January
The year started with the revelation of romantic relationships of 2 members; Sooyoung & Jung Kyung Ho; Yoona & Lee Seing Gi. Their ageny, SM Entertainment, has confirmed and gave its blessing.
February
Girls' Generation's fourth mini album/EP titled "Mr. Mr" was digitally released worldwide on the 24th. The physical album was made available in stores from 27th.
*[Extended play - mini album with less than 25 minutes or 4 tracks]
March
Following the release of the group's mini-album 'Mr. Mr." in February, Girls' Generation appeared for the first comeback performance after 14 months since the last one in January 2013 with "I Got A Boy". Their comeback performance was on the 6th on Mnet's M Countdown. The choreographer for the title song "Mr.Mr.", Jilian Meyers, has worked with other internationally known artists such as Janet Jackson, Celine Dion and Kylie Minogue. The album was peaked at #1 for highest monthly album sales for the month with 70,295 and total album sales since release at 158,119 on the Gaon Album Chart.
It's not April's fool but another member of Girls' Generation is confirmed to be dating. SM Entertainment confirmed that Tiffany and Nickhun (2PM) are a couple; and JYP Entertainment also revealed that the couple have been dating for four months. Elsewhere, in Thailand, Taeyeon were given a very touching welcome by Thai SONE during a fan meet while on promotional activities for 'Bing'.
The group kicks off the Girls' Generation 3rd Japan Tour on 26 April in Fukuoka, Japan. There are a total of 17 concerts from 26 April to 13 July in 7 cities: Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kobe, Nagoya, Osaka, Saitama and Tokyo.
May
On 5th, it was revealed that Girls' Generation will perform KCON (K-Pop Convention) 2014 in Los Angeles. KCON will take place over two days, August 9th and August 10th, with artists split between the two days of performances.
On the 6th and 7th, Girls' Generation performed at the Hiroshima Green Arena followed by performances on the 23rd, 24th and 25th at the Kobe World Kinen Hall as part of their 3rd Japan Tour. An estimated 15,000 and 18,000 fans attended the concerts held in Hiroshima and Kobe. (Source: Wiki)
On the 18th, SM Entertainment confirmed that Kim Taeyeon of Girls' Generation and Byun Baekhyun of EXO-K has been in a budding relationship. Fans from both idol groups expressed mixed reactions to their relationship.
Time magazine listed "Mr. Mr.", released in February, as one of the top 25 best songs so far for the year.
On the 13th, the group successfully wrapped up its third concert tour “Girls Generation ~Love & Peace~ Japan 3rd Tour”, which started in April in Fukuoka with the final concert at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo. A total of 200,000 fans attended of the 17-concert 3rd Japan tour.
On the 13th, the group successfully wrapped up its third concert tour “Girls Generation ~Love & Peace~ Japan 3rd Tour”, which started in April in Fukuoka with the final concert at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo. A total of 200,000 fans attended of the 17-concert 3rd Japan tour.
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Girls’ Generation has released "The Best' album in Japan on the 23rd. The album includes the group’s hit tracks from albums such as Girls' Generation, The Boys, Girls & Peace and Love & Peace as well as 2 new songs. The Complete Limited Edition in Blu-Ray includes video footages of members' interviews, the making of 'The Best' and Girls' Generation Live History 2010 - 2014.
“After the 1st week of its release, the album has sold more than 75,000 copies, topping the Japan's Oricon weekly music chart. The group, as a result of this achievement, has now set a new record to become the first non-Japanese female group in Asia to ever have three Japanese albums (along with The album Girls' Generation and Love & Peace) peaked at #1 on this chart.” - Source Wikipedia
Pitchfork, a Chicago-based internet publication devoted to music criticism, commentary, news and artist interviews, listed two of the group's songs "I Got a Boy" and "Gee" within the top 20 essential K-pop songs in recent years.
It was revealed that all nine members of the group renewed their contracts with SM Entertainment in August; before the first 7-year contract expiration.
The group became the first K-Pop group ever to have 3 official YouTube videos with 100 million or higher views; "Gee", "I Got A Boy" and "The Boys". "I Got A Boy" also set record for shortest amount of time it took to get 100 million views for a K-Pop group.
Universal Music Japan released Girls' Generation's Japanese song, "Divine." It was made available through online stores, and users who purchase the song were able to enter a lottery for a tickets to the group's "THE BEST LIVE" concert at the Tokyo Dome on December 9. On September 29, the company released the story version promotional video of "Divine" on Entame's website. The same video was released on October 15, 2014 on Universal Japan's YouTube Channel. - Source Wikipedia
The new song "Divine" is available only in the new edition, in both standard and limited edition, of "The Best" album. The Standard New Edition contains only the music CD with 10 tracks; and the Limited New Edition contains a CD with 16 tracks and a DVD with 4 videos.
"Divine" MV (story version) - YouTube
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| "The Best" New Edition (Limited) |
New edition of "The Best" excludes "Bad Girl", "Time Machine", "All My Love is for You", "Beep Beep" and "My oh My" on all pressings.
On September 30, SM Entertainment announced that Jessica would no longer be a member and the group would continue their activities with the remaining 8 members.
~ Updated 6 November 2014 ~
