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IU (singer)
Lee Ji-eun (; born May 16, 1993), also known by her stage name IU (), is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actress. She signed with Kakao M, LOEN Entertainment (now Kakao Entertainment) in 2007 as a K-pop#Trainee system, trainee and debuted as a singer at the age of fifteen with the Extended play, EP ''Lost and Found (IU EP), Lost and Found'' (2008). Although her follow-up albums brought mainstream success, it was only after the release of "Good Day (IU song), Good Day", the lead single from her 2010 album ''Real (IU EP), Real'', that she achieved national stardom. "Good Day" went on to spend five consecutive weeks at the top of South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart, and in 2019, it was ranked number one on ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard''s "100 Greatest K-Pop Songs of the 2010s" list. With the success of her 2011 albums, ''Real+ (IU EP), Real+'' and ''Last Fantasy'', IU established herself as a formidable force on the music charts of her native country and further cemented her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul
Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities by GDP, sixth largest metropolitan economy in 2022, trailing behind New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Tokyo Area, Tokyo, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Paris metropolitan area, Paris, and London metropolitan area, London, and hosts more than half of South Korea's population. Although Seoul's population peaked at over 10 million, it has gradually decreased since 2014, standing at about 9.6 million residents as of 2024. Seoul is the seat of the Government of South Korea, South Korean government. Seoul's history traces back to 18 BC when it was founded by the people of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. During the Joseon dynasty, Seoul was officially designated as the capital, surrounded by the Fortress Wall of Seoul. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Fantasy
''Last Fantasy'' is the second studio album by South Korean singer-songwriter IU. It was released and distributed on November 29, 2011, by LOEN Entertainment. The album features a total of thirteen tracks, including the lead single " You & I". Upon its release, ''Last Fantasy'' was a huge commercial success, selling almost seven million copies of digital tracks in its first week of release. The total number of its digital sales surpassed the 10 million mark the following week. Meanwhile, the physical album has sold over 117,000 copies, making it the 15th best-selling Korean album of 2011.Sales references for ''Last Fantasy'': * * * The album's lead single "You & I" debuted at the top of the Gaon Singles Chart, with a massive first-week digital sales of 1,129,761 units. It stayed at the summit for two more weeks. The song also hit the pole position on the ''Billboard'' Korea K-Pop Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks, becoming IU's first Korea K-Pop Hot 100 topper and the long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baeksang Arts Award For Best Actress – Television
The Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actress – Television () is an award presented annually at the Baeksang Arts Awards ceremony organised by Ilgan Sports and JTBC Plus, affiliates of JoongAng Ilbo, usually in the second quarter of each year in Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b .... Winners and nominees 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple awards and nominations The following individuals received two or more Best Actress awards: The following individuals received four or more Best Actress nominations: References Sources * * External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actress - Television Baeksang Arts Awards (television) Television awards for Best Actress Television acting awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Life Gives You Tangerines
''When Life Gives You Tangerines'' (; ) is a 2025 South Korean romance slice-of-life television series written by Lim Sang-choon, directed by Kim Won-seok, and starring IU, Park Bo-gum, Moon So-ri, and Park Hae-joon. It was released on Netflix between March 7 to 28, 2025. The series has been favorably compared to the acclaimed series ''Reply 1988'' (2015–2016), also starring Park Bo-gum, for eliciting nostalgia and warmth rooted in the Korean experience. It received widespread praise for its performances, screenplay, and direction. Among its #Accolades, numerous accolades, the series received a total of eight nominations at the 61st Baeksang Arts Awards, winning four, including Baeksang Arts Award for Best Drama, Best Drama. Synopsis The drama follows the adventurous life and many trials of Ae-sun, a poor girl wanting to become a poet who was born in Jeju in 1951, and Gwan-sik, a young man who cherishes and loves her. Cast and characters Main * IU as Oh Ae-su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Mister
''My Mister'' () is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Lee Sun-kyun and Lee Ji-eun. The series was directed by Kim Won-seok, written by Park Hae-young and produced by Chorokbaem Media. It aired on tvN from March 21 to May 17, 2018, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:30 ( KST). The drama received critical acclaim, winning Best Drama at the 55th Baeksang Arts Awards. Synopsis My Mister follows a young woman, Lee Ji-an ( Lee Ji-eun), burdened by debt and hardship as she struggles to support her ailing grandmother while working a temporary job. She crosses paths with Park Dong-hoon (Lee Sun-kyun), a man carrying deep personal wounds and grappling with betrayal, workplace mistreatment, and the heavy responsibility of his family. As they navigate their struggles, they form a bond that offers solace, understanding, and the possibility of healing. Cast Main * Lee Sun-kyun as Park Dong-hoon : A man in his 40s, Dong-hoon is the second oldest and the most successful of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dream High
''Dream High'' () is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Bae Suzy, Kim Soo-hyun, Ok Taec-yeon, Hahm Eun-jung, Jang Wooyoung and Lee Ji-eun. It aired on KBS2 from January 3 to February 28, 2011, every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 ( KST). The drama was popular among teenagers, and brought in average viewership ratings of 15.7% during its two-month run. A special episode, where the cast of the show performed the ''Dream High Special Concert'' on a stage near Seoul, was aired on March 1, 2011, the day after the series ended. Its sequel '' Dream High 2'' aired a year later with a different cast. Synopsis Six students at Kirin High School share dreams of becoming K-pop idols, among others. During their school years, they learn how to develop their singing, songwriting and dancing skills while undergoing personal growth. They also start to develop feelings for one another. Each of them has their own strengths and weaknesses, but they strive to debut with the support an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Digital Song Sales
The World Digital Song Sales chart (formerly World Digital Songs) is a weekly record chart compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published by ''Billboard'' magazine. Established in 2010—its first issue was dated January 23—as one of 21 genre-specific song charts launched by ''Billboard'' that year, it originally ranked the 25 best-selling digital singles in the World Music genre, but was reduced to 15 entries in November 2021, then 10 entries effective the issue dated October 28, 2023. Hawaiian singer-songwriter and musician Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's recording of " Somewhere Over the Rainbow" was the first song to rank at number one on the chart. It has dominated the ranking for most of its existence, spending 370 cumulative weeks at the top, including a 116-week run at number one from the chart's inception until April 2012. The song has appeared on 804 issues of the chart, excluding one issue for the week dated June 25, 2022. Another notable chart-topper is Psy's "Gangnam Style", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suga
Min Yoon-gi (; born March 9, 1993), known professionally by his stage names Suga (; stylized in all caps) and Agust D, is a South Korean rapper, songwriter and record producer. He debuted as a member of the South Korean boy band BTS in June 2013 under Big Hit Music, Big Hit Entertainment. His first solo mixtape, ''Agust D'', was released in 2016 and re-released in 2018 to digital download and streaming platforms, reaching number three on ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard''s Billboard charts#Albums, World Albums Chart. In 2020, he released his second solo mixtape, ''D-2 (mixtape), D-2''; it peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200, number seven on the UK Albums Chart, and number two on Australia's ARIA Charts, ARIA Album Chart. Suga released his debut solo album, ''D-Day (album), D-Day'', in 2023. It debuted at number two on the US ''Billboard'' 200, tying him with BTS bandmate Jimin as the highest-charting South Korean solo artists of all time. A full me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eight (song)
"Eight" (; ''eit'') (stylized in all lowercase) is a song recorded by South Korean singer-songwriter IU featuring South Korean rapper Suga of BTS. It was released as a digital single on May 6, 2020 by EDAM Entertainment. It is IU's first single following the release of her fifth EP '' Love Poem'' (2019). The song was written by IU, Suga, and El Capitxn and produced by Suga. Musically, "Eight" has been described as a "nostalgic" pop rock song with lyrics that find IU confessing as a twenty-eight year old, using a virtual figure and various analogies. The song received generally positive reviews from music critics, who not only praised its lyrics and production, but also compared the song to the works of musicians such as Avicii, Zedd and Alessia Cara. Commercially, the single debuted at number one on the South Korean Gaon Digital Chart. It also entered the ''Billboard'' World Digital Song Sales chart at number one. The accompanying music video for "Eight" was directed by Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Korea Times
''The Korea Times'' () is a daily English-language newspaper in South Korea. It is a sister paper of the ''Hankook Ilbo'', a major Korean language, Korean-language daily. It is the oldest active daily English-language newspaper in South Korea. Since the late 1950s, it had been published by the Hankook Ilbo Media Group, but following an embezzlement scandal in 2013–2014 it was sold to Dongwha Group in 2015. The president-publisher of ''The Korea Times'' is Oh Young-jin. Description The newspaper's headquarters is located in the same building with ''Hankook Ilbo'' on Sejong-daero between Sungnyemun and Seoul Station in Seoul, South Korea. The paper is not to be confused with ''The Korea Daily News'', a 1904 to 1910 newspaper which briefly ran under the title ''Korea Times''. It is also unrelated to another paper by Lee Myo-muk, Ha Kyong-tok and Kim Yong-ui in September 1945. History ''The Korea Times'' was founded by Helen Kim five months into the 1950-53 Korean War. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Korea Herald
''The Korea Herald'' () is a South Korean English-language daily newspaper founded in August 1953 and published in Seoul. The editorial staff is composed of Korean and international writers and editors, with additional news coverage drawn from international news agencies such as the Associated Press. ''The Korea Herald'' is operated by Herald Corporation. Herald Corporation also publishes ''The Herald Business'', a Korean-language business daily, ''The Junior Herald'', an English weekly for teens, ''The Campus Herald'', a Korean-language weekly for university students. Herald Media is also active in the country's booming English as a foreign language sector, operating a chain of hagwon as well as an English village. ''The Korea Herald'' is a member of the Asia News Network. History ''The Korean Republic'' ''The Korea Herald'' was first published on August 13, 1953, as ''The Korean Republic''. It was a four-page, tabloid-sized, English-language daily. In 1958, ''The Korean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Record Producer
A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensuring artists deliver acceptable and quality performances, supervising the technical engineering of the recording, and coordinating the production team and process. The producer's involvement in a musical project can vary in depth and scope. Sometimes in popular genres the producer may create the recording's entire sound and structure. However, in classical music recording, for example, the producer serves as more of a liaison between the conductor and the engineering team. The role is often likened to that of a film director, though there are important differences. It is distinct from the role of an executive producer, who is mostly involved in the recording project on an administrative level, and from the audio engineer who operates the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
