Legend, icon, diva BoA is making a comeback, and she has released a special teaser for '202020' on Nov. 10. 202020 is set to drop on Nov 12 ahead of her official comeback n Dec. 1. The teaser released features clips from very early on in her career and a clip of the artist walking away. Fans are going crazy over this comeback and cannot wait for the official release.
Kwon Bo-ah, known professionally as BoA, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. BoA has been recognized as one of the most successful and influential Korean entertainers throughout her career and is therefore commonly credited as the "Queen of K-pop."
Born and raised in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, she was discovered by SM Entertainment talent agents when she accompanied her older brother to a talent search in 1998 and was trained for two years. Since her debut in August 2000, BoA has released nineteen studio albums, including nine 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).
BoA's multilingual skills (she speaks Japanese and English and native Korean and has recorded songs in Mandarin) have contributed to her commercial success throughout Asia outside of South Korea, such as China, Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan. With the release of her debut Japanese studio album, Listen to My Heart (2002), BoA became the first Korean pop star to break through in Japan following the fall of barriers that had restricted the import and export of entertainment between the countries since the end of World War II. She is the only foreign artist to have three albums sell more than one million copies in Japan. She is one of only three artists to have six consecutive number-one studio albums on the Oricon charts since her debut, the others being Ayumi Hamasaki and Utada Hikaru.
Fast forward a few years later, in 2018, BoA returned to Japan and released her ninth Japanese album Watashi Konomama de Iinokana on February 14, 2018, followed by EP Unchained in March. To accompany the EP's release, she embarked on the BoA The Live 2018: Unchained Tour from March 15 to April 4. People who went to the concerts received a copy of Unchained.
On January 31, she released "Nega Dola," which served as a single for BoA's then-upcoming first extended play. The EP, One Shot, Two Shot, was released on February 20, alongside its titular lead single and the song's music video. The EP peaked at number six on the South Korean Gaon Album Chart and number seven on the Billboard World Albums Chart. On October 24, she released her ninth Korean album Woman alongside a lead single name. The album peaked at number six on the Gaon Album Chart, number eleven on the Billboard World Albums Chart.
On June 4, 2019, she released the single "Feedback," which features rapper Nucksal, alongside the song's music video. BoA embarked on her #Mood Tour, which had six dates in Japan and two dates in Seoul, from September to October 2019. On October 23, she released a new Japanese single, "Wishing Well," which she earlier debuted on tour. On December 11, 2019, she released her second extended play Starry Night.
Most recently, in May 2020, BoA was featured as one of the coaches for the third season of The Voice of Korea, alongside Dynamic Duo, Sung Si-Kyung, and Kim Jong-kook.
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Written by Ishani Sarkar.
