2nd generation paved the way for kpop worldwide — a thread

thread will contain the influence & impact of the 2nd gen, which made kpop known/popular worldwide & how it's not a work of 1 artist/group but the work of a generation
this thread will NOT include achievements in korea

Rain, aka Jung Ji-hoon active since 1998, was the first K-pop star that broke onto the Western scene.
He starred in Ninja Assassin (2009) and Speed Racer (2008), both Hollywood productions.

He was voted one of the “100 People Who Shape Our World” by TIME magazine in 2007.

2008: Super junior, active since 2005, became the first kpop group to win an award outside Korea.
The 1st group who had tours in South American countries & the 1st group who held 100 tours around the globe.
The 1st group who was invited at Oxford university for a lecture.

2008 TVXQ, active since 2005, made it in the Guinness World Records for having the world's largest official fan club.
2009 TVXQ made it in the Guinness World Records for being the Most Photographed Celebrities in the World.

2009, Wonder Girls, active from 2007-2017 became the 1st Korean artist/group to be on the billboard’s chart with their hit “Nobody”.
2010, became the 1st Korean girl group to have a concert in the US.

Kanye West appeared on JYJ's "Ayyy Girl" in 2010
Snoop Dogg performed on the title track of Girls' Generation's 2011 album, The Boys.
the Black Eyed Peas' http://will.i.am  is said to have produced the U.S. debut album by 2NE1 and he also worked on PSY's album.

2011 Girls' Generation, active since 2007, performed to a sold-out audience at New York's hallowed Madison Square Garden.
According to Billboard's statistics, Girls' Generation is the top touring K-pop girl group–they held 65 shows between 2013 and 2016.

2012, PSY’s, active since 2001, “Gangnam Style” spent five years building up 3 billion views on YouTube, becoming the most-viewed video in youtube’s history before being dethroned in 2017.
in 2017, he surpassed 10M subs on YT making him the first Asian solo artist to ever do so.

2013: Lorde said, "I really like K-Pop groups. I particularly like Lee Hi. I want to try a collaboration with Lee Hi. I also like 2NE1."

2013 Emma stone said, "I like Korea, Seoul, arirang, K-Pop, and specially http://G.NA ."

2013: Rihanna started following G-Dragon, CL and Youngbae.
2013: Pharrell Williams gave a shout out to G-Dragon in a video.
Hyuna taught Rita to dance to 4Minute's "Whatcha Doin'.
http://Will.I.Am  & 2NE1 worked together on one of his tracks "Gettin' Dumb"

2012, BIGBANG, active since 2006, became the first Korean male kpop group to play stateside arenas, selling them out in the process.
Big Bang was the first Korean artist to enter Forbes Magazine's Celebrity 100 and the 30 under 30 most influential musicians in the world lists.

Washington Post called BIGBANG as "the biggest band in Asia" & the Hollywood Reporter called them "the biggest boy band in the world"

Their 1st world tour made record for highest ticket sales in Taiwan, their London shows gathered the largest crowd for a K-Pop concert held in UK

In 2016, Big Bang ranked second on Time magazine's polls for Most Influential People in the World, behind only American politician Bernie Sanders.
BIGBANG had the third highest annual earnings ever for a boy band, behind only One Direction and Backstreet Boys.

2014, Billboard crowned SNSD the 'World's Greatest Girl Group' and ' World's Hottest Girl Group'.
Time Magazine & Forbes Magazine say that SNSD is 'One of the richest artists in the world' and 'Bigger than Spice Girls'

2017 US President, Obama said, “some of our young people in America are learning to speak Korean so that they can keep up with a band SHINee, in exchange I understand SHINee has developed a passion for America’s IN-N-OUT burgers.” He’s a true stan. Knows too much.

2007, JYP, aka Park Jinyoung, became the first kpop artist on Billboard magazine cover. The edition was a special advertisement cover for artists or companies selected by the magazine.

2008, Rain became the first Artist guests on U.S. late-night talk show
2009, BOA had the 1st album on Billboard 200 chart
Wonder Girls became the 1st opener for U.S. concert tour (Jonas Brothers)
2012, Girls Generation became the 1st artists to perform on U.S. morning talk show

i guess i'll just stop my thread here.
please know that in no way or form am i trying to discredit anyone's achievements. there's no doubt that all the new groups or groups from 5-6 years have had a huge impact on the world but they didn't START the impact.

in the high of the new generation groups, i don't want people to forget about the groups/idols who made a HUGE impact in the world without a huge social media presence (because social media was next to nothing at that time.)
also talk to me if you want https://curiouscat.me/limjaebeomie  !!

wanna make a thing clear to armys who have been attacking me since the beginning of the thread.

• i love BTS
• BTS are 3rd generation
• “paving the way” takes time and patience, these accomplishments might be minor to you but they were huge at that time.
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Dear Armys under this thread.

“We think we were able to receive this award because our sunbaenims open a better way for Kpop,” Kim Seokjin.

Cr: http://bit.ly/2PFfHfa