Rain

A South Korean pop star, Rain (real name: Jung Ji-hoon, born June 25, 1982 in Seoul -- in Korea known as the romanized Bi, and in Japan as Pi.) started out his career as a backup dancer with JYP Entertainment before recording his own work and hitting the tops of many Asian charts. Rain stepped out of the backup shadows in 2002, with his debut album, Bad Guy. The album was a hit, and Rain then moved his talents to the world of television drama, starring in the series Sang Doo! Let's Go To School. His return to music, marked by the release of How to Avoid the Sun in 2003, was well received, and hit third album, It's Raining, was a mammoth success in 2004-2005. Hitting the tops of the charts in countries all over Asia (Japan, China, Taiwan, and South Korea, to name a few) It's Raining would sell more than a million copies. He went on to win a number of MTV Asia awards, as well as touring Korea and Japan. In 2006, Rain played to sell-out shows in Las Vegas, and in October of that year, he released album number four, Rain's World. 2006 also saw the release of a Japanese album, Eternal Rain, which managed to crack the top twenty in that country. ~ Chris True, All Music Guide