Seohyun Praised for Her Red Carpet Fashion and Manners

Fans could not hide their surprise at Seohyun’s voluptuous figure.

On the 29th of November, Girls’ Generation’s Seohyun attended the 2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards in Singapore with her other members. During the red carpet event, the nine members of Girls’ Generation showed off their beautiful figures wearing dresses rather than their stage outfits.

Out of all of them, the youngest member Seohyun’s dress captured fans’ attentions. On this day, Seohyun was the only one wearing a long dress, seeming a bit unexpected. The other Girls’ Generation members either wore dresses that had waterfall-like full ends or pink-toned mini dresses, giving off a cute vibe. However, Seohyun’s long dress showed off an elegant charm.

Along with her dress, Seohyun’s red carpet attitude garnered attention. During their entire red carpet ceremony, she held her hand to where her chest line was. As the tube-top design cut deep into her chest’s “v-line”, it seemed Seohyun was uncomfortable, as she is known for living a proper life.

On Girls’ Generation’s MAMA red carpet look, fashion experts stated, “It was like Girls’ Generation. It was as if 9 princesses from medieval times gathered in one place and showed off their beauty. Their waterfall-like dress ends, mini dresses, and tube-top designs all appealed to the eyes equally. Their moderate makeup was also appropriate. Their dresses were satisfactory enough, even without other accessories.”

Also, on Seohyun’s dress they stated, “She was the only one amongst Girls’ Generation members who wore a long dress. Her long hair and long dress were harmonious, and an elegant feminine beauty was expressed. Even though she is the youngest member, Seohyun has a mature appearance. That could be seen through this red carpet event.”

Taeyeon envious of Seohyun's ex-husband

SNSD member Taeyeon blurted out her disappointment about her ex-partner in We Got Married causing laughter to the audience.

Recently, SNSD appeared as guests in Mnet's Beatles' Code and gave lively atmosphere.

One from the staff reveals that Taeyeon expressed that she's envious of fellow member Seohyun who was coupled with CNBlue's Yonghwa. She said, "There are rare opportunities to appear in these kind of show and be paired with same aged partner. I envy Seohyun because of that."

Back then, Taeyeon was paired with comedian Jung Hyung Don when she appeared in We Got Married. A husband that was unaffectionate and lazy.

Also in the episode, Yoona was picked who has the best appetite among the members. This will air on December 9, at 12 a.m.

Sunny Reunites with Pureumi on 'Invincible Youth 2'

Girls’ Generation’s Sunny garnered attention after reuniting with Greeny, the cow she met through the first season of “Invincible Youth”. It had been one year since they last met.

During the latest recording of “Invincible Youth 2″, G8 members invited villagers and other surprise guests to the opening ceremony of the idol village. Girls’ Generation’s Sunny and miss A’s Suzy were given the special mission of “ushering a special guest”, and visited Yoochiri, the site where the first season’s memories were created.

After seeing that nothing had changed in the village since the first season, Sunny showed Suzy the crops they grew themselves, and began to reminisce, also telling Suzy about the animals they cared for. In particular Sunny, couldn’t help but feel sorry to the mascot of the first season, Pureumi.

After the cow entered the idol village in the first season, Sunny became Greeny’s owner by winning a quiz segment. As if Greeny knew who her owner was, she would always listen to Sunny more than the other G7 members. On Sunny’s last day of “Invincible Youth”, she cried thinking of having to leave her. Soon after, Greeny also showed tears, showing the bond between human and animal.

Seeing her for the first time in a year, Sunny tried to coax a sulking Greeny by saying, “I’m sorry I couldn’t visit often.” It was said that Sunny personally cooked and fed Greeny her favorite cabbage, and stayed there waiting until Greeny opened up to Sunny again.

YouTube Compiles Girls' Generation Videos for New Feature

YouTube has proven to be an important force in helping spread Girls’ Generation across the world. Their music videos have tens of millions of views each: “Gee” with 59 million, “Oh!” with 45 million”, and “Run Devil Run” with 33 million, just to name a few. However, not only are their music videos popular, but many fan-made videos and TV show clips are as well. These videos have been important in spreading awareness of Girls’ Generation on YouTube, not to mention the fact that they are funny, moving and informative in their own right. It can be really hard to actually come across a lot of these videos, but a new YouTube feature has made that task much easier.

YouTube created a new feature called “Topics” where they compile videos from all over the website into something like a channel that you can subscribe to. Google, as the owner of YouTube, has recognized the growing popularity of K-Pop, and in addition to their plans to create a dedicated K-Pop channel on YouTube, they have included compilations of K-Pop videos for their new Topics feature.

Girls’ Generation has their own topic into which YouTube has compiled all the videos relating to the group. The topic shows a description of the group: “Members Hyoyeon, Jessica, Seohyun, Sooyoung, Sunny, Taeyeon, Tiffany, Yoona, and Yuri had — for the most part — been a part of Korean pop media, appearing in commercials and ads before winning places in Girls Generation and making their debut as such in the summer of 2007.”

The Girls’ Generation topic has over 133,000 videos compiled with a total of over 1.6 billion views. Not only are there hundreds of millions of views with their music videos, but the amount of videos related to Girls’ Generation is staggering.

s if that wasn’t enough, there are topics for each member of the group as well, compiling all videos of each member together. For instance, Taeyeon has over 37,000 videos with a total of over 500 million views. The same goes with Tiffany’s topic. Jessica seems to be extremely popular, with over 100,000 videos and 1 billion views for videos that are related to her. Also, each member’s “channel” has a description of her and her accomplishments. For example, Sooyoung’s description includes her time before her debut with Girls’ Generation. It says, “After winning first place in the 2002 Korea-Japan Ultra Idol Duo, Sooyoung was sent to Japan and debuted as a member of the duo Route 0, alongside Malina Takahashi.”

You can subscribe to each member as well as the group to see new videos of them on your YouTube homepage, from official videos from SM Entertainment to a fan-made compilation of Taeyeon laughing to the latest cuts of MC YulTi on “Music Core”.

Check out the Girls’ Generation topic on YouTube here, where you can also reach the rest of the members’ pages on the sidebar. The new Girls’ Generation and member topics will no doubt strengthen their fast growing popularity outside of Korea. Watching Girls’ Generation videos has never been easier.

Girls’ Generation members’ videos being added makes the homepage look great

Who were the top digital sellers in K-POP for 2011?

With 2011 counting down to a close, the industry is slowing down to look back at its achievements over the past year. Following a list of the most successful producers, Star News has followed up with a ranking of the most popular digital tracks over the past months.

The list was compiled by Olleh Music and ranks the top 50 songs this year which performed the best in the digital form. The number was determined by combining the number of downloads + the number of streams the song received on its website.

The honors for first place went to G.NA with her January title, “Black & White“. The song fared well, not only because of its early January release – which gives it a head-start advantage – but also for an easy melody that was accepted by both young and old alike.

IU also proved her title as one of this year’s hottest stars by landing three tracks on the top ten, including last year’s “Good Day” at #2 and “Someday” and “The Story Only I Didn’t Know” at #7 and #9, respectively.

Girl group T-ara also had a noteworthy year with one of this year’s most popular songs, “Roly Poly“, at #3.

The top ten was rounded out by Big Bang with “Tonight” (#4), SECRET with “Shy Boy” (#5), f(x) with “Pinocchio” (#6), CN BLUE with “Intuition” (#8), and B2ST with “Fiction” (#10).

Among the rookie groups to debut this year, Girls’ Day performed the strongest with “Twinkle Twinkle” at #11.

2NE1 also had a strong year with 4 songs on the top 50, including “Lonely“, “Don’t Cry“, “I Am the Best“, and “Ugly” at #14, 16, 22, and 39, respectively.

MBC‘s ‘Infinity Challenge’ also shook the charts with their ‘West Coast Highway Music Festival’challenge, where each member teamed up with a songwriter to pen their own duet track. Park Myung Soo and G-Dragon‘s collaboration track, “I Cheated“, landed at #20 while Yoo Jae Suk and Lee Juk‘s “Apgujeong Nallari” was positioned at #42.

Among the numerous OST (soundtrack) tracks released for dramas this year, Hyun Bin‘s “That Man” for SBS‘s ‘Secret Garden’ scored the highest (#21), apart from IU’s “Someday” which demolished the competition at #7.

Despite being heavily disadvantaged with late-year releases, both SNSD and Wonder Girls performed strongly with “The Boys” and “Be My Baby“, at #24 and #35, respectively.

Counting by individual months, the top songs for each month this year were Hyun Bin’s “That Man” (January), G.NA’s “Black & White” (February), Big Bang’s “Tonight” (March), Orange Caramel‘s “Bangkok City” (April), Sistar19‘s “Ma Boy” (May), SECRET‘s “Starlight Moonlight” (June), GG‘s “I Cheated” (July), 2NE1′s “Ugly” (August), Davichi‘s “Don’t Say Goodbye” (September), Lee Seung Gi‘s “Love Time” (October), and Wonder Girls’ “Be My Baby” (November).

You can see the full list below of the top-selling digital songs for 2011. Do you see your favorite artist?

• 1. ‘”Black & White” – G.NA
• 2. “Good Day” – IU
• 3. “Roly Poly” – T-ara
• 4. “Tonight” – Big Bang
• 5. “Shy Boy” – SECRET
• 6. “Pinocchio” – f(x)
• 7. “Someday” – IU
• 8. “Intuition” – CN BLUE
• 9. “The Story Only I Didn’t Know” – IU
• 10. “Fiction” – B2ST
• 11. “Twinkle Twinkle” – Girls’ Day
• 12. “My Heart is Beating” – K.Will
• 13. “Ma Boy” – Sistar19
• 14. “Lonely” – 2NE1
• 15. “Goodbye Baby” – Miss A
• 16. “Don’t Cry” – Park Bom
• 17. “Please” – Kim Bum Soo
• 18. “On Rainy Days” – B2ST
• 19. “Mirror Mirror” – 4minute
• 20. “I Cheated” – GG (feat. Park Bom)
• 21. “That Man” – Hyun Bin
• 22. “I Am the Best” – 2NE1
• 23. “Tok Tok” – Mighty Mouth (feat. Soya)
• 24. “The Boys” – SNSD
• 25. “Well Done” – Navi
• 26. “You Are the Best of My Life” – Lee Hyun
• 27. “Going Crazy” – Song Ji Eun (feat. Bang Yong Guk)
• 28. “Heart to Heart” – 4minute
• 29. “So Cool” – Sistar
• 30. “Starlight Moonlight” – SECRET
• 31. “Day By Day” – Kim Bo Kyung
• 32. “Bangkok City” – Orange Caramel
• 33. “Hot Summer” – f(x)
• 34. “Don’t Forget Me” – Huh Gak
• 35. “Be My Baby” – Wonder Girls
• 36. “Turned Off the TV…” – Leessang (Feat. T Yoon Mi Rae, Kwon Jung Ryeol)
• 37. “Don’t Say Goodbye” – Davichi
• 38. “For First-Time Lovers” – Jung Yong Hwa
• 39. “Ugly” – 2NE1
• 40. “Words That Freeze My Heart” – Wheesung (feat. Yong Jung Hyung)
• 41. “Love Song” – Big Bang
• 42. “Apgujeong Nallari” – Drooping Snail
• 43. “Tokyo Girl” – Busker Busker
• 44. “Hello” – Huh Gak
• 45. “Hold My Hand” – IU
• 46. “Bubble Pop!” – HyunA
• 47. “Cafe” – Big Bang
• 48 “I Miss You” – Noel
• 49. “Americano” – 10cm
• 50. “To Me” – Rainbow

Girls' Generation Talk About Their Eating Habits

Girls’ Generation recently recorded an episode of Mnet’s “The Beatles Code” which is set to air on the 8th at 7PM KST. During the show, the MCs, Yoon Jongshin and Yoo Seyoon, asked the girls, “Is it true that the members can all eat without worrying about their weight? Do you really not go on diets?” In response to this, the members replied, “We just eat what we like to eat, and not eat those that we don’t want to. We’re just like everyone else.”

Girls’ Generation went on to say, “It’s not that we don’t gain any weight no matter how much we eat, but Sooyoung and Yoona are the exceptions. They don’t seem to gain any weight at all despite eating so much. Especially Yoona, she doesn’t even get bloated!” After Girls’ Generation revealed this, the whole studio burst into laughter.

The questions continued and Girls’ Generation was asked who loved Korean food the most. Once again, Yoona was brought up as the eight girls all chose her. They said, “Sooyoung and Yoona love to eat Korean food. However, Yoona is a big eater and she especially likes it when there is a wide variety of side dishes.”

During the episode, the girls also opened up about times when they were jealous of each other. Taeyeon admitted that during “We Got Married”, she was jealous of Seohyun. She elaborated on this by saying, “The both of us starred in ‘We Got Married’, but we ended up with completely different guys. It’s difficult to be casted in the same variety show with friends your age, and for that, I was jealous of Seohyun.” This was in reference to the fact that Seohyun was “married” to CNBLUE’s Jung Yonghwa, and Taeyeon to comedian, Jung Hyungdon.

Yuri and Sooyoung also revealed a “behind story” which will be further revealed during the broadcast.

SNSD @ Japanese First Album Repackaged The Boys Cover Information and Preorder Links!

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