Kpop News: BIGBANG hits in 2016 TIME 100 readers’ poll
South Korean boyband BIGBANG of YG Entertainment joined in Time magazine reading poll for this year 100 most influential people, the US based magazine said on Thursday (KST).
Because of the undying support of the fans popularly call them as "VIPs, BIGBANG has conveyed its influence with their music to the world. According to the latest news, the boy band is recently in third place on the 2016 TIME 100 readers' poll, beating the international artists such as Taylor Swift and Beyonce.
BIGBANG has also amazingly surpassed President Barack Obama, who has 2 percent of the votes compared to BIGBANG, which has 2.2 percent.
BIGBANG is the only K-pop band on the top 100 list. Though CL of 2ne1, also a girl group of YG Entertainment, is the other K-pop artist who garnered 1 percent of the votes.
"They've been around for 10 years and have played arenas across North America thanks to their large and fervent international fan base. Member G-Dragon has also broken out as a solo artist, collaborating with the likes of Missy Elliott, Diplo and Skrillex," the TIME article pointed out.
However, BIGBANG's popularity might be numbered due to the South Korea's mandatory military service for all men. According to some reports, T.O.P will be enlisted this year, and G-Dragon and Taeyang might be enlisted next year, 2017.
"We are Korean, so we have to go someday, but I don't know when it's going to be. Until then, we'll just try hard to do what we got to do," GD said.
The TIME 100 is the magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, spanning politics, entertainment, business, technology, science, religion and other fields. TIME editors choose their annual official list based on the online poll's results.
The voting will close at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on April 10, and the winner will be announced April 14. The official list of TIME 100 will be announced on April 21.
