“if one person were to force their own will on something, then things that should have gone right could easily go wrong”
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BoA
Kwon Bo-ah, known professionally as BoA, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and actress often referred to as the "Queen of K-pop".
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entertainment · South Korean singer (born 1986) · singer · film actor · actor · singer-songwriter · recording artist · model · pop singer · also BoA
Born 5 November 1986 · Q232449
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2026· 5 entries
Published video “Ain't No Hard Feelings”.
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BoA announced that she established her own agency, BApal Entertainment, the meaning of "BoA" and "pal" (friend)
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Published video “You still our No.1 BoA”.
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SM Entertainment announced that BoA's contract officially expired on December 31, and that she would be ending her 25-year tenure with the company
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2025· 20 entries
Published video “SBS Logo Song 3-2 BoA (Full ver.) (Calm afternoon to evening)”.
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Published video “SBS Logo Song 2-3 Mixed Chorus”.
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Published video “SBS Logo Song 3-4 Male Chorus”.
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Published video “SBS Logo Song 2-1 Male Voice”.
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Published video “SBS Logo Song 3-1 Only BoA”.
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Published video “SBS Logo Song 2-2 Bells + BoA”.
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Published video “SBS Logo Song 5-2 BoA (Full ver.) (Main Logo Song)”.
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Published video “SBS Logo Song 4-3 BoA (Full ver.) (Light noon~afternoon)”.
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Published video “SBS Logo Song 3-2 BoA + Chorus (Insecure)”.
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Published video “행복한 25주년을 맞이했어요💛ㅣBoA ‘Crazier’ Behind #7”.
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Published video “두 명 있대요 저의 의자를 밀어줄💃💺🕺ㅣBoA ‘Crazier’ Behind #6”.
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Published video “🎙️유튜브를 위해서 녹음을 조금 많이 오래 할까요?🥹🙏 plz…ㅣBoA ‘Crazier’ Behind #5”.
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Published video “다 같이 미쳐봐요오오🔥ㅣBoA ‘Crazier’ Behind #4”.
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Published video “BoA 보아 'Crazier' Live Clip”.
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Published video “BoA 보아 'What She Wants' Live Clip”.
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Published video “BoA 보아 'How Could' Live Clip”.
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Published video “🗣️: 보아 씨, 왜 퇴근해요? ⭐️: 손톱 바꾸러 가야해요💅😉 ㅣBoA ‘Crazier’ Behind #3”.
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Published video “가사 그대로의 안무인데 왜 이렇게 안 외워져🥲ㅣBoA ‘Crazier’ Behind #2”.
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Released album “Crazier”.
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BoA released her eleventh studio album Crazier with the lead single of the same name
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2024· 1 entry
BoA appeared in the drama Marry My Husband, where she played Oh Yu-ra
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2022· 3 entries
Released ep “Forgive Me”.
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BoA announced her third EP Forgive Me along with the title track on the same name on November 22, 2022
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Released album “The Greatest”.
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2021· 2 entries
BoA released the Japanese single, "My Dear", to commemorate her 20th anniversary
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A panel of 35 music experts organized by Melon and Seoul Shinmun ranked "No
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2020· 2 entries
Released album “BETTER”.
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Released her tenth Korean album Better
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2019· 4 entries
Released her second extended play Starry Night
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Released ep “Starry Night”.
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Released ep “BoA THE LIVE 2018 "X'mas"”.
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Released the single "Feedback", which features rapper Nucksal, alongside the song's music video
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2018· 5 entries
Released album “WOMAN”.
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Released ep “Unchained”.
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Released ep “ONE SHOT, TWO SHOT”.
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Released album “私このままでいいのかな”.
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BoA returned to Japan and released her ninth Japanese album Watashi Konomama de Iinokana on February 14, 2018, followed by EP Unchained in March
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2016· 2 entries
BoA released an English-language single "Make Me Complete", which serves as the theme song for the Fuji TV special drama Ooku, starring Sawajiri Erika and Watanabe Mayu
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Was honored with the Presidential Commendation at the Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards for her contributions to the spread of the Korean wave, and for laying "the foundation for the revival of K-pop"
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2015· 1 entry
Released album “Kiss My Lips”.
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2014· 2 entries
Released album “Winter Ballad Collection 2014”.
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Released album “WHO'S BACK?”.
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2013· 3 entries
Released album “Winter Ballad Collection 2013”.
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50 music experts, professors and critics organized by Mnet named BoA one of the 100 most influential artists in South Korean music
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Mnet included her in their Legend 100 Artists list of the most influential artists in South Korea
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2012· 1 entry
Released album “Only One”.
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2011· 1 entry
Released album “SUMMER SELECTION 2011”.
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2010· 4 entries
Released album “Hurricane Venus”.
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And sold 55,776 units making it the 22nd best selling album in South Korea for 2010
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Released album “IDENTITY”.
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"Milestone" in 2011, Only One", "Tail of Hope" and "Message / Call My Name" in 2013, and "Shout It Out" and "Masayume Chasing" in 2014
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2009· 3 entries
Alongside Solange Knowles and The Cliks, where she also performed the song "Energetic" for the first time in public, in addition to "Eat You Up" and "I Did It for Love"
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Released album “BEST&USA”.
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Released album “BoA”.
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2008· 4 entries
As well as the Jingle Ball at the Anaheim Honda Center on December 6, 2008
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It was announced that BoA would make her American debut under a new subsidiary label, SM Entertainment USA
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BoA and nine other artists from around the world recorded an English cover of Wei Wei's "Dedication of Love"
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Released album “THE FACE”.
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2007· 3 entries
Released album “MADE IN TWENTY (20)”.
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Released ep “SHIDAX presents BoA “Winter Love” X’mas LIVE”.
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Anycall (a Samsung brand) signed BoA, Xiah (of TVXQ), Tablo (of Epik High), and jazz pianist Jin Bora onto "Anyband", a band created specifically to promote Anycall
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2006· 2 entries
Released her first digital single in Korea, a Korean version of "Key of Heart"
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Released album “OUTGROW”.
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2005· 4 entries
Released ep “精選輯: Best Single”.
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Released ep “Merry Christmas from BoA”.
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Released album “Girls on Top”.
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Released album “BEST OF SOUL”.
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2004· 5 entries
Released album “My Name”.
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Released album “K‐pop Selection”.
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Released album “LOVE & HONESTY”.
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While Girls on Top ranked fourteenth in 2005 with 113,000 units sold
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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism honored BoA with the Asian Cultural Exchange Merit Award for her contributions in raising the status of K-pop throughout Asia
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2003· 5 entries
Released album “SHINE WE ARE”.
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Released album “Next World”.
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Released album “Atlantis Princess”.
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And then released a mini-album Shine We Are
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Released album “VALENTI”.
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2002· 4 entries
Released album “Miracle”.
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Released album “Peace B. REMIXES”.
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Released album “NO.1”.
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Released album “LISTEN TO MY HEART”.
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2001· 1 entry
Released album “Don't start now / Jumping into the world”.
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2000· 2 entries
Released album “ID; Peace B”.
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Awarded Mnet Asian Music Award for Best New Artist (2000).
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1986· 1 entry
Born 1986-11-05.
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