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Boa Kwon (Korean: 권보아, Kwon Boa, born November 5, 1986), 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 and sometimes referred to as the “Queen of Korean Pop Music”.
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 debut Korean album. 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.
On October 14, 2008, BoA debuted in the United States with the single “Eat You Up” and released her debut English-language album, BoA on March 17, 2009.
BoA‘s multilingual skills (she speaks Japanese and English along with native Korean and has recorded songs in Mandarin Chinese) have contributed to her commercial success throughout East Asia. She is the only non-Japanese Asian to have three albums selling more than one million copies in Japan and is one of only two artists to have six consecutive number-one studio albums on the Oricon charts since her debut.
SMTOWN Winter – The Warmest Gift (FLAC Log+Cue)
Label: SM Entertainment
Release Date: 2011-12-13
Language: Korean
Happy holidays from SMTown! It’s a warm winter indeed with the return of SMTown’s special winter compilation. The entire SMTown family – Super Junior, TVXQ, BoA, SHINee, Girls’ Generation, Kangta, Trax, Zhang Li Yin, f(x), The Grace, and J-Min – send fans worldwide The Warmest Gift of holiday songs – all sung in English! The 11-track album of winter jingles includes Super Junior’s Santa U Are The One, TVXQ’s remake of Sleigh Ride, BoA’s Distance, SHINee’s remake of Last Christmas, and Girls’ Generation’s Diamond.
Tracklist:
01. Santa U Are The One – Sung by Super Junior
02. Sleigh Ride – Sung by 동방신기
03. Distance – Sung by BoA
04. Last Christmas – Sung by SHINee
05. Diamond – Sung by 소녀시대
06. For The First Time – Sung by 강타
07. Like A Dream – Sung by TRAX
08. The First Noel – Sung by 장리인
09. 1,2,3 – Sung by f(x)
10. Amazing – Sung by 천상지희-다나&선데이
11. Happy X-Mas (War Is Over) – Sung by J-Min
BoA – Milestone
Label: Avex & SM Entertainment
Release Date: 2011-12-07
Language: Japanese
Before she makes her Hollywood debut, Panasian superstar BoA is celebrating her 10th anniversary in the Jpop world with this special DVD single, appropriately named Milestone. In addition to the music video of Milestone, the DVD also includes the music video’s making of and a special 10th anniversary film. Additionally, the CD features the BEST&USA version of MeriKuri and the ballad I SEE ME as B-side tracks.
CD:
01 Milestone
02 I SEE ME
03 メリクリ ～BEST&USA Version～
04 Milestone (INST)
05 I SEE ME (INST)
06 メリクリ ～BEST&USA Version～ (INST)
DVD:
01 Milestone (Music Video)
02 Milestone (Maiking)
03 BoA 10th film ～From the past to the present～
BoA – IDENTITY
Label: Avex Trax
Release Date: February 10, 2010
Language: Japanese
Identity is Korean singer BoA’s seventh Japanese studio album, released on February 10, 2010, nearly two years since The Face.
The album was preceded in release by the singles “Bump Bump!,” a collaboration with Verbal from the hip-hop group M-flo, and “Mamoritai: White Wishes.” The singles peaked at #5 and #2 on the Oricon charts, respectively. Also, there was an official music video for “Possibility”. However, it was not released as a single.
Identity debuted at #2 on the daily Oricon albums chart with 14,023 units sold in its first day and at #4 on the weekly chart with 37,606 copies sold making it her first Japanese album that did not chart to number 1, ending her streak of studio albums debuting at #1 on the Oricon weekly charts. “Identity” also became BoA’s only studio album to not reach over 100,000 units sold and not receive certification.
Tracklist:
01. This Is Who I Am
02. EASY
03. BUMP BUMP! feat. VERBAL(m-flo)
04. LAZER
05. interlude #1
06. is this love
07. まもりたい ~White Wishes~
08. interlude #2
09. ネコラブ
10. THE END そして and… (album ver.)
11. Possibility duet with 三浦大知
12. Fallin’
13. my all
BoA – BEST
Label: Avex Trax
Release Date: March 18, 2009
Language: Japanese
Best & USA is the second greatest hits album by South Korean pop singer BoA. The album was released on March 18, 2009 in three formats: CD, 2CD and a limited 2CD+2DVD edition.
The album is certified Gold by RIAJ for shipment of 100,000 copies .
Tracklist:
01. UNIVERSE feat.Crystal Kay & VERBAL(m-flo)
02. DO THE MOTION
03. 永遠
04. 七色の明日～brand new beat～
05. Winter Love
06. メリクリ ～BEST&USA Version～
07. Sweet Impact
08. 抱きしめる
09. LOVE LETTER
10. Sparkling
11. KEY OF HEART
12. make a secret
13. Everlasting
14. LOSE YOUR MIND feat.Yutaka Furukawa from DOPING PANDA
15. Believe in LOVE feat.BoA (Acoustic Version)
16. VALENTI～BEST&USA Version～
BoA – BoA (US Debut)
Label: SM Entertainment USA/Arsena
Release Date: March 17, 2009 (2009-03-17)
Language: English
BoA is the first eponymous English studio album by Korean pop singer BoA and her twelfth studio album overall. The album was released on March 17, 2009, in the United States. BoA was released in Japan boxed with her second greatest hits album, Best & USA, as a 2-in-1 CD. BoA debuted on the Billboard 200 at #127 and topped the Billboard’s Top Heatseekers (Pacific). On August 31, BoA: Deluxe was released digitally via iTunes and includes the single version of “Energetic” and two bonus songs, “Crazy About” and “Control”. On September 22, 2009, the album was released worldwide
Tracklist:
01. I Did It For Love (featuring Sean Garrett)
02. Energetic
03. Did Ya
04. Look Who’s Talking
05. Eat You Up
06. Obsessed
07. Touched
08. Scream
09. Girls On Top
10. Dress Off
11. Hypnotic Dancefloor
BoA – The Face
Label: Avex Trax
Release Date: 27 February 2008
Language: Japanese
The Face is BoA’s sixth studio Japanese album which was released on 27 February 2008. The album was released a week after her single, “Be with You.” The full album is known to have total of fifteen tracks along with 3 different types of packaging: regular CD, CD+DVD, and first press. This is also BoA’s third consecutive Japanese studio album released.
Tracklist:
1. “Aggressive”
2. “Sweet Impact”
3. “My Way, Your way feat. Wise”
4. “Be with You.”
5. “Lose Your Mind feat. Yutaka Furukawa from Doping Panda”
6. “Girl in the Mirror”
7. “Happy Birthday”
8. “Diamond Heart”
9. “Love Letter”
10. “Brave”
11. “ギャップにやられた！ (Gyappu ni Yarareta!) (Hit by the Gap!)”
12. “Style”
13. “Smile Again”
14. “Beautiful Flowers”
15. “Best Friend”
BoA – Made In Twenty (20)
Label: Avex Trax
Release Date: 17 January 2007
Language: Japanese
Made in Twenty (20) is the fifth studio album by South Korean pop singer BoA. It was released on 17 January 2007 on Avex Trax Records. The title of the album refers to the fact that this is her first album since leaving her teenage years and her first album made in her 20s – specifically, when she was twenty years old. The album debuted with first-week sales of 182,009 copies, debuting at #1.
Tracklist:
01. Lady Galaxy
02. 七色の明日 -Brand New Beat-
03. Winter Love
04. Still
05. So Real
06. Key Of Heart
07. Our Love -To My Parents-
08. No More Make Me Sick
09. Revolution-Code 1986-1105 Feat. Rah-D
10. Your Color
11. Prayer
12. Candle Lights
13. Gracious Days
14. Last Christmas
BoA – Outgrow
Label: Avex Trax
Release Date: 15 February 2006
Language: Japanese
Outgrow is BoA’s 4th original Japanese album. The album features the singles Do the Motion, Make a Secret, Dakishimeru, and Everlasting. The album also features the track “First Snow” from BoA’s special digital single, Merry Christmas from BoA. Several of the album’s songs have either been written or composed by BoA herself.
The album comes in two editions, a limited CD+DVD edition, and a regular (unlimited) CD-only edition. Both editions come with different covers (as shown on the table on the right), and the CD features 13 tracks, including a bonus track of “First Snow” alongside 5 new songs. The limited edition CD+DVD version includes a DVD with 5 video clips (4 of which are of all of the music videos from the featured singles and an additional special “behind the scenes” clip).
Tracklist:
1. Silent Screamerz (3:29)
2. Do the Motion (4:13)
3. Kimi no tonari de (キミのとなりで) (5:08)
4. Outgrow: Ready Butterfly (3:20)
5. Make a Secret (4:47)
6. Everlasting (5:24)
7. Long Time No See (3:56)
8. Cosmic Eyes (3:39)
9. Dakishimeru (抱きしめる) (3:48)
10. Love Is Just What You Can’t See (5:06)
11. Stay My Gold (5:30)
12. Soundscape (4:11)
13. With U (3:58)
14. First Snow (Bonus Track) (4:22)
BoA – Girls On Top
Label: SM Entertainment
Release Date: February 2, 2005
Language: Korean
Girls On Top is BoA’s 5th album in Korean. A “Moto” repackaging was released on August 25, 2005. Girls on Top has sold 225,000 copies in 2005. It placed #10 on the sales for albums of that year. So far Girls on Top has sold an estimate 420,000 copies worldwide.
The overseas version includes a Chinese version of the lead single. The “Moto” version for overseas markets was released on September 7, 2005, which includes a bonus VCD. An English version of the title track is on her debut American album BoA.
Tracklist:
01. Moto
02. Do You Love Me? (둘이 함께)
03. Girls On Top
04. If you were here (오늘 그댈 본다면)
05. Love Can Make A Miracle
06. Addiction (집착)
07. Freak In Me
08. Garden In The Air (공중정원)
09. I Spy
10. Can’t Let Go
11. Heroine (시선)
12. Breathe Again (숨..)
13. 가을편지
14. Girls On Top (Chinese Ver.)
BoA – BEST OF SOUL
Label: Avex Trax
Release Date: February 2, 2005
Language: Japanese
Best of Soul (released as BEST OF SOUL) is Korean pop singer BoA’s second Japanese greatest hits album. This is her first greatest hits album to contain her Japanese songs. The album was released on February 2, 2005 under Avex Trax. The album contains singles from her debut Japanese album, Listen to My Heart to her third album, Love & Honesty. It also contains two singles that were released for the album, “Quincy / Kono Yo no Shirushi” and “Meri Kuri”. The album was released in two versions; the regular stranded CD version and a “perfect” version, which was packaged with a DVD that contained a few of her music videos. Best of Soul is BoA’s fourth album to attain the number one position and was certified million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.
Tracklist:
01. Listen To My Heart
02. ID;Peace B
03. Amazing Kiss
04. 気持ちはつたわる
05. Every Heart -ミンナノキモチ
06. VALENTI
07. 奇跡
08. No.1
09. JEWEL SONG
10. Shine We Are!
11. Double
12. Rock With You
13. Quincy
14. コノヨノシルシ
15. メリクリ
16. 「LA・LA・LA LOVE SONG」BoA w/z SOUL’d OUT
BoA – My Name
Label: SM Entertainment
Release Date: June 15, 2004
Language: Korean
My Name is BoA’s 4th Korean language album.
The Overseas Version (sold in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other parts of Asia) includes remakes of two of her songs in Chinese and an alternative cover, making her first foray in the Chinese Market. The Music Video of My Name is playable by putting the CD into a computer. It placed number 7 for highest sales of the year. So far this album has sold 485,000 copies worldwide.
“Spark” is a Korean-language cover of Luis Fonsi’s “Keep My Cool.”
Tracklist:
01 my name
02 Spark
03 I Got U
04 기도 (My Prayer)
05 완전한 날개 (One Wings – Embracing Each Other)
06 두근두근 (Pit-a-Pat)
07 I Kiss
08 상관없어 (Don’t Give a Damn)
09 그럴 수 있겠지…!? (Maybe… Maybe Not?)
10 Etude
11 인사 (Good-Bye)
12 Feel Me
13 바보같죠 (Stay in Love)
14 우리 (We)
15 My Name (Chinese ver.)
16 My Prayer (Chinese ver.)
BoA – K-Pop Selection
Label: Avex Trax
Release Date: March 3, 2004
Language: Korean
K-pop Selection was BoA’s first Japanese compilation album. It was a collection of her Korean songs released in Japan (in the original Korean). It also had a “Perfect Edition” that came with several music videos.
Tracklist:
01. No.1
02. Milky Way
03. Listen to My Heart
04. Time to Begin
05. ID; Peace B
06. My Sweetie
07. Day
08. Don’t Start Now
09. Atlantis Princess
10. Realize (Stay with Me)
11. Sara
12. Where Are You
13. Come to Me
14. Waiting..
15. The Lights of Seoul
BoA – Love & Honesty
Label: Avex Trax
Release Date: 15 January 2004
Language: Japanese
Love & Honesty is BoA’s third Japanese album and it also had a “Perfect Edition” which had two discs: the standard CD and a DVD. It was number one on the Oricon charts for two weeks. In its first week the album sold 296,781 copies and 145,325 in its second. Love & Honesty has been certified Triple Platinum by the RIAJ
Tracklist:
01. Rock With You
02. Shine We Are!
03. SOME DAY ONE DAY feat.VERBAL(m-flo)
04. LOVE & HONESTY
05. Midnight Parade
06. Be the one
07. EXPECT
08. OVER～across the time～
09. 心の手紙
10. DOUBLE
11. Easy To Be Hard
12. Song With No Name～名前のない歌～
13. Milky Way-君の歌-
BoA – Shine We Are!
Label: SM Entertainment
Release Date: December 4, 2003
Language: Korean
Shine We Are! is the third mini-album by Korean singer BoA, released on December 4, 2003. The last track in the album features the Irish band Westlife.
Tracklist:
1. “B.I.O”
2. “Shine we are!”
3. “One Way” (세상의 어디에서도)
4. “Discovery”
5. “Milky Way” (Club Remix)
6. “Flower”
7. “Searching for Truth”
8. “Beside You”
9. “Always” (이별풍경)
10. “Flying Without Wings” (Westlife featuring BoA)
BoA – Next World
Label: Avex Trax
Release Date: August 27, 2003
Language: Japanese
Next World was BoA’s second remix album after her Peace B. Remixes album in 2002. It featured many remixes of her hit songs, and collection of several English version of her songs from previous singles.
Tracklist:
1. “Holiday” (Palmdrive featuring BoA & Firstklas)
2. “Kiseki / 奇蹟” (Soul’d Out Remix)
3. “Flying Without Wings” (Westlife featuring BoA)
4. “Show Me What You Got” (Bratz featuring BoA & Howie D.) (DJ Watarai Remix)
5. “Jewel Song” (Akira’s Canto Diamante Version)
6. “Shine We Are!” (Remixed by G.T.S) (Groove That Soul Remix)
7. “Flower” (Remixed by Daisuke Imai featuring Lisa) (D.I’s “Luv Hurts” Remix)
8. “Winding Road” (featuring Dabo)
9. “Everything Needs Love” (Mondo Grosso featuring BoA) (Piano-pella)
10. “Valenti” (English version)
11. “Every Heart: Minna no Kimochi” (English version)
12. “Listen To My Heart” (English version)
13. “Amazing Kiss” (English version)
