Girls’ Generation is the debut Japanese album (third overall and second to be self-titled) by the South Korean girl group Girls’ Generation (Japanese: Shōjo Jidai), released on June 1, 2011 in Japan under Nayutawave Records. The album was originally released in three different editions. A repackaged edition of the album was released on December 28, 2011.
To promote the album, Girls’ Generation embarked on their first Japan concert tour, The 1st Japan Arena Tour. Furthermore, the album is also ranked 18th on Spin magazine’s Top 20 Pop Albums of 2011, and makes Girls’ Generation the highest selling album and the highest annually ranked album achieved so far by a Korean group in Oricon history.
With the aid of their repackaged album, the album has officially shipped over 1 million copies as of January 11, 2012. As of June 2012, the album has been ‘Million’-certified by Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). Making the group the second Korean artist to earn this achievement in Japan since Korean labelmate BoA’s “Best of Soul” in 2005.
Track Listing:
1. Mr. Taxi
3. You-Aholic
4. Run Devil Run (Japanese Version)
5. Bad Girl
6. Beautiful Stranger
7. Im Inlove With The Hero
8. Let It Rain
9. Gee (Japanese Version)
10. The Great Escape
11. Hoot (Japanese Version)
12. Born To Be A Lady
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