New Girls’ Generation album confirmed for U.S. release

While 2NE1 remain all talk and no action when it comes to releasing music in America, their superior rivals Girls’ Generation are putting their money where their mouth is.

Following the international release of their album The Boys through Interscope Records in January, the Divine Nine are now preparing to release their second album in the States later this year.

The news was first revealed by Universal Music, who reported in an earnings press release that they expect to see their revenue increase in the second half of this year thanks to a number of high-profile album releases, mentioning Girls’ Generation in a list that included Taylor Swift, Diana Krall, Robbie Williams, and more.

Korea’s Herald Corp also confirmed the news, mentioning that the album will be releases in the U.S. in the fourth quarter of 2012.

If you remember, I reported back in April that Interscope had big plans to further promote Girls’ Generation in America after seeing how well they did during their whirlwind promotional visit earlier this year to promote The Boys.

Hopefully this means that the group’s new album will actually be all in English, and not just another half-assed and untranslated physical release of their Korean album like they did with The Boys. Whatever happens, at the very least we know that we should be seeing SNSD bringing their beauty and talent back to the States later this year!

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  • http://twitter.com/DeniseHuxxtable Thank You Sun God

    lol @ debut. You all need to stop. Two talk show appearances for a months old maxi single is NOT a fucking debut.

  • http://twitter.com/DeniseHuxxtable Thank You Sun God

    YAAASSS I can’t wait.

  • sweetdary

    i never said that they will be successful, i first said that WE EXPECT TO MUCH (saying that like WG people didnt notice in their first try), I JUST HOPE (personal thought) that they will do quite well (i hope fans help them buying SNSD’s album), I HOPE (personal thought) that they gain attention (gain attention means people start to know them or notice them, not matter what if they flop or not), I SAID if the album is good like their japanese album and they have LUCK (who knows the luck could be in their side, some people have it), and i finish with I HOPE SO (personal thought and HOPE),
    I wish them GOOD LUCK as a fans that iam, with my feet in the earth knowing that they could flop and i will still support them.

    PLZ the next time, you must first analyze and then write.
    (sorry for my english).

  • CCSub

    34 tickets were not sold, therefore it was not sellout. It doesnt matter what placards were given out, the final numbers reported to Billboard said it wasnt a sellout. I am not making numbers up, the proof is here

    http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsp

    Go to above link and see what a real sellout looks like. Number 1 on the list is Kenny Chesney & Co with 111,209 sold / 111,209 seats avaliable. This is a official sellout. If 111,159 seats out of 111,209 were sold, that wouldnt be a sellout.

    You think Billboard (or the Nokia Theater who reported the numbers to Billboard) is lying? Gimme a break.

  • 01popmusicfan

    C’mon stop being a delusional Sone. Even Kelly Ripa said that they made their debut on her show.Billboard wrote an article about their primetime debut on Letterman. Releasing a single/ album + show apperances as a promotion = debut. Sones are calling this an ‘experiment’ or ‘test’ cause it burned down in flames. If it was successful they would be acting like the annoying little bastards they are and rubbing it into everyone’s faces.

  • http://twitter.com/cuntgettineaten charrito montaperros

    A full-length English album seems a little bit too fast…

  • http://twitter.com/cuntgettineaten charrito montaperros

    If it was indeed a deliberate attempt of a breaking into the Western market, don’t you think they would’ve tried harder? This is Interscope we’re talking about.

  • http://twitter.com/cuntgettineaten charrito montaperros

    Lol… 4minute? And the Wonder Girls already tried and failed. Girls’ Generation is the most influential South Korean girl group of the last years. They will make it.

  • http://twitter.com/cuntgettineaten charrito montaperros

    Wrong. There was only one vocalist in PCD and their performances were far raunchier than what Girls’ Generation has ever done. This is an incoherent comparison, but if we do need to compare, After School would be PCD.

    Take several seats.

  • http://twitter.com/cuntgettineaten charrito montaperros

    And a Japanese tour later this year!

  • http://twitter.com/cuntgettineaten charrito montaperros

    …are you calling 2NE1 fat girls?

  • 2ANYONE

    blah blah blah LMAO

  • http://twitter.com/itzme_MR Mark Rego

    The problem isn’t the talent, nor the actual songs. Oh!, Gee, The Boys, Genie, would all be hits in the US if they were in English. The problem arises in SM’s marketing, and interviews.

    GG comes off as a bunch of asian dolls with a person who seems to be their translator (Tiffany). if more than 3 members would try and communicate in English and show their personalities through some variety shows such as a cooking segment with Rachel Ray, or something with Ellen, then the US audience could really see the girls most of us have come to love.

    Aside from that, SM has terrible marketing to markets that have no idea what kpop is. In Japan they didn’t really have to market because Japan was gobbling as much Kpop as they could, but in the US where “most” don’t even know there’s a difference between North and South Korea. To SM, I’d say the girls need to stay in the US for at least two months + talk shows + performances every other day, only then would they really ‘crack’ the market.

    Oh well, I can’t wait for this new album and I’ll continue to Stan GG till the day they disband.~

  • http://profiles.google.com/krstydlght kirsty delight

    people take proph’s shade on 2ne1 too seriously.

  • UJum

    Dude really? Why are you comparing SMTown concerts in the U.S with 2ne1 concerts in the U.S?

    SMTown includeded TVXQ, SNSD, SUJU, F(x), Shineee… I think 2ne1 did pretty well considering they haven’t even debuted in America.

  • UJum

    Errrrr why are you talking about plastic surgery when everybody knows Bom has also had tons of plastic surgery. Iam also a Blackjack but seriously dude!!! You are just giving blackjacks a bad name pfftttt

  • UJum

    And SNSD isn’t overrated? LOL I just love how people have double standards. Yeah 2ne1 may be overrated, but so is SNSD

  • theprophetblog

    Yes, second source too you idiot

  • http://twitter.com/DeniseHuxxtable Thank You Sun God

    lol Are you serious? You’re referencing a TV debut. I’m talking music, sweetheart. That was not a debut in the sense of an actual label push, single being released the radio, etc.

  • http://twitter.com/DeniseHuxxtable Thank You Sun God

    Exactly. These fools need to stop with the flop reaching.

  • nexo099

    far too often are 2ne1 deemed superior in terms of succeeding in the us, and yet still to this day have nothing to back that up on.

  • http://twitter.com/jms177 Justy

    I don’t have double standards for anyone. I know SNSD is overrated. Hell, alot of kpop acts are. But to sit there and come up with a thousands ways to say 2NE1 are the ONLY kpop acts that are going to make and how they will sell more while SNSD fails is going a little overboard. I have yet to see Sones brag about their potential US success the way that Blackjacks have, despite the fact that SNSD has done more than 2NE1 in terms of promotion and gaining exposure in the States.

  • http://www.facebook.com/lucaswoodstock Lucas Oliveira Dantas

    yeah it’s very interesting you mentioned australian artists because the queen minogue is huge proof of it: after more than 20 years on the industry, it seems just now that she’s somewhat of a household name in the us.

    k-pop fans are beyond delusional.

  • http://generationofnine.tumblr.com/ Xesyre

    I hope you know 7000 seats isn’t all that impressive… You know in their NJ concert half the concert was empty?

  • 01popmusicfan

    Are you sure about that? Didn’t they release The Boys 2 weeks prior to being on Letterman and Kelly? Also who would want to hear that awful song on the radio anyways. Shame and embarrassment for whoever wrote it.

  • twinkle9

    in the first half of the next year, is confirmed, maybe feb or march (i dont remember right now).

  • TEDY443

    ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i gonna die die die die why, why its this year oh shit im dizzy maybe this not reaal or i don’t know but ok brb gonna die OH YEAH I FORGOT SOMETHING BLACKJACKS GTFO U_U

  • norimix1

    GG will defineately be the game changer for Kpop in America.. So damn exited and proud right now^^

  • G-Raim

    Psy just definitely beat them to that.

  • norimix1

    Unless you’ve been living in a cave with the Teliban you would know that SNSD has had high view counts and record breaking sales. While Psy has been in the industry longer than SNSD. Psy has only one song that’s a major hit while most of his other songs on YT can barely break million. If I was a investor or a record label president I would bet on the girls because of their consistency. Psy has a fluke song like Too Sexy by Right Sais Fred or Macarenas by the Los Del Rios was in the 90′s.

  • G-Raim

    You are talking about views and sales in a market completely unrelated to the one you claimed they would be the “game changer” for. The Boys failed to truly crack the market despite being produced by an American for an American audience and containing English lyrics.

    Psy going viral, even if it was just one funny ass song, means the pathway has now been paved for other Kpop artists in the US, as the market is now more receptive to them.

    That is what a “game changer” is. One incredible act/thing that shifts momentum for the entire movement. SNSD did not do this, no matter how much you want to delude yourself into believing it.

  • norimix1

    Unfortunately it’s Psy who is benefitting from the roads paved by Kpop idols. Snsd record sales and accomplishment eclipses that of Psy’s many times over. Also, The Boys English album was only sold in select venues in America like Best Buy and Amazon. It was released as a way to test the water before the actual original record was released. You may want to white wash SNSD’s accomplishments because you are a fan of Psy’s but the reality is that most Americans view Psy the same way most Americans viewed William Hung in American Idol..

  • G-Raim

    Pretending that I am arguing as a Psy fan is pointless to the debate.

    Again, you use the Korean market statistics to try and prove your point. SNSD do fabulous in Korea and Japan. I am certainly not arguing that. But while you claim you need to be living with the Taliban to not know of their accomplishments, that in itself is a delusion as KPop and even JPop were not mainstream. If they were, they wouldn’t need a game changer. Many people in the US can be completely oblivious to the existence of SNSD without ever needing to be lumped into a cave with Taliban.
    Psy isn’t the biggest star in Korea either, not in dispute. Heck, the man is damned controversial. Even for YG his label mates Big Bang and 2NE1 have done more – and have made far more inroads into the US market. Psy wasn’t even trying to break it over there. As YG said “They weren’t even knocking”. Gangnam style is cool, yep… but it is no Lies or Gee or even a Sorry Sorry (it might be a cooking cooking though).
    Once again – this shit is NOT in contention.
    The term is “game changer”. Can they change the game? No, because it has already been changed. 2 months ago, Kpop idols were carefully digging inroads into international markets and hoping that with enough hard work and the right song they will finally crack it open and make it into the mainstream. Today, Kpop has mainstream awareness because of Gangnam Style. The game has been changed. They will now be releasing into a market where KPop has mainstream awareness. Pretending that Gangnam style did not soften the market and future releases won’t benefit from that is disingenuous.

  • norimix1

    Big bang and 2ne1 made far more inroads in to America than SNSD? Last I checked SNSD was the only group singned with a American (Interscope) and French (Polydor) record labels.
    Far as who will succeed and who will fail my money’s on SNSD because of their consistent record sales and their large fandom.

  • G-Raim

    Are you just fucking with me now? Or are you not actually reading what I am writing.

    Where exactly did I say Big Bang and 2NE1 made more inroads than SNSD? Because if you put on your glasses and read it again you will see I said they made more than Psy – who for the record wasn’t even trying.

    As for the constant attempt to ridicule the artist with the William Hung reference, I will remind you that there are people out there that believe SNSD are made on a production line of look alike barbie dolls. Everyone has haters. I don’t like Beiber or Gaga. They are still as famous as all fuck. What some people are saying is irrelevant when you are dealing with overpowering positive vibe.

    Finally, last I checked, Psy was also signed with technically the same American record label – Universal Music Group. Or did you miss that announcement?

  • norimix1

    Speaking of needing reading glasses did you actually read my post when I wrote that SNSD was the ONLY GROUP singned to a American record deal.
    BTW.. I would rather have ppl say snsd looks like Barbie dolls rather than describe them as Korean William Hung. Just type up Psy+William Hung on google and see how many Psy articles and blogs make William Hung reference. They are defineately laughing at him not with him.

  • G-Raim

    Then you are completely ignorant because Wonder Girls and 2NE1 are also signed to Universal Music Group subsidiaries in America. We were talking about SNSD and Psy, not everyone else as well.

    The William Hung thing again. Again, overwhelming positive vibe makes this small segment of racists irrelevant. Of course you will find people making the reference if you search for it together. Just like if I searched SNSD and Plastic Surgery, all I will get is people going on about how they are fake, plastic and look alike. Try instead just looking at all the news stories of Psy and see how often the reference comes up. I have seen idiots on Psy stories say that clearly the US didn’t use a big enough Nuke on Japan. You are reading what you want to read into it.

    They way you keep trying to denigrate the man to improve your argument is childish and counter productive. Grow up, child.

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