Girls' Generation-TTS

Girls' Generation-TTS (Korean: 소녀시대-태티서, also known as TTS, TaeTiSeo, or Girls' Generation-TaeTiSeo) is the first sub-unit of South Korean girl group Girls' Generation, formed by SM Entertainment in 2012. It is composed of three Girls' Generation members: Taeyeon, Tiffany, and Seohyun. The sub-group has released three extended plays: Twinkle, Holler, and Dear Santa.

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
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genres	K-pop dance-pop electropop
Years active	2012–2017[a]
Labels	SM
Spinoff of	Girls' Generation
Members	Taeyeon Tiffany Seohyun
Website	Official website
Korean name
Hangul	소녀시대-태티서
Hanja	少女時代-太티徐
Revised Romanization	Sonyeo Sidae-Taetiseo
McCune–Reischauer	Sonyŏ Sidae-T'aet'isŏ

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, SM 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 30, 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	Released: April 29, 2012[29] Label: SM Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download	1	6	126	1	2	KOR: 164,621[30][31] JPN: 27,768[32] US: 3,000[33]
Holler	Released: September 16, 2014[34] Label: SM Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download	1	23	—	1	11	KOR: 97,969[35][31] JPN: 12,758[32]
Dear Santa	Released: December 4, 2015 Label: SM Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download	2	25	—	4	14	KOR: 65,894[36][31] JPN: 7,845[32]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Sales (DL)	Album
		KOR [37]	KOR Hot [38]	US World [39]
"Twinkle"	2012	1	2	4	KOR: 2,528,880[40]	Twinkle
"Whisper" (내가 네게)[41]	2014	4	—	—	KOR: 346,386[42]	Holler
"Holler"		3	—	6	KOR: 466,694[43]
"Dear Santa"[44]	2015	7	—	7	KOR: 486,713[45]	Dear Santa
"—" denotes songs that did not chart.

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		KOR [46]	KOR Hot [47]
"Baby Steps"	2012	15	22	Twinkle
"OMG (Oh My God)"		26	44
"Library"		33	75
"Goodbye, Hello" (안녕)		32	59
"Love Sick" (처음이었죠)		28	58
"Checkmate" (체크메이트)		44	89
"Adrenaline" (아드레날린)	2014	42	—	Holler
"Only U"		51	—
"Stay"		69	—
"Eyes"		75	—
"Merry Christmas"	2015	29	—	Dear Santa
"Winter Story" (겨울을 닮은 너)		41	—
"First Snow" (첫눈처럼)		51	—
"I Like the Way"		57	—
"—" denotes songs that did not chart.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Note
2014	The TaeTiSeo	Reality show

Music videos

Title	Year	Director
"Twinkle"	2012	Un­known
"OMG (Oh My God)"		Un­known
"Holler"	2014	Hong Won-ki[48]
"Dear Santa"	2015	Un­known
"Dear Santa" (English ver.)		Un­known

Awards and nominations

See also: List of awards and nominations received by Girls' Generation

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards	2013	Album of the Year – 2nd Quarter	Twinkle	Won	[49]
		Song of the Year – May	"Twinkle"	Won
Golden Disc Awards	2013	Disk Daesang	Twinkle	Nominated	[50]
		Digital Daesang		Nominated
		Popularity Award	Girls' Generation-TTS	Nominated
	2015	Disk Bonsang	Holler	Won	[51]
		Disk Daesang		Nominated
Melon Music Awards	2012	Top 10 Artist	"Twinkle"	Nominated	[52]
Mnet 20's Choice Awards	2012	20's Trendy Music	Girls' Generation-TTS	Won	[53]
Mnet Asian Music Awards	2012	Best Female Group		Nominated	[54]
		Best Global Group		Nominated
		Artist of the Year		Nominated
	2014	Youku-Tudou Best Music Video	"Holler"	Nominated	[55]
		K-Pop Fan's Choice – Female	Girls' Generation-TTS	Won
SBS MTV Best of the Best	2012	Best Global		Nominated	[56]
		Artist of the Year		Nominated
	2014	Best Female Video	"Holler"	Nominated	[57]
Seoul Music Awards	2013	Bonsang Award	"Twinkle"	Nominated	[58]
		Popularity Award		Nominated
	2015	Bonsang Award	Holler	Won	[59][60]
		Daesang Award		Nominated
Style Icon Awards	2014	Top 10 Style Icons	Girls' Generation-TTS	Won	[61]

Notes

1. Indefinite hiatus

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    • Dear Santa: "Album Chart: Week 50 of 2015". November 29 – December 6, 2015. Archived from the original on December 11, 2015.
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    • "Dear Santa (2015)". Billboard. December 26, 2015. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016.
28. Peak chart positions for EPs on the Heatseekers Albums Chart:

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37. Peak chart positions on the Gaon Digital Chart:

    • "Twinkle". April 29, 2012. Archived from the original on July 24, 2014.
    • "Whisper" and "Holler". September 14–20, 2014. Archived from the original on September 26, 2014.
    • "Dear Santa". December 6–12, 2015. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
38. Peak chart positions on the Korea K-Pop Hot 100:

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39. Peak chart positions on the World Digital Songs:

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    • "Baby Steps", "OMG", "Library", "Goodbye, Hello", "Love Sick", and "Checkmate". April 29, 2012. Archived from the original on July 24, 2014.
    • "Adrenaline", "Only U", "Stay", and "Eyes". September 14–20, 2014. Archived from the original on September 26, 2014.
    • ""Merry Christmas", "Winter Story", "First Snow", and "I Like the Way"". November 29 – December 5, 2015. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
47. K-Pop Hot 100 chart positions for songs:

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External links

• Official website