1993 - Today
Lee Ji-eun (Korean: 이지은; Hanja: 李知恩; born May 16, 1993), known professionally as IU (Korean: 아이유), is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actress. She signed with Kakao M (formerly LOEN Entertainment) in 2007 as a trainee and debuted as a singer at the age of fifteen with her album Lost and Found. Although her follow-up albums, Growing Up and IU...IM, brought mainstream success, it was after the release of "Good Day" (Korean: 좋은 날), the lead single from her 2010 album Real, that she achieved national stardom. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of IU has received more than 147,822 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). IU is the 992nd most popular singer (up from 1,232nd in 2019), the 183rd most popular biography from South Korea (down from 119th in 2019) and the 10th most popular South Korean Singer.
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Among singers, IU ranks 992 out of 3,541. Before her are Loreen, Franca Raimondi, Marilyn Miller, Bobby Bland, Akina Nakamori, and Lou Rawls. After her are Beverly Sills, Miguel Fleta, Mark Tornillo, Kikki Danielsson, Berta Ambrož, and Wayne Newton.
1983 - Present
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 986
1932 - 1988
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 987
1898 - 1936
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 988
1930 - 2013
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 989
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 990
1933 - 2006
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 991
1993 - Present
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 992
1929 - 2007
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 993
1897 - 1938
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 994
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 995
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 996
1944 - 2003
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 997
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 998
Among people born in 1993, IU ranks 11. Before her are Paul Pogba, Liam Payne, Mauro Icardi, Raphaël Varane, Marc Márquez, and Julian Draxler. After her are Loris Karius, Samuel Umtiti, Jan Oblak, Rafinha, Yannick Carrasco, and Barbara Palvin.
1993 - Present
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 5
1993 - Present
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 6
1993 - Present
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 7
1993 - Present
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 8
1993 - Present
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 9
1993 - Present
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 10
1993 - Present
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 11
1993 - Present
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 12
1993 - Present
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 13
1993 - Present
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 14
1993 - Present
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 15
1993 - Present
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 16
1993 - Present
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 17
Among people born in South Korea, IU ranks 183 out of 774. Before her are Lee Hae-chan (1952), Ma Dong-seok (1971), Chang Taek-sang (1893), BoA (1986), Ahn Jung-hwan (1976), and Song Seung-heon (1976). After her are Lee Dong-wook (1981), Park Shin-hye (1990), Won Bin (1977), Choi Ji-woo (1975), Choi Jin-sil (1968), and Ji Chang-wook (1987).
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 177
1971 - Present
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 178
1893 - 1969
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 179
1986 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 180
1976 - Present
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 181
1976 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 182
1993 - Present
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 183
1981 - Present
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 184
1990 - Present
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 185
1977 - Present
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 186
1975 - Present
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 187
1968 - 2008
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 188
1987 - Present
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 189
Among singers born in South Korea, IU ranks 10. Before her are RM (1994), Jimin (1995), Jisoo (1995), G-Dragon (1988), Sumi Jo (1962), and BoA (1986). After her are Lee Hyori (1979), Leeteuk (1983), Yesung (1984), Kim Seok-jin (1992), V (1995), and Kim Jong-kook (1976).
1994 - Present
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 4
1995 - Present
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 5
1995 - Present
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 6
1988 - Present
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 7
1962 - Present
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 8
1986 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 9
1993 - Present
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 10
1979 - Present
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 11
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 12
1984 - Present
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 13
1992 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 14
1995 - Present
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 15
1976 - Present
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 16