KPOP 3rd generation · YG Entertainment
AKMU
PAK ×33 songs with a PAK (iChart)소문의 낙원81 timesLove Lee126 times어떻게 이별까지 사랑하겠어, 널 사랑하는 거지11 times
アクム / 악동뮤지션
AKMU are the siblings Lee Chanhyuk and Lee Suhyun, who write their own songs and were signed after winning K-pop Star 2.
- 2014DebutApr 7, 2014
- 2Members
- 3thGeneration
- AKKADEMYFandom
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In 30 seconds: AKMU
Folk-leaning pop, close family harmony and lyrics that carry the weight have kept the duo in favour far longer than most acts of their year.
Come here for songwriting rather than choreography, and for two voices that were built to sit together.
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Key facts
- Group name
- AKMU
- Reading / Hangul
- アクム / 악동뮤지션
- Company
- YG Entertainment
- Debut date
- April 7, 2014
- Days active
- 4,590 days (12 years, 6 months)
- Debut song
- 200%
- Generation
- 3rd generation
- Fandom name
- AKKADEMY(アカデミー)
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Member guide
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| チャンヒョク | 1996-09-12 | 30 | 168cm | B | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| スヒョン | 1999-05-04 | 27 | 164cm | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea |
Ages are as of 2026-10-31.
Selected releases
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Start here
Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.
200% MV200% is the debut, bright and plainly written, and the family blend is audible from the first bar.
How Can I Love the Heartbreak, You're the One I Love MVThe 2019 ballad is the biggest thing they have made, and the lyric is the reason.
Love Lee MVLove Lee is the recent one, and the lightness of it says where the duo is now.MVView in JapaneseDance PracticeView in JapaneseLiveView in JapaneseStageView in JapaneseAudioView in Japanese
View all official videos →05
From debut to now
- 2012The brother and sister duo appeared on an SBS audition programme, won with songs they wrote themselves and signed to YG.
- 2014They debuted with 200%, Give Love and Melted as title tracks, and 200% reached number one on the Korean digital chart.
- 2016As the first half of an adolescence series made before military service, it led with Re-Bye and How People Move, two songs carrying hard-hitting words.
- 2017Last Goodbye showed deeper singing, Dinosaur followed in the summer, and then the brother left for military service.
- 2019How Can I Love the Heartbreak, You're the One I Love (어떻게 이별까지 사랑하겠어) became a huge hit, and the act formally unified its name as AKMU.
- 2021On an EP that brought in a range of guest artists, 낙하 with IU took the top of the digital chart once more.
- 2023The bright-toned Love Lee spent six weeks at the top of the digital chart and became a signature song that reached a newer generation.
- 2024The EP Love Episode arrived for the tenth anniversary of the debut, and the first official fandom name AKKADEMY was revealed the same year.
- 2026After 12 years they left YG Entertainment to go independent, opening a new stretch of work on their own label that includes the album Flowering.
Achievements
Charts and PAK
Perfect All-Kill (PAK)
3 recordsNewest release first (iChart does not publish achievement dates)
Provider record list at the time of retrieval. Changes before the first observation are unknown. (some episodes unverified)
| 소문의 낙원 | 81 | www.ichart.kr | |
| Love Lee | 126 | www.ichart.kr | |
| 어떻게 이별까지 사랑하겠어, 널 사랑하는 거지 | 11 | www.ichart.kr |
Each record is checked against its source. These are within the collected period, not lifetime totals.
Verified information
Verified English information is not yet available for this section.
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Official links
Official social accounts and platforms
Shopping guide
Verified English shopping links are not yet available.
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KPOP DISCOVER's AKMU note
AKMU is a brother and sister duo, and the best way in for anyone who wants K-pop that is not built on idols. Chanhyuk writes the words and the melody, Suhyun carries them with a clear voice, and that division of roles has held steady since the debut.
Taking 200% for the debut period, How Can I Love the Heartbreak, You're the One I Love (어떻게 이별까지 사랑하겠어) for the biggest hit and Love Lee for the recent years keeps the order easy to hold. The range of the writing, from folk through to pop, comes through across their releases and official videos.
Editors' take A duo inside K-pop who write their own material and stake everything on the song and the words.
Trivia worth knowing
Name
AKMU shortens 악동뮤지션, or Akdong Musician, a Korean name meaning mischievous musician, and the spelling was fixed as AKMU in 2019.
Formation
The siblings were home-schooled in Mongolia for about five years while their parents worked as missionaries, and that stretch shaped their unusual choice of words.
Members
Lee Chanhyuk, the older brother, writes and produces almost everything, which makes this a self-contained duo.
Record
Eight songs have reached No. 1 on the Korean digital chart, among them 200%, 어떻게 이별까지 사랑하겠어, 낙하 (feat. IU) and Love Lee.
Activity
Chanhyuk served in the Marine Corps from 2017 to 2019, and during that gap Suhyun released the solo song Alien in 2020.
Fandom
AKKADEMY (악카데미) was announced in 2024, the 10th anniversary of the debut, as the first official fandom name.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 225/ 241 groups
No. 225 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 93%)
- 0Japanese releases
- 0Japan-related tracks
- 0Members from Japan
- 1Official Japanese accounts
The denominator is the 241 groups, out of 564 covered by KPOP DISCOVER, whose raw score reaches at least one point. The score adds 10 points per Japanese-market release, 3 per Japan-related track, 12 per member from Japan, and 8 per official Japanese account. Japanese-market releases carry the most weight because they are the most direct evidence of activity; related tracks add track-level detail; members from Japan stand for Japanese-language communication and continuity; official accounts stand for a permanent point of contact. The weights are an editorial judgement, not a statistical optimisation, and the ranking tracks release volume in Japan closely. Source: releases, tracks, members, and official links recorded by KPOP DISCOVER (updated 2026-10-28).
How this score is calculated →View in JapaneseFrequently asked questions
What defines AKMU?
Folk-leaning pop, close family harmony and lyrics that carry the weight have kept the duo in favour far longer than most acts of their year.
Why should a new listener start with AKMU?
Come here for songwriting rather than choreography, and for two voices that were built to sit together.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with 200%, How Can I Love the Heartbreak, You're the One I Love, Love Lee, then continue to the official video index.