I.O.I was a South Korean girl group formed by CJ E&M through the 2016 reality show Produce 101 on Mnet. The group was composed of eleven members chosen from a pool of 101 trainees from various entertainment companies: Yoo Yeon-jung, Lim Na-young, Kang Mina, Kim Do-yeon, Jung Chae-yeon, Zhou Jieqiong, Kim So-hye, Kim Chung-ha, Choi Yoo-jung, Kim Se-jeong and Jeon So-mi. They debuted on May 4, 2016 with the EP Chrysalis and actively promoted as a whole and as a sub-unit for less than a year. The group's concert titled Time Slip – I.O.I, which was held on January 20 to 22, 2017, marked their last group activity on stage. They officially disbanded at the end of January 2017 and returned to their respective agencies.
Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
Genres | K-pop |
Years active | 2016–2017 |
Labels | YMC, CJ E&M, Swing, Studio Blu |
Associated acts | Gugudan, Cosmic Girls, Pristin, DIA, Weki Meki |
Past members | Lim Na-young, Kim Chung-ha, Kim Se-jeong, Jung Chae-yeon, Zhou Jieqiong, Kim So-hye, Yoo Yeon-jung, Choi Yoo-jung, Kang Mi-na, Kim Do-yeon, Jeon So-mi |
About I.O.I
Group formed by CJ E&M using stars of the reality TV show Produce 101 on Mnet. They won the New Artist Award at the Seoul Music Awards in 2017.
Achievement of I.O.I
They have more than 440,000 followers on their ioi_official_ig Instagram account.
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