iKON

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
	Song (formerly Yunhyeong) Birth name: Song Yoon Hyung Born February 8, 1995 in Seoul, South Korea Sub Vocalist, Visual, Center
	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
	DK (formerly Donghyuk) Birth name: Kim Dong Hyuk Born January 3, 1997 in Seoul South Korea Main Dancer, Sub Vocalist
	Ju-ne (formerly Junhoe) Birth name: Kim Jun Hoe Born March 31, 1997 in Seoul, South Korea Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer
	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
	Climax (released under TEAM B)	Single	October 28, 2013
	Wait for Me (released under TEAM B)	Single	September 12, 2014
	My Type	Single	September 15, 2015
	#WYD	Single	May 30, 2016
	Welcome Back	Studio Album	First half release: October 1, 2015 Full album release: December 24, 2015
	2016 iKon - iKoncert Showtime Tour in Seoul Live CD	Live Album	May 4, 2016
	Dumb & Dumber	Single Album	September 28, 2016
	iKON Single Collection	Compilation Album	December 28, 2016
	New Kids: Begin	Single Album	May 22, 2017
	Return	Studio Album	January 25, 2018
	New Kids: Continue	EP	August 2, 2018
	New Kids: The Final	EP	October 1, 2018
	The New Kids	Reissue	January 7,
	New Kids	Studio Album	February 6, 2020
	I Decide	EP	February 6, 2020
	Why Why Why	Digital Single	March 3, 2021

V. Videography

Music Videos

Concert Tour Videos

Other DVD Releases

Shows

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
• 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