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Korean female pop group Girls’ Generation ranked No. 1 in a Gallup survey of the nation’s favorite singers released Wednesday, according to the Yonhap News.

In a recent survey of 2,919 people aged 13 to 59 conducted by Gallup Korea, 29.8 percent of respondents picked the nine-member band as their favorite pop artist of the year, company officials said.

Girls’ Generation, also referred to as SNSD, the acronym of the group’s Korean name “Sonyeo Shidae,” debuted in 2007 under the SM Entertainment label and have remained a dominant force on the Korean pop scene, churning out back-to-back hit singles such as “Gee” and “Sowoneul Malhaebwa (Genie)” this year.

The group, whose members’ ages range from 18-20, has enjoyed immense popularity among males in their teens and 20s, 47 percent of whom gave favorable ratings in the survey.

Big Bang, a five-member hip-hop boy band under the YG Entertainment label, took second place, with endorsements from 21.1 percent of the respondents, trailed by JYP Entertainment’s all-boy group 2PM and Wonder Girls, which garnered 12.5 percent and 10.4 percent, respectively.

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