BoA is tagged as: j-pop, k-pop, korean, japanese, jpop There is more than one artist with this name: 1) BoA (Korean: 권보아, Kwon Boa) (born November 5, 1986 in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, commonly stylized and known by her stage name BoA, which is a backronym for ‘Beat of Angel’, is a Korean singer, active in South Korea, Japan, and the United States. Born and raised in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, BoA was discovered by SM Entertainment talent agents when she accompanied her older brother to a talent search. In 2000, after two years of training, she released ID; Peace B, her début Korean album, under SM Entertainment. Two years later, she released her début Japanese album, LISTEN TO MY HEART, under the Avex Trax label. On October 14, 2008, under SM Entertainment USA, a subdivision of SM Entertainment, BoA debuted in the United States with the single “Eat You Up” and released her début English-language album, BoA on March 17, 2009. Influenced by hip hop and R&B singers such as Nelly and Janet Jackson, many of BoA’s songs fall into those genres. As the singer feels she does not “have any talent for writing [songs]”, the writing and composition of her songs are handled mostly by her staff; for this reason, she has drawn some criticism. (Though only a few of her songs are self-written, BoA began composin... Read More About BoA Biography... |
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