Kpop News: BIGBANG overtakes in 2016 TIME 100 Poll as 2nd place
All hail to all VIP's out there! Bigbang take its 2nd lead in 2016 TIME 100 Poll.
As of April 14, the Korean boy group ranks as second place with 2.9% votes. As Bernie Sanders, the democratic presidential candidate takes its lead, placed at #1 gaining 3.3%, Aung San Suu Kyi, state counselor of Myanmar and winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize for Peace, taking its lead at 3rd place with 2.2% followed by Barack Obama with 2% votes.
BIGBANG is the only K-pop band on the top 100 list and now is in 2nd place. Though CL of 2ne1, joined the list who garnered 1 percent of the votes.
Other popular figures are also casting its list with Malala Yousafzai, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Michelle Obama, Pope Francis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Emma Watson, Adele, Bill Gates and more are on the list.
In the past reports, The TIME Article has pointed out, "BIGBANG is 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,"
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.
This year's official TIME 100 list will be announced April 21, according to TIME.
Meanwhile, G-Dragon and Taeyang's 'Good Boy' MV has recently reached 100 million views!
Check the MV below!
