Kwon Bo-ah (born November 5, 1986), known professionally as BoA, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. Since her debut in August 2000, BoA has released twenty studio albums, including ten in Korean, nine in Japanese, and one in English. She is the only foreign artist to have three albums sell more than one million copies in Japan. BoA’s multilingual skills have contributed to her commercial success throughout Asia.
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Kwon Bo-ah (born November 5, 1986), known professionally as BoA, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. Since her debut in August 2000, BoA has released twenty studio albums, including ten in Korean, nine in Japanese, and one in English. She is the only foreign artist to have three albums sell more than one million copies in Japan and is one of only three artists to have six consecutive number-one studio albums on the Oricon charts since her debut. BoA’s multilingual skills have contributed to her commercial success throughout Asia outside of South Korea such as China, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan. She has appeared as a judge on the reality competition show K-pop Star, as an actress on the television drama Listen to Love, and as a host for the second season of Produce 101. She also served as a coach for the third season of The Voice of Korea. She was 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. Her debut Japanese album, Listen to My Heart, was released on March 13, 2002, and became an RIAJ-certified million-seller. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, she recorded the charity single \”The Meaning of Peace\” with Kumi Koda as part of Avex’s Song Nation project to raise funds for charity.
From 2001 to 2007, Boa hosted Beat it BoA’s World, a radio program on the Japan FM Network. Her second Japanese studio album, Valenti, became her best-selling album, with over 1,249,000 copies sold, and also peaked at number-three position on the number-two position. Later that year, she launched her first Japanese concert tour, Live Valenti: You’ve Got The Love, Beside You. She currently lives in Japan with her husband and their two children, who live in Seoul, South Korea and Tokyo, Japan. She released her second Korean mini-album, Don’t Start Now, in early 2001; it sold around 90,000 units and became the fourth-best-selling record of the year in South Korea. The same month, she released the Japanese single, Jumping into the World, which peaked at the No. 1 position. In the same month on the same day on the Korean charts, she also released her third Korean album, No. 1, a month later. Her first Japanese album was released in March 2002; it was a breakthrough in her career, becoming the first album by a Korean artist to do so. It was promoted with several singles: the Top 20 hit \”ID; Peace B\”, \”Amazing Kiss\”, \”Kimochi wa Tsutawaru\”, the Top 5 hit \”Listen to My heart,\” and the Top 10 hit \”Every Heart: Minna no Kimochi\”.
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