I. Introduction
iKON is a 6 member boy group under YG entertainment. Their current lineup has Bobby, Jay, Ju-ne, Song, DK and Chan. B.I is a former member who left back in 2019.
II. Career
Back on January 3, 2011, B.I and Jinhwan were recruited under YG Entertainment as trainees. Bobby joined them a week later. These three were training together to form Team B for Mnet’s reality survival show, WIN: Who Is Next. In 2012, Ju-ne, Yunhyeong, Donghyuk joined Team B. Cementing the lineup.
WIn: Who Is Next aired in 2013. Team B competed against Team A to be able to debut as a group. There were three rounds performances and public voting. Team A won, and eventually debuted as the group, Winner.
Team B released two singles from the program: “Just Another Boy” and “Climax”. Team B as appeared in Taeyang (BIGBANG)’s music video, “Ringa Linga”.
Team appeared in another reality survival show, Mix & Match, in 2014. This show was a sequel to WIN: Who Is Next. The goal of the show was to finalize the lineup for the group, iKON.
YG Entertainment’s CEO, Yang Hyunsuk, stated that the name symbolizes their goal to become an “icon for Korea”, which is where the “K” comes from.
Bobby, B.I, and Jinhwan’s spots in iKON were already secured. That left the rest of Team B to compete against three new trainees; Jung Jin-hyeong, Yang Hong-seok, and Jung Chan-woo.
The final lineup became the remaining members of Team B with the new addition of the member, Chanwoo.
iKON officially debuted back on September 15, 2015 with their single, “My Type”. Welcome Back, their debut album, had the first half of the full album released on October 1st. Two more singles, “Apology” and "Anthem”, were dropped on November 16. The full version of Welcome Back was released on December 24.
B.I departed on June 12, 2019 after Dispatch uncovered messages from him showing attempts to buy marijuana and LSD. He was also accused of evading police charges. This led to YG terminating his contract.
In April 2021, iKON also competed in Kingdom: Legendary War with other boy groups.
III. Members
| Jay Birth name: Kim Jin Hwan Born February 7, 1994 in Jeju Islad, South Korea Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer |
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| Song (formerly Yunhyeong) Birth name: Song Yoon Hyung Born February 8, 1995 in Seoul, South Korea Sub Vocalist, Visual, Center |
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| Bobby Birth name: Kim Ji Won Born December 21, 1995 in Seoul, South Korea Grew up in Virginia, U.S Main Rapper, Sub vocalist, Face of the Group |
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| DK (formerly Donghyuk) Birth name: Kim Dong Hyuk Born January 3, 1997 in Seoul South Korea Main Dancer, Sub Vocalist |
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| Ju-ne (formerly Junhoe) Birth name: Kim Jun Hoe Born March 31, 1997 in Seoul, South Korea Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer |
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| Chan (formerly Chanwoo) Birth name: Jung Chan Woo Born January 26, 1998 in Yongin, Gyeonggi, South Korea Sub Vocalist, Maknae |
Former Members
| B.I Birth name: Kim Han Bin Born October 22, 1996 in Seoul, South Korea Leader, Main Dancer, Lead Rapper, Sub Vocalist |
IV. Discography
| Just Another Boy (released under TEAM B) | Single | October 28, 2013 |
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| Climax (released under TEAM B) | Single | October 28, 2013 |
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| Wait for Me (released under TEAM B) | Single | September 12, 2014 |
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| My Type | Single | September 15, 2015 |
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| #WYD | Single | May 30, 2016 |
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Welcome Back |
Studio Album |
First half release: October 1, 2015 Full album release: December 24, 2015 |
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| 2016 iKon - iKoncert Showtime Tour in Seoul Live CD | Live Album |
May 4, 2016 |
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| Dumb & Dumber |
Single Album |
September 28, 2016 |
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| iKON Single Collection | Compilation Album |
December 28, 2016 |
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| New Kids: Begin | Single Album |
May 22, 2017 |
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| Return | Studio Album |
January 25, 2018 |
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| New Kids: Continue | EP | August 2, 2018 |
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| New Kids: The Final | EP | October 1, 2018 |
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The New Kids |
Reissue | January 7, |
| New Kids | Studio Album |
February 6, 2020 |
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| I Decide | EP | February 6, 2020 |
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| Why Why Why |
Digital Single |
March 3, 2021 |
V. Videography
Music Videos
| My Type |
September 14, 2015 |
| RHYTHM TA |
September 20, 2015 |
| AIRPLANE | September 20, 2015 |
| ANTHEM | September 20, 2015 |
| APOLOGY | November 15, 2015 |
| WHAT'S WRONG |
December 23, 2015 |
| DUMB&DUMBER | December 23, 2015 |
| #WYD | May 29, 2016 |
| B-DAY | May 22, 2017 |
| BLING BLING |
May 22, 2017 |
| LOVE SCENARIO |
January 25, 2018 |
| KILLING ME |
August 2, 2018 |
| GOODBYE ROAD |
October 1, 2018 |
| I'M OK |
January 7, 2019 |
| Dive | February 6, 2020 |
| Why Why Why |
March 3, 2021 |
| But You | May 3, 2022 |
| TANTARA | April 25, 2023 |
| U | May 4, 2023 |
| Panorama | August 23, 2023 |
Concert Tour Videos
| 2015-2016 iKoncert 'Showtime' in Seoul Live DVD |
June 21, 2016 |
YG Entertainment |
| iKoncert 2016 Showtime Tour in Japan |
June 22, 2016 |
YG Entertainment, YGEX |
| iKON Japan Tour 2016 |
February 2, 2017 |
YG Entertainment, YGEX |
| iKON Japan Dome Tour 2017 |
February 2, 2017 |
YG Entertainment, YGEX |
| iKON Japan Dome Tour 2017 Additional Dates |
March 7, 2018 |
YG Entertainment, YGEX |
| iKON Japan Tour 2019 |
December 4, 2019 |
YG Entertainment, YGEX |
Other DVD Releases
| Kony's Summertime |
August 3, 2016 |
YG Entertainment, YGEX |
| 2016 iKon Season's Greetings |
December 23, 2016 |
YG Entertainment, YGEX |
| Kony's Wintertime |
February 22, 2017 |
YG Entertainment, YGEX |
Shows
| Heroes of Remix |
June 19 - September 4, 2016 |
Jiangsu Television |
| iKon Idol School Trip |
November 5 - December 10, 2017 |
jTBC |
| iKON TV |
April 21 - June 20, 2018 |
jTBC |
| iKON's Heart Racing Youth Trip |
July 4 - August 4, 2018 |
vLive |
| YG Future Strategy Office |
October 5, 2018 |
Netflix |
| Kingdom: Legendary War |
April 1 - June 3, 2021 |
Mnet |
| Icon of Taste: One Summer Night |
August 20 - September 24, 2021 |
Wavve |
VI. Videos
RHYTHM TA MV
LOVE SCENARIO MV
Why Why Why MV
CLASSY SAVAGE (Kingdom: Legendary War performance)
VII. Trivia
- Bobby is married and has baby boy
- Jay can speak English, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean
- They were 2015’s Rookie of The Year with more than 100,000 copies of WELCOME BACK sold
- Love Scenario received the title, Digital Song of The Year, from many award shows like Melon Music Awards 2018, Golden Disc Award 2019, Seoul Music Awards 2019, and Gaon Chart Music Awards 2019
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150,000 people applied to attend the final Mix & Match performance.
- YG’s servers actually crashed when the final lineup for iKON was announced! This shows how excited people were for the new group!
- Early fan meetings after their debut for Korea and Japan sold out instantly
- New year 2023, iKON moved to 143 entertainment as group
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bangtan-chan
YES FINALLY iKON GET A LEXICON YESSS
YOURE AMAZING FOR mAKING THIS!!
bunnyviolet
ah yeah it was strange to me that they didn't have a lexicon, so I wanted iKON to have justice.
Thank youuu