Thursday, January 12, 2012

Girls’ Generation (SNSD) receives ‘Best Jewellery Wearer Award’


Girls’ Generation (SNSD) were recently awarded with a ‘Best Jewellery Wearer Award‘ from Japan.
On January 11th, the members attended the ‘23rd Jewelry Wearer Awards‘ at the Tokyo Big Sight Convention Center in Odaiba. The awards ceremony was held as a part of ‘The 23rd International Jewellery Tokyo” exposition, which drew over 1,000 jewellery makers and designers from all over the world.
Japan’s minister of tourism, Hiroshi Mizohata, personally handed the ‘Best Dresser, Special Female Award‘ to Seohyun, who stepped out as the group’s representative.  In her acceptance speech, she boldly expressed, “We will continue to sing songs that shine like a jewel.”

Girls’ Generation member Sooyoung makes her New Year’s visit to coach Park Seung Il


Girls’ Generation member Sooyoung recently visited coach Park Seung Il to wish him a Happy New Year.
Those close to Park Seung Il shared a few photos on Park’s fan site and wrote, “Girls’ Generation member Sooyoung’s wonderful visit.”
In the shared photos, Sooyoung is captured visiting Park Seung Il in the hospital. This is the second time she has come to visit the former coach for New Year’s, and the singer was snapped giving the camera a bright smile with his hand in hers.
Below the photos was written, “Girls’ Generation Sooyoung is the first person this year to help us carry out our plans for the year. Sooyoung felt bashful and said that she wasn’t wearing any of her makeup, but if it meant spreading more awareness about ALS / Lou Gehrig’s disease, she said she would absolutely love to help and boldly stood before my camera. She has such a kind heart.”
Park Seung Il and Sooyoung are known to have a close relationship. Sooyoung often visits the coach who admitted to being a fan of hers.
Park Seung Il debuted as a basketball player for KIA Motors Basketball Team in 1994, and transitioned into a pro-basketball coach in 2002. He was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease the following year, and has been struggling with the illness ever since.
Source & Image: StarNews via Nate

‘GIRLS GENERATION’ ships over a million copies to Japan


Looks like the race to sell a million album copies in Japan has come to an end.
According to a Japanese media source Wow! Korea Japan, Girls’ Generation beat KARA to the finish line on January 11th, officially surpassing the million shipment mark of their first Japanese album ‘GIRLS GENERATION‘ that was released back on the 1st of June in 2011.
This is the first time a Korean artist has shipped over a million album copies in Japan after BoAaccomplished this by selling 1,290,000 copies of ‘Listen To My Heart‘ back in 2002 and 1,400,000 copies of ‘VALENTI‘ back in 2003. The talented singer also sold 1,200,000 copies of ‘BEST OF SOUL‘ which was released in 2005.
But BoA was a solo singer, and Girls’ Generation made their mark in history as the first Korean group to distribute a million album copies to Japan.
The album ‘GIRLS’ GENERATION’ climbed to #1 on the Oricon chart immediately upon release on June 1st, 2010, and the girls performed in front of over 140,000 fans during their Japan tour last summer.
Girls’ Generation was also invited to attend Japan’s biggest music festival ‘NHK Red & White Music Festival‘ at the end of 2011, earning 39.9% of the viewer ratings (According to Sponichi Annex), creating quite the buzz in Japan.
Source & Image: TVDaily via Nate

TVXQ, SNSD, & KARA rake in impressive viewer ratings for ‘Kohaku Uta Gassen’


On January 5th, Japanese media outlet Sponichi reported the viewer ratings for the country’s biggest year-end music festival, ’62nd NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen’, which included performances from 50 artists.
According to Sponichi, SNSD‘s performance brought in 39.9% in viewership ratings, while 38.4% tuned in for KARA‘s performance. This is quite an achievement for both groups considering how Japan’s most popular female group, AKB48, achieved 38.9%.
However, one thing to take into consideration is that the first half of Kohaku usually records less viewer ratings than the second half. AKB48 performed during the 1st half, while SNSD and KARA performed during the 2nd half of the show.
Meanwhile, the artist that brought in the most viewer ratings for the night was the popular Japanese group, SMAP, with 48.2%. TVXQ came close with 42.6%, a very impressive feat for a Korean artist. Additionally, this was the third time that TVXQ was invited to participate in the festival, which demonstrates their continuous popularity in Japan.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

‘J. Estina’ releases 2012 S/S collection photos of Tiffany and Sooyoung


Following the release of their 2012 S/S collection photos of Girls’ Generation members Taeyeon andSeohyun last month, ‘J. Estina‘ has returned with two gorgeous cuts of Tiffany and Sooyoung!
Dressed in a thin white dress that shows off her beautiful figure perfectly, Sooyoung embodies the modern and luxurious style of J. Estina’s upcoming jewelry line, ‘Boris Heart Line‘. The brand aims to bring out the beauty of the heart shape in its most natural form.
Tiffany is seen modeling a floral-patterned ‘Flora Glory‘ wallet that combines hot pink (the color trend of the upcoming spring season) with pastel tones. Dressed in a warm pink one-piece that plays to her sweet image, Tiffany looks all ready to usher in Spring.
Representatives revealed that they’re already receiving numerous calls about the items modeled by the girls. Further image cuts can be seen through ‘J. Estina’ stores.
Source + Photos: Newsen (2) via Nate

Jung sisters send their New Years greetings together



A few days ago, f(x)‘s Krystal and SNSD‘s Jessica sent their New Year’s greetings to their fans through SMTOWN‘s official Facebook page.
Famous for being idol siblings, the duo released seven photos that gave some insight on how they spent their holiday. The sisters exuded a warm vibe that could only come from a close relationship, causing many netizens to smile over their love.
Fans embraced the newly uploaded photos as they commented, “What beautiful siblings“, “Ah, the beauty of sisterhood~“, and “You two are so pretty!  This is what you call superior genes!”

Girls' Generation Tour 2012 in Hong Kong

 Date - 15 January 2012 (Sunday)
Time - 8:00pm
Venue - AsiaWorld-Arena  (Hall 1 of AsiaWorld-Expo)
Ticket Price - HK$1,480 (Standing), HK$1,480; HK$1,280; HK$980; HK$680 (Seated)
Ticket Sales - Tickets are available at all HK Ticketing and Tom Lee outlets. 
 For booking, please call (852) 31 288 288 or visit www.hkticketing.com 


Website - http://girlsgeneration.smtown.com 


Organiser
G Music (HK) Ltd
Honger Music Venture Ltd
Big Honor Entertainment
Nice Jerk Ltd
Purple Green

Joytime Wonder Wonder 
Email info@gmusichk.com Nature Concert Remarks

  • Age limit: 12 or above (Standing); 3 or above (Seated)
  • Height limit: 140cm or above (Standing)
  • Smoking is prohibited at AsiaWorld-Expo
  • No outside food and beverage is allowed at AsiaWorld-Expo
  • Unauthorised photography, filming and recording is prohibited at AsiaWorld-Expo

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