Boa is a name of several artists:
1. South Korean singer
2. Croatian … Read Full Bio ↴Boa is a name of several artists:
1. South Korean singer
2. Croatian art rock band
3. Chilean power groove metal band
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). Two years later, she released her Japanese début album, “Listen To My Heart” (Avex Trax). Her USA début was, the single, “Eat You Up” (14 Oct '08, SM Entertainment USA), followed by an English-language début album, “BoA” (17 Mar '09).
Influenced by hip-hop & rnb singers - such as Nelly & Janet Jackson - many of BoA’s songs fall into those genres. As the singer feels she does not “have any talent for writing [songs]”, the writing and composition of her songs are handled mostly by her staff; for this reason, she has drawn some criticism. (Though only a few of her songs are self-written, BoA began composing on her own with her Japanese début album Listen to My Heart, in which she co-wrote and composed the song “Nothing’s Gonna Change”.)
BoA’s multilingual skills (she speaks Japanese and conversational English along with her native Korean and has recorded songs in Mandarin Chinese) have contributed to her commercial success in South Korea and Japan and her popularity throughout East Asia. She is the only non-Japanese Asian to have two million-selling albums in Japan and is one of only two artists to have six consecutive number-one studio albums on the Oricon charts since her début.
2000-02 - Debut: At age eleven, BoA accompanied her older brother to an SM Entertainment talent search. Though her brother was the one who auditioned, SM talent scouts instead took notice of BoA and offered her a contract. Her parents initially opposed the notion of BoA’s leaving school to enter the entertainment business but eventually consented at her brother’s persuasion. BoA underwent two years of training (involving vocal, dance, and Japanese lessons), and at the age of thirteen released her début album ID; Peace B in South Korea on August 25, 2000. The album was moderately successful; it entered the Top 10 of the South Korean charts and sold around 156,000 units. Meanwhile, her Korean record label, SM Entertainment, made arrangements with Japanese label Avex Trax to launch her music career in Japan. In early 2001, BoA released her first mini-album, Don’t Start Now; it sold around 90,000 units. After its release, she took a hiatus from the Korean music industry to focus on the Japanese market at which time she worked to solidify her skills in Japanese.
BoA began her Japanese music career singing at the Avex-owned club Velfarre. In 2001, she released her début Japanese single, a Japanese version of the song, “ID; Peace B” (originally from the eponymous album). The single reached #20 on the Oricon chart and was followed by “Amazing Kiss”, “Kimochi wa Tsutawaru” (気持ちはつたわる), and “Listen to My Heart”; the last became the singer’s first single to enter the Oricon’s Top Five. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, BoA recorded the charity single “The Meaning of Peace” with Kumi Koda (倖田來未) as part of Avex’s Song Nation project to raise funds for charity. Her début Japanese album, Listen to My Heart, was released on March 13, 2002. The album was a breakthrough in BoA’s career: it became an RIAJ-certified million-seller and debuted atop the Oricon, making it the first album by a Korean artist to reach the top. A single, “Every Heart: Minna no Kimochi” (Every Heart -ミンナノキモチ-), was released on the same day as the album. After the release of Listen to My Heart, BoA released her second Korean studio album, No.1, a month later. The album sold around 544,000 units and became the fourth-best-selling record of the year in South Korea. Jumping into the World (a Japanese re-release of the mini-album Don’t Start Now) and the Japanese single “Don’t Start Now” were released a month later on the same day.
2003-05 - Commercial Success: BoA then released her seventh single “Valenti”. It became a Top Five single for the artist, peaking at the number-two position on the Oricon. BoA released two more singles “Kiseki / No.1” and “Jewel Song / Beside You: Boku o Yobu Koe”, both which also peaked at the number-three position. At the end of the year, BoA released her second Korean mini-album Miracle.
BoA’s second Japanese studio album, Valenti (2003), became her best-selling album, with over 1,249,000 copies sold. In support of the album, BoA launched BoA 1st Live Tour Valenti, her first Japanese concert tour. Later that year, she released two Korean albums, Atlantis Princess and the mini-album Shine We Are!. The former was the fifth-best-selling South Korean record of the year with around 345,000 units sold; the latter sold around 58,000 units and was the fifty-second-best-selling record. Her third Japanese studio album, Love & Honesty (2004) was a musical “change in direction”: it contained a rock-dance song (“Rock with You”) and “harder” R&B. Though the album failed to match Valenti in sales, it topped the Oricon chart for two weeks and became RIAJ-certified triple-platinum. In support of the album, BoA held a tour, Live Concert Tour 2004: Love & Honesty. In contrast with 1st Live Tour, which “emphasized exotic Asian design”, the Love & Honesty tour had an “outer-space, sci-fi” theme; among the props were a three-story-high space ship and the robot Asimo. The tour, which started in Saitama and ended in Yokohama, spanned nine performances and attracted about 105,000 attendants. Her first compilation album, Best of Soul (2005), however, sold over a million copies, making BoA the first non-Japanese Asian singer to have two million-selling albums in Japan.
BoA reinvented her image on her fourth Korean album, My Name (2004); she left the “cute” and “youthful” style that had characterized earlier years and presented herself as “sexy” and “sultry”. The album was the beginning of a foray into the Chinese market and contained two songs sung in Mandarin Chinese.The sales of BoA’s Korean albums began to decline: the album sold 191,000 units and became the eleventh-best-selling South Korean album of the year. Her fifth Korean album, Girls on Top, continued her image change. The album portrayed the singer as more “mature and self-confident” and was a “declaration of war on male chauvinism”; the “bohemian” look of the cover photograph represented “freedom and depth”, while music videos and album photographs that portrayed BoA in traditional Korean dress brought the “idea of Korean womanhood” into her music. The album also continued BoA’s foray into the Chinese market and, like the previous album, contained Mandarin Chinese songs. The album sold less than the previous album; it was the fourteenth-best-selling record of the year in South Korea with 113,000 units sold.
2006-08 - Sales Decline: In 2006, BoA was mostly inactive in South Korea as she focused her attention on Japan; however, on September 21, 2006, she released her first digital single in Korea, a Korean version of “Key of Heart”. Her fourth Japanese studio album, Outgrow, was released on February 15, 2006. The limited CD+DVD edition of the album contained music videos of the album’s singles and a password to access a special version of the official website. The album reached the number-one spot on the Oricon chart for its first week of release, making it her fourth consecutive Japanese album to do so. It had low début sales, however; with 220,000 copies sold, it became her lowest-selling first-week début for a studio album at that point. “Do the Motion”, the first single from the album, reached the top spot, making her the fourth non-Japanese Asian to have a number-one single on the Oricon charts. “Merry Christmas from BoA” (2005), the album’s last single, was the singer’s first digital single. In support of Outgrow, BoA launched a special Zepp tour, B0A The Live, on September 29, 2006. The tour, which lasted until October 29, started from Nagoya and contained twelve shows, two in each of the following cities: Nagoya, Fukuoka, Osaka, Tokyo, Sendai, and Sapporo. She staged her first Christmas concert on December 7, 2006.
BoA’s fifth Japanese studio album, Made in Twenty (20) (2007), continued her transition from a “teenage girl” image to a more mature image. The album, which contained R&B and dance songs as well as ballads, debuted at the top of the weekly Oricon charts, making the album her sixth in a row to do so. She began using a personal computer for composing one of the songs (“No More Make Me Sick”). On March 31, 2007, she launched a nationwide tour of Japan in support of the album. The tour, which sold about 70,000 tickets, was, according to BoA, “the biggest concert” she had ever given. Two tracks from the singles of Made in Twenty (20) were used as theme songs; “Your Color”, from the single “Nanairo no Ashita: Brand New Beat / Your Color” (2006), was used as the ending theme song for the Japanese release of the Xbox 360 game Ninety-Nine Nights. “Key of Heart”, from the single “Key of Heart / Dotch” (2006), was the ending theme for the Japanese release of the movie Over the Hedge. She also released an English version of “Key of Heart”, which was only available on the first press edition of the single. Later in 2007, Anycall (a Samsung brand) signed BoA, Xiah (of TVXQ), Tablo (of Epik High), and jazz pianist Jin Bora onto “Anyban”, a band created specifically to promote Anycall. The band released the single, “TPL (Talk, Play, Love)”.
With her sixth Japanese album, The Face(2008), BoA took more creative control over her music. At this time, BoA was influenced by electro-pop. Additionally, BoA included “happy spring” songs (the lead single “Sweet Impact” and its B-side, “Bad Drive”), a guitar-driven “groovy dance” song (2007’s “Lose Your Mind”), and ballads. Lyrically, BoA focused mainly on love, though “Be with You.” (2008) was about a person’s relationship with their dog. The album debuted at the top of the weekly Oricon charts, making BoA one of only two artists in Japan to have six consecutive studio albums top the Oricon weekly charts (the other is Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎あゆみ), who has eight consecutive number-one albums).
2008-now - USA Foray: On 2 Sept' 08, SM Entertainment announced that BoA would make her American début under a new subsidiary label, SM Entertainment USA. A press conference was held on September 10, 2008 at the Seoul Imperial Palace Hotel to clarify the details of her American début. BoA’s début American single “Eat You Up” was released online on October 21, 2008; The physical single was to be released in stores on November 11, 2008, but SM instead released a promotional CD containing dance remixes of “Eat You Up”. “Eat You Up” became a number-one Breakout on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. The remix of “Eat You Up” featuring rapper Flo Rida and was slated for release in late November and leaked onto the internet in December. BoA performed “Eat You Up” as well as other songs at YouTube’s Tokyo Live concert, and performed in New York City on December 3, 2008, as well as the Jingle Ball at the Anaheim Honda Center on December 6, 2008. She also performed the song “Look Who’s Talking” at the event.
BoA released a triple-A-side single on February 18, 2009, “Eien/Universe/Believe in Love”. On the same day, the Ravex single “Believe in Love” was released, featuring vocals by BoA. Her second compilation album, Best & USA was released on March 18. The album will be released in a two-disc or one-disc edition. The former will contain one disc with Japanese songs and one with her début American album; the latter has fourteen Japanese songs and two songs from her American début album. BoA’s self-titled English album was released on March 17. BoA headlined as a performer for the San Francisco Pride Festival on June 28, 2009 alongside Solange Knowles and The Cliks. She debuted her next single “Energetic”, performing it for the first time in public. She also performed “Eat You Up” and “I Did It for Love (feat. Sean Garrett).
On August 31, SM USA released BoA Deluxe, the repackaged version of her début English album. The album contained two new tracks and the radio edit version of “Energetic”. After the release of BoA Deluxe, BoA went back to the Japanese market releasing a new single entitled “Bump Bump!” (October 2009), which features label-mate Verbal from [aritst]M-Flo. Following the release of “Bump Bump!”, BoA released “Mamoritai: White Wishes” (まもりたい ～White Wishes～) (December 2009) and she held a Christmas concert in December. Her seventh Japanese album, Identity was released on February 10, 2010.
On March 1, 2010, SM Entertainment announced that BoA will make a comeback in South Korea for her 10th début anniversary which is going to be on August 25, 2010 and is going to release a full-length Korean album five years after her Girls on Top album in 2005.
Sites: Discogs
2) A Croatian art rock band which was especially prominent during the 1980s. The band formed in Zagreb, then SR Croatia in 1974, when its founding members, Mladen Puljiz and Slavko Remenarić, switched their interest from classical music to rock music, inspired by art-rock acts such as Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, David Bowie, Roxy Music and Peter Gabriel.
The group started its concert activity in 1979 with a line-up consisted of: Mladen Puljiz (keyboards, vocals), Slavko Remenarić (guitar), Igor Šoštarić (drums) and Damir Košpić (bass guitar). The band moved towards the then actual New Romantic sound and fashion and after the release of their debut album for Suzy in 1981, they were voted by the readers of the prominent Yugoslav musical magazine Džuboks as the best upcoming act of the year.
Their next album Ritam strasti (Rhythm of passion) followed by around hundred concerts around former Yugoslavia brought them even higher popularity. Despite the fact that their next album Govor tjela (Body language) included some successful hits, the band fell into creative crisis and thus the group halted its activities until 1989 when the group got a new rhythm section consisted of the drummer Paolo Sfeci (former member of Aerodrom and Parni valjak) and the bass player Zvonimir Bučević (prominent session musician).
In 1990 the band released the album Prvi Val (First Wave), and performed as a support act of David Bowie's concert at Maksimir stadium in Zagreb in front of over 50000 people. Two years after, they released the compilation album 81-92 featuring live performances and studio recordings with new arrangements. The CD also included the song Zemlja, which was recorded in 1991 for the Rock za Hrvatsku (Rock for Croatia) music project tributed to the Croatian War of Independence. In 1993, a new member of the group is the keyboard player Gojko Tomljanović. In the next year they release the CD Kraj detinjstva (End of Childhood) featuring guest appearances by prominent artists such as: Josipa Lisac, Dino Dvornik and Vanna. The feature song Kao mir (Like peace), a duet with Jospia Lisac was nominated in two categories for the prestigious Croatian music award Porin.
In 2002 Croatia Records released the integral versions of the two first albums on CD, which was awarded with Porin in the Re-release of the year category. Following this succes, the band also released a compilation featuring songs from their third and fourth album in 2004 under the title Kao nekad (Like in the old days). All of the songs were remastered and in some of them the authors modified the arrangements. The CD also contains bonus tracks such as Boa Constrictor, an experimental instrumental, which includes sound effect that Puljiz i Remenarić recorded back in 1974 on their old Grundig 2-track open-reel tape recorder.
The group is still active.
3) A Chilean power groove metal band formed by guitarist / producer Gerhard Wolleter with the idea to just have fun and play live but with the intention to deliver the maximum power and intensity as possible incorporating power Latin grooves and mixing them with thrash metal to put a fresh and original style to a trend that is repeating it self over and over again. Gerhard ask long time friend Gustavo¨Horse¨Romero to join him in the project as a singer and a bass player, the music and lyrics for 9 songs were all ready written by Gerhard as well as the impossible drum parts also composed by Wolleter.
1. South Korean singer
2. Croatian … Read Full Bio ↴Boa is a name of several artists:
1. South Korean singer
2. Croatian art rock band
3. Chilean power groove metal band
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). Two years later, she released her Japanese début album, “Listen To My Heart” (Avex Trax). Her USA début was, the single, “Eat You Up” (14 Oct '08, SM Entertainment USA), followed by an English-language début album, “BoA” (17 Mar '09).
Influenced by hip-hop & rnb singers - such as Nelly & Janet Jackson - many of BoA’s songs fall into those genres. As the singer feels she does not “have any talent for writing [songs]”, the writing and composition of her songs are handled mostly by her staff; for this reason, she has drawn some criticism. (Though only a few of her songs are self-written, BoA began composing on her own with her Japanese début album Listen to My Heart, in which she co-wrote and composed the song “Nothing’s Gonna Change”.)
BoA’s multilingual skills (she speaks Japanese and conversational English along with her native Korean and has recorded songs in Mandarin Chinese) have contributed to her commercial success in South Korea and Japan and her popularity throughout East Asia. She is the only non-Japanese Asian to have two million-selling albums in Japan and is one of only two artists to have six consecutive number-one studio albums on the Oricon charts since her début.
2000-02 - Debut: At age eleven, BoA accompanied her older brother to an SM Entertainment talent search. Though her brother was the one who auditioned, SM talent scouts instead took notice of BoA and offered her a contract. Her parents initially opposed the notion of BoA’s leaving school to enter the entertainment business but eventually consented at her brother’s persuasion. BoA underwent two years of training (involving vocal, dance, and Japanese lessons), and at the age of thirteen released her début album ID; Peace B in South Korea on August 25, 2000. The album was moderately successful; it entered the Top 10 of the South Korean charts and sold around 156,000 units. Meanwhile, her Korean record label, SM Entertainment, made arrangements with Japanese label Avex Trax to launch her music career in Japan. In early 2001, BoA released her first mini-album, Don’t Start Now; it sold around 90,000 units. After its release, she took a hiatus from the Korean music industry to focus on the Japanese market at which time she worked to solidify her skills in Japanese.
BoA began her Japanese music career singing at the Avex-owned club Velfarre. In 2001, she released her début Japanese single, a Japanese version of the song, “ID; Peace B” (originally from the eponymous album). The single reached #20 on the Oricon chart and was followed by “Amazing Kiss”, “Kimochi wa Tsutawaru” (気持ちはつたわる), and “Listen to My Heart”; the last became the singer’s first single to enter the Oricon’s Top Five. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, BoA recorded the charity single “The Meaning of Peace” with Kumi Koda (倖田來未) as part of Avex’s Song Nation project to raise funds for charity. Her début Japanese album, Listen to My Heart, was released on March 13, 2002. The album was a breakthrough in BoA’s career: it became an RIAJ-certified million-seller and debuted atop the Oricon, making it the first album by a Korean artist to reach the top. A single, “Every Heart: Minna no Kimochi” (Every Heart -ミンナノキモチ-), was released on the same day as the album. After the release of Listen to My Heart, BoA released her second Korean studio album, No.1, a month later. The album sold around 544,000 units and became the fourth-best-selling record of the year in South Korea. Jumping into the World (a Japanese re-release of the mini-album Don’t Start Now) and the Japanese single “Don’t Start Now” were released a month later on the same day.
2003-05 - Commercial Success: BoA then released her seventh single “Valenti”. It became a Top Five single for the artist, peaking at the number-two position on the Oricon. BoA released two more singles “Kiseki / No.1” and “Jewel Song / Beside You: Boku o Yobu Koe”, both which also peaked at the number-three position. At the end of the year, BoA released her second Korean mini-album Miracle.
BoA’s second Japanese studio album, Valenti (2003), became her best-selling album, with over 1,249,000 copies sold. In support of the album, BoA launched BoA 1st Live Tour Valenti, her first Japanese concert tour. Later that year, she released two Korean albums, Atlantis Princess and the mini-album Shine We Are!. The former was the fifth-best-selling South Korean record of the year with around 345,000 units sold; the latter sold around 58,000 units and was the fifty-second-best-selling record. Her third Japanese studio album, Love & Honesty (2004) was a musical “change in direction”: it contained a rock-dance song (“Rock with You”) and “harder” R&B. Though the album failed to match Valenti in sales, it topped the Oricon chart for two weeks and became RIAJ-certified triple-platinum. In support of the album, BoA held a tour, Live Concert Tour 2004: Love & Honesty. In contrast with 1st Live Tour, which “emphasized exotic Asian design”, the Love & Honesty tour had an “outer-space, sci-fi” theme; among the props were a three-story-high space ship and the robot Asimo. The tour, which started in Saitama and ended in Yokohama, spanned nine performances and attracted about 105,000 attendants. Her first compilation album, Best of Soul (2005), however, sold over a million copies, making BoA the first non-Japanese Asian singer to have two million-selling albums in Japan.
BoA reinvented her image on her fourth Korean album, My Name (2004); she left the “cute” and “youthful” style that had characterized earlier years and presented herself as “sexy” and “sultry”. The album was the beginning of a foray into the Chinese market and contained two songs sung in Mandarin Chinese.The sales of BoA’s Korean albums began to decline: the album sold 191,000 units and became the eleventh-best-selling South Korean album of the year. Her fifth Korean album, Girls on Top, continued her image change. The album portrayed the singer as more “mature and self-confident” and was a “declaration of war on male chauvinism”; the “bohemian” look of the cover photograph represented “freedom and depth”, while music videos and album photographs that portrayed BoA in traditional Korean dress brought the “idea of Korean womanhood” into her music. The album also continued BoA’s foray into the Chinese market and, like the previous album, contained Mandarin Chinese songs. The album sold less than the previous album; it was the fourteenth-best-selling record of the year in South Korea with 113,000 units sold.
2006-08 - Sales Decline: In 2006, BoA was mostly inactive in South Korea as she focused her attention on Japan; however, on September 21, 2006, she released her first digital single in Korea, a Korean version of “Key of Heart”. Her fourth Japanese studio album, Outgrow, was released on February 15, 2006. The limited CD+DVD edition of the album contained music videos of the album’s singles and a password to access a special version of the official website. The album reached the number-one spot on the Oricon chart for its first week of release, making it her fourth consecutive Japanese album to do so. It had low début sales, however; with 220,000 copies sold, it became her lowest-selling first-week début for a studio album at that point. “Do the Motion”, the first single from the album, reached the top spot, making her the fourth non-Japanese Asian to have a number-one single on the Oricon charts. “Merry Christmas from BoA” (2005), the album’s last single, was the singer’s first digital single. In support of Outgrow, BoA launched a special Zepp tour, B0A The Live, on September 29, 2006. The tour, which lasted until October 29, started from Nagoya and contained twelve shows, two in each of the following cities: Nagoya, Fukuoka, Osaka, Tokyo, Sendai, and Sapporo. She staged her first Christmas concert on December 7, 2006.
BoA’s fifth Japanese studio album, Made in Twenty (20) (2007), continued her transition from a “teenage girl” image to a more mature image. The album, which contained R&B and dance songs as well as ballads, debuted at the top of the weekly Oricon charts, making the album her sixth in a row to do so. She began using a personal computer for composing one of the songs (“No More Make Me Sick”). On March 31, 2007, she launched a nationwide tour of Japan in support of the album. The tour, which sold about 70,000 tickets, was, according to BoA, “the biggest concert” she had ever given. Two tracks from the singles of Made in Twenty (20) were used as theme songs; “Your Color”, from the single “Nanairo no Ashita: Brand New Beat / Your Color” (2006), was used as the ending theme song for the Japanese release of the Xbox 360 game Ninety-Nine Nights. “Key of Heart”, from the single “Key of Heart / Dotch” (2006), was the ending theme for the Japanese release of the movie Over the Hedge. She also released an English version of “Key of Heart”, which was only available on the first press edition of the single. Later in 2007, Anycall (a Samsung brand) signed BoA, Xiah (of TVXQ), Tablo (of Epik High), and jazz pianist Jin Bora onto “Anyban”, a band created specifically to promote Anycall. The band released the single, “TPL (Talk, Play, Love)”.
With her sixth Japanese album, The Face(2008), BoA took more creative control over her music. At this time, BoA was influenced by electro-pop. Additionally, BoA included “happy spring” songs (the lead single “Sweet Impact” and its B-side, “Bad Drive”), a guitar-driven “groovy dance” song (2007’s “Lose Your Mind”), and ballads. Lyrically, BoA focused mainly on love, though “Be with You.” (2008) was about a person’s relationship with their dog. The album debuted at the top of the weekly Oricon charts, making BoA one of only two artists in Japan to have six consecutive studio albums top the Oricon weekly charts (the other is Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎あゆみ), who has eight consecutive number-one albums).
2008-now - USA Foray: On 2 Sept' 08, SM Entertainment announced that BoA would make her American début under a new subsidiary label, SM Entertainment USA. A press conference was held on September 10, 2008 at the Seoul Imperial Palace Hotel to clarify the details of her American début. BoA’s début American single “Eat You Up” was released online on October 21, 2008; The physical single was to be released in stores on November 11, 2008, but SM instead released a promotional CD containing dance remixes of “Eat You Up”. “Eat You Up” became a number-one Breakout on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. The remix of “Eat You Up” featuring rapper Flo Rida and was slated for release in late November and leaked onto the internet in December. BoA performed “Eat You Up” as well as other songs at YouTube’s Tokyo Live concert, and performed in New York City on December 3, 2008, as well as the Jingle Ball at the Anaheim Honda Center on December 6, 2008. She also performed the song “Look Who’s Talking” at the event.
BoA released a triple-A-side single on February 18, 2009, “Eien/Universe/Believe in Love”. On the same day, the Ravex single “Believe in Love” was released, featuring vocals by BoA. Her second compilation album, Best & USA was released on March 18. The album will be released in a two-disc or one-disc edition. The former will contain one disc with Japanese songs and one with her début American album; the latter has fourteen Japanese songs and two songs from her American début album. BoA’s self-titled English album was released on March 17. BoA headlined as a performer for the San Francisco Pride Festival on June 28, 2009 alongside Solange Knowles and The Cliks. She debuted her next single “Energetic”, performing it for the first time in public. She also performed “Eat You Up” and “I Did It for Love (feat. Sean Garrett).
On August 31, SM USA released BoA Deluxe, the repackaged version of her début English album. The album contained two new tracks and the radio edit version of “Energetic”. After the release of BoA Deluxe, BoA went back to the Japanese market releasing a new single entitled “Bump Bump!” (October 2009), which features label-mate Verbal from [aritst]M-Flo. Following the release of “Bump Bump!”, BoA released “Mamoritai: White Wishes” (まもりたい ～White Wishes～) (December 2009) and she held a Christmas concert in December. Her seventh Japanese album, Identity was released on February 10, 2010.
On March 1, 2010, SM Entertainment announced that BoA will make a comeback in South Korea for her 10th début anniversary which is going to be on August 25, 2010 and is going to release a full-length Korean album five years after her Girls on Top album in 2005.
Sites: Discogs
2) A Croatian art rock band which was especially prominent during the 1980s. The band formed in Zagreb, then SR Croatia in 1974, when its founding members, Mladen Puljiz and Slavko Remenarić, switched their interest from classical music to rock music, inspired by art-rock acts such as Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, David Bowie, Roxy Music and Peter Gabriel.
The group started its concert activity in 1979 with a line-up consisted of: Mladen Puljiz (keyboards, vocals), Slavko Remenarić (guitar), Igor Šoštarić (drums) and Damir Košpić (bass guitar). The band moved towards the then actual New Romantic sound and fashion and after the release of their debut album for Suzy in 1981, they were voted by the readers of the prominent Yugoslav musical magazine Džuboks as the best upcoming act of the year.
Their next album Ritam strasti (Rhythm of passion) followed by around hundred concerts around former Yugoslavia brought them even higher popularity. Despite the fact that their next album Govor tjela (Body language) included some successful hits, the band fell into creative crisis and thus the group halted its activities until 1989 when the group got a new rhythm section consisted of the drummer Paolo Sfeci (former member of Aerodrom and Parni valjak) and the bass player Zvonimir Bučević (prominent session musician).
In 1990 the band released the album Prvi Val (First Wave), and performed as a support act of David Bowie's concert at Maksimir stadium in Zagreb in front of over 50000 people. Two years after, they released the compilation album 81-92 featuring live performances and studio recordings with new arrangements. The CD also included the song Zemlja, which was recorded in 1991 for the Rock za Hrvatsku (Rock for Croatia) music project tributed to the Croatian War of Independence. In 1993, a new member of the group is the keyboard player Gojko Tomljanović. In the next year they release the CD Kraj detinjstva (End of Childhood) featuring guest appearances by prominent artists such as: Josipa Lisac, Dino Dvornik and Vanna. The feature song Kao mir (Like peace), a duet with Jospia Lisac was nominated in two categories for the prestigious Croatian music award Porin.
In 2002 Croatia Records released the integral versions of the two first albums on CD, which was awarded with Porin in the Re-release of the year category. Following this succes, the band also released a compilation featuring songs from their third and fourth album in 2004 under the title Kao nekad (Like in the old days). All of the songs were remastered and in some of them the authors modified the arrangements. The CD also contains bonus tracks such as Boa Constrictor, an experimental instrumental, which includes sound effect that Puljiz i Remenarić recorded back in 1974 on their old Grundig 2-track open-reel tape recorder.
The group is still active.
3) A Chilean power groove metal band formed by guitarist / producer Gerhard Wolleter with the idea to just have fun and play live but with the intention to deliver the maximum power and intensity as possible incorporating power Latin grooves and mixing them with thrash metal to put a fresh and original style to a trend that is repeating it self over and over again. Gerhard ask long time friend Gustavo¨Horse¨Romero to join him in the project as a singer and a bass player, the music and lyrics for 9 songs were all ready written by Gerhard as well as the impossible drum parts also composed by Wolleter.
JEWEL SONG
BoA Lyrics
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Wow, wow, wow
Hey, do you remember? ふたり出逢った
Time goes by 季節と同じ匂いさ
まるで君は 光のように
You're my jewel 僕に微笑みかけてた
ふざけたり 時には喧嘩もした
愛が何かも わからないで
Yes, do you remember? やっと気づいた
Jewel in my heart 君に向かうこの気持ち
どんなふうに見つめたなら 伝えられるだろう
その笑顔を 幾つも知りたくて
迷いながら 結びながら 時を越えて dreams come true
いつの日にも 君は永久の輝き
Wow, wow, wow
No, I can't forget you かけがえのない
Dear my jewel 友達や家族みたい
寒い朝寄せ合う 白い息が
伝える想い 信じていて
So I can't forget you 不思議なくらい
Jewel in love 愛しさがあふれて来る
どれ位の 時がふたり 包み込むだろう
数えきれぬ 出来事を運んで
優しい春 眩しい夏 淋しい秋 冬も
約束する 君のそばで眠ろう
Wow, wow, hu, hu
どんなふうに見つめたなら 伝えられるだろう
その笑顔を 幾つも知りたくて
迷いながら 結びながら 時を越えて dreams come true
いつの日にも 君は永久の輝き
Forever jewel in my heart
Wow, wow, wow
Hey, do you remember? ふたり出逢った
Time goes by 季節と同じ匂いさ
まるで君は 光のように
You're my jewel 僕に微笑みかけてた
ふざけたり 時には喧嘩もした
Yes, do you remember? やっと気づいた
Jewel in my heart 君に向かうこの気持ち
どんなふうに見つめたなら 伝えられるだろう
その笑顔を 幾つも知りたくて
迷いながら 結びながら 時を越えて dreams come true
いつの日にも 君は永久の輝き
Wow, wow, wow
No, I can't forget you かけがえのない
Dear my jewel 友達や家族みたい
寒い朝寄せ合う 白い息が
伝える想い 信じていて
So I can't forget you 不思議なくらい
Jewel in love 愛しさがあふれて来る
どれ位の 時がふたり 包み込むだろう
数えきれぬ 出来事を運んで
優しい春 眩しい夏 淋しい秋 冬も
約束する 君のそばで眠ろう
Wow, wow, hu, hu
どんなふうに見つめたなら 伝えられるだろう
その笑顔を 幾つも知りたくて
迷いながら 結びながら 時を越えて dreams come true
いつの日にも 君は永久の輝き
Forever jewel in my heart
Wow, wow, wow
The lyrics of Boa's song "Jewel Song" speaks about the memories of two people of their love and the moments they shared. The song starts with one of the persons reminiscing about when they first met, how time has passed, and how the person they love shines like a jewel. They talked about how their relationship has been, how they argued when they were still trying to figure out what love means and how it felt like they have found a precious gem when they met. They also spoke about how they desire to know every smile their lover has and how they dream of forever being together.
The chorus of the song reminds us of how true love is valuable and how it never fades away. It talks about how the person who means everything to them is irreplaceable and that they will always be like family. They spoke about how their love has grown stronger and how it keeps overflowing. They promised to be with their love, through the seasons and sleep next to them every night.
The lyrics of the song "Jewel Song" is a beautiful portrayal of love, commitment, and enduring relationships. It speaks of how pure love never withers with time, and how the memories of those we love remain precious to us.
Line by Line Meaning
Hey, do you remember? ふたり出逢った
Do you recall when we first met?
Time goes by 季節と同じ匂いさ まるで君は 光のように
As time passes, you remain a shining light in my life, like the familiar scents of each season.
You're my jewel 僕に微笑みかけてた
You're my precious gem, always smiling at me.
ふざけたり 時には喧嘩もした 愛が何かも わからないで
We may have played around and even fought at times, not understanding what love truly means.
Yes, do you remember? やっと気づいた Jewel in my heart 君に向かうこの気持ち
Yes, do you remember? I finally realized that you are the Jewel in my heart, and my feelings are directed towards you.
どんなふうに見つめたなら 伝えられるだろう その笑顔を 幾つも知りたくて 迷いながら 結びながら 時を越えて dreams come true いつの日にも 君は永久の輝き
I wonder how to convey my desire to capture every aspect of your smile, as we overcome hurdles and obstacles together to make our dreams come true. You will always remain an eternal radiance in my life.
No, I can't forget you かけがえのない Dear my jewel 友達や家族みたい
No, I cannot forget you, my priceless Dear my Jewel, who is just like a friend or family member to me.
寒い朝寄せ合う 白い息が 伝える想い 信じていて
On cold mornings, as our white breaths intermingle, believe in the emotions conveyed through them.
So I can't forget you 不思議なくらい Jewel in love 愛しさがあふれて来る
So, I can never forget you, and my emotions of love for you overflow to a mysterious extent.
どれ位の 時がふたり 包み込むだろう 数えきれぬ 出来事を運んで 優しい春 眩しい夏 淋しい秋 冬も 約束する 君のそばで眠ろう
I wonder how much time we will spend together, carrying the infinite number of events as we promise to sleep beside you in the gentle spring, dazzling summer, lonely autumn, and winter.
Wow, wow, hu, hu
Wow, wow, hu, hu
Forever jewel in my heart Wow, wow, wow
Always and forever, you will remain a Jewel in my heart. Wow, wow, wow.
Lyrics © TV Asahi Music Co., Ltd.
Written by: Natsumi Watanabe, Kazuhiro Hara
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@Ellis631
Hey do you remember?
Futari deatta
Time goes by kisetsu to onaji nioi sa
Marude kimi wa hikari no you ni
You're my jewel
Boku ni hohemi kaketeta
Fuzaketari tokiniwa kenka mo shita
Ai ga nanika mowakaranaide
Yes do you remember? yatto kidsuita
Jewel in my heart kimi ni mukau kono kimochi
*Donna fuu ni mitsumetanara tsutaerareru darou
Sono egao o ikutsumo shiritakute
Mayoinagara musubinagara
Toki o koete dreams come true
Itsu no hi ni mo kimi wa towa no kagayaki
No I can't forget you kakegaenonai
Dear my jewel tomodachi ya kazoku mitai
Samui asa yoseau shiroi iki ga tsutaeru omoi shinjiteite
So I can't forget you fushigi na kurai
Jewel in love itoshisaga afuretekuru
Dorekurai no toki ga futari tsutsumikomu darou
Kazoekirenu dekigoto o hakonde
Yasashii haru mabushii natsu sabishii aki fuyu mo
Yakusoku suru kimi no sobade nemurou
Repeat *
Forever jewel in my heart
@user-er1mv7ip7n
Hey, Do you remember? ふたり出逢った
Hey, Do you remember? 후타리 데앗타
(기억하나요?) 둘이서 만났던
Time goes by 季節と 同じ 臭いさ
Time goes by 키세츠또 오나지 니오이사
(시간은 흐르고) 계절과 같은 향기로움이죠.
まるで 君は 光のように
마루데 키미와 히까리노요-니
마치 그대는 빛처럼
You're my jewel 僕に 微笑み かけてた
You're my jewel 보쿠니 호호에미 카케테타
(당신은 나의 보석이에요.)나에게 미소지었죠.
ふざけたり 時には けんかもした
후자케타리 토키니와 겡카모시따
장난도 치며, 때로는 다투기도 했죠
愛が 何かも わからないで
아이가 나니카모 와카라나이데
사랑이 무엇인지도 모르는 채.
Yes, Do you remember? やっと 氣づいた
Yes, Do you remember? 얏또 키즈이따
(네, 기억하나요?)마침내 깨달았어요.
Jewel in my heart 君に 向かう この 氣持ち
Jewel in my heart 키미니 무카우 코노 키모찌
(내 마음 속의 보석)그대를 향한 이 마음을
どんなふうに 見つめたなら 傳えられるだろう
도음나 후우니 미쯔메타나라 츠타에라레루다로-
어떻게 바라보면 전할 수 있는 걸까요
その 笑顔を 幾つも 知りたくて
소노 에가오오 이꾸쯔모 시리타꾸떼
그 미소를, 자꾸만 알고 싶어서
迷いながら 結びながら 時を越えて Dreams come true
마요이나가라 무스비나가라 도키오 코에떼 Dreams come
true
방황하며, 맺어 가며, 시간을 넘어(꿈은 이뤄져요)
いつの日にも 君は 永久の 輝き Wow Wow Wow...
이쯔노 히니모 키미와 토와노 카가야키
언제나 그대는 영원한 반짝임
No I can't forget you かけがえのない
No I can't forget you 카케가 에노나이
No I can't forget you(전 그대를 잊을 수 없어요) 더없이 소중
한
Dear my jewel 友達や 家族みたい
Dear my jewel 토모다찌야 카조쿠미따이
Dear my jewel(내 소중한 보석이여) 친구와 가족처럼
寒い朝 寄せ合う 白い息か
사무이 아사 요세아우 시로이 이키가
추운 아침, 다가오는 하얀 입김이,
傳える思い 信じていて
쯔따에루 오모이 시음지떼이떼
전하는 생각을 믿어 줘요
So I can't forget you 不思議なくらい
So I can't forget you 후시기나 쿠라이
(그래서 전 그대를 잊을 수 없어요)신비로울 만큼
Jewel in love 愛しさが あふれて 來る
Jewel in love 이토시사가 아후레떼 쿠루
(사랑 속의 보석)사랑스러움이 넘쳐 나죠.
どれ位の時がふたり 包みこむだろう
도레쿠라이노 토키가 후따리 쯔쯔미코무다로-
어느 정도의 시간이 우리 둘을 감싸 안을까요
數え切れぬ 出來事を 運んで
카조에키레누 데키고또오 하코음데
헤아릴 수 없는 많은 일이 생기죠.
優しい春 眩しい夏 淋しい秋... 冬も
야사시이하루 마부시이나쯔 사비시이아키...후유모
따뜻한 봄, 눈부신 여름, 쓸쓸한 가을....겨울도
約束する 君のそばで 眠ろう
야쿠소쿠스루 키미노 소바데 네무로-
약속해요, 그대 곁에서 잠들게요.
どんなふうに 見つめたなら 傳えられるだろう
도음나 후우니 미쯔메타나라 츠타에라레루다로-
어떻게 바라보면 전할 수 있는 걸까요
その 笑顔を 幾つも 知りたくて
소노 에가오오 이쿠츠모 시리타쿠테
그 미소를, 자꾸만 알고 싶어서
迷いながら 結びながら 時を越えて Dreams come true
마요이나가라 무스비나가라 도키오 코에떼 Dreams come
true
방황하며, 맺어 가며, 시간을 넘어(꿈은 이뤄져요)
いつの日にも 君は 永久の 輝き
이쯔노 히니모 키미와 토와노 카가야키
언제나 그대는 영원한 반짝임
Forever jewel in my heart
@jasonwatley2587
Boa is my favorite singer from Asia, so many beautiful songs. You can tell she really pours herself into every song.
@hp5088
20년이 다 되어가지만 지금 들어도 너무 세련되고 좋다 ㅠㅠㅠ 보아 최고
@XRJIGUMI
I miss this song very much and I still love it! Forever Jumping BoA/SOUL 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
@demented-dwarf
I first heard this song in mid-2003 on a wallpaper/slideshow website where you could choose the music. This was the only title in English (it was a Russian website) but didn't show the artist's name. I loved BoA's performance then and now, after all these years, it's still a favorite!
@Ellis631
Hey do you remember?
Futari deatta
Time goes by kisetsu to onaji nioi sa
Marude kimi wa hikari no you ni
You're my jewel
Boku ni hohemi kaketeta
Fuzaketari tokiniwa kenka mo shita
Ai ga nanika mowakaranaide
Yes do you remember? yatto kidsuita
Jewel in my heart kimi ni mukau kono kimochi
*Donna fuu ni mitsumetanara tsutaerareru darou
Sono egao o ikutsumo shiritakute
Mayoinagara musubinagara
Toki o koete dreams come true
Itsu no hi ni mo kimi wa towa no kagayaki
No I can't forget you kakegaenonai
Dear my jewel tomodachi ya kazoku mitai
Samui asa yoseau shiroi iki ga tsutaeru omoi shinjiteite
So I can't forget you fushigi na kurai
Jewel in love itoshisaga afuretekuru
Dorekurai no toki ga futari tsutsumikomu darou
Kazoekirenu dekigoto o hakonde
Yasashii haru mabushii natsu sabishii aki fuyu mo
Yakusoku suru kimi no sobade nemurou
Repeat *
Forever jewel in my heart
@desireethornton3250
Yep love this song. I really wish I could find singers today singing like this but I guess this style isn't popular but I really love this song ... even if I can't understand it
@uzzielvalencia2987
That's the magic of her voice 😍
@tomiputra3720
2020: Still love this song
@giannimozanihusin6978
2021 still here
@LeonFoo
2021+1