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 March 1, 2010, SM Entertainment announced that BoA would, on her 10th
debut anniversary, release a first full-length Korean album after five years.
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
studio albums
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Japanese studio albums
Japanese
DVD Singles
Compilation
albums
Remix
albums
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