With little promotion from her label, it ended her run of six consecutive No. Her first Korean album in five years, Hurricane Venus, was released on August 5, , and sold 55, units making it the 22nd best selling album in South Korea for BoA's self-titled English album was released in the U.
Though she stated that "[i]t 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. The album contained two new tracks and the radio edit version of "Energetic". 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, who has eight consecutive number-one albums.
Produced by Roald Hoffmann 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. It charted at No. The band released only one single, "AnyBand". In August , 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-published English-language textbook.
Her fourth Japanese studio album, Outgrow, February 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 , copies sold, it became her lowest-selling first-week debut for a studio album at that point. She also voiced Heather the possum in the Korean and Japanese version of the animated film Over the Hedge.
On September 21, , she released her first digital single in Korea, a Korean version of "Key of Heart". She staged her first Christmas concert on December 7, Though the album failed to match Valenti in sales, it topped the Oricon chart for two weeks and became RIAJ-certified triple-platinum. Her first compilation album, Best of Soul February , 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 and Girls on Top June , 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 , units and became the eleventh-best-selling South Korean album in while Girls on Top ranked fourteenth in with , units sold. BoA's second Japanese studio album, Valenti January , became her best-selling album, with over 1,, copies sold. The former was the fifth-best-selling South Korean record of the year with around , units sold; the latter sold around 58, units.
BoA's multilingual skills she speaks Japanese and English along with native Korean and has recorded songs in Mandarin have contributed to her commercial success throughout East Asia.
With the release of her debut Japanese studio album, Listen to My Heart , BoA became 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. 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, the others being Ayumi Hamasaki and Koda Kumi.
BoA began her Japanese music career singing at the Avex-owned club Velfarre. The album was a breakthrough in BoA's career, becoming an RIAJ-certified million-seller and debuted atop the Oricon, the first album by a Korean artist to do so. BoA underwent two years of training involving vocal, dance, English, and Japanese lessons , and at the age of thirteen released her debut album ID; Peace B in South Korea on August 25, The album was moderately successful; it entered the Top 10 of the South Korean charts and sold around , units.
The year-old, who debuted at the age of 14, is often dubbed the Star of Asia for her popularity in the region and helping create "hallyu," or the global popularity of Korean pop culture.
Responsibility and love about music, about releasing my music and about standing on stage -- that made everything happen," BoA said in a press conference streamed online Tuesday. The energy and passion of the teenaged Kwon Bo-ah, her name off of the stage, still remains a source of drive for the singer, who now appears in audition programs as a vocal adviser for younger trainees aiming to break into the industry. So I'm really thankful to myself. If it weren't for myself back then, I wouldn't be here now," she said.
After 20 years of dancing, singing and songwriting, BoA said she now tries to loosen up things a bit. That's why she tried to not put that much meaning into her new album. If I had started to put too much meaning into it, I feel that the album would never have come out," she said smiling. I still feel that I have a long way to go. In that sense, the track album is not a solemn pledge to her music career but more of a light and fun experiment of tracks of different genres.
In contrast to her eighth studio album that she fully produced, she made three songs -- "Cloud," "All That Jazz" and "Little Bird" -- and wrote the lyrics for "L. E" this time. As a singer who broke into overseas music charts at such a young age, BoA said she is fascinated by how far K-pop has come. They are fabulous, and I'm so impressed.
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She was discovered by SM Entertainment talent agents when she accompanied her older brother to a talent search. Two years later, she released her debut Japanese album, Listen to My Heart, becoming 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. BoA Actress. BoA height - How tall is BoA? Edina Ronay.
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