Fans want Girls’ Generation on ‘I Am a Singer’

Recently, an online poll surveyed netizens on which artists they most wanted to see on the popular television program, ‘I Am a Singer‘.

At this time, Girls’ Generation is taking the lead with with 360,000 votes. Other artists on the poll include Super Junior at second place with 280,000 votes, F.T. Island in third place with 4,833 votes and CN BLUE taking fourth place with 4, 544 votes.

Girls’ Generation was said to have held onto the #1 spot since the first day of the poll’s opening.

There is no denying the girls’ talents, but are they ‘I Am a Singer’ material? Netizens believed that the girls definitely have what it takes to compete seriously in the show, especially ‘kid leader’ Taeyeon, whose vocal skills have “already been approved by many singers and songwriters alike”. One netizen wrote, “Should she come on the show, it will be a new and fresh turn for both the show and the audience as well”.

The voting poll is still ongoing, and will remain open until the 22nd.

NARSHA, 具荷拉, SUNNY & 泫雅合照公开！

今天1月17号 Brown Eyed Girls 成员 Narsha 在她个人推特帐户上上传了2张照片。她附上留言说道“孩子1，孩子2，孩子3”

Narsha snapped a photo with Sunny!

Brown Eyed Girls' Narsha shared a new picture with Girls' Generation's Sunny on her personal Twitter account.

On January 16th, the photo above was tweeted by none other than Narsha and she wrote "3 baby .... (Oh ... Sunny ...)".

In the picture, the 2 idols look like sisters. Narsha put her arm on Sunny's shoulder and both of them look at the camera while smiling brightly. They look happy to see each other again after a while.

The 2 were both original casts of the first season of Invincible Youth.

Netizens commented after seeing the photo, they said "we want G7" "Sunny and Narsha!" "Miss the original casts of Invincible Youth" and more.

SM Entertainments new office building "YG inspired"?

It looks like YG Entertainment wont be the only agency to be known to have luxurious company building inside and out. SM Entertainment's new headquarters have been revealed through on online community which uploaded photo's and the new building of SM Entertainment showcases luxurious appliances and interior designing.

Only the office rooms have been revealed from the building, the training and rehearsal rooms have yet to be revealed raising some high expectations from fans. However, despite the flashy new building, Netizens seems to be not too impressed and commented, "It's nice to see SM Entertainment has a new office", "YG Entertainment's building is still far better."

Narsha revealed selcas taken with Sunny, Hara and Hyun Ah!

Invincible Youth first season cast reunites!

Narsha revealed the selcas shown above.

She snapped a few selcas with the Invincible Youth members including SNSD's Sunny,KARA's Goo Hara and 4Minute's Hyun Ah.

Fans mentioned that they missed the first season members very much,hope to see them reunite in the future!

SM artist to shoot for French fashion brand 'Carven'

On January 17th, a representative of fashion magazine ‘W Korea’ said, “Artists from SM Entertainment will be having a 2-day pictorial shoots from January 19th to 21st for French brand ‘Carven’ in a designated studio”.

The artists who will be participating in the shoots are YoonA and Seohyun, SHINee’s JongHyun and Taemin, f(x)’s Sulli and Krystal as well as SM’s upcoming new group, EXO. For this shoot which will be aired live on YouTube in real-time, the artists will be sporting the modern elegance concept.

A staff in charge of the pictorial shoot said, “The artists’ fresh and new look can be seen in real-time through a live channel, giving viewers a new experience as if they are together with us on the set”.

Girls' Generation's First Japanese Album Breaks Record!

Girls’ Generation’s first Japanese album “Girls Generation”, released on June 6th of last year, sold 16,000 copies this past week, giving them fifth place on Oricon’s weekly album sales chart.  This is the first time in history that an album by a Korean artist has placed in the Top 10 for seventeen weeks.  The previous record holder was the original soundtrack for the Korean drama “Winter Sonata”, which remained in the Top 10 for sixteen weeks.  ”Winter Sonata” was released in September of 2003.

In addition, Girls’ Generation holds the record among foreign artists for the most album sales in a week for a debut album with 232,000 copies sold.  Currently, 780,000 copies of “Girls’ Generation” have been sold, which includes their repackaged album.

“The Boys” also made impressive headway.  It was the best selling Korean album of 2011with 385,348 copies sold.

'Girls' Generation' makes history in Japan again

According to Japan’s Oricon on January 16th, Girls’ Generation’s 1st Japanese album ‘Girls’ Generation’ which was released on June 1st, 2011 had secured the 5th spot on Oricon Weekly Album Chart with sales of 16,000 copies (total accumulative sales including repackaged album: 780,000 copies) for the week ending January 23rd.

‘Girls’ Generation’ has been placed within the top 10 for 17 weeks so far, which is the most number of weeks within the top 10 that an album by a Korean artist has ever achieved in history.

The previous record was held by the original soundtrack (OST) for ‘Winter Sonata’ which was released in September 2003. The OST managed to stay within the top 10 for 16 weeks with accumulative sales of 910,000 copies.

‘Girls’ Generation’ also holds the record of the highest number of copies sold within the first week among foreign artists with 232,000 copies (no.1 on Oricon Album Weekly Chart). As of last year, the album recorded a total sales of 642,000 copies which was the 5th highest selling album in Japan.

Taeyeon's Figure Attracts Attention at the Golden Disk Award!

Fans could not hide their surprise at Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon’s appealing dress figure. Along with the other members of Girls’ Generation, Taeyeon attended the second evening of the “26th Golden Disk Awards” held on January 12th in Osaka, Japan.

At the red carpet event held prior to the main award ceremony, Taeyeon proudly showed off her beautiful figure.  She wore a long dress which radiated elegance, and the deep cut along the side of the dress helped to emphasize her legs. Taeyeon also showed her manners by using a “manner hand” to reduce the amount of skin shown.

On this day, Girls’ Generation was honored with the “Digital Daesang“. Congratulations to the girls for adding this prestigious award to their long list of achievements.

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Girls' Generation's Japanese Album Surpasses One Million Shipments Mark!

Girls’ Generation’s first Japanese album “Girls’ Generation”, which was released last year on June 1st, surpassed the one million copy shipments mark on January 11th, half a year later.

The only other albums to pass this mark were BoA’s “Listen to My Heart” in 2002 with 1.29 million copies, “Valenti” with 1.4 million copies in 2003, and “Best of Soul” with 1.2 million copies in 2005. Being a Korean girl group, surpassing the one million copy shipments mark for the first time is an amazing accomplishment for Girls’ Generation.

Girls’ Generation took the top spot on the Oricon chart in their first appearance, and stayed in the top ten for thirteen weeks, a record for a “long-seller” (artists usually stay in the top ten on the Oricon chart for an average of one to two months, so thirteen weeks is especially long for a foreign artist).  With the repackaged version of the girls’ first Japanese album being released on December 28th, the album came back onto Oricon’s weekly chart at number two, and with this passed the one million shipments mark.

In response to this, the members of Girls’ Generation said, “The feeling hasn’t hit us yet, but we are really happy that a lot of people listen to our music. We want to continue to do our best in order to provide amazing songs for our fans who have supported us and not disappoint fans’ expectations.”

The Limited First Press and the Normal editions of Girls’ Generation’s repackaged Japanese album, “The Boys”, may be purchased by clicking on the links.