Girls’ Generation’s YoonA, Taeyeon, Yuri, Sunny, And Hyoyeon Renew Contracts With SM Entertainment

Girls’ Generation also known as SNSD or Sonyeo Sidae was a K-Pop girl group formed by SM Entertainment. The group is composed of eight members: Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, and Seohyun.

Originally a nine-piece group, Jessica departed from the group in September 2014. One of the prominent figures of the Hallyu Wave, the group has earned incredible popularity and appreciation. It is even referred to as “The Nation’s Girl Group” in their home country. The group’s signature musical styles are characterized as electropop and bubblegum pop, though their sounds have varied widely, incorporating various genres, including hip hop, R&B, and EDM.

In 2017, Billboard honoured Girls’ Generation as the “Top K-pop Girl Group of the Past Decade”. They are the first Asian girl group to achieve five music videos with over 100 million views on YouTube with “Gee,” “I Got a Boy,” “The Boys,” “Mr. Taxi,” and “Oh!”. In Japan, they became the first non-Japanese girl group to have three number-one albums on the Oricon Albums Chart with their eponymous album, Love & Peace, and The Best, and their three Japanese concert tours attracted a record-breaking 550,000 spectators.

In October 2017, SM Entertainment announced that members Tiffany, Sooyoung, and Seohyun decided not to renew their contracts with the company to focus on their acting or solo music careers. Despite the change of music labels, the group was said not to be disbanded, and future activities of the eight-member group remain to be discussed. The group is currently on indefinite hiatus to focus on solo activities.

A source from SM Entertainment confirmed on September 8 that members YoonA, Taeyeon, Yuri, Sunny, and Hyoyeon have renewed their contracts and are going to be continuing their career under SM Entertainment.

All the members of Girl’s Generation are currently hugely successful in their respective careers as musicians, actors, and DJs. Recently, YoonA was chosen as the muse for Estee lauder Korea. We wish them all the luck for their future endeavors.