Girls' Generation to charm with a special concert on MBC this Christmas!

Girls’ Generation has prepared an unprecedented Christmas concert, showing off their fresh looks and charms.

On the midnight of December 25th, the ‘Girls’ Generation’s Christmas Fairytale’ held with 700 audiences will be broadcasted on MBC.

On the day of recording, Taeyeon transformed into ‘Queen of Snow’ and performed ‘Oh Holy Night’, a sorrowful carol song. Sooyoung’s Latin dance performance ‘Cha-Cha-Cha’ was revealed for the first time and became a hot topic among fans.

Moreover, Jessica transformed into ‘Sleeping Beauty’, singing a jazz song ‘When you wish upon a star’ with her unique style. Seohyun and Yuri put up a performance with charms that were unseen of, giving the fans a real surprise. The members also put up a ‘Hit songs parade’ by singing carol versions of title songs like ‘The Boys’ and ‘Kissing you’.

Besides this, Girls’ Generation also paid visit to soldiers of the army at the frontline. By adding a special stage with Sung Sikyung, as well as Jessica’s duet stage with SHINee’s Onew, audience will have more anticipation for this concert.

‘Girls’ Generation’s Christmas Fairytale’ will be aired for 90 minutes on December 25th at 12.20am KST.

SNSD bring the Mr Taxi to M! Countdown!

Check out SNSD's performance for Mr Taxi on today's M! Countdown.

The girls performed in all white outfits,enjoy their performance!

'Gee' and 'Mr. Taxi' charted on the Top 10 of Japan's 2011 Ringtone Ranking!

On December 21st, the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) released the ’2011 Ringtone Ranking’. Based on the chart, among Korean singers, only Girls’ Generation and Kara were ranked within the top 20 positions.

Girls’ Generation’s ‘Gee’ was ranked 7th and ‘Mr.Taxi’ took the no.10 spot. Kara’s ‘Mister’ and ‘Go Go Summer’ were ranked 6th and 11th respectively. Besides the two songs in the top 10 positions, Girls’ Generation’s ‘Run Devil Run’ was also placed at no.71.

Fans sent 2,441kg of congratulatory rice for Tiffany's musical debut IN "FAME'!

Girls’ Generation and Tiffany’s fans from various countries have donated a total of 2,441kg of congratulatory rice in conjunction with Tiffany’s first performance for the musical ‘FAME’ on December 21st at the Olympic Park.

To congratulate Tiffany’s debut in musical, fans, not only from Korea but foreign countries, have sent 2,441 kg of congratulatory rice. J-SONE JAPAN has sent 801kg while Japanese fansite sosipen.net has sent 500kg. Tiffany House & SONEs from Taiwan has sent 300kg while China and Hong Kong have each sent 100kg. 620kg were sent by Korean fans, with 20kg from anonymous senders.

The staff from the musical ‘FAME’ stated, “Fans from both Korea and foreign countries have requested for us to receive their congratulatory rice since last month, but we couldn’t accept all of them because we did not have enough space. The musical ‘FAME’ has received a total of 8,546kg of congratulatory rice, not only from Tiffany’s fans, but also fans of EunHyuk, JungMo and Lina. This is, so far, the most congratulatory rice a musical has received.”

After the musical ends, the congratulatory rice they have received will be donated to those in need.

‘FAME’, a story of youths’ dreams and goals, will be performed until January 29th.

SNSD to recreate popular fairy tales for their MBC Christmas special

SNSD has prepared a special event for their fans this Christmas through a special MBC program titled ‘SNSD’s Christmas Fairy Tale‘.

Scheduled to broadcast on Christmas Eve (24th), the girls recreated popular fairy tales with the addition of performances that were previously only seen at their international concerts. Taeyeon took on the role of the ‘Ice Queen’ to sing “Oh Holy Night” on a stage which required her to be up 3 meters in the air to achieve the full effect.

Sooyoung performed her Latin ‘Cha Cha Cha’ dance for the first time on TV, a dance which attracted wide attention amongst her fans after being performed at their solo concert in 2009. Sooyoung’s partner for the show was professional dancer Kim Dae Dong.

Jessica‘s stage made a stunning transformation into a forest on which she performed a jazz track titled “When You Wish Upon a Star“.

Seohyun and Yuri reportedly collaborated for a ‘Swan Lake’ themed stage where they performed “Winter Wonderland“, accompanied by Yuri’s piano performance.

Fit to the ‘black and white’ concept of their theme, the girls also took a 180 degree transformation by turning into rocker chicks for the second half of their stage.

The girls also sang their various hits such as “Genie“, “The Boys“, and a carol version of “Kissing You“. Also included in the broadcast are clips of their visit to an army training camp, surprising 500 soldiers stationed there.

Finally, the special came to a close with a performance of “After One Year” by Jessica and Onew.

Catch the show on December 24th!

48 industry officials choose the best stars of 2011

Previously, 48 industry officials named the hottest rookies of the year, and now they’ve returned with the list of 2011′s best stars!

Girl group SNSD secured the top spot with the votes of 15 officials. An important thing to note is that the officials who chose them were in no way affiliated with the girls or their company, as many had opted to choose the girls over their own artists. Officials outside of the music industry also reached out to choose SNSD, including variety show PDs and movie directors.

Having promoted internationally all year long, the girls accrued nonstop success with “The Boys“, topping ‘Music Bank‘ for six weeks in a row and selling out over 300,000 units in sales.

Upon hearing their rank, SNSD expressed, “Thank you for watching over us. We’ll work harder to show even more next year.

Second place was taken by Kim Byung Man with eight votes, earning him the title of the most representative variety star of the year. From ‘Gag Concert‘ to ‘Kiss and Cry‘, his passion for entertaining reached all sectors of the industry.

Actor Cha Seung Won took third place with five notes thanks to his ‘Dok Go Jin‘ personality from the MBC drama, ‘The Greatest Love‘.

Hyun Bin and IU tied at fourth place, earning four votes each. Both had created their own syndromes early on in the year, Hyun Bin with ‘Secret Garden‘ and IU with ‘Good Day‘.

Others that came away with one or more votes each were Im Jae Bum, Han Suk Gyu, Jang Geun Suk, Yoo Ah In, and Song Joong Ki.

Some of the 48 participants of the survey included PD Park Kyung Duk of ‘Inkigayo‘, PD Cho Hyo Jin of ‘Running Man‘, CEO Yang Geun Hwan of Key East Entertainment, CEO Kim Young MinofSM Entertainment, CEO Jung Wook of JYP Entertainment, CEO Hong Seung Sung of Cube Entertainment, and composers Shinsadong Tiger and Brave Brothers.

Warm up your cold Christmas with Jessica the Rudolph!

Recently, Jessica changed her profile photo in UFO Town to a photo of her dressed as a cute Rudolph.

In the photo, Jessica gave off a Christmas atmosphere by wearing a red checkered, sleeveless dress, along with a reindeer hairband. She winked with her right eye while she smiled for the photo.

Netizens commented, “Look at how white her face is”, “Her smile is refreshing”, “I want to look like Jessica”, “My heart pounds because of her wink “Merry Christmas”, etc.

Meanwhile, Girls’ Generation is now promoting the Korean version of ‘Mr. Taxi’, following their 3rd album ‘The Boys’.