In 2008, BoA made her American debut with the single "Eat You Up". With this found success, she continued to grow, develop and garner success as the years passed. This became the fourth-best-selling record of the year in South Korea. One month later, she released her second album No.
She became the first Korean artist to become a RIAJ-certified million-seller and debuted atop the Oricon.
This album was a breakthrough in BoA's career. Her Japanese debut album was released in 2002, and titled Listen to My Heart. One year later, in 2001, she released her first mini album Don't Start Now, and then took a hiatus from the Korean market to work in Japan. While this album reached moderate success, her agency started working on her debut in Japan, which forced BoA to quit school so she had more time to prepare. She then released her debut album ID Peace B at 13 years-old. Her parents initially opposed, but after her brother's encouragement and persuasion, the agreed.īoA trained for two years under SM Entertainment. Although her brother was the one who initially wanted to audition, the agency noticed BoA and offered her a contract the same day. When BoA was eleven years old, she and her brother went to a SM Entertainment open audition.
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