On April 19, 2012, S.M. Entertainment officially announced the formation of the sub-group, affirming in its official press release that the intention was "to gain the attention of fans with all aspects of music, performances and fashion styles." He also hinted at the possibility of other sub-groups. The name "TaeTiSeo" or "TTS" was created by the first syllables of Taeyeon, Tiffany and Seohyun.
Compared to the members of Girls' Generation the main focus of TTS is on the vocal ability of each member while the original group places more emphasis in general on songs and group performances.
The single "Twinkle" was released on iTunes for everyone on April 29, 2012, along with a music video on April 30, achieving more than 10 million views on YouTube in just one week. In November 2017, the music video had 78 million views. The mini-album with the same name, "Twinkle", was released digitally on April 30th5 and physically on May 2nd. The next day TTS started their album promotions in various music programs.
They became the first sub-group to achieve a "triple crown" in music shows in South Korea, they reigned in place for three consecutive weeks at No. 1. At that time, "Twinkle" was the album with the highest charts by a Korean artist in iTunes United States and was in the 126th place of Billboard 200. The song received 2,520,485 digital downloads in South Korea in July 2014, and the album sold 144,000 copies in South Korea, and some 28,000 more copies abroad. During the same year, the group also participated in the SMTown Live World Tour III where they presented "Twinkle", as well as a special performance by Usher who sang the song "DJ Got Us Fallin 'In Love" with EXO.During the same year, the group also participated in the SMTown Live World Tour III where they presented "Twinkle", as well as a special performance by Usher who sang the song "DJ Got Us Fallin 'In Love" with EXO.
The group released their second mini-album, "Holler", in September 2014. The album debuted at number one on the South Korea's Gaon Album chart and also on "Billboard" World Albums. Reaching number one on the "Billboard" makes TTS the third Korean artist and the first female group to get more than number 1 on this chart. They previously reached number one, with their debut release, "Twinkle" in 2012. During an interview with Billboard, the three singers said:
They also revealed that Seohyun wrote the lyrics of one of his songs, "Only U" while Tiffany was the visual director of "Holler" music video concept. During the promotions, the three singers performed on the reality show "The TaeTiSeo". The show had on the personal side of Taeyeon, Tiffany and Seohyun, revealing how they live their normal daily life and what they do in their spare time. Several images of the preparation of the album were also shown.
In December 2015, TTS released its third special Christmas EP, entitled "Dear Santa". The album debuted at number two on the weekly Gaon chart of South Korea and has sold at least 60,456 copies to date. Seohyun wrote the lyrics to the title track "Dear Santa". 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.
Changmin
Shim Changmin (born 18 February 1988) is a Korean singer, songwriter, model and actor. He was the youngest member of the boy band TVXQ. He started with TVXQ in 2003.
Shim was born and grew up in Seoul, South Korea.
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Hetalia: Axis Powers
Hetalia: Axis Powers () is a Japanese webcomic by Hidekaz Himaruya. It has been made into a manga and anime series. The stories are based on political and historical events. The characters are personifications of countries and that play off both good and bad cultural stereotypes. The main characters include Italy, Germany, Japan, America, England/Britain, France, Russia, and China. The anime has a large fanbase throughout the internet and are known as "Hetalians".
The main events happen in World War II, but many others happen during different time periods. The series uses satire and humour to show events. Interactions between the countries are shown as social and romantic, as well as misunderstandings.
Italy Veneziano (イタリアヴェネツィアーノ Itaria Veneziāno), or Italy (イタリア Itaria) is the main character in Hetalia. He is shown to be bright, happy, and a bit of a quitter. He is the grandson of Ancient Rome, and the brother of Italy Romano. Veneziano represents the northern part of Italy, while Romano is the southern part. He is cowardly and flies the white flag a lot, which means he was surrendering.
He is voiced by Daisuke Namikawa in Japanese, and Todd Haberkorn in English. In a portion of the show where he was shown as a child, he was voiced by Aki Kanada in Japanese, and Brina Palencia in English. In 2008, he got the name Feliciano Vargas. His brother got the name Lovino Vargas.
Germany (ドイツ, Doitsu) is a supporting character in Hetalia. He is serious and hard-working. He can get angry at times, but it is shown he is actually very sweet inside. He has an older brother, Prussia, who represents the former country Prussia and the eastern part of modern-day Germany. Germany represents the west part.
He is voiced by Hiroki Yasumoto in Japanese, and Patrick Seitz in English. In 2008, he got the name Ludwig. He does not have a canon last name, but his brother does. Prussia received the name Gilbert Beilschmidt.
Japan (日本, Nihon) is a shy and reserved supporting character. He gets very uncomfortable when others get close to him. He is quiet and tends to stay out of conversations.
He is voiced by Hiroki Takahashi in Japanese, and Christopher Bevins in English. In 2008 he received the name Kiku Honda.
America (アメリカ Amerika) is energetic, ignorant, and loves food. He considers himself the "hero" and is quite obnoxious. He has a brother that represents Canada.
He is voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi in Japanese, and Eric Vale in English. As a child, he was voiced by Ai Iwamura in Japanese and Luci Christian in English. In 2008, he received the name Alfred F. Jones, and his brother received the name Matthew Williams.
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MBLAQ
MBLAQ is a South Korean boy band. They have five members: Seungho, G.O., Joon, Thunder, and Mir. The letters MBLAQ is an initialism for Music Boys Live in Absolute Quality.
Itä-Häme (newspaper)
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Lowitja O'Donoghue
Dr. Lowitja "Lois" O'Donoghue, (born 1 August 1932) is an Aboriginal Australian woman who worked as an administrator of several Commonwealth organisations. She was the founding chairperson of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC). She was named Australian of the Year in 1984.
Lowitja O'Donoghue was born at Granite Downs, a cattle station located on the Stuart Highway in northwest South Australia. Her father, Tom O'Donoghue, was a stockman of Irish descent. Her mother, Lily, was one of the native Yankunytjatjara people. Tom and Lily met while Tom was working at Everard Park, another cattle station on the traditional country of the Yankunytjatjara. The couple moved to Granite Downs, known as Indulkana to the Yankunytjatjara, in 1925. Lowitja was born here around 1 August 1932. She was the fifth of six children.