Kwon Bo-ah (; born November 5, 1986), known professionally as BoA,
is a South Korean singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer and actress. One of the most successful and influential Korean entertainers, she has been dubbed the "
Queen of K-pop."
Born and raised in
Gyeonggi-do
Gyeonggi-do (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Its name, ''Gyeonggi'', means "京 (the capital) and 畿 (the surrounding area)". Thus, ''Gyeonggi-do'' can be translated as "Seoul and the surrounding areas of Seoul". Seoul, the na ...
, South Korea, BoA was discovered by
SM Entertainment
SM Entertainment Co., Ltd. () is a South Korean multinational entertainment agency. It is one of South Korea's largest entertainment companies where it was established in 1995 by record executive and record producer Lee Soo-man. The company ha ...
talent agents when she accompanied her older brother, a music video director, to a talent search in 1998. She was trained for two years
and made her debut in August 2000. BoA has released twenty studio albums, including ten in Korean, nine in Japanese, and one in English. On television, she appeared as a judge on the reality competition show ''
K-pop Star'' (2011–2013), as an actress on the
television drama
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
''
Listen to Love'' (2016), as a host for the
second season of ''
Produce 101
''Produce 101'' is a reality television talent competition franchise created by South Korean entertainment conglomerate CJ E&M, based around the formation of a K-pop girl group or boy group. The format is noted for having no panel of judges, em ...
'' (2017), and as a coach for the
third season of ''
The Voice of Korea'' (2020).
BoA's ability to sing in Japanese, English and Mandarin has helped her find commercial success beyond South Korea, in China, Japan, Taiwan, and Singapore. With the release of her debut Japanese studio album, ''
Listen to My Heart'' (2002), BoA became the first South 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
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
.
She is the only foreign artist with three albums that have sold more than one million copies in Japan and one of only three female artists with six consecutive number-one studio albums on the
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in N ...
charts since her debut, the others being Japanese singers
Ayumi Hamasaki
is a Japanese singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, model, spokesperson, and entrepreneur. By 2002, Hamasaki had earned the nickname "Empress of J-pop" due to her popularity in Japan and throughout Asia. Due to her success and relevanc ...
and
Hikaru Utada
, who is also known by the mononym Utada, is a Japanese-American pop singer, songwriter and producer. By 2010, Utada had become one of the most influential, and best-selling, musical artists in Japan.
Born in the United States to Japanese paren ...
.
Career
2000–2003: Debut and commercial success in South Korea and Japan
At age eleven, BoA accompanied her older brother to an SM Entertainment talent search. Though her brother was the one who auditioned as a break-dancer,
SM
talent scouts
Artists and repertoire (colloquially abbreviated to A&R) is the division of a record label or music publishing company that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists (singers, instrumentalist ...
instead took notice of BoA and offered her a contract on the same night as the auditions.
Her parents initially opposed the notion of BoA leaving school to enter the entertainment business but eventually consented at her older brothers' persuasion.
She has said that her early influence as a singer was
Seo Taiji
Jeong Hyeon-cheol (Korean: 정현철; born February 21, 1972), better known as Seo Taiji or Seo Tae-ji (서태지), is a South Korean singer, musician, songwriter and record producer. After dropping out of high school to pursue a music career, ...
.
BoA underwent two years of training (involving vocal, dance, English, and Japanese lessons), and at the age of thirteen she released her debut album ''
ID; Peace B
''ID; Peace B'' is the debut Korean-language studio album by South Korean singer BoA, released on August 25, 2000 by SM Entertainment. Commercially, it was only moderately successful in South Korea, peaking at number 16 on the Recording Industry ...
'' in South Korea on August 25, 2000. The album was moderately successful; it entered the Top 10 of the South Korean charts and sold around 156,000 units.
Meanwhile, her Korean record label, SM Entertainment, made arrangements with Japanese label
Avex Trax to launch her music career in Japan. She was forced to quit school to prepare
and in early 2001, BoA released her first
mini-album
A mini-LP or mini-album is a short vinyl record album or LP, usually retailing at a lower price than an album that would be considered full-length. It is distinct from an EP due to containing more tracks and a slightly longer running length. A ...
, ''
Don't Start Now''; it sold around 90,000 units. After its release, she took a hiatus from the Korean music industry to focus on the Japanese market at which time she worked to solidify her skills in Japanese.
BoA began her Japanese music career singing at the Avex-owned club
Velfarre.
Her debut Japanese album, ''
Listen to My Heart'', was released on March 13, 2002. The album was a breakthrough in BoA's career, becoming an
RIAJ
The is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved in the music industry. It was founded in 1942 as the Japan Phonogram Record Cultural Association, and adopted its current name in 1969.
The RIAJ's activities include ...
-certified million-seller and debuted atop the Oricon, the first album by a Korean artist to do so.
It was promoted with several singles: the Top 20 hit "
ID; Peace B
''ID; Peace B'' is the debut Korean-language studio album by South Korean singer BoA, released on August 25, 2000 by SM Entertainment. Commercially, it was only moderately successful in South Korea, peaking at number 16 on the Recording Industry ...
" (originally from the eponymous album), "
Amazing Kiss", "
Kimochi wa Tsutawaru", the Top 5 hit "Listen to My Heart," and the Top 10 "
Every Heart: Minna no Kimochi". After the
September 11, 2001 attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commerc ...
, BoA recorded the charity single "
The Meaning of Peace" with
Kumi Koda
, known professionally as , is a Japanese singer from Kyoto, known for her urban and R&B songs.
After debuting with the single " Take Back" in December 2000, Koda gained fame in March 2003 when the songs from her seventh single, " Real Emot ...
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.
After the release of ''Listen to My Heart'', BoA released her second Korean studio album, ''
No. 1'', a month later on April 12, 2002. The album sold around 544,853 units and became the fourth-best-selling record of the year in South Korea. ''Jumping into the World'' (a Japanese re-release of the mini-album ''Don't Start Now'') and the Japanese single "
Don't Start Now" were released a month later on the same day. At the end of the year, BoA released her second Korean mini-album ''
Miracle
A miracle is an event that is inexplicable by natural or scientific lawsOne dictionary define"Miracle"as: "A surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divi ...
''.
BoA's second Japanese studio album, ''
Valenti'' (January 2003), became her best-selling album, with over 1,249,000 copies sold.
Three singles preceded its release: "
Valenti," which peaked at the number-two position on the Oricon chart, "
Kiseki / No.1" and "
Jewel Song / Beside You: Boku o Yobu Koe", both which also peaked at the number-three position. In support of the album, BoA launched ''BoA 1st Live Tour Valenti'', her first Japanese concert tour. Later in the same year, BoA released her third Korean-language studio album, ''
Atlantis Princess'' on May 30, 2003 and then released a mini-album ''
Shine We Are!'' on December 4, 2003.The former was the fifth-best-selling South Korean record of the year with around 345,000 units sold; the latter sold around 58,000 units.
2004–2008: New image, foray into China, and creative control
Her third Japanese studio album, ''
Love & Honesty
''Love & Honesty'' is third Japanese studio album (sixth overall) by South Korean singer BoA, released via Avex Trax on January 15, 2004. The album also came in a "Perfect Edition" which had two discs—the standard CD and a DVD. ''Love & Honest ...
'' (January 2004) was a musical "change in direction": it contained a rock-dance song ("
Rock with You
"Rock with You" was written by Rod Temperton and produced by Quincy Jones. It was first offered to Karen Carpenter, while she was working on her first solo album, but she turned it down. It was released on November 3, 1979, by Epic Records ...
") and "harder" R&B.
Though the album failed to match ''Valenti'' in sales, it topped the Oricon chart for two weeks and became RIAJ-certified triple-platinum. In support of the album, BoA held a tour, ''Live Concert Tour 2004: Love & Honesty'', spanning nine performances and attracted approximately 105,000 attendants.
In contrast with ''1st Live Tour'', which "emphasized exotic Asian design", the ''Love & Honesty'' tour had an "outer-space, sci-fi" theme; among the props were a three-storey-high
space ship and the robot
Asimo. Her first
compilation album, ''
Best of Soul'' (February 2005), however, sold over a million copies, making BoA the first non-Japanese Asian singer to have two million-selling albums in Japan.
BoA reinvented her image for her fourth and fifth Korean albums, ''
My Name'' (June 2004) and ''
Girls on Top'' (June 2005), shedding the "cute" and "youthful" style that had characterized previous years and adopted a more "sexy" and "sultry" look.
The sales of BoA's Korean albums began to decline: ''My Name'' sold 191,000 units and became the eleventh-best-selling South Korean album in 2004 while ''Girls on Top'' ranked fourteenth in 2005 with 113,000 units sold. In September 2004, BoA instigated controversy in Japan when she donated
₩50 million to a memorial project for
Korean independence
The Korean independence movement was a military and diplomatic campaign to achieve the independence of Korea from Japan. After the Japanese annexation of Korea in 1910, Korea's domestic resistance peaked in the March 1st Movement of 1919, which w ...
activist and nationalist
An Jung-geun
Ahn Jung-geun, sometimes spelled Ahn Joong-keun (; 2 September 1879 – 26 March 1910; baptismal name: Thomas Ahn ), was a Korean-independence activist, nationalist, and pan-Asianist. He is famous for assassination of Itō Hirobumi, the firs ...
.
Her fourth Japanese studio album, ''
Outgrow
Outgrow is the fourth Japanese studio album (ninth overall) by South Korean singer BoA. It was released on February 15, 2006, and features the singles " Do the Motion", " Make a Secret", " Dakishimeru", and " Everlasting". The album also featur ...
'', (February 2006) reached the number-one spot on the Oricon chart for its first week of release, making it her fourth consecutive original Japanese album to do so. With 220,000 copies sold, it became her lowest-selling first-week debut for a studio album at that point. "
Do the Motion
"Do the Motion" is BoA's 15th Japanese CD single (and first of 2005), and third highest selling. This was also BoA's first number one single, and made her the first non-Japanese Asian singer to top the Oricon charts in over 21 years. This sing ...
", the first single from the album, reached the top spot, making her the fourth non-Japanese Asian to have a number-one single on the Oricon charts. "
Merry Christmas from BoA
The discography of South Korean musician BoA consists of twenty-one studio albums (three of which were reissued), eight compilation albums, three extended plays (EPs) and numerous singles. BoA debuted as a musician through South Korean talent ag ...
" (2005), the album's last single, was the singer's first digital single. That May, BoA renewed her contract with SM Entertainment until 2012. At the time it was noted that she had a shareholding in the company of 100,000 (Approximately worth $1m USD). She also voiced Heather the possum in the Korean and Japanese version of the animated film ''
Over the Hedge''. On September 21, 2006, she released her first digital single in Korea, a Korean version of "
Key of Heart". In support of ''Outgrow'', BoA launched a special
Zepp
The Zepp music halls are a group of Japanese music venues covering every area of the country. They play host to many international tours and are a popular stop among Japanese musicians. Each venue takes the Zepp name, along with the city in whic ...
tour, B0A The Live, on September 29, 2006, which lasted until October 29. She staged her first Christmas concert on December 7, 2006.

Three singles preceded BoA's fifth Japanese studio album, ''
Made in Twenty'' (January 2007): the Top 3 "
Nanairo no Ashita (Brand New Beat)/Your Color," the Top 10 "Key of Heart," and the No. 2 hit "
Winter Love." The album, which contained R&B and dance songs as well as ballads, debuted at the top of the weekly Oricon charts, making the album her sixth in a row to do so (including one compilation). Having previously compose the song "No More Make Me Sick" for ''Made in Twenty'', BoA assumed creative control over her sixth Japanese album, ''
The Face
The face is a part of the body, the front of the head.
Face may also refer to:
Film
* ''The Magician'' (1958 film) or ''The Face''
* ''The Face'' (1996 film), an American television film
* ''Face'' (1997 film), a British crime drama by Antoni ...
'' (February 2008).
The album debuted at the top of the weekly Oricon charts, making BoA one of only two artists in Japan to have six consecutive studio albums top the Oricon weekly charts (the other is
Ayumi Hamasaki
is a Japanese singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, model, spokesperson, and entrepreneur. By 2002, Hamasaki had earned the nickname "Empress of J-pop" due to her popularity in Japan and throughout Asia. Due to her success and relevanc ...
, who has eight consecutive number-one albums). On June 9, 2008, BoA and nine other artists from around the world recorded an English cover of
Wei Wei's "Dedication of Love". Produced by
Roald Hoffmann
Roald Hoffmann (born Roald Safran; July 18, 1937) is a Polish-American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He has also published plays and poetry. He is the Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters, Emeritus, at ...
and Brian Alan, the single was used to raise funds for victims of the
Sichuan earthquake. But due to a tight schedule, BoA was pulled back from this project. Korean jewelry brand Ramee also released, "Ramee by BoA", a line of jewelry designed by the singer herself.
2008–2012: American expansion and return to Asia
On September 2, 2008, it was announced that BoA would make her American debut under a new subsidiary label, SM Entertainment USA. Hoping to become a "world-renowned entertainer" in the vein of
Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. She is noted for her innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows. Her sound and choreog ...
, BoA's debut American single "Eat You Up," was produced by
Thomas Troelsen
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, and released on October 21, 2008. It charted at No. 9 on the ''Billboard''
Hot Dance Club Play
Dance Club Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. It is a national look over of club disc jockeys to determine the most popular songs being played in nightclubs across the country. It was launched as ...
chart.
To promote the single, BoA performed "Eat You Up" as well as other songs at YouTube's Tokyo Live concert, and performed in New York City on December 3, 2008, as well as the
Jingle Ball at the
Anaheim Honda Center on December 6, 2008. The following year, she released "
Eien/Universe/Believe in Love" and was also featured in
Ravex's single "Believe in Love."
BoA's
self-titled English album was released in the U.S. on March 17 and featured tracks by producers
Bloodshy and Avant
Bloodshy & Avant are a Swedish songwriting and production duo consisting of Christian "Bloodshy" Karlsson and Pontus "Avant" Winnberg. They have worked with many prominent artists, including Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue, Ms. Dynamite, Madonn ...
as well as a duet with
Sean Garrett. Her second Japanese compilation album, ''
Best & USA
''Best & USA'' is a 2009 album by the South Korean pop
Pop or POP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Pop music, a musical genre Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featu ...
'' was released on March 18 tying together a compilation of recent hits in Japan with her English-language debut. Though she stated that "
has always been my dream to debut in America," she found English tougher to learn than Japanese and despite living in West Beverly Hills, found it difficult to make friends.
BoA later headlined the
San Francisco Pride Festival on June 28, 2009, alongside
Solange Knowles
Solange Piaget Knowles (; born June 24, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter, performance artist, and actress. Expressing an interest in music from an early age, Knowles had several temporary stints as a backup dancer for Destiny's Child, whi ...
and
The Cliks
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in ...
, where she also performed the song "Energetic" for the first time in public, in addition to "Eat You Up" and "I Did It for Love." On August 31, SM USA released ''
BoA Deluxe'', a repackaged version of her debut English album. The album contained two new tracks and the radio edit version of "Energetic".

With her U.S. career struggling to gain traction, BoA returned to East Asia to release her seventh Japanese album, ''
Identity'' (February 2010). Promoted by the singles "
Bump Bump!" featuring
Verbal from
M-Flo
is a Japanese hip hop group consisting of record producer DJ Taku Takahashi, Verbal and Lisa.
Lisa left the group in 2002 to pursue a solo career and the remaining members then started the M-Flo Loves... project working different vocalists ...
and "
Mamoritai: White Wishes" (December 2009), the album only charted at No. 4, selling 37,606 copies in its first week. With little promotion from her label, it ended her run of six consecutive No. 1 albums, suggesting that it would be impossible for her to sustain her career in three territories simultaneously.
Her first Korean album in five years, ''
Hurricane Venus,'' was released on August 5, 2010, and sold 55,776 units making it the 22nd best selling album in South Korea for 2010. She also represented South Korea and performed at the
7th Asia Song Festival, organized by ''Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange'', at the
Seoul Olympic Stadium
The Seoul Olympic Stadium (), also known as Jamsil Olympic Stadium (formerly romanised as ''Chamshil''), is a multi-purpose stadium in Seoul, South Korea. It is the main stadium built for the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 10th Asian Games in 19 ...
.
BoA made her Hollywood movie debut in the dance film ''
Make Your Move 3D'', playing the character Aya opposite
Derek Hough. Although production ended in 2011, the film was released in 2013. The movie received mixed reviews, with Inkoo Kang of the ''
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the ...
'' praising the choreography but stating that "
enever actor Derek Hough and BoA stop leaping and twirling,
tis an underwritten mess." To celebrate the 10th anniversary of her Japanese debut, BoA released "
Milestone
A milestone is a numbered marker placed on a route such as a road, railway, railway line, canal or border, boundary. They can indicate the distance to towns, cities, and other places or landmarks; or they can give their position on the rou ...
," which ranked at No. 4 on the Oricon Weekly Music-DVD charts. She also held her 10th anniversary concert on December 10–11 at Tokyo International Forum.
Following the concert, BoA shifted her activities to her native county, joining the judging panel on
SBS's audition program ''
K-pop Star'' as a representative of S.M. Entertainment, alongside
Yang Hyun-suk
Yang Hyun-suk (born January 9, 1970) is a South Korean music executive, rapper, dancer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame as a member of Seo Taiji and Boys during the 1990s. After the group disbanded, he founded and became the Ex ...
from
YG Entertainment
YG Entertainment Inc. () is a South Korean multinational entertainment agency established in 1996 by Yang Hyun-suk. The company operates as a record label, talent agency, music production company, event management and concert production comp ...
and
Park Jin-young
Park Jin-young (Hangul: 박진영; born December 13, 1971), also known by his stage names J. Y. Park and The Asiansoul or the initials JYP, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer, record executive, and reality television show ju ...
from
JYP Entertainment
JYP Entertainment Corporation () is a South Korean multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate founded in 1997 by J. Y. Park. It is one of the largest entertainment companies in South Korea, and operates as a record label, tale ...
. BoA received praise for her ability as a judge with her insightful comments and discerning eyes, and also sang the theme song "One Dream." For her seventh Korean album, ''
Only One
Only may refer to:
Music Albums
* ''Only'' (album), by Tommy Emmanuel, 2000
* ''The Only'', an EP by Dua Lipa, 2017
Songs
* "Only" (Anthrax song), 1993
* "Only" (Nine Inch Nails song), 2005
* "Only" (Nicki Minaj song), 2014
* "The Only", by S ...
'' (July 2012), BoA wrote and composed its title track, while its dance steps choreographed by NappyTabs, who has previously worked with BoA in ''Cobu''. Upon its release, "Only One" achieved an all-kill on several music charts. She followed this up with the second "The Shadow," was released August 18, 2012. Additionally, she recorded the song "
Lookin'" featuring
The Quiett
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for Hyundai's 'Premium Younique Lifestyle' campaign.
2013–2015: Music production, television role, and 15th anniversary

BoA launched her first Korean tour with
BoA Special Live 2013: Here I Am tour at the Olympic Hall, and released the song "
Disturbance," which she wrote and composed, to commemorate her first concert tour in South Korea. In September 2013, BoA starred in KBS' two-episode drama special ''Expect to Date'' alongside
Choi Daniel and
Im Si-wan
Yim Si-wan (; born on December 1, 1988), known mononymously as Siwan, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boyband ZE:A and its sub-group ZE:A Five. As an actor, he is best known for starring in the film ''The A ...
, her full first role in a drama, following a string of cameo appearances. She received praise for her acting performance. She also participated in ''
Infinity Challenge's'' bi-annual song festival and was paired with
Leessang's
Gil, with the two co-produced the song "G.A.B". In March 2014, BoA was appointed as a de facto creative director in S.M. Entertainment, alongside labelmate
Kangta
Ahn Chil-hyun (born October 10, 1979), known professionally as Kangta (stylized sometimes in all caps and formerly as KangTa), is a South Korean singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, actor and radio personality. He is well known as a ...
; she was placed in charge of mental care of artists who debut at a young age.
The singles for BoA's eighth Japanese album, ''
Who's Back?
''Who's Back?'' is the eighth Japanese-language studio album (thirteenth overall) by South Korean singer BoA. It was released on September 3, 2014, by Avex Trax and compiles all of her singles released since her previous studio album ''Identity'' ...
'' (September 2014), were released over a span of four years prior to the album's release:"
Woo Weekend" and "I See Me" in 2010, "Milestone" in 2011,
Only One
Only may refer to:
Music Albums
* ''Only'' (album), by Tommy Emmanuel, 2000
* ''The Only'', an EP by Dua Lipa, 2017
Songs
* "Only" (Anthrax song), 1993
* "Only" (Nine Inch Nails song), 2005
* "Only" (Nicki Minaj song), 2014
* "The Only", by S ...
," "
Tail of Hope" and "
Message / Call My Name" in 2013, and "
Shout It Out" and "Masayume Chasing" in 2014. To promote the album, she embarked on her BoA Live Tour 2014 Who's Back? tour in September, her first Japanese tour in four years. After the tour concluded, BoA starred in her first Korean film, ''
Big Match'' alongside
Lee Jung-jae
Lee Jung-jae (; born December 15, 1972) is a South Korean actor and filmmaker. Considered one of the most successful actors in South Korea, he has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cri ...
and
Shin Ha-kyun though a Japanese single "Fly" was released on December 3, 2014.
Her eighth Korean album ''Kiss My Lips'' (May 2015) became her first entirely self-written, self-produced album, working alongside American producers The Underdogs and Stereotypes.
The single "Who Are You" (feat. Gaeko) was released prior to the album's unveiling, along with its accompanying music video, which starred EXO's
Sehun
Se-hun, also spelled Se-hoon or Sei-hoon, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 15 hanja with the reading "se" and 12 hanja with the reading "hun" on the South Korea ...
as the male lead. The rest of the album was unveiled on May 12 along with an official music video of the eponymous title track. ''Billboard'' called the singer a promising songwriter despite moments of musical blandness.
In July, she performed at the BoA Special Live 2015: Nowness to commemorate her 15th anniversary. The concert took place on August 22 and 23 at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in South Korea, making BoA the first female idol to hold a solo concert at the venue. This was followed by BoA Special Live 2015: Nowness in Japan which took place on December 11, 2015, at Tokyo International Forum Hall-A. Her 15th anniversary in Japan the following year was celebrated in a similar fashion, including the release of the song "Lookbook", and a 15th anniversary edition of BoA's Japanese Winter hit, "Meri Kuri." As part of S.M. Entertainment's special winter project, ''
Winter Garden
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The origin of the winter garden dates back to the 17th to 19th centuries where European nobility would construct large conservatories that would house tropical and subtro ...
,'' BoA released a digital single entitled "Christmas Paradise."
2016–present: Musical projects, television production, and acting debut
On January 12, 2016, BoA released an English-language single "Make Me Complete", which serves as the theme song for the Fuji TV special drama ''Ooku'', starring Sawajiri Erika and Watanabe Mayu. In June, she collaborated with Korean rapper
Beenzino
Lim Sung-bin (; born September 12, 1987), better known by the stage name Beenzino (Hangul: 빈지노), is a South Korean rapper. His stage name is a play on that of Boston rapper Benzino, combined with "빈" (pronounced "been") from his birth ...
for
S.M. Entertainment's ''
SM Station
SM Station is a digital music project by South Korean record label SM Entertainment. It undertook to release one digital single every Friday starting from February 3, 2016. The project's first season ended on February 3, 2017, with 52 songs. It ...
'' project. The duo released the single "No Matter What," which ranked atop five domestic charts. BoA worked with BeatBurger for another ''SM Station'' single titled "Music Is Wonderful", where she participated in the composing and writing of the track. From October to November 2016, BoA starred in JTBC's romance melodrama ''
Listen to Love'', returning to the small screen after three years.
The following year, BoA became one of the producers for
Mnet's
boy group
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survival reality show, ''
Produce 101 Season 2
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'', which aired from April 7 to June 16. BoA later released another song for ''SM Station'', "Spring Rain", an R&B number produced by Kenzie. In May, BoA embarked on her BoA The live in ''Billboard'' Live Tour, held in Tokyo and Osaka. She also released the single "Camo," a dance song with a heavy emphasis on bass and synthesizer sounds, which was a change in sound from her previous materials and produced by The Underdogs. In July, she released the Japanese single "Right Here, Right Everywhere" for the soundtrack of drama ''Yaneura no Koibito''. She later starred in the film ''Autumn Sonata'' alongside Lee Hak-joo, playing a terminally ill patient.

In 2018, BoA returned to Japan and released her ninth Japanese album ''Watashi Konomama de Iinokana'' on February 14, 2018, followed by EP ''Unchained'' in March. To accompany the release of the EP, she embarked on the BoA The Live 2018: Unchained Tour from March 15 to April 4. People who attend the concerts received a copy of ''Unchained''. On January 31, she released "Nega Dola", which served as a single for BoA's then-upcoming first extended play. The EP, ''
One Shot, Two Shot'', was released on February 20, alongside its titular lead single and the song's music video. The EP peaked at number six at the South Korean Gaon Album Chart and number seven at the ''Billboard'' World Albums Chart.
On October 24, she released her ninth Korean album ''
Woman
A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female humans regard ...
'' alongside a lead single of the same name.
The album peaked at number six at the Gaon Album Chart, number eleven at the ''Billboard'' World Albums Chart.
On June 4, 2019, she released the single "Feedback", which features rapper
Nucksal, alongside the song's music video.
BoA embarked on her #Mood Tour, which had six dates in Japan and two dates in Seoul, from September to October 2019. On October 23, she released a new Japanese single, "Wishing Well," which she earlier debuted on the tour. On December 11, 2019, she released her second extended play ''
Starry Night''.
In May 2020, BoA was featured as one of the coaches for the third season of
The Voice of Korea, alongside
Dynamic Duo,
Sung Si-kyung
Sung Si-kyung (; born April 17, 1979) is a South Korean singer, entertainer and television host. He debuted in 2001 and has released eight studio albums in Korean and two studio albums in Japanese. He has also hosted and appeared on numerous So ...
, and
Kim Jong-kook. On December 1, 2020, she released her tenth Korean album ''
Better''. SpoTV News shared BoA to join as a judge for Mnet Dance program "Street Woman Fighter". It is a female dance crew competition premiering in August 2021. On November 5, 2021, BoA released the Japanese single, "My Dear", to commemorate her 20th anniversary.
BoA was revealed as a member of the supergroup
Got the Beat on December 27, 2021. The group debuted on January 3, 2022.
To celebrate her 20th anniversary, BoA released the Japanese compilation album ''The Greatest'' on May 30, 2022.
Image and artistry

BoA lists hip hop as her main musical influence, though she also enjoys R&B. Her favorite musicians are
Whitney Houston
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,
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over a ...
,
Justin Timberlake, and
Ne-Yo
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;
as a result, much of BoA's music is either
dance-pop
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or R&B. Because she also sings
ballads
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French ''chanson balladée'' or '' ballade'', which were originally "dance songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and ...
, she is often compared to Japanese singers
Namie Amuro
Namie Amuro ( ; ja, 安室奈美恵, Amuro Namie, label=none; born September 20, 1977) is a Japanese former recording artist, producer, songwriter, dancer, model, actress and entrepreneur who was active between 1992 and 2018. A leading figure of ...
and
Ayumi Hamasaki
is a Japanese singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, model, spokesperson, and entrepreneur. By 2002, Hamasaki had earned the nickname "Empress of J-pop" due to her popularity in Japan and throughout Asia. Due to her success and relevanc ...
. Her debut album, ''ID; Peace B'', contained
urban pop, "slickly produced" ballads, and "upbeat dance tunes". As her career went on, she began experimenting with different styles: ''Valenti'' contained mostly ballads; ''Love and Honesty'' was an experiment with "harder" R&B and rock music.
''The Face'' was influenced by
electropop
Electropop is a hybrid music genre combining elements of electronic and pop genres. Writer Hollin Jones has described it as a variant of synth-pop with heavy emphasis on its electronic sound. The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a r ...
and included "happy spring" songs ("
Sweet Impact" and "Bad Drive"), a guitar-driven "groovy dance" song ("
Lose Your Mind"), and ballads. Because the composition and writing of BoA's songs is handled mostly by her staff, BoA has been criticized as being a "manufactured pop star".
[BoA has contributed to the writing and composition of 49 songs to date since the start of her career, and self-produced her seventh Japanese studio album ''IDENTITY''] In response to such criticism, BoA said that "if one person were to force their own will on something, then things that should have gone right could easily go wrong" and that she is "not all that unhappy with the expression that
he isa manufactured star. In a way, that is true. Because SM Entertainment created the environment and all the surrounding conditions,
he isable to be successful in the way
he isnow."
She later assumed creative control with ''The Face,''
while ''Kiss My Lips'' became her first entirely self-written, self-produced album.
BoA has collaborated with high-profile artists. Among the Japanese artists she has performed with are the hip hop group
M-Flo
is a Japanese hip hop group consisting of record producer DJ Taku Takahashi, Verbal and Lisa.
Lisa left the group in 2002 to pursue a solo career and the remaining members then started the M-Flo Loves... project working different vocalists ...
(for the single "The Love Bug"), pop singer
Kumi Koda
, known professionally as , is a Japanese singer from Kyoto, known for her urban and R&B songs.
After debuting with the single " Take Back" in December 2000, Koda gained fame in March 2003 when the songs from her seventh single, " Real Emot ...
, and
house
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DJ
Mondo Grosso. She has performed with Western artists: the song "Flying Without Wings" from her album ''Next World'' was a collaboration with Irish band
Westlife
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covering the
original song; the
Bratz single "
Show Me What You Got
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Song information
It is the first single from his "comeback" album ''Kingdom Come''. It was produced by Just Blaze.
The song samples " Show 'Em Wha ...
" was performed with
Howie D of the American band
Backstreet Boys
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The ...
.
She also worked with
Akon
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, singing the song "
Beautiful", which was featured on the Japanese release of his third album, ''
Freedom''. Other artists she has collaborated with are
Soul'd Out, Dabo, Verbal (of M-Flo), Rah-D,
Seamo,
TVXQ
TVXQ (stylized as TVXQ!), an initialism for Tong Vfang Xien Qi (), is a South Korean male Pop music, pop duo consisting of Yunho, U-Know Yunho and Changmin, Max Changmin. They are known as in Japanese releases, and are sometimes referred to as ...
, Yutaka Furakawa (of the band Doping Panda), and
Crystal Kay
is a Japanese singer, songwriter, actress and radio host.
After releasing her first single, " Eternal Memories" (1999), Crystal Kay gained fame for her third studio album, ''Almost Seventeen'' (2002), which debuted at number 2 on the Japanese ...
(for her single
After Love: First Boyfriend/Girlfriend). American rock band
Weezer
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covered "
Meri Kuri" on the Japanese version of their album ''
Weezer
Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1992. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Rivers Cuomo (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Patrick Wilson (drums, backing vocals), Scott Shriner (bass guitar, keyboards, backin ...
''.
Endorsements
Because of her wide appeal, BoA has appeared in advertisements for many brands.
Among the brands she has promoted are
Olympus,
Lotte,
Nike,
L'Oréal
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, Japanese cosmetic company
KOSÉ,
Skechers
Skechers USA, Inc. is an American multinational footwear company. Headquartered in Manhattan Beach, California, it was founded in 1992 and is now the third largest footwear brand in the United States.
History
Skechers was founded in 1992 by Rob ...
,
Audio-Technica
(stylized as audio-technica) is a Japanese company that designs and manufactures professional microphones, headphones, turntables, phonographic magnetic cartridges, and other audio equipment.
Company history
Audio-Technica was establishe ...
,
GM Daewoo
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and
L'Occitane. Several of her songs have been used in affiliation with television shows. "Every Heart: Minna no Kimochi" was used as the ending theme for the
anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...
''
InuYasha
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from November 1996 to June 2008, with its chapters collected in fifty-six '' ...
''; "Beside You: Boku o Yobu Koe" was used as the opening theme for the anime ''
Monkey Typhoon''; "Key of Heart" was the theme song for the Japanese release of ''
Over the Hedge'';
"Your Color" was the theme song of the video game ''
Ninety-Nine Nights''; "Mamoritai: White Wishes" was the theme song of the video game ''
Tales of Graces,''. "Tail of Hope" was used as the theme for the Japanese drama "''
Hakui no Namida
is a Japanese television drama series.
Cast
* Miki Mizuno
*Masaru Nagai
is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Masaru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*勝, "excel"
*優, "excel"
*大, "large"
*� ...
,''" and "Masayume Chasing" was used as the 15th opening theme song for the anime "''
Fairy Tail
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.''"
In 2007,
Anycall
Anycall () was a South Korean mobile phone brand established by Samsung Electronics in 1993. Like other mobile phone brands in South Korea, they provide technology such as cameras, internet access, and digital TV through Digital Multimedia Broadc ...
(a
Samsung
The Samsung Group (or simply Samsung) ( ko, 삼성 ) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea. It comprises numerous affiliated businesses, most of them united under the ...
brand) signed BoA,
Xiah (of TVXQ),
Tablo
Daniel Armand Lee (Korean: Lee Seon-woong; Hangul: 이선웅; born July 22, 1980), better known by his stage name Tablo (Hangul: 타블로), is a Korean-Canadian hip hop recording artist, lyricist, composer and record producer. Tablo is best k ...
(of
Epik High
Epik High (Hangul: 에픽하이) is a South Korean hip hop trio formed in 2001, composed of Tablo, Mithra Jin, and DJ Tukutz. Primarily based in Seoul, the group signed with Woollim Entertainment and released their first two studio albums, ...
), and jazz pianist
Jin Bora onto "
Anyband", a band created specifically to promote Anycall. The band released only one single, "
AnyBand". In December 2010, she recorded "
I See Me" for to promote Audio Technica headphones in Japan. The song "Woo Weekend" was used to promote Disney on Ice's 25th Anniversary in Japan while "Lookbook" served as the ending theme for the NTV Kei program ''Tokui to Goto to Uruwashi no SHELLEY ga Konya Kurabete Mimashita.'' In August 2017, it was announced that BoA was chosen as promotional ambassador for Jeju Biennale, an inaugural international art event on the resort island of Jeju. In Her widespread popularity has also made her a "cultural ambassador"; she has represented South Korea in inter-Asian musical events and has appeared in an
Oxford University Press
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-published English-language textbook.
Impact
Dubbed the "Queen of
K-pop
K-pop (), short for Korean popular music, is a form of popular music originating in South Korea as part of South Korean culture. It includes styles and genres from around the world, such as pop, hip hop, R&B, experimental, rock, jazz, g ...
", BoA is considered one of this century's top artists in East Asia; her popularity in the latter is attributed to her linguistic skills (she speaks and records in Japanese, Korean, and English) and a Japanese
interest in Korean pop culture started in the early 2000s when the two countries began promoting cultural exchanges. BoA's popularity extends throughout
East Asia
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; she has fans in
China,
Hong Kong
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,
Singapore
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and
Taiwan
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. She had expressed plans to enter a global market; in June 2006, the music video of her Korean song "My Name" became the first music video ever shown on
MTV K
MTV K was an English-language online media hub under the MTV brand that focused on Korean pop music for a global audience. Owned and operated by parent company Viacom Media Networks, MTV K was based out of New York City and provided original me ...
, an
MTV music channel directed at
Korean American
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s.
In 2021, ''
South China Morning Post'' estimated her net worth to be over
US$25 million.
Though her earlier releases were marked by a "cute" and "youthful" style, BoA began to present a more "mature" image starting from the album ''My Name''. In a ''
Talk Asia
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'' interview,
Anjali Rao noted that some felt that ''My Name'' marked the beginning of BoA's decline in popularity and asked if the public would always see the singer as "Little Baby BoA"; BoA replied, "So while I apologize to those people who still want the baby BoA, in fact, what can I do? I just keep growing up! I can't stop that from happening."
Various artists have cited BoA as an influence and role model, such as
Girls' Generation
Girls' Generation (), also known as SNSD, is a South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment. The group is composed of eight members: Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, and Seohyun. Originally a nine-piece e ...
's
Taeyeon
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,
Sunny,
Tiffany
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Known mononymously as "Tiffany":
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,
Hyoyeon,
Seohyun
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,
Shinee
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's
Key,
Exo's
Sehun
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,
Red Velvet's
Irene
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Irene, and related names, may refer to:
* Irene (given name)
Places
* Irene, Gauteng, South Africa
* Irene, South Dakota, United States
* Irene, Texas, United States ...
,
I.O.I's
Chungha
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,
Billlie
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's Tsuki, and
Aespa's Karina and Winter.
Discography
Korean albums
* ''
ID; Peace B
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'' (2000)
* ''
No. 1'' (2002)
* ''
Atlantis Princess'' (2003)
* ''
My Name'' (2004)
* ''
Girls on Top'' (2005)
* ''
Hurricane Venus'' (2010)
* ''
Only One
Only may refer to:
Music Albums
* ''Only'' (album), by Tommy Emmanuel, 2000
* ''The Only'', an EP by Dua Lipa, 2017
Songs
* "Only" (Anthrax song), 1993
* "Only" (Nine Inch Nails song), 2005
* "Only" (Nicki Minaj song), 2014
* "The Only", by S ...
'' (2012)
* ''
Kiss My Lips
''Kiss My Lips'' is the eighth Korean-language studio album (seventeenth overall) by
South Korean singer BoA. It was released digitally on May 12, 2015, and physically a day later by SM Entertainment, and distributed by KT Music. The album f ...
'' (2015)
* ''
Woman
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'' (2018)
* ''
Better'' (2020)
Japanese albums
* ''
Listen to My Heart'' (2002)
* ''
Valenti'' (2003)
* ''
Love & Honesty
''Love & Honesty'' is third Japanese studio album (sixth overall) by South Korean singer BoA, released via Avex Trax on January 15, 2004. The album also came in a "Perfect Edition" which had two discs—the standard CD and a DVD. ''Love & Honest ...
'' (2004)
* ''
Outgrow
Outgrow is the fourth Japanese studio album (ninth overall) by South Korean singer BoA. It was released on February 15, 2006, and features the singles " Do the Motion", " Make a Secret", " Dakishimeru", and " Everlasting". The album also featur ...
'' (2006)
* ''
Made in Twenty'' (2007)
* ''
The Face
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Face may also refer to:
Film
* ''The Magician'' (1958 film) or ''The Face''
* ''The Face'' (1996 film), an American television film
* ''Face'' (1997 film), a British crime drama by Antoni ...
'' (2008)
* ''
Identity'' (2010)
* ''
Who's Back?
''Who's Back?'' is the eighth Japanese-language studio album (thirteenth overall) by South Korean singer BoA. It was released on September 3, 2014, by Avex Trax and compiles all of her singles released since her previous studio album ''Identity'' ...
'' (2014)
* ''
Watashi Kono Mama de Ii no Kana
''Watashi Kono Mama de li no Kana'' (私このままでいいのかな; Am I Okay Like This?) is the eighteen major Japanese release and ninth Japanese studio album by South Korean singer BoA. It was released by Avex Trax on February 14, 2018, ...
'' (2018)
English albums
* ''
BoA'' (2009)
Awards
Filmography
Film
Television drama
Television shows
Tours
See also
*
Contemporary culture of South Korea
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*
Korean Wave
*
J-pop
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Footnotes
References
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21st-century South Korean women singers
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English-language singers from South Korea
Grand Prize Seoul Music Award recipients
Japanese-language singers of South Korea
Mandarin-language singers of South Korea
Living people
Korean Mandopop singers
K-pop singers
MAMA Award winners
People from Gyeonggi Province
SM Entertainment artists
SM Town
South Korean child singers
South Korean dance musicians
South Korean expatriates in Japan
South Korean expatriates in the United States
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South Korean female idols
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South Korean J-pop singers
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Synth-pop singers
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