Girls' Generation (Korean: 소녀시대; RR: Sonyeo Sidae) is the self-titled debut album by South Korean girl-group Girls' Generation. Released by S.M. Entertainment on November 1, 2007, the album spawned two singles; the eponymous title track of the same name as the lead single in November 2007, and "Kissing You" in January 2008. A reissue titled Baby Baby, with its single of the same name, was subsequently released on March 13, 2008.[2]

Girls' Generation
Studio album by Girls' Generation
Released	November 1, 2007
Recorded	December 2006–August 2007
Genre	K-pop
Length	39:34
Language	Korean
Label	S.M. Entertainment Dreamus[1]
Producer	Lee Soo-man
Girls' Generation chronology
Girls' Generation (2007) Gee (2009)
Singles from Girls' Generation
"Girls' Generation" Released: November 1, 2007 "Kissing You" Released: January 18, 2008 "Baby Baby" Released: March 17, 2008
Alternative cover
Digital and A version cover from "Baby Baby"

The tour Girls' Generation Asia Tour Into the New World was used to promote the album, along with music shows promotion before the tour, which started on December 19, 2009, in Olympic Fencing Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea, ended in Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan on October 17, 2010.

Singles

"Into the New World" was initially released as Girls' Generation's debut single album, on August 2, 2007. The group started promoting the song on the SBS's music show The Music Trend on August 5, and subsequently had it reached number one on Mnet's M! Countdown on October 11.[3] It was later included on this album.

The lead single, "Girls' Generation", written and produced by Lee Seung-Chul and Song Jae Jun, was released on November 1, 2007. The song was originally sung by Lee Seung-Chul in the 1980s. The original singer later appeared on KM's M!Countdown with the group to perform the song together.[4]

In early 2008, Girls' Generation began promoting their second single, "Kissing You". The song won the group their first K-chart win, after achieving the number one position on the KBS's Music Bank February chart.[5] It also achieved the number one spot on three major TV music rankings: SBS's Inkigayo, Mnet's M.Countdown! and KBS's Music Bank.

The third single, "Baby Baby" was released on March 17, 2008. It was the lead single of the repackaged album of the same name.[6] The music video for the song contained scenes of the making of video of the "Girls' Generation" music video, and footage of the members working on the debut album.

Commercial performance

Within its first month of release, the album sold 49,438 copies and was the 2nd best-selling album of November 2007 in South Korea, only behind Super Junior's Don't Don.[7] The album sold a total of 56,804 copies in 2007, becoming the 12th best-selling album of the year in the country.[8] The album surpassed 100,000 sales mark in March 2008; in doing so, Girls' Generation became the first girl group to achieve such a feat after S.E.S. for six years.[9]

As of September 2008, the album's total sales figures combined with those of the reissue, Baby Baby, have exceeded 126,269 units.[10]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Naver

Personnel

Credits for Girls Generation are adapted from AllMusic.[13]

• Girls' Generation – primary artist
• K Strings – performer, strings
• Sam Lee – guitars

Charts

Release history

Notes

References

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[de] Girls’ Generation (Album, 2007)

[ru] Girls’ Generation (альбом, 2007)