BoA
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 5, 1986 (age 39)
- Place of birth
- Guri, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
- Credits
- 73
Kwon Bo-ah, 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).
With the release of her debut Japanese studio album, Listen to My Heart (2002), BoA became the first South Korean pop star to break through in Japan. Her Japanese albums Valenti (2003) and Best of Soul (2005) went on to sell over one million copies each according to Oricon; the latter of which remained the last album to do so by a non-Japanese artist for 16 years. Her self-titled English album (2009) became the first record by a K-pop artist to appear on the Billboard 200, debuting at number 127.
BoA has sold over ten million albums throughout her career, and she is one of only three female artists with six consecutive number-one studio albums on the Oricon Albums Chart since her debut, alongside Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki and Japanese-American singer Hikaru Utada. She is the recipient of numerous awards in South Korea and Japan, including eight MAMA Awards, six SBS Music Awards, five Japan Record Awards, and five Japan Gold Disc Awards. In 2013, Mnet included her in its Legend 100 Artists list of the most influential artists in South Korea.
Known for
Filmography
Lee Soo Man: King of K-Pop
2025Movie
Self
K-POP The Beginning: SMTOWN 30
2025TV
Self - Host
SM Town Live 2025: The Culture, the Future in Seoul
2025Movie
Self
CK NiーGoー~25TH ANNIVERSARY at KT Zepp Yokohama
2024Movie
Self
BoA: One's Own
2024Movie
Self
Marry My Husband
2024TV
Oh Yu-ra
NCT Universe: LASTART
2023TV
Self - Main Host
Dancing Queens on The Road
2023TV
Self
BoA 20th Anniversary Live - The BoA: Musicality
2023Movie
Self
K-Pop Generation
2023TV
Self
SM Town Live 2023: SMCU Palace in Kwangya
2023Movie
Self
BoA 20th Anniversary Live - The Greatest
2022Movie
Self
Music Universe K-909
2022TV
Self
Street Man Fighter
2022TV
Self - Judge
SM Town Live 2022: SMCU Express in Suwon
2022Movie
Self
Seoul Check-in
2022TV
Self
SMTOWN Live | 2022: SMCU EXPRESS @ KWANGYA
2022Movie
Self
Street Woman Fighter
2021TV
Self - Fight Judge
K-Pop Evolution
2021TV
Self
BoA LIVE TOUR 2019 #mood
2020Movie
Self
Because I Want to Talk
2019TV
Self
BoA THE LIVE 2018 "X'mas"
2019Movie
Self
SMTOWN Live | 2019 in Tokyo
2019Movie
Self
The Fan
2018TV
Host
BoA THE LIVE 2018 ~Unchained~
2018Movie
Self
식량일기
2018TV
Self
Keyword #BoA
2018TV
Self
Master In The House
2017TV
Self
Autumn Sonata
2017Movie
Suryeon
My Wife's Having an Affair This Week
2016TV
Kwon Bo-young
BoA Special Live NOWNESS in JAPAN
2016Movie
Produce 101
2016TV
Self - Host
Men on a Mission
2015TV
Self
SMTown: The Stage
2015Movie
Self
Special Live: Here I am
2015Movie
Self
Key's Knowhow
2015TV
BoA LIVE TOUR 2014 ~WHO'S BACK?~
2014Movie
Big Match
2014Movie
Soo-kyung
Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village
2014TV
Self
Crime Scene
2014TV
Self
Waiting for Love
2013TV
Joo Yeon Ae
Make Your Move
2013Movie
Aya
Home Alone
2013TV
Self
땡큐
2013TV
BoA Special Live: Here I am
2013Movie
Self
Hidden Singer
2012TV
Self
I AM.: SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR in Madison Square Garden
2012Movie
Self
BoA THE LIVE 2011 “X'mas” ~The 10th Anniversary Edition~
2012Movie
Self
The Voice of Korea
2012TV
Self - Coach
K-pop Star
2011TV
Self - Judge
SMTown Live in Tokyo 2011 (Special Edition)
2011Movie
Self
BoA THE LIVE 2010 "X'mas"
2011Movie
Self
Samsung SMTown Live '10 World Tour In L.A. 3D
2010Movie
BoA LIVE TOUR 2010 IDENTITY
2010Movie
Running Man
2010TV
m-flo 10 Years Special Live "we are one"
2010Movie
Self
BoA THE LIVE 2009 X'mas
2010Movie
Self
You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook
2009TV
Self
BoA LIVE TOUR 2008 -THE FACE-
2008Movie
BoA: The Live X’mas
2008Movie
m-flo Tour 2007 COSMICOLOR at Yokohama Arena
2007Movie
Self
BoA Arena Tour 2007 Made in Twenty (20)
2007Movie
BoA the LIVE Ura BoA... Kikase Kei
2007Movie
BoA - The Live 2006
2006Movie
BoA
m-flo TOUR 2005 BEAT SPACE NINE
2006Movie
Self
a-nation'05 BEST HIT LIVE
2005Movie
Self
BoA: Super Live Bestg Hit
2005Movie
Infinite Challenge
2005TV
Self
BoA ARENA TOUR 2005 BEST OF SOUL
2005Movie
Singer
a-nation 04 BEST HIT SUMMER LIVE
2004Movie
Self
BoA Live Tour 2004 -Love & Honesty-
2004Movie
Self
BoA FIRST LIVE TOUR 2003 -VALENTI-
2003Movie
BoA
Britney & BoA Special
Movie
Self