SS501 (pronounced as Double-S 501) is a South Korean boyband under management of Daesung Entertainment, also known as DSP Entertainment. SS501 stands for Superstar and unison of its 5 members until eternity (symbolized by the 0) as 1. They debuted in 2005 with their first single “경고” (Warning), with a second single “Snow Prince” released in late 2005. The group was inactive in Korea for most of 2006, although they have had a fan meeting in Japan in April[1]. The hiatus was due to Heo Young Saeng’s throat condition which required surgery, thus resulting in a need for time to fully recover.[citation needed]. Around July – September 2006, they held their first concert, “Step Up Concert” in Osaka, Japan. In late 2006, they returned to Korea in order to promote their first full album, which was released on November 10. Singles from the album included “Unlock” and “Four Chance”. As well as promoting the album on various variety and music shows, they also filmed a show on MNet called SOS. On their 600th day (January 28, 2007), they won the Mutizen award from SBS Inki Gayo for their song “Four Chance”. As of 2007 they are planning to release an album in Japan (presumably in Japanese) sometime in the future[citation needed], and eventual releases may include a Thai version[citation needed].

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SHINee [Korean: 샤이니] is a five-member boy band formed by SM Entertainment in 2008. The group debuted on May 25, 2008 on SBS Popular Songs with the single, “Noona You’re So Pretty [Replay]“. The five members are Onew [the leader], Jonghyun, Taemin, Minho, and Key.

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Girls’ Generation, also known as SNSD, the acronym of So Nyeo Shi Dae (Hangul: 소녀시대; Hanja: 少女時代), is a large nine member girl group formed in 2007 by SM Entertainment. The group debuted on SBS Inkigayo on August 5, 2007, performing their first single, “Into the New World” (다시 만난 세계). The members are (in order of official announcement) YoonA, Tiffany, YuRi, HyoYeon, SooYoung, SeoHyun, TaeYeon (the leader), Jessica, and Sunny. They are said to be a multilingual group. Aside Korean, they are said to know English, Chinese, and Japanese. Both Jessica and Tiffany have been raised in America, HyoYeon traveled to Beijing in 2004, and SooYoung started out in the Japanese entertainment business first in the girl group Route-O in 2004.

Many of the members are already recognizable to the Korean population for their television commercials, magazine ads, and DJ’ing on radio shows.

On August 1, 2007 SM Entertainment released the group’s first single and music video for their debut song “다시 만난 세계 (Into the new world)”. After its success, a full self-titled album was released on November 1, 2007 with the lead single “소녀시대 (Girls’ Generation)”.

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