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Originally Posted by KaoriNeko
^I don't understand why people always say that. I'm sure it wasn't completely her.
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Like I said earlier, Hikki was not the first person to do R&B in Japan or Asia, but she was the first to bring it to the forefront of mainstream music. Kinda like how Rum DMC didn't invent rap, but so many people look at them as the forefathers of the movement.
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Originally Posted by xiaou-xijiang
^I'm sure it wasn't either, but she got the most publicity and hype about it. 
@dddetc: asia still isn't changing the world. :/ Changing the world is when what you do impacts the world that's what the words changing the world implies. not just the asian world or asian countries.
If you go to Europe, South America, or even the USA and say Utada Hikaru how many people will be like: Of course I know her...!  she's not change the world statud even if she made a big impact in music in Asia. Asia is one of 7 continents. |
When I see "people changing the world", that doesn't mean that those people are affecting every single part of the world. It just means they are having a major impact in their field. Columbia University also has Bartok as one of their most famed and world-changing people, but do 90% of people even know who that is? Probably not. I don't see how Hikki hasn't had a major impact on the world. Just because she hasn't left her mark on the United States does not mean she hasn't made changes in other parts of the globe.
Honestly I just think that their list of world-changing alumni is just another way to list their most notable former students. Hikki definitely fits into that category.