Girls' Generation-TTS

Girls' Generation-TTS

TaeTiSeo at a fan signing event for Louis Quatorze in November 2015
From left to right: Taeyeon, Tiffany and Seohyun
Background information
Also known as
  • TaeTiSeo
  • TTS
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres
Years active 2012–present
Labels
Associated acts
Website girlsgeneration-tts.smtown.com
Members
Korean name
Hangul 소녀시대-태티서
Revised Romanization Sonyeo Sidae-Taetiseo
McCune–Reischauer Sonyŏ Sidae-T'aet'isŏ

Girls' Generation-TTS (Hangul: 소녀시대-태티서, also known as TTS, TaeTiSeo, or Girls' Generation-TaeTiSeo) is a subgroup of South Korean girl group Girls' Generation, formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2012. It is composed of three Girls' Generation members: Taeyeon, Tiffany, and Seohyun. The group has released three EPs: Twinkle (2012), Holler (2014), and Dear Santa (2015).

History

During the year 2012, South Korean girl group Girls' Generation went through an unannounced hiatus as the majority of the group's members were focusing on individual activities. Some acted in television dramas while others participated in various television programs. The subgroup TTS was born because members Taeyeon, Tiffany and Seohyun wanted to carry on with their music activities. All three were hosts of the weekly music program Show! Music Core at the time. [1][2] On April 19, 2012, S.M. Entertainment officially announced the formation of the subgroup and hinted at the possibility of other future subgroups, explaining, "the members of the unit [are rotated] according to the [unique] music and concept of each new subgroup album."[3] Compared to Girls' Generation, TTS's main focus is on each member's vocal ability while the original group places more emphasis on the overall songs and uniform group performances.[4] The name "TaeTiSeo" or "TTS", is made up of the first syllables of Taeyeon, Tiffany, and Seohyun.[5][6]

TaeTiSeo at Suncheon Bay Garden Expo International K-POP Concert in 2013.

Their debut EP, Twinkle, was released on April 29, 2012. It was the first album by a Korean artist to rank number 1 on the Billboard World Albums chart.[7] At the time, it was also the highest charting K-pop album on the Billboard 200, reaching number 126.[8] The title track of the same name sold 2,520,485 digital copies in South Korea as of July 2014,[9] and the album has sold 155,521 copies in South Korea.[10] TTS became the first subgroup to achieve a "triple crown" on South Korean music shows, reigning in the number 1 spot for three weeks in a row.[11][12]

In September 2014, the group released their second EP, Holler, selling 87,513 copies.[13][14] The album debuted at number 1 on South Korea's Gaon Album Chart[15] and the Billboard World Albums chart. With this achievement, TTS become the third Korean artist, and the first female artist, to have more than one number 1 on the Billboard World Albums chart.[7] During an interview with Billboard, the three singers shared, "This album was really personal for us and it was fun...to put out a much more raw side of our music...the music we put together has so much more layers, so much more depth to it in terms of sound, choruses or harmonizing together....Our main goal was to not be visually entertaining, but be vocally entertaining." They also revealed that Seohyun wrote the lyrics to one of the songs, "Only U",[16] while Tiffany served as the visual director to the concept of "Holler" music video.[17] During promotions, the three singers were featured in the reality show The TaeTiSeo. The show took on the personal side of Taeyeon, Tiffany and Seohyun,[18] revealing how they live their normal everyday lives and what they do in their free time.[18][19] Some footage of the album preparation was also shown.

In December 2015, TTS released their third EP, a Christmas special album titled Dear Santa. The album debuted at number 2 on South Korea's Gaon Albums Chart and has sold at least 60,456 copies to date.[20][21] Seohyun wrote the lyrics to the title track "Dear Santa".[22] As an effort to support music education for children in Asia, TTS contributed a part of the album's sales profits to a charity called "SMile for U", a campaign held between SM Entertainment and UNICEF.[23]

Discography

Extended plays

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[24]		 JPN
[25]		 US
[26]		 US
World
[27]		 US
Heat
[28]
Twinkle 1 6 126 1 2
Holler
  • Released: September 16, 2014[30]
  • Label: S.M. Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 1 23 — 1 11
Dear Santa
  • Released: December 4, 2015
  • Label: S.M. Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 2 25 — 4 14
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales
(DL)		 Album
KOR Gaon
[33]		 KOR
Hot100
[34]		 US
World
[35]
"Twinkle" 2012 1 2 4 Twinkle
"Whisper"[37] 2014 4 — — Holler
"Holler" 3 — 6
"Dear Santa"[40] 2015 7 — 7 Dear Santa
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Other charted songs

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR Gaon
[42]		 KOR
Hot100
[43]
"Baby Steps" 2012 15 22 Twinkle
"OMG" 26 44
"Library" 33 75
"Goodbye, Hello" 32 59
"Love Sick" 28 58
"Checkmate" 44 89
"Adrenaline" 2014 42 — Holler
"Only U" 51 —
"Stay" 69 —
"Eyes" 75 —
"Merry Christmas" 2015 29 — Dear Santa
"Winter Story" 41 —
"First Snow" 51 —
"I Like the Way" 57 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography

Reality shows

Year Title Network Note
2014 The TaeTiSeo OnStyle premiered on August 26

Music videos

Title Year Director
"Twinkle" 2012 Unknown
"OMG (Oh My God)" Unknown
"Holler" 2014 Hong Won-ki[44]
"Dear Santa" 2015 Unknown
"Dear Santa" (English ver.) Unknown

Achievements

Girls' Generation-TTS awards and nominations
Totals
Awards won 7
Nominations 12
Totals
Awards won 17

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2012 Mnet 20's Choice Awards[45] 20's Trendy Music — Won
Mnet Asian Music Awards[46] Best Female Group — Nominated
Best Global Group — Nominated
Artist of the Year — Nominated
MelOn Music Awards[47] Top 10 Artist "Twinkle" Nominated
SBS MTV Best of the Best Best Global — Nominated
Artist of the Year — Nominated
Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards[48] Album of the Year Twinkle[note 1] Won
Song of the Year "Twinkle"[note 2] Won
2013 27th Golden Disk Awards[49] Disk Daesang Twinkle Nominated
Digital Daesang "Twinkle" Nominated
Popularity Award — Nominated
22nd Seoul Music Awards Bonsang Award Twinkle Nominated
Popularity Award Nominated
2014 7th Style Icon Awards Top 10 Style Icons — Won
Mnet Asian Music Awards[50] Youku-Tudou Best Music Video "Holler" Nominated
K-Pop Fan's Choice – Female — Won
2015 24th Seoul Music Awards[51] Bonsang Award Holler Won
29th Golden Disk Awards[52] Disk Bonsang Won
Notes
  1. ↑ Twinkle won the award for the second quarter of the year.
  2. ↑ "Twinkle" won the award for Song of May.

Music programs

Inkigayo

Inkigayo (인기가요; The Music Trend) is a South Korean music television program broadcast by Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS). Girls' Generation-TTS has won 4 times.

Year Date Song
2012 May 13 "Twinkle"[12]
May 20
May 27
2014 September 28 "Holler"

M Countdown

Year Date Song
2012 May 10 "Twinkle"[12]
May 17
May 24
2014 September 25 "Holler"[53]
October 2

Music Bank

Music Bank is a South Korean music program broadcast by Korean Broadcasting System (KBS). Each week, Music Bank's countdown chart K-Chart would calculate a song's success based on digital sales, physical sales, broadcast frequency and viewer's choice to decide which would be the week's winning song. Girls' Generation-TTS has received four wins on Music Bank.

Year Date Song
2012 May 11 "Twinkle"[12]
May 18
May 25
2014 October 3 "Holler"[54]

Show! Music Core

Year Date Song
2014 October 11 "Holler"[55]

Show Champion

Year Date Song
2012 May 8 "Twinkle"[12]
May 15
May 22

References

  1. ↑ "Kiss The Radio - May 4, 2012". Kiss the Radio. May 4, 2012. KBS Cool FM.
  2. ↑ Ho, Stewart (May 23, 2012). "Seohyun Reveals Which SNSD Member She Would Pick to Join Taetiseo". eNewsWorld. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  3. ↑ Subgroup "TTS", formed by Girls' Generation's Taeyeon, Tiffany & Seohyun, debuts in May (in Korean) Daum.net (April 19, 2012). Retrieved on April 20, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Tiffany's Interview". Korea InStyle Magazine (August 2014). August 2014. Retrieved August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Guerilla Date with TTS (Entertainment Weekly / 2014.10.11)" (Video upload). KBS World on YouTube. Google Inc. October 11, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  6. ↑ Kim, Erika (May 8, 2012). "Taetiseo Twinkles in Live ‘Wide Entertainment News' Broadcast". eNewsWorld. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  7. 1 2 Benjamin, Jeff (September 26, 2014). "Girls' Generation-TTS Earns 2nd Consecutive No. 1 on World Albums Chart". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
  8. ↑ Benjamin, Jeff (May 4, 2012). "Girls' Generation Splinter Group Enters Billboard 200". Billboard (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  9. ↑ "South Korea's Gaon chart's overall download sales of 2012". Gaon Digital Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
  10. 1 2 Cumulative sales for "Twinkle":
  11. ↑ Jackson, Julie (September 11, 2014). "TaeTiSeo to drop EP ‘Holler' next week". The Korea Herald (Herald Corporation). Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 "Taetiseo to Conclude Promotions on June 3; Will Be First 4 Time Triple Crown Winner as Unit". eNewsWorld (CJ E&M). May 31, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  13. ↑ "TaeTiSeo to drop EP ‘Holler' next week". The Korea Herald (Herald Corporation). September 11, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  14. 1 2 Cumulative sales for "Holler":
  15. ↑ "Holler (2014)". September 14–20, 2014. Archived from the original on September 27, 2014.
  16. ↑ Benjamin, Jeff (September 16, 2014). "Girls' Generation-TTS on Why New 'Holler' EP Represents Their 'Mind, Body and Soul']". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Pops in Seoul Ep2742 Buzz, Kidoh, Girls' Generation-TTS, T-ara" (Video upload). Arirang on YouTube. Google Inc. October 5, 2014. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  18. 1 2 "TaeTiSeo To Star In New Reality Show 'The TaeTiSeo'". Bntnews. August 22, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Girls Generation New Reality Show 'The Taetiseo', Stars Taeyeon, Tiffany, Seohyun". Breathecast. August 18, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Dear Santa". November 29 – December 6, 2015. Archived from the original on December 11, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Gaon's Yearly Album Chart 2015". Gaon Album Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Taetiseo Talks SNSD and Inspiration Behind ′Dear Santa′ in Christmas Spread". eWorldNews. December 20, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  23. ↑ "Taetiseo to Donate Part of Proceeds from ′Dear Santa′". eNewsWorld. December 1, 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  24. ↑ (Korean) Gaon Album Chart. Gaon Music Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association.
  25. ↑ Girls' Generation-TTS Oricon chart positions:
  26. ↑ Girls' Generation-TTS Billboard 200 chart positions:
  27. ↑ Girls' Generation-TTS World Albums chart positions:
  28. ↑ Girls' Generation-TTS Top Heatseekers chart positions:
  29. ↑ "Twinkle by Girls' Generation-TTS". iTunes Store US. Apple Inc. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012.
  30. ↑ "Holler – EP by Girls' Generation-TTS". iTunes Store US. Apple Inc. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  31. ↑ "Gaon Album Chart - December 2015 (see #4)". Gaon Music Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  32. ↑ "Oricon Ranking Service" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved July 29, 2015. (subscription required (help)).
  33. ↑ (Korean) Gaon Digital Chart. Gaon Music Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association.
  34. ↑ K-Pop Hot 100 chart positions for singles:
  35. ↑ US World Digital Songs positions for singles:
    • "Twinkle". May 19, 2012. (subscription required (help)).
    • "Holler". October 4, 2014. (subscription required (help)).
    • "Dear Santa". December 26, 2015. (subscription required (help)).
  36. ↑ "2012 Download Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Download Chart. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  37. ↑ "Play List/Entertainment/Program – K-Pop Connection / Interactive: 2014-09-21". KBS International Radio. Korean Broadcasting System. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  38. ↑ Cumulative sales for "Whisper":
  39. ↑ Cumulative sales for "Holler":
  40. ↑ "Play List/Entertainment/Program – K-Pop Connection: 2015-12-04". KBS International Radio. Korean Broadcasting System. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  41. ↑ Cumulative sales for "Dear Santa":
  42. ↑ Gaon chart positions for songs:
  43. ↑ K-Pop Hot 100 chart positions for songs:
  44. ↑ Jung Hee-seo (June 27, 2015). "8인조 소녀시대, 드디어 컴백이 다가온다". XportsNews (in Korean). Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  45. ↑ "Winners announced at 6th Mnet 20's Choice Awards". The Asia Economy Daily. June 29, 2012. Archived from the original on May 1, 2015.
  46. ↑ "Nominees for the 2012 MAMA Announced". CJ E&M. October 23, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  47. ↑ "멜론 뮤직어워드, 12월 14일 개최…15일부터 온라인 투표" (in Korean). TV Report. November 15, 2012. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012.
  48. ↑ "K-Pop Awards: History" (Note: Select 2012 to view) (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  49. ↑ 2013 Golden Disk Awards:
  50. ↑ 2014 Mnet Asian Music Awards:
    • "Winners" (in Korean). Mnet Asian Music Awards. Archived from the original on May 4, 2015.
    • "Candidates" (in Korean). Mnet Asian Music Awards. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  51. ↑ "SM "태연 추락사고, 큰 이상無..지속적 컨디션 체크"" (in Korean). Star News. January 23, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  52. ↑ "The 29th Golden Disk Awards" (in Korean). Golden Disk Awards. JoongAng Ilbo. Archived from the original on May 4, 2015.
  53. ↑ M! Countdown – "Holler". Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  54. ↑ "TaeTiSeo win No. 1 + Performances from October 3rd 'Bio Industry Expo' special of 'Music Bank'!". Allkpop. October 3, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  55. ↑ "Girls' Generation – TTS Performs 'Holler' and Wins First Place on 'Show! Music Core'". Soshified. October 11, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2014.

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