The group was chosen by both the public and music experts
as the undisputed best k-pop girl group of all time, while their single Gee was
also chosen as the most memorable girl group song of all time.
Their debut song, Into the New World, became an anthem of
hope and a symbol of resistance against corruption in South Korea.
Girls' Generation inspired a whole generation of new idols,
as several girl group members named the group and its members as their role
models.
To this date, they're the ONLY artist to appear on Gallup Korea's Top
5 for ten years straight - a whole decade!
Not only that, but they're also the only idol group to ever appear among
the celebrities that move the country and the only idol group to be chosen as
one of South Korea's all-time representative singers!
In 2012, it was revealed that they would be the first group of
celebrities to appear on postage stamps in South Korea. According to Korea
Post, the set was specially created to mark the hallyu's leader's fifth
anniversary.
Chosen by the National Assembly as one of the representative icons of
South Korea. "In Korea, there's kimchi, there's makgeolli, there's Dae
Jang Geum, there's Park Jisung and there's Girls' Generation".
During the London Olympics, the group was featured in a series of
informative pamphlets about the korean culture. The other icons were hangul,
hanshik (korean food), hanbok, hanji (korean handmade paper) and hanok
(traditional korean houses).
Genie's performance on a helipad is the most watched performance in
the history of South Korea (with a total viewership of over 8.6 million people)
and Gee is the most broadcasted song ever in that country.
After the release of a song encouraging people to vote in the 2010
elections, the turnout became the highest in 15 years!
According to Google, Girls' Generation was the most searched girl
group in the world during the first half of the decade.
The first korean group to appear in all three major american TV
networks.
Their variety
show "Channel SNSD" had the highest recorded viewership rating among
all idol variety shows (78.44%).
The best k-pop girl group of the past decade according to Billboard.
In a list of girl groups japanese teens want to be in, Girls'
Generation (whose japanese name is 少女時代) ranked #7,
the highest of all korean acts.
According to Guinness 2018, no other girl group in the world has
received more prizes in a single awards show than Girls' Generation - a total
of 13 in Melon Music Awards. They're also tied with EXO as the best placed
asian artist in the list.
Due to their impact & contribution to k-pop, they're often
labelled as the nation's girl group, queens of k-pop, #1 girl group, leaders of
the hallyu wave, a textbook for girl groups, the unbreakable wall etc, as
illustrated by some recent headlines.
As some of you already know, Girls' Generation has a total of over 96
million recorded sales worldwide, being one of the 3 best-selling girl groups
of all time and the undisputed queens of Asia.
With at least 6.75 million pure sales worldwide, "Gee" is
the most downloaded girl group song of all time. In South Korea, it was crowned
as the song of the decade by Melon.
"Gee" also topped Melon for a total
of 8 weeks and Gaon Digital Chart for two consecutive months* - records yet to
be broken. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD (*Gaon was officially
launched in 2010 but provided the monthly #1 songs of 2009 goo.gl/72WyuV)
"I Got A Boy" is the only release in the history of Gaon to
top the monthly download, streaming, digital and album charts.
The japanese version of "Mr Taxi" is the most downloaded
non-korean song by a korean artist in the history of Gaon, with over 969.2k
recorded downloads.
No other non-japanese girl group has more certified songs in Japan
than Girls' Generation - 7 in total. They also have the first song by a foreign
asian girl group to top the Oricon Daily Chart, "Gee".
In 2010,
Girls' Generation became the first group to top Gaon Chart with 3 different
songs in the same year - "Oh!", "Run Devil Run" and
"Hoot".
"Holiday Night" charted in a total of 61 countries and
topped the iTunes Chart in 20, the most for any korean female artist ever. It
also became the first full-length album by an eastern girl group to top the
iTunes Worldwide Chart.
"If" by Taeyeon is one of the most successful OSTs of all
time, never falling off Melon's OST Chart since its release in 2008 and
spending a total of 19 weeks on its top.
To this day, "The Boys" is the only album to top Gaon Chart
for 3 months and the only album by a female artist to top its yearly chart. It
is also the best-selling girl group album in the history of Gaon, with 466.9k+
recorded sales in South Korea.
Including both the domestic and international charts, Girls'
Generation topped Gaon in 13 different months with 11 different albums - more
than any other female artist ever.
Girls' Generation-TTS is the only girl group's sub-unit to top Gaon
Monthly Chart, while Taeyeon is the only female soloist to top it more than
once.
With over 100k recorded sales, "The First Asia Tour: Into The New
World" is the best-selling live album of all time on Gaon.
The first non-japanese girl group to have three #1 albums on Oricon,
the first korean girl group to have an album topping Oricon Weekly Chart and
the only korean artist to have a a gold certification with a korean album in
Japan.
"Girls' Generation" is the only album by a korean group to
receive a million certification in Japan and the first album by a korean artist
to sell over a million units since 2005. "I" by Taeyeon was
the first album by a female soloist to reach 150k sales on Gaon and to top the
Billboard World Album Chart, while "My Voice" holds both the highest
single day and first week sales by any female soloist on Hanteo.
Girls' Generation-TTS is the only group sub-unit to top the Billboard
World Album Chart twice, while their debut EP "Twinkle" is the
best-selling album by a korean girl group sub-unit of all time.
No other girl
group in the world has received more awards than Girls' Generation. They're
also unrivaled when it comes to daesangs and wins on music shows.
The first girl group to win Artist & Song of the Year at MMA, the
only girl group to win Song of the Year at KMA, the only girl group to win two
daesangs at SMA and only girl group to win the Best Female Group award at MAMA
thrice.
GDA: first and only girl group to win a disc daesang, the only act to
win a disc bonsang as a group, sub-unit & solo and the only girl group to
win the popularity award. Girls' Generation-TTS was also the first sub-unit to
win a disc bonsang.
The first and only korean artist to win the prestigious Song of the
Year award twice at Japan Gold Disc Award.
Speaking of sub-units only, "Twinkle" by Girls'
Generation-TTS is both the song with most wins on music shows and the only song
to achieve a triple-crown on all possible music shows.
Taeyeon was not only the only soloist to ever win both the disc &
digital bonsangs at Golden Disc Awards but also the first and only girl group
member to win the popularity award.
Yoona was the first idol actress to win the popularity award at the
Korea Drama Awards and is the only woman to ever win the popularity award at
Baeksang Arts Awards for two consecutive years.
"Gee" won the first place at Music Bank in 9 different weeks,
a record among groups.
The only
eastern artist to win the Video of The Year award at Youtube Music Awards and
the only k-pop group to appear on Youtube Rewind.
Still about Youtube: the first eastern group to reach a combined of 1
billion views, the first eastern girl group to reach a combined of 2 billion
views and the only eastern girl group to have over 3 billion views with their
music videos.
In 2013, "Gee" became the very first idol group music video
to reach 100 million views on Youtube. To this date, it is still the most
watched and most liked asian video from the 2000s.
The first eastern group to have 5 MVs with over 100 million views and
the first asian girl group to have 3 MVs with over 150 million views on
Youtube. They're also the only girl group in the world to have over 30 MVs with
at least 20 million views.
Few more
Youtube records: "Mr Taxi" is the only japanese song by a korean
artist to reach 100 million views, "Twinkle" is the most watched
music video by a girl group sub-unit and "I" is both the most watched
and most liked video by a female soloist.
The first and only korean girl group to have over a million people
attending their concert tours and to sell out over a hundred concert dates.
The first girl group to hold a concert at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena
and the only non-japanese girl group to fully sell out Tokyo Dome.
Despite not
accepting new members for ages, Girls' Generation still has the biggest girl
group fancafe in South Korea.
Girls'
Generation holds the record for the highest score ever on Gallup (31.5% in
2010) and is the only group to enter its Top 5 for two years without having an
actual comeback.
"Gee" was chosen as the #71 most influential japanese song
of all time - the only song by a korean artist in the Top 100 -, while "I
Got A Boy" ranked #21 in Billboard's Top 100 Best Girl Group Songs of All
Time, the highest among all eastern artists.
Hyoyeon was the only female dancer to win on Hit The Stage.
Taeyeon is the
first and only korean female celebrity to reach 10 million followers on
Instagram, while Yoona was the fastest korean female celebrity to reach a
million followers on both Instagram and Weibo.
In 2017, Yoona became the first person in South Korea to grace the
cover of 7 different magazine outlets in a year.
All of Girls' Generation's maknae’s have won awards for their roles in
dramas and movies.
According to Wikipedia, Girls' Generation's page was the 16th most
read article of a music group/band in the world between 2007 and 2017. They're
the best placed girl group and the only eastern artist in the list.
That's it for
now. Keep in mind that this is just a small part of all the records &
achievements they've earned through the years, and that their impact in the
music industry can't be summarized in a few tweets. Hope you enjoyed the thread
though!
"10-year-old nation's girl group - SNSD,
photographed as a whole"
"From now on, it's SNSD - they became a
textbook for k-pop girl groups"
"World's #1 girl group - SNSD, coming back for their 10th
anniversary since debut"
"K-Pop queens SNSD ranked #1 in 18 countries worldwide"
"Nation's girl group that caught the
public and the fandom"
SBS Morning News reporting that the
"nation's girl group" song I Got A Boy ranked #21 on Billboard's 100
Greatest GG Songs of All Time
MBC Morning News referring to SNSD as
"nation's girl group" when reporting the news of Hyoyeon's solo
comeback
"Legends are coming - SNSD, coming back
with their 6th full album in august"
"Korea's representative girl group -
SNSD's 10th anniversary since debut"
"The return of the queens of k-pop -
SNSD, 6th album released today"
Second paragraph: " (...) SNSD is living up to their name
as the nation's top girl group by being listed as the number 1 group (...)"
"SNSD's, the nation's girl group that debuted in 2007"
King of Masked Singer - Episode 96
SNSD being called "k-pop #1 girl
group" by Mnet MCountdown.
"Still the representative girl group -
Girls' Generation is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a comeback"
A post that trended on Nate Pann about the
top girl groups of the 2nd and 3rd generation, with OP calling SNSD the
"nation's girl group" and all the top comments agreeing that there
won't be another group like them
"SNSD, unanimously the best girl group who
is called the textbook and role model of girl groups" - Golden Disc Awards
(Bonus) SNSD credited by one of Latin
America's biggest TV stations as one of the leading groups of the hallyu wave
(Bonus) "South Korea's biochemical
weapon that is stronger than a nuclear bomb, SNSD"
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