IU (Lee Ji Eun) Profile

IU (Korean: 아이유), who was born as Lee Ji-eun (Korean: 이지은, May 16, 1993) is a South Korean singer and actress. Her stage name IU, is derived from "I and You" which symbolizes that we can become one through music.

IU debuted on a Korean music program called M! Countdown in September 18, 2008. On September 24, 2008, she released her first mini-album, Lost and Found, in which the most famous song was the title track, "Missing Child." However, the album was not commercially successful.

In 2009, she released her first full album, “Growing Up”. She found success in mainstream with single “Boo” and within three weeks of release it went up to the #1 contenders for SBS Inkigayo.

In 2010, IU duet with 2AM Seulong for their song Nagging. The song was created for the show We Got Married. The song was also brought in several award-winning weekly music event. On December 18, 2010, IU released a REAL 3rd mini album with the song flagship is a Good Day.

At the end of the year's biggest music awards Golden Disk Awardwas awarded the IU Digital Music Bonsang. For other activities IU aCast in a teen drama "Dream High"

Birth Name: Lee Ji Eun

Stage name: IU

Birthday: May 16, 1993

Height: 162 cm

Weight: 47 kg

Blood Type: A

Profession: Singer, actress

Label: LOEN Ent.

Debut: September 24, 2008

Twitter: http://twitter.com/lily199iu

Website: http://iu.iloen.com/

Mini Albums:

Lost and found (released September 24, 2008)

IU...IM (released November 12,2009)

REAL (released December 9, 2010)

REAL + (released February 17, 2011)

Albums:

Growing up (released April 16, 2009)

Singles:

IU & Na Yoon Kwon (single) – It’s My First Love (Released: January 12, 2010)

IU (single) – Telecinema Project Vol. 6 (Released: February 24, 2010)

IU & 2AM's Im Seulong (single) – Nagging (Released: June 3, 2010)

IU (single) – Road No. 1 OST Part.3 여자라서 (Released: July 13, 2010)

IU (single) – Dream High OST Part.1 Someday (Released: January 3, 2011)

IU (single) – The story of My Horse and I, Alicia OST (Composed by ESTi)(Released: February 1, 2011)

IU (single) – Samsung Galaxy S hoppin CF (Released: February 23, 2011)