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IFANS: Mapping K-pop’s International Fandom is an scholarly research project that examines global fan attitudes and activities through surveys, collection of information on online communities and analysis of websites. Crystal S. Anderson, PhD (Elon University) is the Principal Investigator of the studies and Designer and Curator of the iFans project site.
Case Studies*
iFans Case Studies Survey captures fan attitudes about the following 12 K-pop groups that have global, active fanbases: 2NE1, Aziatix, BigBang, Epik High, f(x), MBLAQ, SHINee, SNSD, SS501, Shinhwa, Super Junior and TVXQ. If you are a fan of more than one of these groups, you should take this survey.
iFans Individual Case Study captures more in-depth information on fan attitudes about each group. Click on one of the following to answer additional questions about your favorite group!
Case Studies Exhibit provides digital tours and analysis of selected fansites that support 12 K-pop groups.
Fandom Directory
This resource organizes online K-pop fan communities, including Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and other fansites. You can look up information two ways:
Watch the progress of the project on the Omeka site, IFANS: Mapping K-pop’s International Fandom.
*This human subject research has been reviewed by the Institutional Review Board at Elon University. Click here for study documentation.
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Kim Bum Soo (Source: http://www.hancinema.net/photos/photo215809.jpg)
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Kim Bum Soo |
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1999 |
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Polaris Entertainment |
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Awards
2011
- Melon Music Award, R&B/Ballad
Television Appearances
Concert Tours
- Kim Bum Soo “겟 올라잇” Show, January 2012
Lost Love
It Will Pass
Solace/Consolation
Sun Setting In My Heart
I Want to See You (Missing You)
Promise
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L-R: Baek Chan, Joo Hee and Lee Hyun. (Source: http://www.dramacafe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/8Eight+82.png)
| Name | 8Eight |
| Meaning of Name | If turned sideways, 8 is “infinity” |
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| Debut | August 25, 2007 |
| Status | Active |
| Label | Big Hit Entertainment; United Asia Management |
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Individual Projects
Awards
Television Appearances
- Winning competitors on the first season of MBC’s Show Survival, 2007.
Close That Lip
The End is Coming
Availability Period
Goodbye My Love
I Love You
Music is My Life (Part 2)
Forget About Love and Sing
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8Eight – Mini- Album (June 21, 2011) (Source Music)
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The Bridge – 1st Mini-Album (May 12, 2010) (Loen Entertainment)
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Golden Age (March 3, 2009) (Loen Entertainment)
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Infinity (March 3, 2008) (Sony & BMG, SBMG Korea)
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The First (September 6, 2007) (EMI Music)
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L to R: Taeyon, Tiffany, Sooyoung, Jessica, Yuri, Yoona, Sunni, Hyeoyon, Seohyun; Credit: as tagged + snsdchina+soompi
| Name | Girl’s Generation/ Sonyeo Sidae/SNSD/Soshi |
| Meaning of Name | “Soneyo Sidae” is the Korean for “Girl’s Generation”, and both “SNSD” and “Soshi” come from this name. SNSD=So Neyo Si Dae, Soshi= So(neyo) Si(dae) |
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| Debut | August 5, 2007 |
| Status | Active |
| Label | SM Entertainment (2007-present) |
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- TaeNy (Taeyeon + Tiffany)
- TaeRi (Taeyeon + Yuri)
- TaeSic (Taeyeon + Jessica)
- TaeYoon (Taeyeon + Yoona)
- JeNy (Jessica + Sunny)
- JeTi (Jessica + Tiffany)
- SunFany (Sunny + Tiffany)
- SunHyun (Sunny + Seohyun)
- SunSica (Sunny + Jessica)
- SunRi (Sunny + Yuri)
- SunYeon (Sunny + Taeyeon)
- YulSic (Yuri + Jessica)
- YulTi (Yuri + Tiffany)
- SooFany (Sooyoung + Tiffany)
- SooHyun (Sooyoung + Seohyun)
- SooNa (Sooyoung + Yoona)
- SooRi (Sooyoung + Yuri)
- SooSica (Sooyoung + Jessica)
- SooSun (Sooyoung + Sunny)
- SooTae (Sooyoung + Taeyeon)
- YoonFany (Yoona + Tiffany)
- YoonHyo (Yoona + Hyoyeon)
- YoonHyun (Yoona + Seohyun)
- YoonSica (Yoona + Jessica)
- YoonSun (Yoona + Sunny)
- YoonYul (Yoona + Yuri)
- SeoFany (Seohyun + Tiffany)
- SeoRi (Seohyun + Yuri)
- SeoSica (Seohyun + Jessica)
- SeoTae (Seohyun + Taeyeon)
- SeoNy (Seohyun + Sunny)
Official Fan Color: Pastel Rose
Nicknames
- Umma, Ajumma, Kid Leader, ByungTae (Taeyeon)
- Ice Princess (Jessica)
- Energy Pill (Sunny)
- Brighter than Gem, Fany Fany Tiffany, Spongebob Hwang (Tiffany)
- Bright Snow White, Princess Fiona, Dancing Queen (Hyoyeon)
- Black Pearl, Kkamchi (Yuri)
- ShikShin, Fun-loving Princess (Sooyoung)
- Charming Girl, Little Deer (Yoona)
- Maknae, The Youngest Princess, Innocent Seohyun, Seobaby(Seohyun)
Individual Projects, from the Facebook Page SNSD Girls’ Generation ( 소녀시대 )
Taeyeon
- 2004 Featured with The One ‘You Bring me Joy‘ (Part 2)
- 2007 CF Gamevile Mobile Stone in the Water
- 2008 OST for KBS drama Hong Gil Dong ‘If (Manyage/ 만약에)‘
- 2008 MV Lee Byul – ‘Forever‘
- 2008 OST for MBC drama Beethoven Virus ‘Can You Hear Me‘
- 2009 Variety show MBC ‘We Got Married‘(with Jung Hyung-don)
- 2009 OST for MBC drama Heading to the Ground ‘It’s Love‘ (with Sunny)
- 2009 Model for ‘A-Solution’ cosmetic (with Tiffany)
- 2009 CF ‘Post Cereal‘ (with Tiffany & Sooyoung)
- 2010 Musical ‘Midnight Sun’ from the movie ‘Taiyou no Uta‘ (as Kaoru Amane)
- 2010 Voice Actor for ‘Despicable Me‘ [Korean title: ‘Superbad’ ](as Margo)
Jessica
- 2007 MV Kim Jo Han – ‘Love is so late, I’m sorry‘
- 2007 Featured with 8eight ‘I Love You‘
- 2009 Featured with Park Myung Soo ‘Naengmyun‘
- 2009 MV Super Junior M – ‘Super Girl‘
- 2009 Musical ‘Legally Blonde – The Musical‘ (as Elle Woods)
Sunny
- 2008 MV Super Junior H – ‘Cooking? Cooking!‘
- 2008 OST for movie Story of Wine - ‘Finally Now‘
- 2008 OST for SBS drama Working Mom - ‘You Don’t Know About Love‘
- 2009 CF ‘Post Cereal‘ (with Sooyoung & Seohyun)
- 2009 MC for SkyTV ‘the M’ (with SS501 Hyungjoon)
- 2009 OST for MBC drama Heading to the Ground - ‘It’s Love‘ (with Taeyeon)
- 2009 MC for MTV ‘the M’ (with 2AM Seulong)
- 2009 Variety show KBS2 ‘Invincible Youth’ (as part of Girl7)
- 2010 OST for SBS drama Oh! My Lady - ‘Your Doll‘
Tiffany
- 2008 Model for ‘A-Solution’ cosmetic
- 2008 Variety Show KBS2 ‘Kko Kko Tour’ season 1
- 2009 OST for MBC drama Jang Myung Go - ‘By Myself (나 혼자서)‘
- 2009 Featured with K.Will ‘A Girl Meets Love‘
- 2009 Featured with The Blue ‘Feeling Only You‘ (with Sooyoung)
- 2009 MC for MBC Music Core (with Yuri)
- 2009 Model for ‘A-Solution’ cosmetic (with Taeyeon)
- 2009 CF ‘Post Cereal‘ (with Taeyeon & Sooyoung)
- 2010 CF ‘Biotherm’ (with Sooyoung & Yuri)
- 2010 OST for short movie Haru: Unforgettable Day in Korea - ‘Banji (Ring)’
Hyoyeon
- 2004 Hip hop dance crew ‘Little Winners‘ (with Miss A Lee Min-young)
- 2005 MKMF BoA’s ‘Over the Top’ silhouette dancer
- 2010 Recurring guest on KBS2 Dream Team Season 2
Yuri
- 2005 KM Super Junior Show ‘The King’s Boyfriend’
- 2006 CF Dongil Highvill Lake City
- 2006 MV TVXQ - ‘Beautiful Life‘
- 2006 CF China Chocopie CF (with Jang Dong-gun)
- 2006 CF East-West food Hat Choco mitte
- 2007 Movie ‘Attack on the Pin-Up Boys‘ (as Ballet Girl)
- 2007 Sitcom KBS ‘Unstoppable Marriage’ (as Kwon Yu-ri)
- 2008 OST for SBS drama Working Mom - ‘Ggok‘ (with Sooyoung)
- 2008 Variety Show KBS2 ‘Kko Kko Tour’ season 2
- 2009 MV K.Will – ‘Tears are Dropping (눈물이 뚝뚝)‘
- 2009 MV Joo Hyunmi & Seohyun - ‘Jjalajajja (짜라자짜)‘
- 2009 MC for MBC Music Core (with Tiffany)
- 2009 Variety show KBS2 ‘Invincible Youth’ (as part of Girl7)
- 2010 CF ‘Biotherm’ (with Daniel Henney; Tiffany & Sooyoung)
Sooyoung
- 2002 Japanese duo ‘Route φ‘ (with Marina Takahashi)
- 2003 CF Samsung Anycall Battle of Music (with Jewerly Park Jung-ah)
- 2004 School uniforms ‘Rocks’ model
- 2005 VJ for M.Net ‘Hello Chat’
- 2005 OST for Inuyasha - ‘I Am‘ (Korean ver.)
- 2007 DJ for Melon ‘ChunJi Radio: Sungmin & Sooyoung’ (with Super Junior Sungmin)
- 2007 Sitcom KBS ‘Unstoppable Marriage‘ (as Choi Soo-young)
- 2008 OST for SBS drama Working Mom ‘Ggok‘ (with Yuri)
- 2008 Movie ‘Hello Schoolgirl! / 순정만화‘ (as Jung Da-jung)
- 2009 CF ‘Post Cereal‘ (with Sunny & Seohyun)
- 2009 Featured with The Blue ‘Feeling Only You‘ (with Tiffany)
- 2009 MC for MBC ‘Fantastic Duo’ (with Kim Jae-dong)
- 2009 CF ‘Post Cereal‘ (with Taeyeon & Tiffany)
- 2010 CF ‘Biotherm’ (with Tiffany & Yuri)
Yoona
- 2004 Elite Student uniforms advertising model
- 2004 MV TVXQ – ‘Magic Castle‘
- 2006 CF Teun Teun English
- 2006 CF Sanyo batteries Eneloop
- 2006 CF Elite Student uniforms (with SS501)
- 2006 MV Super Junior - ‘U‘
- 2006 MV CSJH The Grace – ‘My Everything‘ (with Super Junior Kibum)
- 2007 CF Yejimin Pad
- 2007 CF Clean & Clear
- 2007 CF Sunkist Grapefruit/Lemonade (with Super Junior Kangin & Heechul)
- 2007 Drama MBC ‘9 Ends 2 Outs‘ (as Shin Joo-young)
- 2007 MV Super Junior - ‘Marry U‘
- 2008 MV Lee Seung Chul - ‘Propose‘
- 2008 Drama MBC ‘Park Jung Geum‘ (as Mi-ae)
- 2008 Daily drama KBS ‘You Are My Destiny‘ (as Jang Sae-byuk)
- 2009 MV 24/7 – ‘That Man’s Woman‘
- 2009 CF ‘Clean & Clear’ (with Kim So-eun)
- 2009 Drama MBC ‘Cinderella Man‘ (as Seo Yoo-jin)
- 2009 CF ‘Innisfree‘
- 2010 Variety Show SBS ‘Family Outing season 2′
- 2010 CF ‘S-Oil‘
Seohyun
- 2005 ‘Smart Student Uniforms’ ad models (with TVXQ)
- 2009 Featured with Joo Hyunmi ‘Jjalajjaja (짜라자짜)‘
- 2009 CF ‘Post Cereal‘ (with Sunny, Sooyoung)
- 2010 CF ‘Clean and Clear’ (with f(x) Krystal)
- 2010 Variety show MBC ‘We Got Married‘ (with CN Blue Jung Yong-hwa)
- 2010 OST for MBC drama Kim SooRo ‘It’s Okay Even If It Hurts’
- 2010 Voice Actor for ‘Despicable Me‘ [Korean title: ‘Superbad’] (as Edith)
- 2010 MV TRAX – ‘Oh! My Goddess‘
Awards
2007
- Cyworld Digital Music Awards – Best Rookie Group
- Golden Disk Awards – Popularity Award, Rookie Award
- Korean Entertainment Arts Awards – Best New Female Group
2008
- Seoul Music Awards – Best Newcomer Award, High1 Music Award
- Korean Entertainment Arts Awards – Best Female Group
- Mnet 20′s Choice Awards – Hot Sweet Music
2009
- Cyworld Digital Music Award s- Bonsang Award
- Golden Disk Awards – Digital Daesang Award, Digital Bonsang Award
- Melon Music Awards – Artist of the Year, Top 10, Smart Radio, Mobile Music, Song of the Year, Odyssey
- Yahoo! Asian Buzz Awards – Top Buzz Star: Female Singer Category
- Nickelodeon Korea Kids Choice Awards – Best Female Singer Award
- Incheon Culture Day Ceremony – Young Artist Award
- 17th Korean Cultural Entertainment Awards – Artist Daesang
- Congress Daesang Ceremony Award – Pop Music Award
- MBC Entertainment Awards – Special Award (Best Singer)
2010
- Golden Disk Awards – Disk Bonsang Award, Disk Daesang Award, Popularity Award
- Melon Music Awards – Top 10, Artist of the Year, Best Dressed Singer, Hot Trend
- Seoul Music Awards – Bonsang Award, Digital Music Award, Daesang Award
- Korean Entertainment Arts Awards – Best Female Group
- Korean Music Awards – Song of the Year, Group Musician of the Year Netizen Vote
- Japan Record Awards – New Artist
- Gaon Chart – Digital Music Award
- Yahoo! Asian Buzz Awards – Top Buzz Music Video
- KBS Music Festival – Song of the Year
- Korean Ministry of Culture and Tourism – Special Honor (Content Industry Award)
- 22nd Korea PD Awards – Singer Award
- 37th Korean Broadcasting Awards – Best Singer
- Korean Advertising Awards – Best Advertising Models
- 2nd Korean Wave Industry Award – Pop Culture Award
- Proud Korean Awards – Art Category
- BIGLOBE Music Awards – Best Single
- Taiwan KKBOX Awards – Album of the Year
- The 1st Brazil’s J-Station Music Awards – Best Korean Artist
- Daum Life On Awards – Music Video of the Year
- Myx Music Awards – Favorite K-POP Video Award
- 6th Asia Model Festival Awards – Asia Star Award
- 2nd Korea Republic of Seoul Cultural Art Awards – Pop Music Award
2011
- Seoul Music Awards – Hallyu Special Award, Popularity Award, Bonsang Award, Daesang Award
- Japan Gold Disc Award – The Best 5 New Artists, New Artist of the Year
- Space Shower Music Video Awards – Best Pop Music Video
TV Appearances:
2007
- Girl’s Generation Goes to School
- MTV Girl’s Generation
2008
- Factory Girl
2009
- Girl’s Generation’s Horror Movie Factory
- Himnae-ra-him!/Cheer Up!
- Girl’s Generation’s Hello Baby
2010
- Right Now It’s Girl’s Generation
Run Devil Run – Japanese Ver.
The Boys – English Ver.
The Boys
Bad Girl (Japan)
Mr. Taxi – Dance Ver.
Mr. Taxi
Run Devil Run – Japanese Ver.
Visual Dreams
It’s Fantastic! (Mabinogi)
One Year Later (feat. Onew from SHINee) [Jessica solo]
Beautiful Girls (feat. Yoo Young Jin)
Hoot
Snowy Wish
Gee (feat. Minho from SHINee) – Japanese Ver.
Tell Me Your Wish (Genie) – Japanese & Dance Ver.
Tell Me Your Wish (Genie) – Japanese Ver.
Cabi Song (Caribbean Bay, feat. 2PM)
Cooky
Run Devil Run
Oh!
Day by Day [Taeyeon, Jessica, Tiffany, Seohyun, Sunny solo]
Seoul (feat. Super Junior)
Chocolate Love
Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)
Ha Ha Ha – Incheon International Airport Ver.
Ha Ha Ha – Dance Ver.
Ha Ha Ha
Way to Go!
Gee – Dance Ver.
Gee (feat. Minho from SHINee)
Girls’ Generation
Kissing You
Into the New World
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The Boys (Release Date: November 1, 2011) (Label: SM Entertainment)
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