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Girls' Generation (2007)

Where the lyrics of Girls' Generation take you, and where it was really made.

The debut album sold just over 49,000 copies in its first month, yet it went on to become one of the most talked-about debut records of its group.

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Girls' Generation: debut studio album by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation
Released 1 November 2007 by SM Entertainment
Recorded in Korean with minor phrases in English
Pop album with bubblegum influences
Spawned three singles: "Into the New World", the title track "Girls' Generation", and "Kissing You"

"Into the New World" released in August 2007 as the group's debut single
Promoted on SBS's Inkigayo from 5 August 2007
"Into the New World" reached number one on Mnet's M Countdown on 11 October 2007
"Girls' Generation" written and produced by Lee Seung-chul and Song Jae-jun
The song was originally sung by Lee Seung-chul in the 1980s
"Kissing You" released in January 2008
"Kissing You" won the group their first K-chart win on KBS's Music Bank February chart
Reissue Baby Baby released 13 March 2008 with its lead single of the same name

Formed by SM Entertainment; known as SNSD and SoShi
Originally a nine-member group; Jessica departed in September 2014, leaving eight members
Members: Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, Seohyun
Debuted August 5, 2007 with "Into the New World"

2009 breakthrough with "Gee", a record nine consecutive weeks at No. 1 on KBS Music Bank
Oh! (2010) won the Disk Daesang at the Golden Disc Awards, the first and only female act to win the Album Daesang
Japanese debut in 2011; first non-Japanese girl group to have three number-one albums on the Oricon Albums Chart
Called "The Nation's Girl Group" in South Korea
First Asian girl group to reach five YouTube music videos with over 100 million views
Subgroups TTS, Girls' Generation-Oh!GG, and Girls' Generation-HRS; members have pursued solo careers since 2017
Reunited for the 15th anniversary in 2022 with Forever 1

Within its first month, the album sold 49,438 copies and ranked as the 2nd best-selling album of November 2007 in South Korea, behind Super Junior's Don't Don

Credits adapted from AllMusic and Naver; no critic review scores are given in the source

2007 total sales: 56,804 copies, 12th best-selling album of the year in South Korea
Surpassed 100,000 sales in March 2008, the first girl group to do so in six years after S.E.S.
Nominated for Album Bonsang (Main Prize) at the 22nd Golden Disc Awards
Combined sales with the reissue Baby Baby exceeded 126,269 units as of September 2008

The reissue Baby Baby was released on 13 March 2008, and its music video included behind-the-scenes footage of the making of the "Girls' Generation" video.
"Girls' Generation" was originally sung by Lee Seung-chul in the 1980s, and the original singer later performed the song with the group on M Countdown.
"Kissing You" achieved number one on three major music program charts: Inkigayo, M Countdown and Music Bank.
The group's Into the New World Tour, which promoted the album, began in Seoul on 19 December 2009 and ended in Taipei on 17 October 2010.