

BoA underwent two years of training (involving vocal, dance, and Japanese lessons), and at the age of thirteen released her début album ID Peace B in South Korea on August 25, 2000. Her parents initially opposed the notion of BoA’s leaving school to enter the entertainment business but eventually consented at her brother’s persuasion. Though her brother was the one who auditioned, SM talent scouts instead took notice of BoA and offered her a contract. She is the only non-Japanese Asian to have two million-selling albums in Japan and is one of only two artists to have six consecutive number-one studio albums on the Oricon charts since her début.Ģ000-02 - Debut: At age eleven, BoA accompanied her older brother to an SM Entertainment talent search. (Though only a few of her songs are self-written, BoA began composing on her own with her Japanese début album Listen to My Heart, in which she co-wrote and composed the song “ Nothing’s Gonna Change”.)īoA’s multilingual skills (she speaks Japanese and conversational English along with her native Korean and has recorded songs in Mandarin Chinese) have contributed to her commercial success in South Korea and Japan and her popularity throughout East Asia. As the singer feels she does not “have any talent for writing ”, the writing and composition of her songs are handled mostly by her staff for this reason, she has drawn some criticism. Influenced by hip-hop & rnb singers - such as Nelly & Janet Jackson - many of BoA’s songs fall into those genres. Her USA début was, the single, “ Eat You Up” (14 Oct '08, SM Entertainment USA), followed by an English-language début album, “ BoA” (17 Mar '09). Two years later, she released her Japanese début album, “ Listen To My Heart” (Avex Trax). In 1998, she signed to SM Entertainment & after two years of training, débuted with “ ID Peace B” ( '00). She was discovered by SM Entertainment talent agents, when she accompanied her older brother to a talent search. , in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) - a backronym of 'Beat of Angel' (active in South Korea, Japan & USA). KANAME (CHEMISTRY) / Crystal Kay feat.1) A mononym of South Korean singer Kwon Boa / 권보아 (b. Vivid -Kissing you,Sparkling,Joyful Smile-Īfter Love -First Boyfriend- / GirlfriendĬrystal Kay feat. BoA THE LIVE 2011“X’mas” The 10 th Anniversary Editionīratz feat.
