- Born
- Birth nameBo-Ah Kwon
- Nicknames
- Kkamshi
- Queen of Korean Pop
- Height5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- Kwon Boa, commonly stylized and known by her stage name BoA, which is a backronym for Beat of Angel, is a South Korean singer and actress active in South Korea, Japan, and the United States. She is referred to as the Queen of Korean Pop.
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 Chinese) have contributed to her commercial success throughout East Asia. She is the only foreign artist to have three albums selling more than one million copies in Japan and is one of only two artists to have six consecutive number-one studio albums on the Oricon charts since her debut, the other being Ayumi Hamasaki. BoA has sold over 10 million records throughout her career, including albums, singles, and DVD's.
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- Her long hair
- Her dancing skills
- BoA is an acronym with 2 official meanings: "Beat of Angel" and "Best of Asia", though it became a backronym meaning "Bring on America" when she was being promoted for her American debut.
- Fluent in English, Korean, and Japanese.
- Discovered by S.M. Entertainment in South Korea, when her older brother auditioned.
- While she is a major star in Japan and Korea with her albums selling millions, her American self-titled debut was lackluster, selling an estimated 11,000 copies.
- Has two brothers
- You have to become the 'first of yourself' instead of trying to become the second of anyone.
- Working ten times as hard will make you twice as good.
- To find out that there is even one devoted fan who loves you, as a singer, without any condition, gives you tremendous amount of strength and courage. I work over and over again so I don't disappoint those people.
- I am no longer fearful or uncomfortable about showing myself. And I realized I shouldn't get ahead of myself and lock myself in fear and worry even before something happens. I think these thoughts are what make me realize that I am maturing, going from my 20s to a full-fledged adult.
- Most people say that Asian or female artists should be sexy in America, but I don't think that I have to be like that. I have a tomboy style. My choreography is not that way. So, I want to focus on my music style to match the choreography, which is really cool. No girls can dance those moves. I try to make them really fresh.
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