Kwon Bo-a (Korean: 권보아, Chinese: 權寶兒/权宝儿, Japanese: クォン·ボア, born November 5, 1986), commonly stylized and known by her stage name BoA, which is a backronym for Best of Asia and Beat of Angel, is a Korean singer, active in South Korea, Japan, and the United States.
BoA was born and raised in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. She was discovered by SM Entertainment talent agents when she accompanied her older brother to a talent search. In 2000, after two years of training, she released ID; Peace B, her debut Korean album. Two years later, she released her debut Japanese album, Listen to My Heart, becoming the first Korean pop star to break through in Japan following the fall of barriers that had restricted the import and export of entertainment between the countries since the end of World War II. On October 14, 2008, BoA debuted in the United States with the single "Eat You Up" and released her debut English-language album, BoA on March 17, 2009.
BoA's multilingual skills (she speaks Japanese and English along with native Korean and has recorded songs in Mandarin Chinese) have contributed to her commercial success throughout East Asia. She is the only foreign artist to have two albums selling more than one million copies in Japan and is one of only three artists to have six consecutive number-one studio albums on the Oricon charts since her debut, the others being Ayumi Hamasaki and Koda Kumi.
On July 21, 2010, Avex released the "Woo Weekend" single, the lead song of which was used to promote Disney on Ice's 25th Anniversary in Japan. BoA's official Korean website announced on July 23, 2010 that her comeback sixth Korean album would be entitled Hurricane Venus. Hurricane Venus was released on August 5, 2010 and debuted at No.1, where it stayed for 2 weeks. "Game" charted at No.6. A repackaged version of the album with two new songs under the name of "Copy & Paste" was released in September, 2010. The album won a Bonsang Award from the Golden Disk Awards in 2010, making it the first time in her career to receive the award. On December 6, 2010, Avex released a digital single, "I See Me", for a commercial that promoted Audio Technica headphones in Japan. In October BoA represented Korea and performed at the 7th Asia Song Festival, organised by Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange, at the Seoul Olympic Stadium. BoA will have her Hollywood movie debut in the dance film Cobu 3D, directed by Duane Adler and produced by Robert Colt. It is set for an early 2013 release. BoA will play a character called Aya, while Derek Hough (known from the U.S. TV show Dancing with the Stars) will play the male lead of Donny. Aya and Donny fall in love, even though their families are enemies on the dance scene. Filming began in Spring in New York City and Toronto, Canada.
On October 2011, BoA announced on her Twitter page that she will be releasing a new Japanese single: "Many ppl asking me when I'm gonna release my next single in Japan... I'm preparing my single now. So you'll be able to listen to it soon!". Then on October 6 she wrote: "Heading to the set for my new music video". It was later on announced by Avex that she will be releasing her single titled "Milestone" on December 7, 2011. The music video premiered on November 21 through MTV Japan. The single ranked at #4 on the Oricon Weekly Music-DVD charts. In December, she served as a judge on SBS’s K-pop Star representing SM Entertainment with Yang Hyun Suk from YG Entertainment and Park Jin-young from JYP Entertainment. And her judging is being favorably reveiwed.
On March 2, 2012, SM Entertainment confirmed that BoA will be making a 2012 comeback. It was eventually verified that BoA's 2012 comeback will be Korean. On March 16, 2012, it was announced that BoA will be releasing a Korean single the next day titled "One Dream" as the theme song for SBS "Kpop Star." The song will also feature SHINee's Key and Super Junior-M's Henry as the rappers. This will be the first Korean song by BoA since "Copy&Paste" in 2010.
On July 12, 2012, it was confirmed that BoA would release her 7th Korean album, Only One, on July 25. BoA also wrote and composed the title track. The album was released digitally on July 22. After the album was released, the title track, "Only One", rose to #1 on all Korean music charts and achieved an "all-kill." The dance version music video of "Only One" was released on July 22, 2012. The drama version was released July 25, 2012. Later on, the music video for BoA's follow up track, "The Shadow," was released August 18, 2012.
On August 7, 2012, BoA stated in a fan meeting that she will be releasing the Japanese version of "Only One" this Winter and will be personally translating the lyrics from Korean to Japanese by herself.
On October 16, 2012, BoA released a digital single called "Lookin'." The song featured "The Quiett" and the song is for Hyundai’s ‘Premium Younique Lifestyle’ campaign.
On December 10, 2012, Avex confirmed that BoA will be releasing a new Japanese single that will be released on February 20, 2013. The single will include the Japanese versions of her hit songs "Only One" and "The Shadow" from her seventh Korean album "Only One." There will be a new PV for the Japanese version of "Only One."
The next day, It was confirmed that BoA will hold her first solo concert in Korea entitled "BoA Special Live 2013 ~Here I Am~" on January 26, 2013 at the Olympic Hall.
Discography
Korean studio albums
English
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Japanese studio albums
Japanese
DVD Singles
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