BoA

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BoA on the cover of her Korean album Girls on Top

BoA, full name Kwon Boa was born November 5, 1986 in Kyung Gi Do, South Korea. Over the years, BoA has become a dancing and singing sensation in both South Korea under the SM Entertainment label in and Japan under Avex Trax.

Profile

• Hobbies & Talents: cross stitching, watching movies, reading magazines, dancing, Japanese, doing imitations

• Most precious: Sara (her cat)

• Family Members: parents, 2 older brothers, 1 sister

• Favorite Music: Rap, Dance, Hip-Hop, R&B

• Favorite song: "Hot In Here" by Nelly & The Neptunes

• Favorite movie: Men In Black 2 (Men In Black II, MIIB)

• Favorite Colors: Beige, Grey, Black, White, Gold, Brown, Dark Colors

• What she looks for in a guy: Responsible, intelligent, not too big, not too tall, generousity

• Favorite cartoon character: Winnie the Pooh

• Favorite drink/beverage: Bubble Tea

• Favorite Perfumes: Samurai, NiNa Ricci

• Favorite Saying / Proverb: Work hard toward your goals

• Fav. Singers: Whitney Houston, Jodeci, Kim Hyun Jung, Kim Johan, Seo Taiji, Nelly

Biography

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, EM 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 foriegn 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.

More Japanese albums followed (VALENTI and LOVE & HONESTY), each doing very well on the Oricon charts. On February 2, 2005, BoA's first Best Of album was released, titled BEST OF SOUL, which 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, make a secret, Dakishimeru, and 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 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 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. Combining a mix of R&B melodies with other various sounds which has made BoA a sensation across Asia, the album will soon show just how much of a shot she has in the USA.

Korean Discography

BoA promoting "Shine We Are" album (2003)

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BoA promoting "Shine We Are" album (2003)

BoA promoting "SMTOWN's 2006 winter album"

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BoA promoting "SMTOWN's 2006 winter album"

Albums

• [2000.08.26] ID;Peace B #10
• [2002.01.14] NO.1 #1
• [2003.05.03] Atlantis Princess #1
• [2004.06.11] My Name #1
• [2005.07.27] Girls on Top #1

Other Albums

• [2001.03.03] Jumping into the World #6
• [2002.09.24] Miracle #4
• [2003.12.04] Shine We Are #3

Singles

• [2003.10.22] Double
• [2003.12.03] Rock With You
• [2004.12.01] Merry-Chri (메리-크리)
• [2006.01.20] Everlasting
• [2006.09.21] Key Of Heart (Digital Single)

Compilation / Other

• [2000.12.12] SM Town - "Winter Vacation in SMTOWN.com"
• [2001.12.05] SM Town - "Winter Vacation in SMTOWN.com - Angel Eyes"
• [2002.06.11] SM Town - "Summer Vacation in SMTOWN.com"
• [2002.12.07] SM Town - "2002 Winter Vacation in SMTOWN.com"
• [2003.06.02] SM Town - "2003 Summer Vacation in SMTOWN.com"
• [2003.12.05] SM Town - "2003 Winter Vacation in SMTOWN.com"
• [2004.06.29] SM Town - "2004 Summer Vacation in SMTOWN.com"
• [2006.06.20] SM Town - "'06 SUMMER SMTOWN"
• [2006.12.12] SM Town - "2006 Winter SMTOWN"
• [2007.07.02] SM Town - "2007 Summer Vacation in SMTOWN.com"
• [2007.11.08] AnyBand - Anyband 애니밴드

DVD

• [2003.08.05] History Of BoA 2000-2002

Japanese Discography

BoA promoting "VALENTI" (2003)

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BoA promoting "VALENTI" (2003)

BoA promoting "LOVE & HONESTY" (2004)

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BoA promoting "LOVE & HONESTY" (2004)

BoA promoting "make a secret" (2005)

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BoA promoting "make a secret" (2005)

BoA promoting "Winter Love" (2006)

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BoA promoting "Winter Love" (2006)

Albums

• [2002.03.13] LISTEN TO MY HEART # 1
• [2002.08.07] Peace B.REMIXES (Remix Album) #18
• [2003.01.29] VALENTI # 1
• [2003.08.27] NEXT WORLD (Remix Album) #4
• [2004.01.15] LOVE & HONESTY # 1
• [2004.03.03] K-pop Selection (Korean Best Album) #13
• [2005.02.02] BEST OF SOUL (Best Album) #1
• [2006.02.15] OUTGROW #1
• [2007.01.17] MADE IN TWENTY(20) #1
• [2008.02.27] THE FACE
• [2009.03.18] BEST&USA (Best Album

Singles

• [2001.05.30] ID;Peace B #20
• [2001.07.25] Amazing Kiss #23
• [2001.12.05] Kimochi wa Tsutawaru (気持ちはつたわる) #15
• [2002.01.17] LISTEN TO MY HEART #5
• [2002.03.13] Every Heart -Minna no Kimochi- (-ミンナノキモチ-) #10
• [2002.05.29] Don't start now #17
• [2002.08.28] VALENTI #2
• [2002.09.19] Kiseki / NO.1 (奇蹟) #3
• [2002.12.11] JEWEL SONG / BESIDE YOU -Boku wo Yobu Koe- (-僕を呼ぶ声-) #3
• [2003.05.14] Shine We Are! / Earthsong #2
• [2003.10.22] DOUBLE #2
• [2003.12.03] Rock With You #5
• [2004.02.11] Be the one #15
• [2004.09.01] QUINCY / Kono Yo no Shirushi (コノヨノシルシ) #4
• [2004.12.01] Meri Kuri (メリクリ) #5
• [2005.03.30] DO THE MOTION #1
• [2005.08.31] make a secret #5
• [2005.11.23] Dakishimeru (抱きしめる) #9
• [2006.01.18] Everlasting #4
• [2006.04.05] Nanairo no Ashita ~brand new beat~ / Your Color (七色の明日~brand new beat~) #3
• [2006.08.09] KEY OF HEART / DOTCH #7
• [2006.11.01] Winter Love #2
• [2007.04.25] Sweet Impact #5
• [2007.09.26] LOVE LETTER #3
• [2007.12.12] LOSE YOUR MIND
• [2008.02.20] be with you.
• [2008.06.04] Vivid
• [2009.02.18] Eien/Universe/Believe in LOVE (永遠)

Collaboration / Other

• [2001.12.19] BoA & Koda Kumi - "the meaning of peace"
• [2002.10.30] MONDO GROSSO feat. BoA - "Everything needs love"
• [2003.02.26] PALM DRIVE feat. BoA & FIRSTKLAS - "HOLIDAY"
• [2003.09.26] BRATZ feat. BoA & Howie D. - "Show Me What You Got"
• [2004.03.17] m-flo loves BoA - "the Love Bug"
• [2004.05.26] m-flo - "ASTROMANTIC" (#10 the Love Bug)
• [2004.09.15] m-flo - "ASTROMANTIC CHARM SCHOOL" (#5 the Love Bug -Big Bug NYC Remix-)
• [2006.03.01] The Japan Gold Disc Award 2006 (#8 Meri Kuri)
• [2007.10.31] SEAMO - "Round About" (#4 Hey Boy, Hey Girl feat. BoA)
• [2009.04.29] ravex - "trax" (#6 Believe in LOVE feat. BoA)

VHS

• [2003.03.19] 8 Films

DVD

• [2003.03.19] 8 Films & more
• [2003.07.02] BoA FIRST LIVE TOUR 2003 -VALENTI-
• [2004.07.07] BoA LIVE TOUR 2004 -LOVE & HONESTY-
• [2004.12.08] BoA FIRST LIVE TOUR 2003 -VALENTI- (Low price limited release)
• [2005.07.05] BoA ARENA TOUR 2005 -BEST OF SOUL-
• [2007.03.07] BoA the LIVE Ura BoA... Kikase Kei (裏ボア・・・聴かせ系)
• [2007.03.07] BoA COMPLETE CLIPS 2004-2006
• [2007.08.08] BoA ARENA TOUR 2007 MADE IN TWENTY(20)

Photobooks

Naturelle

• [2003.12.17] Naturelle amazon.co.jp

USA Discography

USA Albums

• [2009.03.17] BoA

USA Singles

• [2008.10.21] Eat You Up

External Links

• Official Japanese Website (Avex Trax)
• Official Korean Website (SM Entertainment)