, SNSD are set to grace the stage with ‘Run Devil Run‘ and then followed by ‘Oh!‘. For the ‘Most Popular Song Award’, SNSD who have released 3 powerful hits, ‘Oh!’, ‘Run Devil Run’ and ‘Hoot’ are seen strong contenders.

A representative of SM Entertainment said, “Due to SNSD’s outstanding achievements successful promotional activities in both Korea and Japan this year, there have been great interest and demands for SNSD to attend the year-end special music programs in the two countries. In order to meet and spend more memorable time with fans, we have decided to charter a private plane in view of the members’ safety, convenience and urgency”.

The chartered plane is rumored to be a luxurious Gulfstream G550 private business jet owned by Japanese airline company, EXCEL Airways. The 13-seater plane will be flying the 9 girls along with their manager and 3 staff directly from Haneda to Seoul.

The overlapping schedules are indeed adding more burden to their already-hectic schedules and the girls ought to be praised for their willingness and determination to attend both events. We hope that the girls would have plenty of rest once the year-end events are over.

Shoujo Jidai performed ‘Gee’ at ‘Japan Record Awards’

‘The 52nd Japan Record Awards‘ is in progress at the time this article was published. Among the 4 newcomers,SNSD were the last to perform. Dressed in white, the girls pulled off an awesome performance of ‘Gee‘.

After SNSD’s performance, the 10 nominees for the Record Award (the grand award) were introduced and each of them will be performing their hits before the ‘Best Rookie Award‘ is announced. So meanwhile, enjoy these recorded clips.

Sooyoung’s speech during the preliminary program before the start of the award ceremony



Gee



Did anyone notice that Sunny is no longer a blondie?

…and the Best Rookie Award goes to………S/Mileage

SNSD selected as one of the ’50 Power Leaders in 2011′

Asia Today have identified Korea Republic’s ‘50 Power Leaders in 2011‘ who are capable of improving the nation’s global competitiveness.

Out of the 50 leaders selected, 19 are from the industrial sector, 14 are politicians, 12 from the social and cultural sector and 5 people were selected from the financial sector.

There were only two artistes listed in the top 50. One of them is Kolleen Park who was ranked 25th and the other is none other than the 9 angels who achieved great success in Korea and Japan, SNSD. The girls were ranked 44th and they are also the only girl group who managed to get onto the list as well. Queen of the skating rink, Kim YunA secured the no.1 spot while Korea Republic national football team captain and Manchester United’s winger, Park Jisung was ranked 39th in the list.