Rain voted #1 in TIME's 100 Most Influential People of the Year poll for 2007! Beating over 200 other candidates on this year's poll, including popular entertainers such as
Brad Pitt and
Angelia Jolie, other successful artists such as
Bono and
Beyonce, and other influential people such as writer
J.K. Rowling, Korea's R&B superstar
Rain came in 1st place with nearly half a million votes, putting him more than 160,000 votes ahead of runner-up
Stephen Colbert.
You can see a list of the final standings
here.