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'''BoA''' (보아) is a [[K-Pop|Korean pop]] singer. She made her Korean debut in 2000 with the album, ''[[ID; Peace B (album)|ID; Peace B]]'' and was soon marketed as a "world" artist and she debuted in [[Japan]]. Her first [[J-Pop|Japanese pop]] album ''[[Listen to My Heart (album)|LISTEN TO MY HEART]]'' reached #1 on the [[Oricon]] charts and she became the first Korean artist to rank in Oricon's top twenty. BoA has since gone on to have multiple top-charting releases in both Korea and Japan. BoA has also started to learn English; in 2009 she released her debut English-language album, ''[[BoA (album)|BoA]]'', in the United States.
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'''BoA''' (보아) is a [[K-Pop|Korean pop]] singer. Her stage name made a backronym which is '''Beat of Angel'''. She made her Korean debut in 2000 with the album, ''[[ID; Peace B (album)|ID; Peace B]]'' and was soon marketed as a "world" artist and she debuted in [[Japan]]. Her first [[J-Pop|Japanese pop]] album ''[[Listen to My Heart (album)|LISTEN TO MY HEART]]'' reached #1 on the [[Oricon]] charts and she became the first Korean artist to rank in Oricon's top twenty. BoA has since gone on to have multiple top-charting releases in both Korea and Japan. BoA has also started to learn English; in 2009 she released her debut English-language album, ''[[BoA (album)|BoA]]'', in the United States. Because of her huge success and achievements through-out Asia, she became No. 1 Female artist in Asia, and one of the leading and role model of new acts today. BoA has approximately sold more than 20,000,000 copies in both Japan and Korea.
 
 
 
==Profile==
 
==Profile==
 
* '''Name:''' Kwon Boa (권보아)
 
* '''Name:''' Kwon Boa (권보아)
 
* '''Stage name: ''' BoA (보아), BoA* <small>(2000-2002)</small>
 
* '''Stage name: ''' BoA (보아), BoA* <small>(2000-2002)</small>
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* '''Stage name backronym: ''' Beat of Angel, Best of Asia
 
* '''Birth date:''' {{bda|1986|11|05|mf=yes}}
 
* '''Birth date:''' {{bda|1986|11|05|mf=yes}}
 
* '''Birthplace:''' Guri, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
 
* '''Birthplace:''' Guri, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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* '''Skills:''' Hip-Hop dance, Japanese (fluent), English (conversational)
 
* '''Skills:''' Hip-Hop dance, Japanese (fluent), English (conversational)
 
* '''Favorite Music:''' R&B (influenced by her elder brother)
 
* '''Favorite Music:''' R&B (influenced by her elder brother)
* '''Favorite Artists:''' [[Wikipedia:Nelly|Nelly]], [[Wikipedia:Britney Spears|Britney Spears]], [[Wikipedia:Brian McKnight|Brian McKnight]], [[Wikipedia:Pink (singer)|P!nk]], [[Wikipedia:Janet Jackson|Janet Jackson]], [[Wikipedia:Jennifer Lopez|Jennifer Lopez]], [[Wikipedia:Jay-Z|Jay-Z]], [[Wikipedia:Justin Timberlake|Justin Timberlake]], [[Wikipedia:Michael Jackson|Michael Jackson]]
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* '''Favorite Artists:''' [[Wikipedia:Nelly|Nelly]], [[Wikipedia:Britney Spears|Britney Spears]], [[Wikipedia:Brian McKnight|Brian McKnight]], [[Wikipedia:Pink (singer)|P!nk]], [[Wikipedia:Janet Jackson|Janet Jackson]], [[Wikipedia:Jennifer Lopez|Jennifer Lopez]], [[Wikipedia:Jay-Z|Jay-Z]], [[Wikipedia:Justin Timberlake|Justin Timberlake]], [[Wikipedia:Michael Jackson|Michael Jackson]], [[Ayumi Hamasaki|Ayumi Hamasaki]], [[Utada Hikaru|Hikaru Utada]], [[Namie Amuro|Namie Amuro]]
 
* '''Favorite Movie:''' [[Wikipedia:Notting Hill (film)|Notting Hill]]
 
* '''Favorite Movie:''' [[Wikipedia:Notting Hill (film)|Notting Hill]]
 
* '''Favorite Actors:''' [[Yoo Ji-tae]], [[Wikipedia:Leonardo DiCaprio|Leonardo DiCaprio]]
 
* '''Favorite Actors:''' [[Yoo Ji-tae]], [[Wikipedia:Leonardo DiCaprio|Leonardo DiCaprio]]
 
[[Image:2000IDPeace Bkorepromo.jpg|thumb|210px|BoA promoting the korean album "[[ID; Peace B (album)|ID; Peace B]]" (2000)]]
 
[[Image:2001Jumping into the Worldpromo.jpg|thumb|210px|BoA promoting the korean album "[[Jumping into the World]]" (2001)]]
 
[[Image:2002Listen to My Heartalbumpromo1.jpg|thumb|210px|BoA promoting "[[Listen to My Heart (album)|LISTEN TO MY HEART]]" (2002)]]
 
[[Image:2003VALENTIALBUMPROMO.jpg|thumb|210px|BoA promoting "[[Valenti (album)|VALENTI]]" (2003)]]
 
[[Image:2004BoaQUINCYpromo1.jpg|thumb|210px|BoA promoting "[[Quincy / Kono Yo no Shirushi|QUINCY / Kono Yo no Shirushi]]" (2004)]]
 
[[Image:2005BEST OF SOULpromo1.jpg|thumb|210px|BoA promoting "[[Best of Soul|BEST OF SOUL]]" (2005)]]
 
[[Image:2006BOAKEYOFHEARTPROMO1.jpg|thumb|210px|BoA promoting "[[Key of Heart / Dotch|KEY OF HEART / DOTCH]]" (2006)]]
 
[[Image:2007mitpromo2.jpg|thumb|210px|BoA promoting "[[Made in Twenty (20)|MADE IN TWENTY (20)]]" (2007)]]
 
[[Image:BOAVIVIDPROMO.jpg|thumb|210px|BoA promoting "[[Vivid (BoA)|Vivid]]" (2008)]]
 
[[Image:Boawhitewishespromo2.jpg|thumb|210px|BoA promoting "[[Mamoritai ~White Wishes~]]" (2009)]]
 
[[Image:BoA - I SEE ME promo.jpg|thumb|210px|BoA promoting "[[I See Me|I SEE ME]]" (2010)]]
 
[[Image:milestone promo.jpg|thumb|210px|BoA promoting "[[Milestone (BoA)|Milestone]]" (2011)]]
 
[[Image:Boa promoting only one 2012.jpg|thumb|210px|BoA promoting "[[Only One (BoA album)|Only One]]" (2012)]]
 
[[Image:BoA - Message - Call my name (Promotional).jpg|thumb|210px|BoA promoting "[[Message / Call My Name|Message / Call my name]]" (2013)]]
 
  
 
==Information==
 
==Information==
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[[Image:2000IDPeace Bkorepromo.jpg|thumb|right|250px|BoA promoting the korean album "[[ID; Peace B (album)|ID; Peace B]]" (2000)]]
 
BoA was discovered by Korean record label [[SM Entertainment]] while attending an audition for her brother at the age of 11. Impressed with the young girl's singing and dancing abilities, SM Entertainment quickly met with BoA's parents to work out a deal. In the beginning, her parents were strongly opposed to the idea, hoping that BoA would continue on in her education instead of turning to the entertainment business. Eventually BoA's parents agreed and she began her training.
 
BoA was discovered by Korean record label [[SM Entertainment]] while attending an audition for her brother at the age of 11. Impressed with the young girl's singing and dancing abilities, SM Entertainment quickly met with BoA's parents to work out a deal. In the beginning, her parents were strongly opposed to the idea, hoping that BoA would continue on in her education instead of turning to the entertainment business. Eventually BoA's parents agreed and she began her training.
  
 
SM Entertainment, aiming to make her an international superstar, focused first of teaching BoA foreign languages, hiring a private tutor to teach her English and Japanese. Trips to [[Japan]] to enhance her studies, as well as singing and dancing lessons soon followed.
 
SM Entertainment, aiming to make her an international superstar, focused first of teaching BoA foreign languages, hiring a private tutor to teach her English and Japanese. Trips to [[Japan]] to enhance her studies, as well as singing and dancing lessons soon followed.
  
Two years later, BoA released her first Korean album ''[[ID; Peace B (album)|ID; Peace B]]''. The album was a success, and SM Entertainment began to work on a deal with Japanese record label [[avex trax]]. After a Korean mini-album ''[[Jumping into the World]]'' and a few Japanese singles, BoA released her first Japanese album on March 13, 2002 called ''[[Listen to My Heart (album)|LISTEN TO MY HEART]]''. It was an instant success, reaching #1 on the [[Oricon]] charts and selling over 932,000 copies total in Japan.
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Two years later, BoA released her first Korean album ''[[ID; Peace B (album)|ID; Peace B]]''. The album was a success, and SM Entertainment began to work on a deal with Japanese record label [[avex trax]]. After a Korean mini-album ''[[Jumping into the World]]'' and a few Japanese singles, BoA released her first Japanese album on March 13, 2002 called ''[[Listen to My Heart (album)|LISTEN TO MY HEART]]''. It was an instant success, reaching #1 on the [[Oricon]] charts and selling over 932,000 copies total in Japan. On January 14, 2002, she released her second Korean album, ''[[No.1 (album)|NO. 1]]'', which made a huge success to her Korean career reaching #1 position on the Korean Top 50 Monthly chart and sold more than 545,000 copies on that year making as her best-selling album in Korea.
  
More Japanese albums followed (''[[Valenti (album)|VALENTI]]'' and ''[[Love & Honesty (album)|LOVE & HONESTY]]''), each doing very well on the Oricon charts. On February 2, 2005, BoA's first Japanese best album was released, titled ''[[Best of Soul|BEST OF SOUL]]'', which reached #1 on the Oricon charts and went on to sell more than 1,089,000 copies in Japan.
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[[Image:2003VALENTIALBUMPROMO.jpg|thumb|left|250px|BoA promoting "[[Valenti (album)|VALENTI]]" (2003)]]
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More Japanese and Korean albums followed (''[[Valenti (album)|VALENTI]]'' and ''[[Love & Honesty (album)|LOVE & HONESTY]]'' in Japan and ''[[Atlantis Princess]]'', ''[[My Name]]'', and ''[[Girls on Top (album)|Girls On Top]]'' in Korea), each doing very well on the Oricon charts and Korean charts respectively. ''VALENTI'' become her best-selling album which sold more than 1,250,000 copies in Japan. On February 2, 2005, BoA's first Japanese best album was released, titled ''[[Best of Soul|BEST OF SOUL]]'', including all of her hit singles from "[[ID; Peace B (single)|ID; Peace B]]" to "[[Meri Kuri]]". It reached #1 on the Oricon charts and went on to sell more than 1,089,000 copies in Japan.
  
After BEST OF SOUL, BoA released four singles: "[[Do the Motion|DO THE MOTION]]", "[[Make a Secret|make a secret]]", "[[Dakishimeru]]", and "[[Everlasting (BoA)|Everlasting]]". While "DO THE MOTION" and "Everlasting" did respectably well, "make a secret" and "Dakishimeru" suffered from lackluster sales. On February 16, 2006, BoA released her next Japanese album ''[[Outgrow|OUTGROW]]'' which contained the A-sides and B-sides to all four of the singles after BEST OF SOUL. ''OUTGROW'' failed to achieve the amazing sales seen with ''VALENTI'' and ''LISTEN TO MY HEART'', but has sold 381,262 copies total in Japan. Since then, she stay focus on her Japanese career and didn't release any Korean albums. Her next two Japanese album, ''[[Made_in_Twenty_(20)|MADE IN TWENTY (20)]]'' and ''[[The_Face|THE FACE]]'', did well on the Oricon charts ranking #1 position.
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On March 30 2005, BoA released her next single, "[[Do the Motion|DO THE MOTION]]". It reached #1 spot on the Oricon charts making her first single to debut on the top of the charts. On February 16, 2006, she released her next Japanese album, ''[[Outgrow|OUTGROW]]''. It reached #1 position on Oricon charts, but failed to achieve the amazing sales seen with ''VALENTI'' and ''LISTEN TO MY HEART''. It sold more than 382,000 copies total in Japan. Since then, she stay focus on her Japanese career and didn't release any Korean albums. Her next two Japanese album, ''[[Made_in_Twenty_(20)|MADE IN TWENTY (20)]]'' and ''[[The_Face|THE FACE]]'', did well reaching #1 position on Oricon charts.
  
Since 2007, BoA has been preparing for her US debut. In October 2008, "[[Eat You Up]]", her first American release, ranked on the dance charts in preparation for her self-titled album, ''[[BoA (album)|BoA]]''. Released on March 17, 2009, the album has hit the top 20 on iTunes with the help of such producers as [[Wikipedia:Sean Garrett|Sean Garrett]], [[Wikipedia:Brian Kennedy|Brian Kennedy]], and many others. On the next day, she release her second Japanese best album, ''[[Best&USA|BEST&USA]]'', tying together of her singles from "[[Do the Motion|DO THE MOTION]]" to "[[Eien_/_Universe_/_Believe_in_Love|Eien / UNIVERSE / Believe in LOVE]]" with her English debut album. On August 31, 2009, she released ''[[BoA (album)|BoA Deluxe]]'', a repackaged version of her debut English album. The album contained two new tracks and the radio edit version of "[[Energetic]]".
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Since 2007, BoA has been preparing for her US debut. In October 2008, "[[Eat You Up]]", her first American release, ranked on the dance charts in preparation for her self-titled album, ''[[BoA (album)|BoA]]''. Released on March 17, 2009, the album has hit the top 20 on iTunes with the help of such producers as [[Wikipedia:Sean Garrett|Sean Garrett]], [[Wikipedia:Brian Kennedy|Brian Kennedy]], and many others. On the next day, she release her second Japanese best album, ''[[Best&USA|BEST&USA]]'', compiled together of her singles from "DO THE MOTION" to "[[Eien_/_Universe_/_Believe_in_Love|Eien / UNIVERSE / Believe in LOVE]]" with her English debut album. On August 31, 2009, she released ''[[BoA (album)|BoA Deluxe]]'', a repackaged version of her debut English album. The album contained two new tracks and the radio edit version of "[[Energetic]]".
  
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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[[File:jumping_boa.jpg|thumb|250px|Jumping BoA fan club at various BoA events ]]
  
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* '''Official Color''': <font color="#F8E800">Pearl Yellow</font>
 
* '''Official Color''': <font color="#F8E800">Pearl Yellow</font>
* '''Official Korean Fanclub''': Jumping BoA
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* '''Official Korean fan club''': Jumping BoA
* '''Official Japanese Fanclub''': SOUL
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* '''Official Japanese fan club''': SOUL
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* '''Official fan chant''': BoA-jjang!
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==Korean Discography==
 
==Korean Discography==
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[[Image:2001Jumping into the Worldpromo.jpg|thumb|250px|BoA promoting the korean album "[[Jumping into the World]]" (2001)]]
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[[Image:2002Listen to My Heartalbumpromo1.jpg|thumb|250px|BoA promoting "[[Listen to My Heart (album)|LISTEN TO MY HEART]]" (2002)]]
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[[Image:2004BoaQUINCYpromo1.jpg|thumb|250px|BoA promoting "[[Quincy / Kono Yo no Shirushi|QUINCY / Kono Yo no Shirushi]]" (2004)]]
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[[Image:2005BEST OF SOULpromo1.jpg|thumb|250px|BoA promoting "[[Best of Soul|BEST OF SOUL]]" (2005)]]
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[[Image:2006BOAKEYOFHEARTPROMO1.jpg|thumb|250px|BoA promoting "[[Key of Heart / Dotch|KEY OF HEART / DOTCH]]" (2006)]]
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[[Image:2007mitpromo2.jpg|thumb|250px|BoA promoting "[[Made in Twenty (20)|MADE IN TWENTY (20)]]" (2007)]]
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[[Image:BOAVIVIDPROMO.jpg|thumb|250px|BoA promoting "[[Vivid (BoA)|Vivid]]" (2008)]]
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[[Image:Boawhitewishespromo2.jpg|thumb|250px|BoA promoting "[[Mamoritai ~White Wishes~]]" (2009)]]
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[[Image:BoA - I SEE ME promo.jpg|thumb|250px|BoA promoting "[[I See Me|I SEE ME]]" (2010)]]
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[[Image:milestone promo.jpg|thumb|250px|BoA promoting "[[Milestone (BoA)|Milestone]]" (2011)]]
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[[Image:Boa promoting only one 2012.jpg|thumb|250px|BoA promoting "[[Only One (BoA album)|Only One]]" (2012)]]
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[[Image:BoA - Message - Call my name (Promotional).jpg|thumb|250px|BoA promoting "[[Message / Call My Name|Message / Call my name]]" (2013)]]
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===Albums===
 
===Albums===
 
* [2000.08.26] [[ID; Peace B (album)|ID; Peace B]]
 
* [2000.08.26] [[ID; Peace B (album)|ID; Peace B]]
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* [2006.09.21] [[Key of Heart|Key Of Heart]]
 
* [2006.09.21] [[Key of Heart|Key Of Heart]]
 
* [2007.09.13] [[M OST Single With BoA]]
 
* [2007.09.13] [[M OST Single With BoA]]
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* [2011.01.31] [[Paradise Ranch OST Part.2]] ''(#1 Han Saram (My Only One))''
 
* [2012.03.18] [['One Dream' KPop Star Theme Song|'One Dream' KPOP STAR Theme Song]]
 
* [2012.03.18] [['One Dream' KPop Star Theme Song|'One Dream' KPOP STAR Theme Song]]
 
* [2012.10.16] [[Younique Album Lookin']]
 
* [2012.10.16] [[Younique Album Lookin']]
 
* [2013.01.28] [[Geuleon Neo]] (그런 너; Disturbance)
 
* [2013.01.28] [[Geuleon Neo]] (그런 너; Disturbance)
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* [2013.05.27] [[Shark OST Part.1]]
 
* [2013.07.31] [[Action (BoA)|Action]]
 
* [2013.07.31] [[Action (BoA)|Action]]
  
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* [2007.11.08] [[Anyband]] - [[Anyband (single)|Anyband]]
 
* [2007.11.08] [[Anyband]] - [[Anyband (single)|Anyband]]
 
* [2007.12.07] [[2007 Winter SMTown|2007 WINTER SMTOWN]] ''(#2 12wol 27il)''
 
* [2007.12.07] [[2007 Winter SMTown|2007 WINTER SMTOWN]] ''(#2 12wol 27il)''
* [2011.01.31] [[Paradise Ranch OST Part.2]] ''(#1 Han Saram (My Only One))''
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* [2011.02.09] [[Paradise Ranch OST]] ''(Disc 1 #3 Han Saram (My Only One))''
 
* [2011.12.13] [[2011 SMTown Winter 'The Warmest Gift'|2011 SMTOWN Winter 'The Warmest Gift']] ''(#3 Distance)''
 
* [2011.12.13] [[2011 SMTown Winter 'The Warmest Gift'|2011 SMTOWN Winter 'The Warmest Gift']] ''(#3 Distance)''
* [2013.05.27] [[Shark OST ‘Cheonguggwa Jiog Sai’]] (상어 OST ‘천국과 지옥 사이’)
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* [2013.08.14] [[Shark OST]] ''(#2 Cheonguggwa Jiog Sai)''
  
 
==Japanese Discography==
 
==Japanese Discography==
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* [2011.08.31] [[BoA Summer Selection 2011|BoA SUMMER SELECTION 2011]] <small>(iTunes Best Album)</small>
 
* [2011.08.31] [[BoA Summer Selection 2011|BoA SUMMER SELECTION 2011]] <small>(iTunes Best Album)</small>
 
* [2013.10.23] [[Winter Ballad Collection 2013]] <small>(iTunes Best Album)</small>
 
* [2013.10.23] [[Winter Ballad Collection 2013]] <small>(iTunes Best Album)</small>
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* [2014.12.10] [[BoA Winter Ballad Collection 2014]] <small>(iTunes Best Album)</small>
  
 
===Remix Albums===
 
===Remix Albums===
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* [2014.03.05] [[Shout It Out (BoA)|Shout It Out]]
 
* [2014.03.05] [[Shout It Out (BoA)|Shout It Out]]
 
* [2014.07.23] [[Masayume Chasing|MASAYUME CHASING]]
 
* [2014.07.23] [[Masayume Chasing|MASAYUME CHASING]]
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* [2014.12.03] [[Fly (BoA)|FLY]]
  
 
===Digital Singles===
 
===Digital Singles===
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* [2011.05.04] [[BoA The Live 2010 "X'mas"|BoA THE LIVE 2010 "X'mas"]]
 
* [2011.05.04] [[BoA The Live 2010 "X'mas"|BoA THE LIVE 2010 "X'mas"]]
 
* [2012.03.07] [[BoA The Live 2011 “X'mas” ~The 10th Anniversary Edition~|BoA THE LIVE 2011 “X'mas” ~The 10th Anniversary Edition~]]
 
* [2012.03.07] [[BoA The Live 2011 “X'mas” ~The 10th Anniversary Edition~|BoA THE LIVE 2011 “X'mas” ~The 10th Anniversary Edition~]]
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* [2015.02.25] [[BoA Live Tour 2014 ~Who's Back~|BoA LIVE TOUR 2014 ~WHO'S BACK?~]]
  
 
===DVD Audio===
 
===DVD Audio===
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===Digital Singles===
 
===Digital Singles===
 
* [2008.10.21] [[Eat You Up]]
 
* [2008.10.21] [[Eat You Up]]
* [2009.06.06] [[I Did It For Love|I Did It For Love]]
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* [2009.06.02] [[I Did It For Love|I Did It For Love]]
 
* [2009.07.21] [[Energetic|Energetic]]
 
* [2009.07.21] [[Energetic|Energetic]]
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* [2008.11.xx] [[Eat You Up]]
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* [2009.05.09] [[I Did It For Love|I Did It For Love]]
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* [2010.01.xx] [[Energetic|Energetic]]
  
 
==TV & Cinema==
 
==TV & Cinema==
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===Photobooks===
 
===Photobooks===
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* [2003.12.17] [[Naturelle]]
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[[File:boa_naturelle.jpg|127px|Naturelle]]
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* [2003.12.17] Naturelle
  
 
===Calendars===
 
===Calendars===

Revision as of 21:58, 19 December 2014

BoA promoting "WHO'S BACK?" (2014)

BoA (보아) is a Korean pop singer. Her stage name made a backronym which is Beat of Angel. She made her Korean debut in 2000 with the album, ID; Peace B and was soon marketed as a "world" artist and she debuted in Japan. Her first Japanese pop album LISTEN TO MY HEART reached #1 on the Oricon charts and she became the first Korean artist to rank in Oricon's top twenty. BoA has since gone on to have multiple top-charting releases in both Korea and Japan. BoA has also started to learn English; in 2009 she released her debut English-language album, BoA, in the United States. Because of her huge success and achievements through-out Asia, she became No. 1 Female artist in Asia, and one of the leading and role model of new acts today. BoA has approximately sold more than 20,000,000 copies in both Japan and Korea.

Profile

Information

BoA promoting the korean album "ID; Peace B" (2000)

BoA was discovered by Korean record label SM Entertainment while attending an audition for her brother at the age of 11. Impressed with the young girl's singing and dancing abilities, SM Entertainment quickly met with BoA's parents to work out a deal. In the beginning, her parents were strongly opposed to the idea, hoping that BoA would continue on in her education instead of turning to the entertainment business. Eventually BoA's parents agreed and she began her training.

SM Entertainment, aiming to make her an international superstar, focused first of teaching BoA foreign languages, hiring a private tutor to teach her English and Japanese. Trips to Japan to enhance her studies, as well as singing and dancing lessons soon followed.

Two years later, BoA released her first Korean album ID; Peace B. The album was a success, and SM Entertainment began to work on a deal with Japanese record label avex trax. After a Korean mini-album Jumping into the World and a few Japanese singles, BoA released her first Japanese album on March 13, 2002 called LISTEN TO MY HEART. It was an instant success, reaching #1 on the Oricon charts and selling over 932,000 copies total in Japan. On January 14, 2002, she released her second Korean album, NO. 1, which made a huge success to her Korean career reaching #1 position on the Korean Top 50 Monthly chart and sold more than 545,000 copies on that year making as her best-selling album in Korea.

BoA promoting "VALENTI" (2003)

More Japanese and Korean albums followed (VALENTI and LOVE & HONESTY in Japan and Atlantis Princess, My Name, and Girls On Top in Korea), each doing very well on the Oricon charts and Korean charts respectively. VALENTI become her best-selling album which sold more than 1,250,000 copies in Japan. On February 2, 2005, BoA's first Japanese best album was released, titled BEST OF SOUL, including all of her hit singles from "ID; Peace B" to "Meri Kuri". It reached #1 on the Oricon charts and went on to sell more than 1,089,000 copies in Japan.

On March 30 2005, BoA released her next single, "DO THE MOTION". It reached #1 spot on the Oricon charts making her first single to debut on the top of the charts. On February 16, 2006, she released her next Japanese album, OUTGROW. It reached #1 position on Oricon charts, but failed to achieve the amazing sales seen with VALENTI and LISTEN TO MY HEART. It sold more than 382,000 copies total in Japan. Since then, she stay focus on her Japanese career and didn't release any Korean albums. Her next two Japanese album, MADE IN TWENTY (20) and THE FACE, did well reaching #1 position on Oricon charts.

Since 2007, BoA has been preparing for her US debut. In October 2008, "Eat You Up", her first American release, ranked on the dance charts in preparation for her self-titled album, BoA. Released on March 17, 2009, the album has hit the top 20 on iTunes with the help of such producers as Sean Garrett, Brian Kennedy, and many others. On the next day, she release her second Japanese best album, BEST&USA, compiled together of her singles from "DO THE MOTION" to "Eien / UNIVERSE / Believe in LOVE" with her English debut album. On August 31, 2009, she released BoA Deluxe, a repackaged version of her debut English album. The album contained two new tracks and the radio edit version of "Energetic".

Trivia

Jumping BoA fan club at various BoA events


  • Official Color: Pearl Yellow
  • Official Korean fan club: Jumping BoA
  • Official Japanese fan club: SOUL
  • Official fan chant: BoA-jjang!





Korean Discography

BoA promoting the korean album "Jumping into the World" (2001)
BoA promoting "LISTEN TO MY HEART" (2002)
BoA promoting "QUINCY / Kono Yo no Shirushi" (2004)
BoA promoting "BEST OF SOUL" (2005)
BoA promoting "KEY OF HEART / DOTCH" (2006)
BoA promoting "MADE IN TWENTY (20)" (2007)
BoA promoting "Vivid" (2008)
BoA promoting "Mamoritai ~White Wishes~" (2009)
BoA promoting "I SEE ME" (2010)
BoA promoting "Milestone" (2011)
BoA promoting "Only One" (2012)
BoA promoting "Message / Call my name" (2013)

Albums

Special Albums

Mini Albums

Singles

Digital Singles

Video Releases

Compilation / Other

Japanese Discography

Albums

Best Albums

Remix Albums

Other Albums

Singles

Digital Singles

Download Exclusive

Vinyls

Video Releases

DVD Audio

Other Video Releases

Compilations / Other

USA Discography

Albums

Singles

Digital Singles

Remixes Singles

TV & Cinema

Movies

Dramas

Publications

Photobooks

Naturelle

  • [2003.12.17] Naturelle

Calendars

  • [2007.10.12] Calendar 2008
  • [2008.10.04] Calendar 2009

Magazines

  • [2009.05.xx] KoreAm (Cover & Feature)
  • [2009.12.xx] H Vol. 104 (Feature)
  • [2010.07.xx] Gekkan Songs August 2010 (Feature)
  • [2010.10.xx] Kankoku K-POP Magazine Nihon Ban Ninki Kayo Pia Vol.2 (Cover & Feature)

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