BoA Kwon


Boa Kwon (born November 5, 1986 in Guri, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) is a South Korean singer who is better known by her stage name BoA, she is active in South Korea and Japan. Her Korean record label, SM Entertainment, has positioned her to become a cross-cultural idol in East Asia and parts of Southeast Asia.

She has released a total of ten full-length albums, three mini-albums, two compilation albums, two remix albums, and over thirty singles in both Japan and South Korea. Sold in many parts of Asia, her total record sales are approaching the ten million mark.

She is fluent in her first language Korean, Japanese and conversational English. She is currently learning Mandarin Chinese. BoA has re-recorded several songs in Mandarin and written the lyrics for several of her songs. BoA is one of the most commercially successful artists in both Korea and Japan and is one of the leading stars of the "Korean wave" otherwise known as "Hallyu". BoA has re-signed an extended contract with SM Entertainment until 2012 for which she will receive 100,000 shares of SM Entertainment


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