BoA
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Running Man
2010
Series
Men on a Mission
Self
2015
Series
Infinite Challenge
Self
2005
Series
Home Alone
Self
2013
Series
You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook
Self
2009
Series
Master In The House
Self
2017
Series
Marry My Husband
Oh Yu-ra
2024
Series
K-pop Star
Self - Judge
2011
Series
Crime Scene
Self
2014
Series
Hidden Singer
Self
2012
Series
Street Woman Fighter
Self - Fight Judge
2021
Series
Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village
Self
2014
Series
Produce 101
Self - Host
2016
Series
Music Universe K-909
Self
2022
Series
My Wife's Having an Affair This Week
Kwon Bo-young
2016
Series
K-Pop Generation
Self
2023
Series
The Voice of Korea
Self - Coach
2012
Series
Seoul Check-in
Self
2022
Series
NCT Universe: LASTART
Self - Main Host
2023
Series
Street Man Fighter
Self - Judge
2022
Series
K-Pop Evolution
Self
2021
Series
Dancing Queens on The Road
Self
2023
Series
Key's Knowhow
2015
Series
Because I Want to Talk
Self
2019
Series
K-POP The Beginning: SMTOWN 30
Self - Host
2025
Series
The Fan
Host
2018
Series
Waiting for Love
Joo Yeon Ae
2013
Film
SM Town Live 2022: SMCU Express in Suwon
Self
2022
Film
Make Your Move
Aya
2013
Series
식량일기
Self
2018
Series
Keyword #BoA
Self
2018
Film
SM Town Live 2023: SMCU Palace in Kwangya
Self
2023
Film
Big Match
Soo-kyung
2014
Series
땡큐
2013
Film
BoA Live: X'mas
Self
2008
Film
SMTOWN Live | 2022: SMCU EXPRESS @ KWANGYA
Self
2022
Film
Lee Soo Man: King of K-Pop
Self
2025
Film
BoA Arena Tour: Made in Twenty (20)
Self
2007
Film
Autumn Sonata
Suryeon
2017
Film
I AM.: SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR in Madison Square Garden
Self
2012
Film
SMTOWN Live | 2019 in Tokyo
Self
2019
Film
SM Town Live 2025: The Culture, the Future in Seoul
Self
2025
Film
BoA Live Tour: Who's Back?
Self
2014
Film
BoA Live Tour: Love & Honesty
Self
2004
Film
BoA Arena Tour: Best of Soul
Self
2005
Film
BoA 20th Anniversary Live - The Greatest
Self
2022
Film
BoA Live: X'mas - 10th Anniversary Edition
Self
2012
Film
SMTown Live in Tokyo 2011 (Special Edition)
Self
2011
Film
BoA Special Live: Nowness
Self
2016
Film
BoA Live Tour: #mood
Self
2020
Film
BoA Live: Unchained
Self
2018
Film
BoA Live Tour: The Face
Self
2008
Film
BoA Live Tour: Identity
Self
2010
Film
a-nation'05 BEST HIT LIVE
Self
2005
Film
BoA: One's Own
Self
2024
Film
m-flo TOUR 2005 BEAT SPACE NINE
Self
2006
Film
a-nation 04 BEST HIT SUMMER LIVE
Self
2004
Film
BoA Live: X'mas
Self
2011
Film
BoA Live: X'mas
Self
2010
Britney & BoA Special
Self
BoA: Super Live Bestg Hit
2005
Film
SMTown: The Stage
Self
2015
Film
CK NiーGoー~25TH ANNIVERSARY at KT Zepp Yokohama
Self
2024
Film
m-flo Tour 2007 COSMICOLOR at Yokohama Arena
Self
2007
Film
BoA Live: X'mas
Self
2019
Film
BoA Live Tour: VALENTI
Self
2003
Film
BoA 20th Anniversary Live - The BoA: Musicality
Self
2023
Film
m-flo 10 Years Special Live "we are one"
Self
2010
Film
Samsung SMTown Live '10 World Tour In L.A. 3D
2010
Film
BoA - The Live 2006
BoA
2006
Film
BoA Special Live: Here I am
Self
2013
Film
Special Live: Here I am
Self
2015
Film
BoA Live: Ura BoA, Kikase Kei
Self
2007