BoA profile

Nama    : Kwon BoA (Kwon Boa, Kwan BoA, Gwon Bo-a)
Julukan       : Kkamshi, Beat Angel (BoA)
Tanggal lahir: November 5, 1986
Tempat lahir: Guri, Gyeonggi-do, Korea Selatan
Tinggi: 160cm
Jenis Darah: AB
Agama: Katolik
Pendidikan: Sekolah Luar Negeri Korea Kent, Seoul
Bahasa lisan: Korea, Jepang, Inggris
Profesi: Penyanyi
Hobi: Menyanyi, menari, mendengarkan musik, menonton film
Kartun favorit karakter: Winnie the Pooh
Penyanyi favorit: Nelly, Britney Spears, Brian McKnight, Pink, Janet Jackson, Jay-Z

About BoA :
BoA adalah penyanyi pop Korea Selatan. Album dan singel BoA dirilis dalam bahasa Korea dan Jepang. Selain fasih dalam kedua bahasa tersebut, BoA lancar berbahasa Inggris dan sedang mempelajari bahasa Mandarin. BoA pernah berkolaborasi dengan artis-artis seperti Mondo Grosso, Westlife, Palm Drive, m-flo, Soul'd Out, dan Howie Dorough dariBackstreet Boys.
BoA pernah datang ke Indonesia dan tampil dalam Anugerah Musik Indonesia (AMI) Samsung Award 2004. Album BoA diproduksi dan dirilis di Indonesia oleh Indo Semar Sakti.

Pada 14 Oktober 2008, dibawah label SM Entertainment USA, subdivisi dari SM Entertainment, BoA tampil di Amerika Serikat dengan singel "Eat You Up" dan merilis album bahasa Inggris pertamanya, BoA pada tanggal 17 Maret 2009.

Album kompilasi Best of Soul menjadikan BoA sebagai penyanyi Asia non-Jepang pertama yang albumnya laku lebih dari satu juta keping di Jepang. Semua album yang dirilis di Jepang (5 album studio dan 1 album kompilasi) berhasil menempati urutan nomor satu tangga album Oricon.

BoA sudah senang menyanyi dan menari sejak di taman kanak-kanak. Pada bulan Juni 1998, BoA diajak pergi menemani kakak laki-lakinya yang seorangstreet dancer ke audisi calon penyanyi yang diadakan SM Entertainment. BoA sedang berada di pojok ruangan melihat-lihat saja ketika direktur produksi melihatnya. Boa dimintanya untuk menari, dan direktur produksi menemukan bakat terpendam BoA yang masih kelas 5 SD. Sewaktu di sekolah menengah pertama, BoA sangat sibuk berlatih menjadi artis profesional. BoA diberi les pelajaran bahasa Jepang karena SM Entertainment ingin BoA melakukan debut di Jepang. Sewaktu masih berusia 13 tahun, BoA menginjakkan kaki untuk pertama kalinya di Jepang. Libur musim panas selama sebulan dipakainya untuk homestay di Tokyo untuk belajar bahasa Jepang di rumah seorang penyiar NHK.

Album kompilasi Best of Soul (dan Best of Soul -Perfect Edition-) dirilis 2 Februari 2005. Isinya 16 singel berbahasa Jepang, termasuk bonus "La La La Love Song" (duet dengan Soul'd Out). Album tersebut sampai di urutan nomor satu Oricon, dan laku 1 juta 3 ribu keping setelah beredar selama 16 minggu. Konser "Best of Soul" dilangsungkan 8 kali di 4 kota besar di Jepang. Hasilnya dikemas dalam album konser BoA Arena Tour 2005 -Best of Soul- yang termasuk salah satu album terlaris tahun 2005 di Jepang.

Singel ke-16, "Do the Motion" adalah singel pertama BoA yang berhasil di urutan nomor satu tangga singel Oricon. BoA menjadi artis Asia non-Jepang ke-4 yang pernah memiliki singel di puncak tangga Oricon setelah Ouyang Feifei, Agnes Chan, dan Judy Ongg. Terakhir kali artis Asia non-Jepang yang menempatkan singelnya di urutan nomor satu adalah Ouyang Feifei ("Love is Over", 26 Desember 1983).

Album Korea ke-5, Girls on Top yang dirilis 23 Juni 2005 laku sekitar 295 ribu keping, dan sampai di puncak tangga album Korea Selatan dan Taiwan. Penghargaan Artis Wanita Terbaik juga diterimanya dari Festival Video Musik Mnet. Sebagai penutup tahun 2005, BoA merilis singel Merry Christmas from BoA, dan tampil membawakan lagu "Dakishimeru" di acara malam tahun baru NHK.

Kompilasi Album

Year	Title	Peak chart positions	Certifications (sales thresholds)
		JPN
2004	K-pop Selection Released: March 3, 2004 Label: Avex Trax Format: CD, CD+DVD	13	—
2005	Best of Soul Released: February 2, 2005 Label: Avex Trax Format: CD, CD+DVD	1	RIAJ: Million[18] Sales: 1,060,039+[13]Worldwide: 1,200,000+[11]
2009	Best & USA Released: March 18, 2009 Label: Avex Trax Format: CD, 2CD, 2CD+2DVD, digital download	2	RIAJ: Gold Sales: 200,000+[19]

Remix Album

Year	Title	Peak chart positions	Certifications (sales thresholds)
		JPN [1]
2002	Peace B. Remixes Released: August 7, 2002 Label: Avex Trax Format: CD	18	Sales: 21,400+
2003	Next World Released: August 27, 2003 Label: Avex Trax Format: CD	4	RIAJ: Platinum[20] Sales: 250,000+

SM Town collaborations

Title	Tracks contributed
Christmas Winter Vacation in SMTown.com Released: December 8, 2000	1. "창밖을 봐요 (Waiting For White Christmas)" - SM Town 6. "Merry Christmas" 13. "Christmas Time"
Christmas Winter Vacation in SMTown.com – Angel Eyes Released: December 4, 2001	1. "Angel Eyes" - SM Town 7. "Feliz Navidad" 15. "겨울바람 (Winter Wind)"
Summer Vacation in SMTown.com Released: June 10, 2002	3. "Summer Vacation" - SM Town 7. "My Boy" 14. "Amazing Kiss"
2002 Winter Vacation in SMTown.com – My Angel My Light Released: December 6, 2002	Disc 1: 1. "My Angel, My Light" - SM Town 4. "Snow in My Mind" - Shoo, BoA, M.I.L.K Disc 2: 1. "Dear My Family" - SM Town 5. "Jewel Song"
2003 Summer Vacation in SMTown.com Released: June 18, 2003	1. "Hello! Summer!" - SM Town 5. "Summer in Dream" - Moon Hee Jun, Shoo, BoA, Jae Won, Hyun Jin, Jae Young 6. "Romeo"
2003 Winter Vacation in SMTown.com Released: December 4, 2003	1. "두번째 겨울 (Snowflake)!" - SM Town 5. "Feels the Same"
2004 Summer Vacation in SMTown.com Released: July 2, 2004	1. "Hot Mail (여름편지)" - SM Town 3. "Lollipop" 16. "Midnight Parade"
2006 Summer SMTown Released: June 20, 2006	1. "Full Sun (Red Sun)" - SM Town 5. "TOUCH"
2006 Winter SMTown - Snow Dream Released: December 12, 2006	1. "Snow Dream" - SM Town 7. "DOTCH"
2007 Summer SMTown - Fragile Released: July 5, 2007	2. "Let's Go on a Trip! - SM Town 4. "이브의 경고 (Eve Warning)" (feat. Shin Dong) 8. "조개껍질 묶어 (Tie Clam Shells) (A Cappella)" - BoA, Junsu, Changmin, Lina, Sunday, Ryeo Wook, Ye Sung
2007 Winter SMTown - Only Love Released: December 7, 2007	1. "Only Love" - SM Town 2. "12월 27일 (On December 27th)"

Singles

Year	Title	Charts			Copies sold	Album
		JPN [1]	KOR	U.S. Dance Club[22]
2001	"ID; Peace B"	20	—	—	Sales: 40,470+	Listen to My Heart
	"Amazing Kiss"	23	—	—	Sales: 59,450+
	"Kimochi wa Tsutawaru"	15	—	—	Sales: 77,220+
2002	"Listen to My Heart"	5	—	—	Sales: 179,590+
	"Every Heart: Minna no Kimochi"	10	—	—	Sales: 84,430+
	"Don't Start Now"	17	—	—	Sales: 20,580+
	"Valenti"	2	—	—	Sales: 201,810+	Valenti
	"Kiseki / No.1"	3	—	—	Sales: 129,462+
	"Jewel Song / Beside You: Boku o Yobu Koe"	3	—	—	Sales: 151,485+
2003	"Shine We Are! / Earthsong"	2	—	—	Sales: 144,264+	Love & Honesty
	"Double (Double/Midnight Parade/Milky Way: Kimi no Uta)"	2	8	—	Sales: 82,395+
	"Rock with You"	5	11	—	Sales: 58,314+
2004	"Be the One"	15	—	—	Sales: 24,293+
	"Quincy / Kono Yo no Shirushi"	4	—	—	Sales: 82,614+	Best of Soul
	"Meri Kuri"	5	10	—	Sales: 136,725+
2005	"Do the Motion"	1	—	—	Sales: 169,542+	Outgrow
	"Make a Secret"	5	—	—	Sales: 54,453+
	"Dakishimeru"	9	—	—	Sales: 58,436+
2006	"Everlasting"	4	6	—	Sales: 74,744+
	"Nanairo no Ashita: Brand New Beat / Your Color"	3	—	—	Sales: 90,123+	Made in Twenty (20)
	"Key of Heart / Dotch"	4	—	—	Sales: 40,943+
	"Winter Love"	2	—	—	Sales: 99,078+
2007	"Sweet Impact"	5	—	—	Sales: 42,789+	The Face
	"Love Letter"	3	—	—	Sales: 43,524+
	"Lose Your Mind"	6	—	—	Sales: 22,961+
2008	"Be with You."	13	—	—	Sales: 15,636+
	"Vivid: Kissing You, Sparkling, Joyful Smile"	5	—	—	Sales: 29,304+	Best & USA
	"Eat You Up"	—	—	8	Sales: N/A	BoA
2009	"Eien/Universe/Believe in Love"	8	—	—	Sales: 22,354+	Best & USA
	"I Did It for Love" (featuring Sean Garrett)	—	—	19	Sales: N/A	BoA
	"Energetic"	—	—	17	Sales: N/A
	"Bump Bump!" (featuring Verbal)	8	—	—	Sales: 12,706+	Identity
	"Mamoritai: White Wishes"	3	—	—	Sales: 50,613+
2010	"Woo Weekend"	10	—	—	Sales: 12,459+	TBA
2011	"I See Me"	—	—	—	Sales: N/A
	"Milestone" (DVD Single)	4‡	—	—	Sales: 7,722+	TBA

Collaboration singles

Year	Title	Charts		Album
		JPN [1]	KOR
2001	"The Meaning of Peace" with Kumi Koda	12	—	Listen to My Heart
2002	"Everything Needs Love" (Mondo Grosso featuring BoA)	32	—	Next World
2003	"Holiday" Palmdrive featuring BoA & Firstklas	27	—
	"Show Me What You Got" (Bratz featuring BoA & Howie D.)	—
2004	"O Holy Night" with TVXQ	—
	"The Love Bug" (M-Flo loves BoA	8
	"Tri-Angle" with TVXQ & The TRAX	—
2007	"AnyBand"	—
2009	"Girlfriend (Crystal Kay feat. BoA)"	31

Albums

BoA

• "Eat You Up"
• "Look Whos Talking"
• "I Did It For Love"
• "Energetic"

Other

• "Amazing Kiss" (English Version)
• "Flying Without Wings" - Westlife featuring BoA
• "Show Me What You Got" - Bratz feat.BoA & Howie D. (Backstreet Boys)
• "Everything Needs Love" feat. BoA - Mondo Grosso
• "Everything Needs Love" feat. BoA (Live Ver.) - Mondo Grosso

Korean

Albums

ID; Peace B

• "ID; Peace B"
• "Sara"

Jumping into the World

• "Don't start now"

No.1

• "No. 1"
• "Neul.." (늘.., lit. Waiting..)
• "My Sweetie"
• "Listen to my Heart"

Miracle

• "Gi Jeok" (기적, lit. Destiny)
• "Every Heart"
• "Valenti"

Altantis Princess

• "Atlantis SoNyeo" (아틀란티스 소녀, lit. Atlantis Princess)
• "Milky Way"

Shine We Are

• "Shine We Are!"

My Name

• "My Name"
• "My Prayer"
• "Ba Bo Gat Jo" (바보같죠, lit. Stay in Love)

Girls on Top

• "Girls on Top / Ga Eul Pyun Ji" (가을편지)
• "Moto"

Hurricane Venus

• "Game"
• "Hurricane Venus"

Copy & Paste

• "Copy & Paste"

Singles

"Double"

• "Double"

"Rock with You"

• "Rock with You"

"Merry-Chri"

• "Merry-Chri" (메리-크리)

"Everlasting"

• "Everlasting"

"Key of Heart"

• "Key of Heart"

Other

Special Collaboration - Anyband (BoA, Xiah Junsu, Jin Bora, Tablo)

• "TPL (Talk, Play, Love) / Promise U"

SM Town featured

• "Look Outside the Window" (Winter Vacation 2000)
• "Angel Eyes" (Winter Vacation 2001)
• "Summer Vacation" (Summer Vacation 2002)
• "My Angel, My Light" (Winter Vacation 2002)
• "Hello Summer" (Summer Vacation 2003)
• "Summer in Dream" (Summer Vacation 2003)
• "Snowflake" (Winter Vacation 2003)
• "Hot Mail" (여름편지) (Summer Vacation 2004)
• "Red Sun" (태양은 가득히) (Summer Vacation 2006)
• "Snow Dream" (Winter Vacation 2006)
• "Let's Go on a Trip" (여행을 떠나요) (Summer Vacation 2007)
• "Only Love" (사랑 하나죠) (Winter Vacation 2007)

Promotions and featured songs

• "Midnight Parade" (stream & promo only - Winter Vacation 2003)
• "The Lights of Seoul" (promo only)
• "Tri-Angle" (TVXQ feat. BoA & TRAX)
• "The Love Bug" (M-Flo Tour 2007 Cosmicolor) (stream & promo only)

Japanese

Listen to My Heart

• "ID; Peace B"
• "Amazing Kiss"
• "Kimochi wa Tsutawaru"
• "Listen to My Heart"
• "Every Heart: Minna no Kimochi"

Valenti

• "Valenti"
• "Kiseki"
• "Jewel Song"

Outgrow

• "Do the Motion"
• "Make a Secret"
• "Dakishimeru"
• "Everlasting"

Made in Twenty (20)

• "Nanairo no Ashita: Brand New Beat"
• "Key of Heart"
• "Winter Love"

The Face

• "Sweet Impact"
• "Love Letter"
• "Lose Your Mind" (feat. Yutaka Furukawa from Doping Panda)
• "Be With You"

Best&USA

• "Kissing You"
• "Sparkling"
• "Eien"

Identity

• "Bump Bump!" feat. Verbal (m-flo)
• "Mamoritai: White Wishes"
• "Possibility"

Other

• "Holiday" (Palmdrive feat. BoA & Firstklas)
• "The Love Bug" (m-flo Loves BoA)
• "Everlasting" (Premium Version) (stream & promo only)
• "Lady Galaxy" live from Arena Tour 2007 Made in Twenty (20) (promo only)
• "Nanairo no Ashita: Brand New Beat" live from Arena Tour 2007 Made in Twenty (20) (promo only)
• "Hey Boy, Hey Girl" (Seamo feat. BoA)
• "Be With You" (Movie Version) (promo only)
• "Girl in the Mirror" live from Live Tour 2008 The Face (promo only)
• "Lazer" live from Live Tour 2010 Identity (promo only)
• "Woo Weekend"

BoA Awards:

Years	Awards
2000	2000 KMTV's Music Awards: Rookie of the Year
2001	2001 MTV Taiwan Music Awards: New Sound prize
2002	44th Japan Record Awards: Gold Prize 2002 M.net KM Music Festival: Best Dance Music (No.1) 2002 M.net KM Music Festival: Best Popular Music Video award (No.1) 13th Seoul Music Awards: Bonsang 13th Seoul Music Awards: Daesang 2002 SBS Gayo Awards: Bonsang 2002 SBS Gayo Awards: Daesang 2002 KMTV Music Awards: Artist of the year (Daesang) 2002 KMTV Music Awards: Bonsang 2002 Best Hits Song Festival : Gold Artist Award
2003	2003 MBC Music Awards: Bonsang 2003 KMTV Music Awards: Bonsang 2003 KMTV Music Awards: Artist of the year (Daesang) 2003 KBS Music Awards: Best Music Video 17th Japan Gold Disc Awards: Top 20 Albums Of The Year(Listen To My Heart) 17th Japan Gold Disc Awards: Top 20 Albums Of The Year(Valenti) 45th Japan Record Awards: Gold Prize 2003 Best Hits Song Festival : Gold Artist Award
2004	2004 MTV Asia Awards: Favorite Korean Artist 2004 MTV Asia Awards: Most Influential Asian Artist 2004 MTV Video Music Awards Japan: Best Dance Video (Double) 2004 SBS Gayo Awards: Bonsang 2004 M.net KM Music Festival: Best Superstar (Daesang) 2004 Golden Melody Awards: Best Album (Taiwan) 2004 Top Chinese Music Awards: Best Asian Star 46th Japan Record Awards: Gold Prize 17th Japan Gold Disc Awards: Music Videos of the Year (8 Films & more)
2005	2005 World Music Awards: Best Selling Artist (Korea) 2005 M.net KM Music Festival: Best Female Artist 2005 Best Hits Song Festival : Gold Artist Award 19th Japan Gold Disc Awards: Top 20 Albums Of The Year (Love & Honesty)
2006	2006 Best Hits Song Festival : Gold Artist Award 48th Japan Record Awards: Gold prize 20th Japan Gold Disc Awards: Top 20 Albums Of The Year (Best Of Soul)
2007	18th Jewellery Best Dresser Awards: Best Dresser (Female Category) 14th Korea Entertainment Arts Award: Popular Overseas Award South Korea's Ministry of Culture and Tourism: Annual Hallyu Award South Korea's Ministry of Culture and Tourism: Young Contemporary Artist Award 2007 Best Hits Song Festival : Gold Artist Award 49th Japan Record Awards: Gold prize
2009	2009 Billboard Japan Awards: Publisher's award
2010	2010 M.net Asian Music Awards: Best Solo Female Artist 25th Golden Disk Awards: Disk Bonsang J-Station Music Awards 2010: Best Original Song written for a Video Game - “Mamoritai ~White Wishes~” (for Tales of Graces)