There is more than one artist with this name:
1) BoA (Korean: 권보ì•", 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.
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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 "" 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 composing on her own with her Japanese début album Listen to My Heart , in which she co-wrote and composed the song "".
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