[eternalesnow]

For more information, please look at the news article on this site:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/...1187264,00.html

[riviera_cacharel]

wow thats really cool
even though i''m not into him anymore i'm glad he won
another open door for rain

[kiki]

LMAO.. whoa.. this comes as a shock to me..
Ang Lee with his Brokeback Mountain, I was sure he'd win..

but anyway.. go bi! congrats to him.

[Aestas]

it kind of sucks that BoA wasn't included in Time's most influential last year... especially because she was the first big Hallyu wave star in Japan.

congrats to Bi!

[kangeroo]

i'm proud of him..at first i thought the chinese guy was going to win because he always had the most votes when i checked it out...but yay!! i'm proud of him and i just wish for continued success!!

[eugene]

Lol "who's style virtually clones American pop."

[bebesoul]

that's wonderful for him! its a big honor

[psycho_idiot42]

it kind of sucks that BoA wasn't included in Time's most influential last year... especially because she was the first big Hallyu wave star in Japan.

congrats to Bi!

i agree. she has just as much talent and influence as bi, but he used dramas as a breakaway. i guess, it'll help him in the american music industry.

take that back, bi came in second place. bi lost to ang lee who had 34% while he had 28%.

[BOBA:)]

Congrats to Bi<33 Is that why he's coming to NY march 8th? o_o;

[mcr3ative]

I think I read something like this before, pretty interesting though. I agree, I think it's probably because of the dramas.

Singer Rain may become a global celebrity that will make Korea known throughout the world. He has been named a candidate on a poll being conducted by the U.S. magazine Time to choose the most influential people of this year.

The magazine is asking readers to vote on who they think are the world’s most influential people in five categories, with a different poll category featured each week. Into its fourth week, the poll is now being conducted in the “Artists and Entertainers” category.

Rain is one of only three Asian candidates along with director Ang Lee and actress Zhang Ziyi, which is certain to make Koreans feel proud. Other candidates include U.S. actors George Clooney, Clint Eastwood and Philip Seymour Hoffman, talk show host Jon Stewart, singers Kanye West and Daddy Yankee, and writer J.K. Rowling, who created “Harry Potter.”

Rain is currently in second place with 32 percent of the votes, following Ang Lee with 38 percent.

So far, three polls have been conducted, in the “Heroes & Icons” category, which included Korean-American golf prodigy Michelle Wie as a candidate, “Leader & Revolutionaries” category, and “Builders & Titans” category. The last poll, “Scientists & Thinkers,” will be conducted next week.

With the results of the polls scheduled to be announced on June 1, there is high expectation that Rain will once again prove himself to be a global star in the making.

credit: KBS GLOBAL + StrawberryChunsa @ MCr3ations

[dreamweaver]

wow, congrats to bi! this really puts him on the map now.

[kitkat]

congrats to bi... i'm not that fan of him, though. i always thought boa would be on that list...... ^^"

[thea_]

YAAAY..go rain. aza aza fighting!!

[bawk]

congrats to bi!...Yeah i wish BoA were included on that list too

[crackednut]

lol he didn't WIN anything. He was included in the artists and entertainers list of Time's 100 Most Influential People.

I'm not a big Bi fan...but I do admit he has the most potential to make it big on an international scale.

[smileyface(:]

OMG ARE YOU SERIOUS!?
i thought ang lee would win since he had a lot of votes

but congrats to BI!!

[lilshinhwafreak]

yeah...um HE DIDNT WIN
he was chosen as one of the MANY entertainers on the most influential 100 people
its an honor to be included in the 100
but its wrong to say he won over the other people

[viedeluxe]

Pop culture no longer moves simply in a single direction, from the West to the rest of the world. Instead, it's a global swirl, no more constrained by borders than the weather. Rain, after all, falls on everyone.

Haha, I like that last part. It's cute.
But yeah, It's awsome he was included in the top 100.

[little mixed girl]

congrats to him. i'll have to check out that issue...

[Kc287]

oh wow!!! congrats to Bi!! even tho he DIDN'T win, I'm still happy that he made it as onf the many entertainers on the most influential 100 people category thingy...^ ^;;;... that's really BIG accomplishment for someone like him...^ ^... i'm surprised that BoA isn't around that area tho, I mean... she IS very popular in Asia, just as Bi... but surprisingly, she isn't considered on THAT kinda thing tho...O o...

it's just... interesting.... anyways, thanks for sharin' the news!!!