Boa Kwon was born November 5, 1986 in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
She is commonly known by her stage name BoA.
Boa is a Korean singer, dancer and model, active in both South Korea and Japan. She is multilingual, able to speak Japanese and conversational English along with her native Korean and has recorded songs in Mandarin Chinese. This has helped her appeal in Asian considerably.
Boa was discovered by SM Entertainment (a talent agency, producer, and publisher of Korean pop music) when she accompanied her older brother to a talent search.
In 2000, at the age of thirteen and after two years of training, she released ID: Peace B, her debut Korean album, under SM Entertainment.
Two years later, she released her debut Japanese album, Listen to My Heart, under the Avex label.
She is one of only two non-Japanese Asians who have had million-selling albums in Japan and is one of only two artists to have six consecutive number-one albums on the Oricon charts.
