Korean pop sensation Rain hit the notes, showed off the moves and flashed the smiles that have won over fans all over Asia before a sold-out 5,500 crowd at the Madison Square Garden in New York City on Thursday (Feb. 2).

Rain's concert in New York was his official U.S. debut. It was also the latest of performances that are part of the singer's ongoing "It's Rainy Tour."

His song list for the night included hits like "Nan Napun Namjaya" and "Aksu," the latter saw Diddy, the current nickname of entertainment mogul Sean Combs, enter the stage at the finale.

Introduced to the crowd by Rain's label manager J.Y Park, the founder and CEO of Bad Boy Records congratulated the Asian superstar on his local debut.

Diddy also announced that Rain would be the first Asian spokesmodel of his own popular urban casual clothing line "Sean John."
J.Y. Park is currently helping Diddy on his upcoming album.

Since the launching of the "It's Rainy Tour" in 2005, the performer has taken the stage of sold out arenas across Korea, China and Japan. He performed before an audience of 20,000 in Tokyo, Japan and 40,000 in Beijing, China.

However, according to JYP Entertainment official promotion efforts will not start until sometime after October.

Until then, Rain will work on his English so that he can put out an English-language release for the American audience.

"It's Raining," his most recent album has been enjoying success in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand. It has sold more than 1 million copies