Girls’ Generation (Korean: Hangul – 소녀시대; Hanja - 少女時代) is a popular nine-member South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2007. The members are, in order of announcement to be in the group, Yoona - Dance/Acting, Tiffany - Lead Vocalist, Yuri - Supporting Vocalist/2nd Main Dancer, Hyoyeon - Supporting Vocalist/Main Dancer, Sooyoung - Supporting Vocalist/Lead dancer, SeohyunLead Vocalist, Taeyeon - Leader/Main Vocalist , Jessica - Main Vocalist, and Sunny - Lead Vocalist. They are commonly referred to as SNSD, the acronym of the group’s Korean name So-Nyuh Shi-Dae, Chinese name Shao Nü Shi Dai, Japanese name ShōJo JiDai. They are also referred as SoShi which is the abbreviation of the groups’ Korean name.