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Forbes Korea : Girls' Generation Korea's top 'Power Celebrity' for two consecutive years!

Girls’ Generation has been named Korea’s top ‘Power Celebrity’ for the second consecutive year.

In celebration of Forbes Korea’s 9th anniversary of founding, the result of the ‘Korea’s Power Celebrity 40′ was announced. Out of more than 100 famous figures in Korea, Forbes Korea announced the top 40 celebrities who are shortlisted based on income, influence, reputation and expertise. The benchmark for selection is similar to US Forbes ‘Celebrity 100′.

Girls’ Generation who topped the celebrity survey last year has obtained 1st and 2nd spot in the main selection criteria such as number of published articles, TV advertisements and broadcast activities. Last year alone, Girls’ Generations have participated in a total of 36 TV commercials. Their 3rd album ‘The Boys’ which was released in October last year had recorded sales of more than 380,000 copies.

The spotlight of this year’s result is the inclusion of many Kpop idols within the top 20 spots where 10 spots were occupied by them. Besides Girls’ Generation who took the top spot, other Kpop stars included in the top 20 spots are Big Bang, IU, Kara, Beast, 2PM, JYJ, TVXQ, Super Junior and T-ara. The breakthrough by the artists in the ‘Power Celebrity’ list shows the huge influence of the Kpop fever. Last year, fans from New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris and other parts of the world had performed flash mobs and cover dances in their efforts to request for Kpop artists’ performance in their respective areas.

Other than Girls’ Generation, the celebrities who are still within top 10 this year (comparison made to last year’s list) are Kim YunA, Lee SeungGi and Park JiSung. Kim YunA has the biggest media influence among all celebrities.

Jessica takes you behind the scene of 'Dazed & Confused' photoshoot

Girls’ Generation’s Jessica recently hit the cover of the March issue of the Korean edition of British style magazine ‘Dazed & Confused’.

On February 24, Dazed & Confused released a short video which features behind the scene footage from Jessica's pictorial. The video shows the gorgeous idol walking in the middle of the New York's streets, as well as short introduction talk from Jessica herself.

Check out the video below.

Girls' Generation releases teaser for Japanese track 'Time Machine'

Girls’ Generation’s first Japanese album, “Girls’ Generation”, which was released on June 31st 2011, reached a shipping record of one million copies, a first in the history of Japan as a Korean artist . There will be a new music video to continue the rapid advancement of Girls’ Generation into Japan. The music video will be for their new song “Time Machine”, and comedian Imada Kouji will appear in the video.

“Time Machine” is a new ballad song that was recorded for last year’s repackaged album release on December 28th, titled “Re:Package Album: Girls’ Generation ~The Boys~”. On February 25th, the song will also be promoted in Girls’ Generation’s CF of UHA Mikukato “E-ma Nodoame”.

Imada Kouji is a self-proclaimed Girls’ Generation fan and leads in knowledge and enthusiasm in the entertainment world, so the staff of Girls’ Generation made the offer to include him.

The music video for “Time Machine” is set to be released in early March. For the girls, this music video concept is something that they have not done so far and it seems that the video was influenced by the atmosphere of the teaser.

Check out the video below: