A thread about Girls' Generation (SNSD), their records, achievements and overall impact! #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
Starting from the beginning, do you know who are Girls' Generation? Let some of the most important awards shows and media outlets of the world tell you! #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
Their debut song, Into The New World, became an anthem of hope and a symbol of resistance against corruption in South Korea. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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Girls' Generation inspired a whole generation of new idols, as several girl group members named the group and its members as their role models. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
To this date, they're the ONLY artist to appear on Gallup Korea's Top 5 for ten years straight - a whole decade! #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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! #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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". #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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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). #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
After the release of a song encouraging people to vote in the 2010 elections, the turnout became the highest in 15 years! #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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According to Google, Girls' Generation was the most searched girl group in the world during the first half of the decade. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
The first korean group to appear in all three major american TV networks. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
Their variety show "Channel SNSD" had the highest recorded viewership rating among all idol variety shows (78.44%). #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
The best k-pop girl group of the past decade according to Billboard.
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In a list of girl groups japanese teens want to be in, Girls' Generation (whose japanese name is ๅฐๅฅณๆไปฃ) ranked #7, the highest of all korean acts. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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โ Records & Achievements
โณ Since they've broken & set countless records through the years, I'll only be posting some of the most important ones. If you're interested in reading all of them, please check my thread on OH:
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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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
"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
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"I Got A Boy" is the only release in the history of Gaon to top the monthly download, streaming, digital and album charts. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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". #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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". #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
"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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
"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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
With over 100k recorded sales, "The First Asia Tour: Into The New World" is the best-selling live album of all time on Gaon. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
"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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
"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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
The first and only korean artist to win the prestigious Song of the Year award twice at Japan Gold Disc Award. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
"Gee" won the first place at Music Bank in 9 different weeks, a record among groups. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
โ Additional Facts
Despite not accepting new members for ages, Girls' Generation still has the biggest girl group fancafe in South Korea. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
"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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
Hyoyeon was the only female dancer to win on Hit The Stage. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
In 2017, Yoona became the first person in South Korea to grace the cover of 7 different magazine outlets in a year. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
All of Girls' Generation's maknaes have won awards for their roles in dramas and movies. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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. #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
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! ๐ #TwitterBestFandom #TeamSNSD
