IU Article: 260817 August Singer Brand Reputation Rankings Revealed

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260817 August Singer Brand Reputation Rankings Revealed

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On August 26, the Korean Business Research Institute published their monthly results for brand reputation rankings among singers, both male and female.

The institute analyzed 116,221,875 sources of data from July 25 to August 26 in the categories of participation, media coverage, communication, and community awareness.

Wanna One topped this month’s brand reputation rankings with a total score of 17,658,317. BTS followed up in second place with a total score of 6,915,325, while Red Velvet came in third place with a score of 6,238,027.

Check out the top 25 rankings below:

Wanna One
BTS
Red Velvet
EXO
IU
TWICE
Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
PSY
WINNER
BLACKPINK
LOVELYZ
NU’EST
Highlight
SEVENTEEN
Apink
GFRIEND
Heize
MAMAMOO
Block B’s Zico
Yoon Jong Shin
Dean
Chungha
BTOB
VIXX
Young B (Yang Hong Won)

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151211 Netizens are shocked at how similar IU and Suzy look

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Although they’re known to be very close friends, netizens were shocked to discover truly how similar-looking solo singer IU and miss A‘s Suzy really are.

Netizens noticed that when they flipped a photo of Suzy upside-down, the photo looks very similar to IU. To disprove arguments that the theory only applied to one photo, one netizen created a post showing how two randomly selected photos of Suzy can end up looking like IU once flipped upside-down. The post has garnered a lot of attention, with many netizens agreeing that the odd phenomenon is indeed real.

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151119 IU reported to have filed written complaint against haters for 'Zeze' controversy

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IU's recent 'Zeze' controversy became much bigger than initially expected, with hate comments and criticism coming left and right. But IU is not going to standby and do nothing about it.

According to a report, IU took her case to Seoul's Gangnam police station back on November 17 KST. She sent in a written accusation against the netizens who wrote hate comments towards her.

Her company Loen Tree's representative told OSEN, "Composite photographs and factual errors have been circulating, and we have filed a written accusation against the 'haters' who created rumors."

They added, "Before this...

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151115 IU Performance at Sudden Attack Mini Fan Meeting

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151106 ‪‎IU‬ at 'CHAT-SHIRE' Mini Album Fan Meeting

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151108 Singers and Writers Have Mixed Opinions on IU’s “Zeze” Controversy

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Even after IU apologized for the controversy surrounding the lyrics in her song “Zeze,” critics and supporters continue to debate about the interpretation of her lyrics.

Writer Soh Jae Won wrote on his personal Twitter, “Even in art we respect taboos. If someone dragged my pure work of art across a boundary line and used ‘art’ as a justification, I would curse them. We must respect boundaries so that art can remain art.”

In contrast, film critic and TV personality Heo Ji Woong took a supportive stance by criticizing the publishers of “My Sweet Orange Tree.” “It is not right...

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151029 IU Arriving Korea Popular Culture and Arts Awards

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151019 IU releases video teaser for 'Zeze'

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[Naver: TV Report] IU releases 'Zeze' video teaser, 'Daebak concept'

1. [+1969, -597] Ah, so cute ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ I expected the 'My Sweet Orange Tree' concept, but I never imagined Lee Jieun as the tree ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Ah, freaking cute

2. [+1896, -738] How does her dating damage her in anyway when she's not even an idol? IU was always seen as a singer-songwriter

3. [+1452, -545] Freaking pretty ㅠㅜㅠㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜ All her songs this time around seem like they'll be the best

4. [+1290, -484] Let's hit daebak as always~

5. [+1178, -470] I always put my faith into IU's songs~~♥ I'm really...