Boa

: For other things named Boa, see Boa (disambiguation).

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BoA (born November 5, 1986 in Guri, Korea) is a South Korean pop singer. She has released albums in both South Korea and Japan, and her recording company, SM Entertainment, is positioning her as a cross-cultural star for all of Asia. She speaks native-level Korean, plus fluent Japanese and conversational English, and is learning Chinese.

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November 5 - 1986 - Guri - Korea - South Korea - Japan - SM Entertainment - Korean - Japanese - English - Chinese

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BoA broke records in both Korea and Japan with her smash hits, including "No. 1," "Valenti," and "Listen to My Heart". She has made strides in music and acting with chartbreaking albums released in both Japanese and Korean as well as being a covermodel for huge companies such as Shiseido, Honda, KDDI: Au,Calpis, and recently the Japanese division of Gap. BoA has also become a crosscultural icon, bridging historical tensions between the nations of Korea and Japan.

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Shiseido - Honda - Calpis - Gap

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When BoA was 11 years old, BoA's brother entered a talent contest to find a new multicultural star hosted by the Korean corporation SM Entertainment. The company invited their participants to bring younger siblings, and BoA's brother brought her along. Before long, SM had settled on her as their future star. After persuading her parents that their young girl should become a singer instead of continuing to study, SM began her training and she was learning the languages a cross-cultural Asian icon would need.

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In 2002, her album Listen to my Heart rocketed straight to #1 on the Japanese Oricon charts, during the time of the tension surrounding the 2002 World Cup, which was hosted by Korea and Japan.

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2002 - Oricon charts - World Cup - Korea - Japan

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BoA was awarded "Most Influential Asian Artist" and "Favorite Artist Korea" Prizes at MTV Asia Awards held in Singapore on February, 2004. Her songs are now popular even in Taiwan, PRC and some Southeast Asian countries. She is going to move her main theater from Japan to China. She will enter the Chinese market through dramas to spread her popularity first before submitting full Chinese language albums. It is rumoured that her next scheduled single (?????) will be released in three languages (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) marking her first single release in China (and first in three languages).

Related Topics:
MTV Asia Awards - Singapore - 2004 - Taiwan - PRC - Southeast Asian

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An official SM representative, Kim Young Min, from Herald Media, has stated that BoA is preparing for her U.S. debut. (Although this most likely is in the distant future)

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She appears on numerous magazine covers and some commercials, including KOSE, MISSHA, Lipton, Ting, Pantech & Curitel, Elite, Lotte, Maybelline, and Wired XYZ.

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BoA also appeared in the Korean Music Festival held in the Sydney Opera House on the 21st of June 2004 and in the Volvo "Hallyu" Concert in University City, California (outside of Los Angeles) on June 11, 2005.

Related Topics:
Sydney - Los Angeles

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Some of her accomplishments include becoming the fifth non-Japanese singer to release a number one single on the Oricon Chart and being the first non-Japanese singer to have more than one album sell over a million copies (Valenti and Best of Soul) in Japan.

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