IU (아이유) is a South Korean solo singer, songwriter and actress. She signed with Kakao M (formerly LOEN Entertainment) in 2007 as a trainee and debuted album ‘Lost and Found’. On January 6, 2020, She moved from Kakao M to EDAM Entertainment as new label. Her stage name is derived from the phrase “I and You”, symbolizing that people can become one through music.
2020:
– For the first time in nine years, IU participated in a soundtrack album with the song “Give You My Heart” for the hit romantic comedy Crash Landing on You. Released on February 15, 2020, it topped the music charts Melon, Genie, Bugs and Soribada less than three hours after its release.
– On May 6, 2020, IU released the single “Eight” featuring and produced by BTS’s Suga. It follows IU’s previous singles “Twenty-Three” (2015) and “Palette” (2017) which together comprise her “coming-of-age” series. The song’s title derives from the last digit of the Korean age “twenty-eight” of both singers.
2021:
– On January 9, 2021, she won the “Digital Daesang Song of the Year” award at the 35th Golden Disc Awards with her song, “Blueming”.
– On March 3, she announced her fifth studio album, Lilac, which was released on March 25 to immediate commercial success: the album debuted atop the Gaon Album Chart and all tracks had simultaneously charted in the top 30 of the Gaon Digital Chart.
– On October 2021, IU announced her digital single, “Strawberry Moon”, set to be released on October 19.
– On December 21, IU announced her digital single, “Pieces (조각집)”, set to be released on December 29.
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| Stage Name: | IU (아이유) |
| Full Name : | Lee Ji Eun (이지은) |
| Born : | May 16, 1993 in Seoul, South Korea |
| Occupation: | Singer, songwriter, actress |
| Record Labels | EDAM Entertainment (2020 – present) Kakao M (2007 – 2020) EMI Music Japan (Japan) |
| Active Since: | 2008 |
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Korean
Studio albums
- Growing Up (2009)
- Last Fantasy (2011)
- Modern Times (2013)
- Modern Times – Epilogue (repackage) (2013)
- Palette (2017)
- Lilac (2021)
Mini albums
- Lost and Found (2008)
- IU…IM (2009)
- Real (2010)
- Chat-shire (2015)
- Love Poem (2019)
Singles
- “Real+” (2011)
- “Spring of a Twenty Year Old” (2012)
Digital singles
- Nagging (2010)
- Peach (2012)
- Heart (2015)
- Through the Night (2017)
- Autumn Morning (2017)
- Bbibbi (2018)
- Love Poem (2019)
- Eight (2020)
- Celebrity (2021)
- Strawberry Moon (2021)
- Pieces (2021)
OSTs
- Dream High OST Part.1 (Someday) (2011)
- The Greatest Love OST Part.4 (Hold My Hand) (2011)
- Crash Landing on You OST Part.11 (Give You My Heart) (2020)
- I-LAND OST (Into the I-LAND) (2020)
Japanese
Mini albums
- I□U (2011)
- Can You Hear Me? (2013)
Singles
- “Good Day” (2012)
- “You & I” (2012)
- “Monday Afternoon” (2013)