IU
South Korean singer and actress
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2025 | Single 'Last Scene' featuring Wonstein peaked at number 39 on the charts |
2025 | Single 'October 4th' peaked at number 38 on the charts |
2025 | Single 'Square's Dream' peaked at number 9 on the charts |
2025 | Single 'Red Sneakers' peaked at number 26 on the charts |
2025 | Single 'Beautiful Person' featuring Balming Tiger peaked at number 51 on the charts |
2025 | IU planned to release her album 'Never Ending Story', with details and chart positions yet to be announced. |
2025 | IU releases music video 'Never Ending Story' featuring Heo Nam-jun, directed by Lee Rae-kyung |
May 27 2025 | IU released her tenth EP 'A Flower Bookmark 3' under EDAM label, which peaked at number 8 on the Korean charts. |
May 27 2025 | IU released her third cover album 'A Flower Bookmark 3', featuring music videos with special appearances by actor Heo Nam-jun and singer-actor Cha Eun-woo for the tracks 'Never Ending Story' and 'A Beautiful Person' respectively. |
May 27 2025 | Scheduled to release her tenth extended play 'A Flower Bookmark 3' under EDAM label |
May 2025 | IU is set to return as a singer, with actor and K-pop star Cha Eun-woo making a special appearance in her music video. |
2025 | Attained peak ranking of number one on Forbes magazine's Korea Power Celebrity list. |
April 21 2025 | Named the most streamed Korean artist on NetEase Cloud Music with over 3.9 billion streams in the platform's 12-year history. |
2025 | IU is set to release 'Midnight Walk' (밤 산책) for the When Life Gives You Tangerines OST, with chart performance yet to be determined. |
March 2025 | Starred as Ae-soon in television series 'When Life Gives You Tangerines' opposite Park Bo-gum. |
March 2025 | Donated to wildfire relief efforts in North and South Gyeongsang. |
2025 | IU will play the role of Ae-soon in the film 'When Life Gives You Tangerines'. |
2025 | IU is set to play Seong Hee-joo in 'The 21st Grand Prince's Wife'. |
2025 | IU is set to perform at 'IU Concert: The Winning'. |
2024 | IU releases music video 'Shh..' featuring Hyein, Wonsun Joe, and with special narration by Patti Kim, directed by Hwang Soo-ah and featuring Tang Wei |
2024 | IU releases music video 'Shopper' directed by DPR Ian |
2024 | Referred to as the 'Queen of K-pop' by media outlets NME and Billboard. |
2024 | IU featured in the 'Someday' track from the Dream High musical cast OST. |
2024 | IU was credited as a writer for 'Remembrance Candy' by Billlie on their Appendix: Of All We Have Lost album |
2024 | Named the female model with the most advertising appearances on television, starring in commercials for 13 different brands. |
2024 | IU is set to go on the 'IU H.E.R.E.H. World Tour'. |
2024 | IU released multiple music videos including 'Love Wins All' featuring V of BTS, 'Holssi' featuring Tweety of Looney Tunes, 'Shopper', and 'Shh..' featuring Hyein and Wonsun Joe |
December 2024 | Provided prepaid meals and snacks to protesters calling for the impeachment of South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol during protests against his declaration of martial law. |
September 2024 | IU was cast as the main lead in the romance drama 21st Century Grand Prince's Wife opposite actor Byeon Woo-seok. |
September 2024 | IU completed her IU HEREH World Tour with a final concert at Seoul World Cup Stadium, becoming the first female musician to perform at the venue and marking her 100th career concert. |
April 2024 | Estée Lauder announced IU as their first Korean global brand ambassador. |
February 20 2024 | Released her ninth extended play 'The Winning' under EDAM label, which was certified Platinum by KMCA |
January 24 2024 | IU released the single 'Love Wins All', which is part of her sixth EP, The Winning. |
2023 | Named the 135th greatest singer of all time by Rolling Stone. |
2023 | IU released the song 'One Step' in collaboration with Miral School as a non-album single |
2023 | IU participated in the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS awareness. |
2023 | IU participated in the Ice Bucket Challenge for a second time. |
2023 | IU performed at 'IU Concert: The Golden Hour'. |
2023 | IU took on the role of Lee So-min in the film 'Dream'. |
August 20 2023 | Concluded her media art exhibition 'Moment' at Galleria Forêt The Seoul Lightium. |
July 21 2023 | Began her media art exhibition 'Moment' at Galleria Forêt The Seoul Lightium, commemorating her 15th debut anniversary. |
April 2023 | IU held a pizza party for students and teachers at Milal School, a special school for the developmentally disabled, offering rice cakes prepared by her mother. |
April 7 2023 | IU collaborated with BTS member Suga on the song 'People Pt. 2'. |
January 2023 | Featured in charity song 'One Step' to promote disability awareness. |
2022 | IU embarked on 'The Golden Hour: Under the Orange Sun' tour. |
2022 | IU collaborated with Jay Park on the single 'Ganadara', which topped both the Gaon Digital Chart and Billboard K-pop Hot 100. |
2022 | IU donated to support residents affected by the Uljin and Samcheok wildfires and South Korean floods. |
2022 | Receives the Visionary Award from CJ ENM, recognizing her contributions to leading trends and innovations in the Korean film and television industry. |
2022 | IU starred as Moon So-young in the film 'Broker'. |
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