Girls' Generation (Hangul: 소녀시대) is a South Korean nine-member girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2007. Its members include (in order of official announcement) Taeyeon (The leader), Jessica, Sunny, Hyoyeon, Tiffany, Yuri, Yoona, Sooyoung, Seohyun. International Girls' Generation fans usually refer to the group as SNSD, the acronym of the group's Korean name So Nyeo Shi Dae. Many of the members had already pursued an entertainment career before the group's debut — through music videos, commercials and others. Their official fanclub is known as S♡NE (소원), named after a song from their first album.
