All About BoA
And I though Hikaru Utada was talented... This girl Boa almost gives Hikaru a run for her money and she's very cute to boot. And released more albums then her as well.
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2/28/04 |
My Discography |
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2/13/04 |
Bio From http://www.boa-nation.com/profile.php Short Bio From http://www.asiafinest.com/korean/boa.htm |
Bio
This Bio From http://www.boa-nation.com/profile.php
Personal
Details
Name : Kwon Boa
Nickname : Kkamshi
Date of Birth : 5th November 1986
Place of Birth : Kyung Gi do
Height : 160cm
Weight : Confidential :P
Measurements : Confidential :P
Religion : Catholic
Interests & other
Hobbies & Talents : cross stitching, watching movies, reading magazines,
dancing, Japanese, doing imitations
Ideal Guy : A hip-hop boy that is cute, tall, skinny, has a fair face, and has
double eyelids
Most precious : Sara (her cat)
Fav. Music Genre : R&B and Dance
Fav. Singer : Whitney Houston
The Birth of BoA
SM’s idea three
years ago was to begin to make a huge star who would represent Asia. Their plan
was to make a star who would use the Korean music industry as a stepping stone
into Asia, and then into the world, in order to spread Korea’s prestige abroad.
At that time, the mainstream of the entertainment world was taken over by 13~16
year old female idol stars. The Japanese representative of an idol group, SPEED,
was also composed of girls around 15 years of age. With that point given, it was
obvious that it would be most favorable for our country to put out a [young]
girl who would go abroad. Also, [SM] figured that ‘they needed at least 2~3
years in order to completely finish the casting and training of this future
star’, so they concentrated first on casting.
They asked all of the candidates they met at national contests and talent shows,
and even those who came to the studio to audition, if they had a younger
sibling. And if they did, they went as far as to call those siblings in for
auditioning. Through this never-ending effort to find their future star, the
jewel that they found was BoA. At that time, BoA’s older brother had come to the
studio for an audition. The answer to the question "Do you have a younger
sibling" was the one and only 5th grader named BoA. At the time, she was 11
years old. BoA has trained ever since that young age for this day. The fact that
she sang at the audition that she had through her older brother was what guided
her into becoming a future star. The dancing and singing that the young
elementary student did at the audition showed plenty of potential to be a star.
BoA’s talent and passion, and her skills, although not yet fine tuned, were
extraordinary in spite of her young age. The company did however worry about how
well she could do at such a young age, but they couldn’t just let this
opportunity pass them by. As soon as SM found BoA, they quickly met with her
parents to persuade them into permitting her training. BoA also showed her
parents her strong interest in making her dream of becoming a singer come true.
But in the beginning, her parents strongly opposed. Her brothers understood why
their parents opposed this decision so strongly; BoA was bringing home very high
grades, and they just wanted her to keep studying, not become a singer. But the
company who had already found BoA’s talents could not let go of her so easily.
In the end, SM was able to persuade her parents with the certainty of her
success, and BoA gained the opportunity of a lifetime to live out her dreams.
The road to
making a world star...
As soon as the
permission of the parents were received, the company immediately began a very
focused training period to making a world star. The first thing that BoA needed
to learn was neither dancing or singing, but foreign languages. She was given a
private tutor who taught her both English and Japanese. This was something that
BoA absolutely needed to learn in order to go abroad with her future music. BoA
was even sent to Japan during her vacations in order to receive extra focused
lessons. It may have been because of her young age, but her ability to learn
these new languages was extraordinary. Also, after her graduation from
elementary school, her start in the International middle school was delayed for
six months in order to go to Tokyo, Japan once again. This time, not only did
she learn Japanese, but she also received vocal and dance lessons. On top of
that, she was only allowed to speak Japanese during her stay there. In order to
pick up fine tuned pronunciations, she stayed with and was taught by NHK’s
GuMiKo. This intense training has given BoA the ability to speak Japanese almost
perfectly, and also understand and converse in English.
When (who manages one of Japan’s top entertainers, Yungsung Akanemi) saw BoA,
they took upon themselves the responsibility of her dance and vocal training. As
a result, they introduced one of the top instructors to BoA. Sakuma, who had
been recognized as Japan’s best dancer, gave BoA dance lessons, and Japan’s top
hip hop dancer Kazeu personally came to Korea to choreograph BoA’s debut album.
Sakuma even praised BoA saying "When compared to the Japanese dancers who do
nothing but dance, her skills are right up at that level. And among the female
singers who do both singing and dancing, there is no one who has the skills that
BoA has. There has been no one this young who can dance so well."
Bio 2
This short bio came from http://www.asiafinest.com/korean/boa.htm
Name: BoA
Full Name: Kwon Boa
DOB: November 5, 1986
Height: 160cm
Weight: 42kg
Blood type: AB
Religion: Catholic
Education: Korean Kent Foreign School
Hobbies: singing, hip-hop dancing, listening to music
Gweon Bo-a (BoA), one of the most promising young artists in South East Asia, is
only 15 years old. She was signed to South Korean record label SM Entertainment
in her early teens. She came to the attention of Japanese label Avex, after her
debut album ID: PEACE B made the Top 10 in Korea, and in 2001 signed a recording
deal with the label. Since then, all of her singles charted in Oricon ranking
(Japanese equivalent of Billboard). Her single, THE MEANING OF PEACE, a duet
with Kumi Koda (see below), is a September 11 benefit CD produced by Tetsuya
Komuro, one of Japan's most prolific and successful producer.
In March 2002, after releasing her first Japanese album LISTEN TO MY HEART, she
has become the firstnon-Japanese Asian artist to top the album charts in Japan
(charted No.1 in Oricon album ranking on 3/25/2002).
LISTEN TO MY HEART has been co-produced by Max Matsuura (Avex) and Soo Man Lee
(SM Entertainment) and it contains a remix by Hex Hector. BoA sings in Korean,
Japanese, and English.
Her second Korean album, NO.1, was released on April 12, 2002 (150,000 copies
were sold in just the first day).
Discography
Info for this discography was taken from here
http://www.towerrecords.com/discography.asp?entry=BoA&from1=pul
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Amazing
Kiss Amazing Kiss 1. Amazing Kiss (4:33) Japanese |
Atlantis
Princess
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Kimochi Wa Tsutawaru 1. Kimochi Wa Tsutawaru (4:21) Japanese |
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Charity
Single song+nation The Meaning of Peace/Charity Single song+nation 1. The Meaning of Peace (5:00) Japanese |
Valenti 1.
Valenti________________________(4:18) Japanese 7.
Searching for truth________________(4:00) Japanese |
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Every Heart
-Minna No Kimochi- Every Hear 1. Every Heart -Minna no... (4:32) Japanese |
No.1 1.
No.1__________________(3:12) Korean |
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Don't Start
Now Dont Start Now 1. Dont Start Now (3:43) Korean |
Next World 1.
Holiday______________________(4:10) Japanese 6. Shine We
Are! (Groove That...)____(6:14) Japanese 11. Every
Heart__________________(4:32) English |
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DOUBLE
[DOUBLE/Midnight Parade/Milky Way -kimi no uta-] DOUBLE 1. DOUBLE [COME COME Hon... (3:28) Japanese |
ID;Peace B
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Kiseki No. 1 1. Kiseki (4:20) Japanese |
Listen To
My Heart |
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Everything
Needs Love Everything Needs Love 1. Everything Needs Love (4:53) English |
Peace B
Remixes |
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Jewel Song/Beside
you -Boku No Yobu Koe- Jewel Song 1. Jewel Song (5:26) Japanese |
Miracle 1. Destiny
(Miracle)___________(4:18) Korean |
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HOLIDAY HOLIDAY 1. HOLIDAY (4:10) Japanese |
Shine We Are (Special 2003) 1.
B.I.O________________________(4:15) Korean |
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Shine We Are!/Earthsong Shine We Are! 1. Shine We Are! (5:07) Japanese |
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Listen To
My Heart Listen To My Heart 1. Snow White (Instrumental) () Japanese |
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Valenti Valenti 1. Valenti (4:18) Japanese 3. Valenti (4:18) English |
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ID;Peace B ID; Peace B 1. ID;Peace B (3:52) Japanese |
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Double Double 1. Double (3:26) Korean 2. Ee Byul Bboong Kyung ... (4:49) Korean 3. Milky Way Club Remix (Instrumental) (3:38) Korean 4. Double (Instrumental) (3:26) Korean 5. Ee Byul Bboong Kyung ... (Instrumental) (4:49) Korean |
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Rock With
You Rock With You 1. Rock With You (4:16) Japanese 2.Double English (3:28) English 3.Rock With You (Instrumental) (4:16) Japanese 4.Double (Instrumental) (3:28) English
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