IU

IU at her first autograph signing.

Biodata

• Real name: Lee Ji Eun (hangul:이지은)
• Stage name: IU
• Birthday: May 16, 1993
• South Korean singer

History

• Debuted on September 24, 2008
• First mini-album: Lost and Found
• Praised by various Korean artists for her strong vocals
• First full album: Growing Up with song, Boo
• Within three weeks, Boo went up to the #1 contendants for SBS Inkigayo
• She went up twice on Take 7 together with SG Wannabe and YounHa
• KBS Music Bank K-Chart, on Mnet M!Countdown chart, and on various online music charts also doing very well with this song.

Extra

• IU often sings other artist's songs with her guitar, like SHINee "Juliette", Big Bang (band) "Lies", Super Junior "Sorry, Sorry", and Girls' Generation "Gee".
• August 2009, IU became a host for the new program Gom Music Chart on GomTV.
• A fixed guest on Super Junior's Kiss the Radio and Maybee's Raise the Volume,Chin Chin Radio (hosted by Taeyeon) and Starry Night hosted by Park Kyung Lim and Shin Young on MBC.