[News] SNSD makes history on weekly Oricon chart

SNSD has made history on Oricon as the first foreign girl group to make it in the ‘top 3 singles’ ranking since 1980. Having released the Japanese version of “Gee” only 20 days ago, it’s quite an achievement for the single to land the weekly #2 spot on Japan’s most famous music chart. Their first single “Genie” previously ranked 4th on the list.

Oricon’s website posted a message stating, “SNSD, the first Asian girl group to have their single land in the top 3.”

“Gee” is also currently 1st on iTunes Japan, on Japanese music site Musico, and on mobile siterecochoku. The music video is also ranking 1st on a number of charts.

In further news, SNSD will be performing their new single “Hoot” on this week’s Music Bank.

Source + Photos : Nate

[Videos] Seohyun's Star Call

Girls' Generation's magnae Seohyun recently uploaded a Star Call. Despite being busy flying all over Asia to prepare and promote for their latest album Hoot in Korea, as well as promoting their recent japanese release, Gee as well as a recent concert participation in Singpore, Seohyun found time to talk to their fans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPTMWcV32C0&feature=player_embedded

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[News] SNSD Attends "Talk About G20 Summit" Campaign

“For a Successful Hosting of ‘Seoul G20 Summit’, Fighting!”

Girl group, SNSD, lent out a helping arm for a successful hosting on this November 11 and 12 two-day ‘G20 Summit’.

On the 25th, SNSD received letters of appointment for ‘G20 Star Supporters’ from the G20 Summit Park Kwang Myung, PR planning director. In the future, these people will support and engage in activities as supporters for the “Talk about G20 Summit” campaign.

SNSD said, “We are so happy that because of our oversea activities, our fans are more interested in Korea. We hope this G20 Summit will let the world know more about Korea.”

At one part in the “Talk about G20 Summit” campaign opener at Coex Millennium Square in Seoul, SNSD brought in younger generation, who grew more interested in G20, SNSD’s demonstrations catching attention.

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[News] SNSD Is First Girl Group In Asia To Be In The TOP3

9-member Korean girl group SNSD released their 2nd single “Gee” and sold 66,000 copies within the first week. They entered the 11/1 weekly single ranking at #2. A British female group called “Nolans” released a song called “Dancing Sisters” and entered ORICON at #2 for the 12/1 weekly chart of 1980. SNSD is the 2nd female group to accomplish this, it has been 30 years. Aside from Japan, they are the first ever Asian girl group to enter at this rank.

The single “Gee” is the Japanese version of their Korean big hit from January 2009 that also set records. In September, SNSD’s Japanese debut single “GENIE” (First week sales – 45,000/Total sales 97,000) helped them achieve the record of being the first foreign female artist to rank that high (rank #4) for a debut single. “Gee” has already started by exceeding the rank and sales of their debut single “GENIE” and both singles sales are expected to increase.


Translated by : Kanki@Soshified.com
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[News] Shoujo Jidai (SNSD) makes an appearance on HEY!HEY!HEY!

Via tokyohive:

Last week we reported that Shoujo Jidai (SNSD) would appear on popular Fuji TV variety show HEY! HEY! HEY! Music Champ and they made their much anticipated appearance on October 25th.

The opening of the show talked about their success in Korea and how they were #1 for 9 weeks straight in 2009, The introduction also talked about how more than 22,000 fans attended their debut event in Japan. After the introduction video, each of the girls introduced themselves and member Sooyoung did most of the talking as she’s very good with Japanese. Before joining Girls’ Generation, Sooyoung had a career in Japan as part of the Korean-Japanese Idol Duo Route 0, along with Marina Takahashi.

For the majority of the appearance, Sooyoung talks about a message received from senpai BoA.

BoA’s comments about DownTown, “Hamada-san seems a bit scary at first, but everytime I see him backstage before going on air, he talks to me nicely and is very gentleman like… Matsumoto san on the otherhand, everytime I say hi to him, he’s not really nice! During the recording of Hey! x3 he always makes me seem like a bad person… girls will have to be careful not to get picked on by him.”

BoA also congratulated Matsumoto on his baby and recent recovery from his health problems. The girls then went on to perform ‘Gee.’ Check it all out below :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdxKwto82J0&feature=player_embedded

[News] Top 5 female Idols with gorgeous legs !

Female Korean POP Idols are currently making waves on different parts of Asia including Japan. These girls are not just making names because of their unique music, but also because of their outstanding physical features that can already be considered as "world class."

With this, a survey was made by several Dermatologists, and they had come up with the Top 5 Female Idols with the Most Gorgeous Legs. Amazingly, 2 ladies from 4Minute made it to be a part of the list.

4Minute's Gayoon appeared at 2nd, after UEE of After School, with the statement:

"The fastest growing beauty of 4Minute, as called by her fans, was said to have ’subtle glamor’. Despite of having a baby face, she has shapely and athletic legs. The doctors agreed that she had “perfect hip and leg lines” and “smooth calf muscles”.

After SNSD's Sooyoung and before SISTAR's Bora is our very own, Kim HyunA, with the following explanations:

"Dancing to her solo hit: "Change," she was able to garner a lot of male and female fans. Her pelvic dance plus her moist white skin perfectly showed and elevated her ideal and charming leg lines. Comments said that: "Her dancing shows her elastic and attractive leg lines" and “Her smooth thighs don’t even have any trace of fat and are covered with her beautiful skin.”

This survey shows that our girls are not only exceptional in terms of their talents, but also with their NATURAL physical attractiveness.


Source : NATE
Reporting + Translating + Editing : ashleylovesasia@4-minute.com

[News] SNSD took their first step as G20 Star Supporters

At 1.00pm on October 25th, SNSD attended the launching of the “Talking to The G20 Leaders” at COEX Millenium Square in Seoul, urging and encourage the public to participate in the promotional activities of the Seoul G20 Summit Meeting which will be held in November this year.

SNSD who were appointed as the G20 Star Supporters by the committee in charge of the preparation of the summit, kicked off their role as an ambassador to the event by particpating the launch of the campaign.

Sooyoung said, “We are thankful for being appointed as the G20 Star Supporters. The Seoul G20 Summit Meeting will be the first to be held in Asia and we are proud of it. We shall continue to promote this event while having our future activities abroad”.

At a booth set up for the event, SNSD members demonstrate ways to promote and encourage public’s participation in the G20 campaign using pictures and videos. Here’s a picture of Seohyun teaching how the messages can be conveyed :

When asked if there is any message regarding the summit that she wanted to deliver, Seohyun replied, “We will do our very best in promoting the G20 Summit which will be held in Seoul”.

Despite the cold weather, 300 fans turned up at this event. This is an indication of SNSD’s massive popularity ahead of their comeback to the music stages on October 29th on KBS 2TV’s “Music Bank”

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Sources : fanwonder.com