I.O.I
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Eleven girls picked by viewers out of 101 trainees, who became a phenomenon in under a year. Start with "Very Very Very", a 206 bpm sugar rush, then enjoy that they came back for their tenth anniversary after nine years apart.
- Members
- 11
- Debut
- 2016 (10 years)
- Generation
- 3rd gen (2012 to 2017)
- Label
- Swing
Start with: Very Very Very
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Achievements
- Debut EP Chrysalis (2016) with "Dream Girls", their first top-ten single on the Circle Digital Chart
- Sub-unit single "Whatta Man" peaked at number 2 on the chart (2016)
- "Very Very Very" became their first number-one hit (2016), written by Park Jin-young
- Rookie Artist of the Year at the Golden Disc Awards and the Mnet Asian Music Awards
- "Suddenly" gave them a second number-one hit on the Circle Digital Chart (2026)
Timeline
- 2016Produce 101 ends in April and the 11 members are chosen
- 2016Debut on May 4 with the EP Chrysalis and "Dream Girls" after the show Produce 101; sub-unit single "Whatta Man" in August; EP Miss Me? with "Very Very Very" in October
- 2017Disband at the end of January after the final concert
- 2017Final single "Downpour", written by Woozi, and the concert Time Slip - I.O.I
- 2019Planned comeback with nine members is cancelled
- 2021Reunion livestream for the fifth debut anniversary
- 2026Reunion with the third EP I.O.I: Loop and the single "Suddenly", plus an Asia tour
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