Boa is a name of several artists:
1. South Korean singer
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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.

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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.

Universe
Boa Lyrics

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お嬢さん said
｢Youラップがお上手ね｣
そうっすね･･･だって僕は
ラップ界のjawsです
マジでチョー灼熱、
他の追随ゆるさん格別
毎回 fire
マイク持たせたら火事です

順当な愛のランキング
有望なそうdna
Life is survive race
紀元前to今もそう
端正なlookingでも
軽快愉快なレスポンス
それだけじゃ駄目 no no no no
You know? Brand new feel
Only one your feel
新しい時代(とき)を行く strong
タフなヒーロー
We want we need lead
ボーダレスが進む
世界のthe key person strong
We get it on high,
We make it clap
新世界到来dance
Dj playもdigi style
Can you follow? Dance in 未来系
1、2、1、2、1、2 be strong
スペル is b,c,v
触れるならbe strong
1、2、1、2、1、2 be strong
It's brand new!! アイコンをclick
覚悟してなきゃ
痛い目みてから
I don't knowは通じない
Just like a ジェットコースター
引き込まれてく
このサウンドにwait minute no no
You know? Brand new beat
Only special beat
What do you feel?
モニター越しのリアリティ?
Many 膨大な情報のrain
飲み込まれない
強さはここにある strong
We get it on high,
We make it clap
新世界pump it up
Listen, youのfavorite sound
Can you follow? Dancing
In your best
1、2、1、2、1、2 be strong
スペル is b,c,v
選ぶならbe strong
1、2、1、2、1、2 be strong
1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2
Be strong every time I
Look into your eyes
I see the future
チョーシリアス
サウンドがミニマル
になれば必然ディスタンス縮まる
Lights out! 何か始まる
微々たるギャグを交わせば
いつの間に
フィジカル、ノン・リリカル、
言葉はいらない
ハイなvibesはチョーケミカル
Time out! チョー絵になる
カッチョよすぎてゴメン、
You're ウェルカム
Yup! It's... オレの出る幕
Anything goes when we get loud
いつもwild!!! いつも"wow!!!"
足下l.v.スティーブンsprouse
We in the V.I.P
ソファーに飛び乗り up＆down
両手にボトルでmake yall bounce
I love you I want you
It's borderless
Music is playin' in the air,
Like that
How your feeling baby?
Shall we dance?
そこにある sound is good
Yes, it sounds real good
We get it on high,
We make it clap
新世界到来dance
Dj playもdigi style
Can you follow? Dance in 未来系
1、2、1、2、1、2 be strong
スペル is b,c,v
触れるならbe strong
We get it on high,
We makin clap
新世界pump it up
Listen, youのfavorite sound
Can you follow? Dancing
In your best
1、2、1、2、1、2 be strong
スペルis b,c,v

選ぶならbe strong
1、2、1、2、1、2 be strong

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Boa's song "Universe" appear to be about perseverance, strength, and unity. The rapper in the song brags about his skills and success in the "rap world," proclaiming that he is unstoppable and that others cannot keep up with him. He talks about the importance of strength and resilience, stating that life is a "survive race" and that one must be tough and heroic to lead and succeed. Throughout the song, there are calls for unity and for people to be strong together, with lines such as "We want We need lead, Borderlessが進む" (We want we need lead, advancing without borders). The song ends with a call to dance and enjoy the music together.

Overall, the song appears to be about the power of music and dance to bring people together and provide strength and hope. The lyrics emphasize the importance of unity, resilience, and perseverance in the face of challenges, and suggests that these qualities can be cultivated through music and dance.

Line by Line Meaning

お嬢さん said
A woman praises the artist's rap skills

｢YOUラップがお上手ね｣
She compliments Boa on her rapping skills

そうっすね･･･だって僕は
Boa agrees and says that she is like JAWS in the rap world

ラップ界のJAWSです
Boa compares herself to JAWS, indicating her dominance in the rap industry

マジでチョー灼熱、
Boa describes her rap style as hot and fierce

他の追随ゆるさん格別
Her style is unmatched and others cannot imitate it

毎回 FIRE
Boa always brings the heat when she raps

マイク持たせたら火事です
She is so hot with the microphone that she could start a fire

順当な愛のランキング
Boa talks about a ranking system for love

有望なそうDNA
Boa brings up promising DNA in relation to love rankings

Life is survive race
Boa mentions how life is a race to survive

紀元前to今もそう
Boa suggests that this race has existed since ancient times

端正なLookingでも
Although someone may have a polished appearance

軽快愉快なレスポンス
They may have a lively and pleasant response

それだけじゃ駄目 No No No No
However, that response is not enough

You know? Brand new feel
Boa asks if the listener knows about a new sensation

Only one your feel
That sensation is unique to the individual listener

新しい時代(とき)を行く Strong
Boa talks about going toward a new era with strength

タフなヒーロー
She compares herself to a tough hero

We want We need lead
Boa asserts that people want and need a leader

ボーダレスが進む
Boa moves forward without borders

世界のThe key person Strong
She describes herself as the key person in the world, being strong

We get it on high,
Boa starts talking about getting hype

We make it clap
The hype comes from making music that makes you dance

新世界到来Dance
This new world brings a dance party

DJ playもDigi Style
The DJ plays music in a digital style

Can you follow? Dance in 未来系
Boa asks if the listener can follow and dance in a futuristic style

1、2、1、2、1、2 Be Strong
Boa gives a beat and tells everyone to be strong

スペル is B,C,V
Boa spells out B,C,V

触れるならBe Strong
To touch, one needs to be strong

It's Brand New!! アイコンをClick
Boa introduces a new thing and asks that people click the icon

覚悟してなきゃ
She warns that one must be prepared

痛い目みてから
If not prepared, people will suffer

I don't knowは通じない
Saying 'I don't know' will not suffice

Just like a ジェットコースター
Life is like a rollercoaster

引き込まれてく
We are all drawn into it

このサウンドにWait minute No No
Boa brings up a sound and tells people to wait a minute

You know? Brand new beat
Boa mentions a new beat

Only Special Beat
This beat is special

What do you feel?
Boa asks what the listener feels

モニター越しのリアリティ?
Is it virtual reality beyond the monitor?

Many 膨大な情報のRain
Boa brings up the overwhelming amount of information available to us

飲み込まれない
It cannot all be comprehended

強さはここにある Strong
True strength lies within oneself

新世界Pump it up
Boa pumps up the party in this new world

Listen, Youのfavorite Sound
She asks the listener to listen to their favorite sound

Dancing in your Best
Boa wants you to dance your best

選ぶならBe Strong
If you have to choose, be strong

Be Strong Every time I
The need to be strong every time she does something

look into your eyes
When she looks into someone's eyes

I see the future
Boa sees the future in their eyes

チョーシリアス
Boa gets serious now

サウンドがミニマル
The sound is minimalistic

になれば必然ディスタンス縮まる
If it becomes minimalistic, the distance will shorten

LIGHTS OUT! 何か始まる
Boa sets the mood for something to begin

微々たるギャグを交わせば
Even with small jokes, something will happen

いつの間に
Suddenly

フィジカル、ノン・リリカル、
Physical, Non-Lyrical

言葉はいらない
Words are not necessary

ハイなVIBESはチョーケミカル
The good vibes are chemical

TIME OUT! チョー絵になる
Boa calls for a timeout and says something will become a work of art

カッチョよすぎてゴメン、
Boa apologizes for looking too cool

You're ウェルカム
She welcomes the listener to join in

YUP! IT'S… オレの出る幕
Boa makes her grand entrance

ANYTHING GOES when we get LOUD
Anything can happen when people get loud

いつもWILD!!! いつも“WOW!!!”
Boa adds that it's always wild and always 'wow'

足下L.V.スティーブンSPROUSE
Boa mentions Louis Vuitton and Stephen Sprouse in reference to fashionable shoes

WE IN THE V.I.P
They are in the VIP section

ソファーに飛び乗り UP＆DOWN
They jump up and down on the couch

両手にボトルでMAKE YALL BOUNCE
They throw bottles in the air and get everyone bouncing

I love you I want you
Boa expresses her desire and love for someone

It's Borderless
Love knows no borders

Music is playin' in the air,
The music is playing in the air

Like that
Like this

How your feeling baby?
Boa asks how the listener feels

Shall we dance?
Boa asks if they should dance together

そこにある Sound is good
The sound there is good, according to Boa

Yes, It sounds real good
In fact, it sounds really good to Boa

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Verbal, Komu, Magnus Svante Wallbert, Soshy, Bale'wa Muhammad, Pontus Winnberg, Christian Karlsson, Henrik Jonback

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