Girls' Generation talks about winning Daesang for 3 consecutive years

After the ’26th Golden Disk Awards’ at Kyocera Dome, Osaka on January 12th, Daily Sports (ISPLUS) met up with Girls’ Generation backstage and had an interview with them. Here are the contents of the interview:

Question: How did you feel when you hear Girls’ Generation being announced as the winner of the Daesang?
Taeyeon: We were really thankful. We were embarrassed as we did not realize it as first when it was announced in Japanese. Only when ‘So Nyeo Shi Dae’ was mentioned, we realized it was us. (laughter) Until now, the smiles seem to be stuck on our faces. It reminded me of last year. We could not hold back our tears when we received the award last year and we are really happy to receive it again this year.

Question: Did you expect to win the award?
Tiffany: We want to win it. (laughter) However, we were nervous about it along with other great artists. Because we worked very hard last year, we would be satisfied even if we didn’t win the award. We are thankful for the award.

Question: At this moment, Who comes to your mind?
Sooyoung: Definitely, we thought of our fans first. Thanks to our fans, we were able to receive this award. Thank you so much.

Question: Last year, when you were receiving your Daesang, all the members were sad because Tiffany who suffered an injury to her leg could not be there. I think it must be special since all nine members are here to receive the awards.
Tiffany: It feels really great. I think I’m the happiest and most excited among all of us. It feels good to be with the members and I will work even harder in the future.

Question: What was 2010 like to Girls’ Generation?
Jessica: We were extremely busy. It was nice to be able to meet a lot of overseas fans. Please wait for a while more as we will be meeting you again.

Question: Girls’ Generation won the New Artist Award in 2007, Digital Daesang in 2009 and Disk Daesang in 2010. This year, you have won Bonsang and Daesang too. Girls’ Generation seem to have a good bond with Golden Disk Awards.
Yuri: It was really an honor. It was really great to receive the award. I think this year will be a happy year for us too.

Question: In the recent 3 years, without fail, Girls’ Generation have been winning the Digital and Disk Daesang on alternate years. After Kim GunMo, Girls’ Generation are the second artist to have won Golden Disk Daesang for 3 years in a row.
YoonA: Now that you mentioned it, I’m getting the goosebumps immediately. Ah, because ’3 consecutive years’ was mentioned, I think I’m feeling the electrified sensation all over. We are thankful and we will work even harder to perform better to achieve good results next year too.

Question: Since debut, Girls’ Generation have been on the rise continuously. However, I think there must be some difficult times too. When was it?
Tiffany: Everytime there is a difficulty, I face and get through those tough times together with the members. I’m thankful to all the members.

Question: What are your plans for 2012?
Seohyun: Since last year, we had our Arena Tour in Japan. We plan to continue performing this year too. While we’re going on our Arena Tour, we also hope that our dream of having a world tour will materialize. We
would like to greet our fans often.

Question: Would you like to convey some messages to your fans around the world?
Girls’ Generation: Thank you for this really big award. 2012 too is Girls’ Generation!

Yoona and Seohyun to Appear in 'SM Fashionistas' Photoshoot

Girls' Generation Yoona and Seohyun, along with SHINee’s Jonghyun and Taemin, f(x)’s Krystal and Sulli, and EXO, will be participating in the SM Fashionistas’ photoshoot with fashion magazine “W” for the French fashion brand “CARVEN”. They will be attempting an open studio shoot where it will be filmed and broadcasted live on January 19th and 21st, and will be aired through SMTown and W Korea’s Youtube channels. “CARVEN” will be launched in February in Korea, and the photoshoot pictures will be released through Facebook.

With brands such as J.ESTINA, Vita500, and SPAO, Girls’ Generation is no stranger to endorsements. Seohyun’s ad for The Face Shop had also appeared in November. Yoona, who is currently filming for her role in “Love Rain”, has endorsed Innisfree and Eider, which she is currently modeling with actor Lee Minho.
Be sure to watch to watch the live photoshoot for “W” magazine on Youtube.

Winners from the 26th Golden Disk Awards (Day 2)

On January 12th, the second part of the 26th "Golden Disk Awards", which are being held overseas for the first time, kicked off at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan. After the winners of the physical album awards were announced, today's event announced the winners for the digital sales category.

Below are the list of winners for digital album categories:

• Digital Daesang
  Girls' Generation

• Asian Group of the Year
  CNBLUE

• Digital Bonsang
  miss A
  G.Na
  CNBLUE
  K.Will
  SISTAR
  SECRET
  Girls' Generation
  4Minute

• MSN International Award
  B2ST

• New Artist Award
  Huh Gak
  Boyfriend

• Best Rock Musician Award
  FT Island

• Hallyu Icon Award
  Supernova

• ViVi Dream Award
  CNBLUE

• Cosmopolitan ‘Fun & Fearless Musician’ Award
  FT Island

Girls' Generation thanks fans for Golden Disk Awards Digital Bonsang Win!

Girls’ Generation was the final recipient of the Digital Bonsang Award at the ’26th Golden Disk Awards’ held in Kyocera Dome, Osaka on January 12th.

Upon receiving the Bonsang, the girls said, “Thank you to all the fans, who love not only one song ‘The Boys’ but all the songs in the 3rd album. We will be the Girls’ Generation who work even harder
in the future.”

Girls’ Generation’s 3rd album ‘The Boys’ was released on October 19th, 2011. Despite being released at the end of 2011, ‘The Boys’ emerged as the best selling album in 2011 with sales of 385,348 copies
according to the GaOn Charts.

Girls’ Generation entertained the fans at Kyocera Dome on the second day of the award presentation ceremony with ‘The Boys’ and ‘Mr. Taxi’.

Red Carpet Photos from "26th Golden Disk Awards" (Day 2)

On January 12th, the second day of 26th annual "Golden Disk Awards", which is being held overseas for the first time, finally kicked off at the Osaka Kyocera Dome in Japan.

Dubbed as the Korean Grammy Awards, the Golden Disk Awards ceremony has been split into two days; first day will focus on physical album awards while digital album awards on the second day.

Meanwhile, check out the artists who attended the red carpet event earlier:

Girls' Generation

SECRET

CNBLUE

Huh Gak

Supernova

miss A

G.Na

SISTAR

Boyfriend

4Minute

FT Island

Girls' Generation's 'The Boys' Best Selling Album of 2011

According to Gaon charts, Girls’ Generation’s “The Boys” album is the best selling single album of 2011 with 385,348 sold. Fellow label-mates Super Junior with “Mr. Simple” and TVXQ with “Keep Your Head Down” joined Girls’ Generation at the top of the chart in second and third place with 343,348 and 266,727 sales respectively, showing how popular SM artists are.

Solidifying their comeback with this success, despite a late comeback in October of last year, Girls’ Generation continues to prove their dominance in the K-Pop community. Their popularity has undoubtedly grown in 2011 with “The Boys” album selling more than their previous albums “Oh” and “Hoot” combined, which came in second and third in total sales in 2010.

Leeteuk predicted Girls’ Generation member Yoona would be a star

Super Junior‘s Leeteuk announced that even as a trainee, he had a good feeling that Girls’ Generation member Yoona would be a star.

On the January 10th episode of SBS ‘Strong Heart‘, Lee Teuk reminisced of his days as a SM Entertainment trainee and remarked, “Out of all the 200 SM trainees, I told two people that they would be successful. One of them was Go Ara, and the other was Yoona.”

MC Lee Seung Gi then asked if this was after Super Junior had debuted, and Leeteuk laughed and remarked that it was before. Fellow Super Junior member Shindong added, “Hearing that, you would think that Leeteuk has a keen eye for spotting potential, but he also told me that I would never make it,” causing the entire set to explode in laughter.

Eunhyuk also remarked, “He told me that I would probably leave the group after a little while. But look at us now, the three of us are all together,” and the guests on set continued to roar in laughter.