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IU

Also known as Lee Ji-eun, Yi Chi-ŭn, Lee Jieun, Jieun Lee, Lee Jee-eun, Aiyu

South Korean singer, songwriter and actress

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IU is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and actress who has become one of the country's most popular entertainment figures. She matters because of her significant influence in the music and film industries, as well as her widespread cultural impact in South Korea and internationally.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 46

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Acting · Seoul, South Korea

Lee Ji-eun (Hangul: 이지은; born May 16, 1993), commonly known by her stage name IU (Hangul: 아이유), is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actress. She made her first television debut in 2011 with Dream High. She has won acclaim for her roles in South Korean dramas The Producers (2015), Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016), My Mister (2018), and Hotel Del Luna (2019). She has also starred in a…

Known for

Perfect Crown — Seong Huiju2026
IU CONCERT : THE WINNING — Self2025
2024 IU HEREH WORLD TOUR CONCERT IN SEOUL2025
Love Wins All — Ji-hye2025
2024 IU HEREH WORLD TOUR CONCERT ENCORE：THE WINNING2025
When Life Gives You Tangerines — Oh Ae-sun / Yang Geum-myeong2025
Good Day — Self2025
IU - HEREH 2024 WORLD TOUR CONCERT2025
A-List to Playlist — Self2024
SUGA: Road to D-DAY — Self2023

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: South Korea
Active from: 1993

2nd gen k-pophip hopidol solok-popkorean balladsinger-songwriter

Discography

LOST and FOUND2008
Growing Up2009
iu…im2009
잔소리2010
사랑을 믿어요2010
REAL2010
Road No.1 OST Part.32010
Telecinema Project Vol.6 - Five Finger2010
얼음꽃2011
I □ U2011

Member of

이유 갓지 않은 이유since 2015

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1,093,598
Total plays: 92,408,865

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

A marker for Stevens–Johnson syndrome
· 2004 · cited 1,464x
HLA-B*5801 allele as a genetic marker for severe cutaneous adverse reactions caused by allopurinol
· 2005 · cited 1,072x
EPOS LHC: Test of collective hadronization with data measured at the CERN Large Hadron Collider
· 2015 · cited 902x
Current Sensing Techniques: A Review
· 2009 · cited 684x
Granulysin is a key mediator for disseminated keratinocyte death in Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis
· 2008 · cited 666x

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Official website

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연예 기획사. 소속 가수 프로필, 쇼핑몰, 오디션 정보 제공

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Official website: edam-ent.com/eng/sub03/sub03_0301_view
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birth name: 이지은
Commons category: IU (vocalist)
date of birth: 1993-05-16
start of work period: 2008-00-00
pseudonym: 아이유
social media followers: 10000000
name in native language: 李知恩

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Lee Ji-eun (Korean: 이지은; born May 16, 1993), also known by her stage name IU (아이유), is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actress. She signed with LOEN Entertainment (now Kakao Entertainment) in 2007 as a trainee and debuted as a singer at the age of fifteen with the EP Lost and Found (2008). Although her follow-up albums brought mainstream success, it was only after the release of "Good Day", the lead single from her 2010 EP Real, that she achieved national stardom. "Good Day" went on to spend five consecutive weeks at the top of South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart, and in 2019, it was ranked number one on Billboard's "100 Greatest K-Pop Songs of the 2010s" list.

With the success of her 2011 albums, Real+ and Last Fantasy, IU established herself as a formidable force on the music charts of her native country and further cemented her girl next door image as Korea's "little sister". Her musical style matured and evolved with subsequent releases, deviating from mainstream K-pop styles, exploring and mixing various music genres, with IU exerting more creative control over her music, both as lyricist and producer, at the same time consistently retaining her dominance on South Korean music charts. Her 2020 single "Eight" (prod. by Suga) became her first to reach number one on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart.