Rain (also known as Bi) is a Korean pop singer whose real name is Jung Ji Hoon.He was born on June 25,1982,and debuted in April of 2001.Well known as the "Michael Jackson of Korea",Rain is sexy and boasting his distinctive charisma,with a very deep and rich voice and amazing dancing skills.He said that half his life is dancing and the other half singing,and if were not able to do either anymore he would be at a complete loss.He also does acting as a versatile entertainer.Moreover,he was involved in the whole production of the concert including its planning,choreography and stage arrangement among other things.He is very down-to-earth and friendly,even a little shy.
In just a few years,Rain has built a huge domestic following of fans (mostly female) with a string of chart-topping singles,and now he is ready to branch out overseas as the icon,representing the Korean pop-culture (K-pop).He is famous to Chinese fans for his role in the TV drama "Full House" and a favorite of many Hong Kong stars,like Jackie Chan,Stephen Chow and Cecilia Cheung.He even said that he would be delighted if he had the chance to shoot an action film in China.
He picked up MTV Asia prizes,played his first solo concert in Japan and has lined up sold-out gigs in Hong Kong and Tokyo.His Hong Kong concert was so hot as chaos erupted everywhere he went and tickets were sold out only several hours after they went on sale.Some were later up for sale on the Internet for five times the listed price.Rain even tried to conquer the Japanese music industry in style via his hip-hop expertise and refined sounds in the inimitable Rain manner.He had his first concert in Beijing on October 22nd at the Beijing Worker's Stadium,and the concert caught eyes of millions of Chinese fans,highlighted by a ticket-snatching frenzy.Rain is believed to be the first Korean star to break into the U.S.market.
Southeast Asia is a fertile land for new cultural influences.The Korean Wave is not something that happened by chance.There is definitely something that makes K-pop stand out giving it a competitive edge over the music of other Asian countries,because Koreans are passionate,and are able to come up with music that really conveys emotion,making it appealing to a larger audience.The excitement K-pop engenders all over Asia resembles the British cultural invasion in the U.S.in the mid-1960s,when a rush of British rock bands (like The Beatles) stormed the North American continent,Asia and Australia.
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