李知恩（이지은/Lee Ji Eun），艺名IU，韩国女歌手、演员、主持人。
Li Zhien (/ Lee Ji Eun), stage name IU, Korean female singer, actor and host.
1993年5月16日出生于韩国首尔特别市，从幼儿园开始就十分喜欢听音乐，常跟着爸爸去唱卡拉OK。在中学一年级时她在体育老师的推荐下站上了学校演出的舞台，从那一刻起就萌生了成为歌手的想法。
Born on May 16, 1993 in Seoul special city, South Korea, I like listening to music very much from kindergarten. I often sing karaoke with my father. In the first grade of middle school, she stood on the stage of school performance with the recommendation of her PE teacher. From that moment on, she had the idea of becoming a singer.
她曾先后参加20次选拔，其中包括JYP Entertainment举办的练习生选拔，均被拒绝。2007年10月，她通过了LOEN Entertainment的试镜，开始为期10个月的练习生生活，在此期间得到了夏东均等不少音乐人的帮助 。
She has participated in 20 selections, including the trainee selection held by JYP entertainment, and was rejected. In October 2007, she passed the audition of loen entertainment and began to live as a trainee for 10 months. During this period, she got the help of many musicians from Xiadong.
2008年9月，在Mnet音乐节目《M! Countdown》中演唱歌曲《迷儿》，正式出道；随后发行首张迷你专辑《Lost And Found》 。
In September 2008, he sang "fan Er" in Mnet music program "m! Countdown", and then released his first mini album "lost and found".
2009年，发行首张正规专辑《Growing Up》，同年11月发行迷你专辑《IU...Im》。
In 2009, he released his first regular album growing up and his mini album IU... Im in November of the same year.
2010年，发行迷你专辑《Real》，主打歌《好日子》连续五周位居韩国Gaon榜榜首。
In 2010, the mini album "real" was released, and the main song "good day" topped the Korean gaon list for five consecutive weeks.
2011年，发行第二张正规专辑《Last Fantasy》，全专歌曲总下载量超过1700万次。
In 2011, he released his second regular album "last fantasy", with a total of 17 million downloads.
2012年，名列韩国福布斯名人榜第三位。
In 2012, it ranked third in the Forbes celebrity list of South Korea.
2013年，发行的第三张正规专辑《Modern Times》展现了多元化的歌曲风格。
In 2013, the third regular album "modern times" released showed a variety of song styles.
2014年，发行翻唱专辑《花书签》，同年获得韩国盖洛普调查歌手部门第一位以及第16届Mnet亚洲音乐大奖最佳女歌手奖。
In 2014, he released the cover album flower bookmark, and won the first place in the South Korean Gallup survey singer department and the best female singer award of the 16th Mnet Asian Music Award in the same year.
2015年，发行迷你专辑《CHAT-SHIRE》，并被《Billboard》认可为韩国流行音乐百强榜的领跑者；同年获得韩国大众文化艺术奖国务总理表彰奖。
In 2015, he released the mini album "chat-shire" and was recognized as the leader of the top 100 pop music lists in South Korea by "billboard"; in the same year, he won the state Premier's commendation award of South Korea's popular culture and Art Award.
2017年，发行第四张正规专辑《Palette》 和第二张翻唱专辑《花书签2》。
In 2017, the fourth regular album "palette" and the second cover album "flower bookmark 2" were released.
2011年，出演校园剧《dream high》，并成为SBS音乐节目《人气歌谣》的固定主持人。
In 2011, he played in the campus drama dream high and became the regular host of SBS music program popular songs.
2013年，凭借周末剧《最佳李顺心》获得KBS演技大赏新人女演员奖。
In 2013, with the weekend drama "best Li Shunxin", she won the new actress award of KBS.
2015年，主演KBS金土剧《制作人》。
In 2015, he starred in KBS golden land drama producer.
2016年，主演古装穿越《步步惊心：丽》。
In 2016, he starred in the costume through "step by step: Li".
2017年，获得2017年度MAMA最佳女歌手奖。
In 2017, she won the best female singer award of mama in 2017.
2018年，获得韩国金唱片奖音源部门大奖。
In 2018, he won the South Korea golden Record Award.
2019年，首次主演电影《Persona》和主演tvN爱情奇幻剧《德鲁纳酒店》。
In 2019, he will star in the movie persona for the first time and the TVN love fantasy show Hotel DeLuna.
2021年1月4日，李知恩入驻东方丽人网。
On January 4, 2021, Li Zhien entered the Oriental beauty website.
李知恩的艺名为IU，其中“I”指其自己、“U”则指受众群，意为希望自己和观众永远在一起，也希望自己的歌声能使听歌的人产生共鸣。
Li Zhien's stage name is IU, in which "I" refers to himself and "U" refers to the audience, which means that he hopes to be with the audience forever and that his singing can resonate with the audience.
