South Korean girl group Girls' Generation has received various awards and nominations since their debut in 2007. They rose to fame in 2009 with their hit single, "Gee", which later became known as "Song of the Decade". Within two days, the song became number one on all music charts and broke the record for longest-running number one on Music Bank with nine consecutive wins.Girls Generation to Return With New Album Koreatimes.co.kr (June 15, 2009). Retrieved on April 4, 2016.Girls' Generation topped Music Bank for 9 consecutive weeks (in Korean) Newsen.com (March 13, 2009). Retrieved on April 4, 2016. The group then released several hit singles such as "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" in 2009, "Oh!" in 2010, "The Boys" in 2011, "I Got a Boy" in 2013 and "Lion Heart" in 2015. The group became the first girl group to win both a Disk Daesang (2010) and a Digital Daesang (2009) at the Golden Disc Awards, and also the first girl group to win a Daesang award three times in a row.
