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Kwon Bo-ah (; born November 5, 1986), known professionally as BoA, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and actress often referred to as the "Queen of K-pop".
OverviewAI-generated
BoA, born Gwon BoA on November 5, 1986, in Guri, is a South Korean singer, film actor, and singer-songwriter. She began her professional career in 2000 and has worked with record labels Avex Trax and SM Entertainment. Her musical output spans pop music, K-pop, and J-pop genres. BoA is a soprano vocalist who performs in Korean, English, and Japanese. She attended the Korea Kent Foreign School.
Her work has been recognized across various media platforms, with tags including Korean, pop, and Japanese. She is also identified as a female idol solo artist. While some sources list her birthplace as Namyangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea, other records specify Guri. Her discography includes works associated with the 1st gen k-pop genre.
Synthesized by Vinony from 39 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 104
Top works
- An unchanging faith in a changing world
- Orchids
- God, I Don't Understand
- Life in the Presence of God
- Eternal Perspective Trilogy
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Namyangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Kwon Bo-ah (권보아; born November 5, 1986), known as BoA (a backronym for Beat of Angel), is a South Korean singer and actress active primarily in South Korea and Japan.
Known for
- Lee Soo Man: King of K-Pop — Self2025
- K-POP The Beginning: SMTOWN 30 — Self - Host2025
- CK NiーGoー~25TH ANNIVERSARY at KT Zepp Yokohama — Self2024
- Marry My Husband — Oh Yu-ra2024
- Hyoyeon Who Buys Me Food Well — Self2024
- SMTOWN LIVE 2023: SMCU Palace at Kwangya — Self2023
- BoA 2023 20th Anniversary Live - THE BoA Musicality2023
- K-Pop Generation — Self2023
- NCT Universe: LASTART — Self - Main Host2023
- Dancing Queens on The Road — Self2023
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- South Korea
- Active from
- 1986
Discography
Member of
- SMTOWNsince 2000
- AnyBand2007–2007
- GOT the beat2021–2023
- Girls on Topsince 2021
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 680,817
- Total plays
- 40,323,616
Tags
There are multiple artists under this name: 1. A mononym of South Korean singer Kwon Boa / 권보아 [[url=/tag/Hangul]Ko] (b. 5 Nov 1986, in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) - a backronym of 'Beat of Angel' (active in South Korea, Japan & USA). She was discovered by SM Entertainment talent agents, when she accompanied her older brother to a talent search. In 1998, she signed to SM Entertainment & after two years of training, débuted with “ID; Peace B” ('00). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Boa">Read mor
via Last.fm · Boa
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A branched-chain amino acid metabolite drives vascular fatty acid transport and causes insulin resistance
· 2016 · cited 544x
- On the energy transfer to small disturbances in fluid flow (Part I)
· 1965 · cited 487x
- Non-linear interactions in a viscous heat-conducting compressible gas
· 1958 · cited 453x
- Glutamine fuels proliferation but not migration of endothelial cells
· 2017 · cited 236x
- Influence of Population Selection on the 99th Percentile Reference Value for Cardiac Troponin Assays
· 2012 · cited 219x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
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- BoA
- Person.image
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- Person.caption
- BoA in April 2018
- Person.birth_name
- Kwon Bo-ah
- Person.birth_place
- Guri, South Korea
- Person.signature
- BoA signature.png
- Person.signature_alt
- Signature of BoA
- Musical artist.embed
- yes
- Musical artist.instrument
- Vocals
- Musical artist.years_active
- 2000–present
- Musical artist.current_member_of
- Got the Beat
- Korean name/auto.child
- yes
- Korean name/auto.headercolor
- transparent
- Korean name/auto.hangul
- %권보아
via Wikipedia infobox
~36 min read
Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- Life and career
- 2000–2003: Debut and commercial success in South Korea and Japan
- 2004–2008: New image, foray into China, and creative control
- 2008–2012: American expansion and return to Asia
- 2013–2015: Music production, television role, and 15th anniversary
- 2016–2025: Musical projects, television production, and acting debut
- 2026–present: One-man agency
- Artistry
- Influences
- Musical style
- Cultural impact and legacy
- Other ventures
- Endorsements
- Discography
- Filmography
- Film
- Television series
- Television shows
- Concerts and tours
- Japan tours
- Asia tours
- Concert participation
- Awards and nominations
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
Kwon Bo-ah (; born November 5, 1986), known professionally as BoA, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and actress often referred to as the "Queen of K-pop".
Born and raised in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, BoA was discovered by SM Entertainment talent agents when she accompanied her older brother, a music video director, to a talent search in 1998. She was trained for two years and made her debut with ID; Peace B (2000). BoA has since released twenty studio albums, including ten in Korean, nine in Japanese, and one in English. On television, she appeared as a judge on the reality competition show K-pop Star (2011–2013), as an actress on the television drama Listen to Love (2016), as a host for the second season of Produce 101 (2017), and as a coach for the third season of The Voice of Korea (2020).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “BoA” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.