GIRLS' GENERATION : RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

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RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

SALES
- With around 97 million recorded sales, Girls' Generation is the best-selling asian girl group of all time
- Girls' Generation is also among the three best-selling girl groups in the world
- Gee is the most downloaded idol group song in the history of South Korea - With at least 6.75 million pure sales worldwide, Gee is the most downloaded girl group song of all time
- Gee was also crowned the song of the decade by Melon
- In 2011 and 2015, no other girl group in the world sold more records than Girls' Generation
- I Got A Boy is the only release in history to top the monthly download, streaming, digital, mobile and album charts on Gaon
- Gee is the only song to top the Gaon Monthly Digital Chart* for 2 consecutive months
- In October 2011, Girls' Generation became the very first artist to have 1 million recorded physical sales on Gaon
- In 2009, Gee topped Melon for a total of 8 weeks, a record yet to be broken
- The original version of Mr Taxi is the most downloaded non-korean song by a korean artist in the history of Gaon
- No other non-japanese girl group has more certified songs in Japan than Girls' Generation
- 7 in total
- Gee topped the Oricon Daily Chart in 2010, the first song by a foreign asian girl group to do so
- Oh! was the very first girl group song to top Gaon Digital Chart
- In 2010, they became the first group to top Gaon Chart with 3 different songs in one year
- The only artist to have five albums to top Gaon Monthly Digital and Album Chart at the same time
- The korean girl group with the most physical releases selling over 100,000 copies
- Holiday Night has charted in a total of 61 countries and topped iTunes in 20, the most for any korean female artist ever
- If by Taeyeon is one of the most successful OSTs of all time, ranking on Melon's Top 1000 since its release in 2008
- Galaxy Supernova was the only song by a korean act to receive a japanese digital certification in 2013
- The most streamed korean girl group in Xiami and the second overall
- Girls' Generation is the only girl group to top the Gaon Weekly Album Chart for more than one week
- The Boys is the only album by a female artist to top the Gaon Yearly Chart
- The Boys is the only album to top Gaon Monthly Chart for 3 months
- With over 460k sales in South Korea, The Boys is the best-selling girl group album in the history of Gaon
- Oh! is the longest charting album by any female artist on Gaon, charting for over 180 weeks (including 11 in Top 10)
- Girls' Generation topped Gaon with 11 different albums, more than any other girl group ever
- The only girl group among the artists with most weeks at #1 on Gaon Album Chart, ranking #2 with a total of 21 weeks
- Into The World is the best-selling korean single album by a girl group of all time - With over 100k sales, The First Asia Tour Into The New World is the best-selling live album of all time on Gaon
- The only korean group to have a certified million-seller album in Japan
- Girls' Generation ranked #5 at 2011 Oricon Yearly Album Chart, the highest among all korean artists
- Hoot is the only korean release to receive a gold certification in Japan
- The first non-japanese girl group to have three #1 albums on Oricon
- Girls' Generation was the first album by a korean girl group to top Oricon Weekly Chart
- New Beginning of Girls' Generation was the first DVD by a korean girl group to enter the Top 5 of Oricon Weekly Chart
- Girls' Generation is the korean act with the most entries on the Billboard K-pop Hot 100 - 23 songs
- Girls' Generation is the only korean act to put all of the album's songs on the chart twice, with The Boys and Twinkle
- Girls' Generation is the korean girl group with the most #1's on Billboard World Album Chart, topping it six times
- Mr.Mr. was the first k-pop album to top Billboard Heatseekers Album Chart
- The first and only korean girl group to have three consecutive #1 albums in the Philippines (Genie, Oh! & Run Devil Run)
- Every album and mini-album released by Girls' Generation has sold at least 150k copies
- Twinkle is the best-selling album by a korean girl group sub-unit of all time
- TTS is the only group sub-unit to top Billboard World Album Chart twice
- Lil' Touch is the best selling kihno album of all time
- Lil' Touch achieved more #1's on iTunes than any other girl group sub-unit - a total of 18
- Lil' Touch is the most streamed song by a girl group subunit on Spotify
- Taeyeon is the best-selling solo artist in the history of Gaon
- Taeyeon has both the best and the second best-selling album by a female soloist on Gaon - I and My Voice
- Taeyeon is the only female singer to have more than one solo release surpassing 100k sales on Gaon
- Taeyeon topped the Melon OST Chart in 42 different weeks, being the singer with the most #1's
- Taeyeon is the most streamed female soloist on Spotify
- Taeyeon is the female soloist with the most songs with at least 10 million streams on Spotify
- Taeyeon had the best charting k-pop album on iTunes Worldwide Chart by a female soloist for three years straight
- Fine was the very first release by SM artists to receive a certified all-kill
- If by Taeyeon is the song with the most #1's on Melon Weekly OST Chart, with a total of 19
- If never fell off the Melon OST Chart since it was released 2008
- I was the first album by a female soloist to reach 150k sales on Gaon
- I was the first album by a female soloist to top Billboard World Album Chart
- My Voice holds both the highest single-day sales and first week sales by any female soloist on Hanteo
- The First Scene topped iTunes in 17 countries, more than any other LP or EP by a korean female soloist

AWARDS
- The most awarded girl group of all time
- According to Guinness World Records 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 the best-placed asian artist on the list
- Girls' Generation has won more daesangs than any other korean girl group - a total of 10
- The only girl group to win at least one daesang at all five major awarding ceremonies (GDA, KMA, SMA, MMA & MAMA)
- The most awarded idol group at Melon Music Awards and Seoul Music Awards
- The first girl group to win the prestigious Artist of the Year and Song of the Year at Melon Music Awards
- The first and only girl group to win a Disc Daesang at Golden Disc Awards
- The first and only act to win a Disc Bonsang as a group, sub-unit and solo at Golden Disc Awards
- The first and only girl group to have won Song of the Year at the Korean Music Awards
- The first and only girl group to win the Artist of the Year award at the Seoul Music Awards for two years
- The first and only girl group to win the Best Female Group award at MAMA in 3 different years (2011, 2013 & 2015)
- Girls' Generation is the female act to win the most popularity awards at Golden Disc Awards
- The first and only korean artist to win Song of the Year twice at Japan Gold Disc Award
- The artist with most wins on korean music shows - a total of 136 with 23 different songs
- Girls' Generation has won on a music show every single year since their debut
- The most amount of triple crowns on Music Shows among all girl groups
- Gee won the first place in Music Bank for 9 weeks, a record among k-pop groups
- The first artist to have a perfect score on M Countdown, with I Got A Boy and Mr.Mr.
- TTS is the first and only sub-unit to ever win a Disc Bonsang at Golden Disc Awards
- Twinkle by TTS is the song by a group sub-unit with most wins on music shows
- Twinkle is the only song by a group sub-unit to achieve a triple-crown on all possible music shows
- Taeyeon is the first and only soloist to ever win both the Disc and Digital Bonsang at Golden Disc Awards
- Taeyeon is the first and only girl group member to win the popularity award at Golden Disc Awards
- Rain by Taeyeon was the only song from SM Station to win on a music show
- Tiffany was the fastest female artist to win on a music show after her debut
- Yoona was the first idol to win the popularity award at the Korea Drama Awards
- Yoona is the first and only actress to win the popularity award at Baeksang Arts Awards for two consecutive years.

YOUTUBE
- The first and only korean artist to win the Video of The Year award at the Youtube Music Awards
- The first asian group to reach a combined of 1 billion views on Youtube
- The first asian girl group to reach a combined of 2 billion views on Youtube
- In 2013, Gee became the first idol group music video to reach 100 million views on Youtube
- Gee was named one of the 100 greatest music videos of the 21st century by Billboard, the only by a girl group on the list
- Gee is also the most watched asian video from the 2000s
- I Got A Boy was the first SM Entertainment music video to reach 200 million views
- I Got A Boy was also the first music video by a second generation girl group to reach 200 million views
- The first asian group to have one, two, three, four and five music videos with over 100 million views
- The first asian girl group to have one, two and three music videos with over 150 million views
- With a combined of over 10 million likes, Girls' Generation is the most liked asian girl group on Youtube
- The only girl group in the world to have over 20 music videos with at least 20 million views
- Holiday trended #4 on the United States, the highest among all asian girl groups' music videos
- Mr Taxi is the only japanese song by a korean artist to have over 100 million views on Youtube
- Lil' Touch is the most watched music video by a girl group sub-unit on Youtube
- Lil' Touch was the very first music video by a girl group sub-unit to reach 100 million views on Youtube
- Lil' Touch is the debut music video with the most views and most likes in the first 24 hours
- Lil' Touch is the music video with the most views in the first 24 hours among all second generation groups
- Lil' Touch was the fastest music video by a SM act to reach 10, 20, 30 and 40 million views on Youtube
- I by Taeyeon is the most watched debut music video by a korean soloist on Youtube
- I by Taeyeon is the most watched and the most liked music video by a korean female soloist of all time

CONCERT TOURS
- The first and only korean girl group to have over a million people attending their concert tours
- The first and only korean girl group to sell out over a hundred concert dates
- The first girl group to hold a concert at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena
- The first and only non-japanese girl group to fully sell out Tokyo Dome
- Half of the ten highest-grossing girl group tours of all time belong to Girls' Generation
- Taeyeon was the very first korean female soloist to hold a concert in Thailand

OTHER
- Due to its impact and contribution to k-pop, Girls' Generation is often labeled as the nation's girl group, queens of k-pop, leaders of the hallyu wave, the textbook for girl groups and the unbreakable wall
- Girls' Generation holds the record for the highest score ever on Gallup (31.5% in 2010)
- Girls’ Generation is the highest grossing foreign girl group of all time on Oricon ($156 million)
- The only group to enter Gallup's Top 5 for two years without having a comeback
- I Got A Boy ranked #21 in Billboard's Top 100 Best Girl Group Songs of All Time, the highest among all asian artists
- According to a research done by the major japanese station Fuji TV, Girls' Generation was the #19 most influential foreign artist in the Heisei Era, that began in January/1989 and ended in April/2019. The list had celebrities such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, Beyoncé, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt
- Gee was chosen as the #71 most influential japanese song of all time, the only song by a korean artist in the Top 100
- Girls' Generation ranked #7 among the girl groups japanese teens want to be in, the highest of all korean acts
- Fuse named Party the song of the summer in 2015
- Despite not accepting new members since 2010, Girls' Generation's korean fancafe is the biggest among all girl groups
- Girls' Generation is not only the most followed non-japanese girl group on the streaming service Line Music but also has more followers than big japanese acts like AKB48, Perfume and Keyakizaka46
- Girls' Generation was the fastest star to surpass 200.000 friends on KakaoTalk
- Taeyeon was the first and only korean female celebrity to reach 10 million followers on Instagram
- No drama stared by an idol had ratings higher than You're My Destiny, that had Yoona as the female lead
- Yoona is the fastest korean female celebrity to reach a million followers on Weibo
- In 2017, Yoona became the first person in South Korea to grace the cover of 7 different magazine outlets in a year
- Tiffany was the first female idol to walk the red carpet at the American Music Awards
- Hyoyeon was the only female dancer to have a win on Hit The Stage
 
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