B O A (보아) * Official Thread

[Guest V-ni@star]

that is be with u pic rite??? pretty..!!

[Guest Joshorty]

I was thinking about that pic and the pic posted before this page...there is no CD+DVD for this is there? The official site only stated it'd only have a CD only. The other picture is beautiful...

And yeah uh, I want to share this (from DBSK thread - Ailin brought up a very good article) (I know it mentions other artists names but I think we can simply avoid ourselves from discussing them...):

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K-Pop Industry Undergoing Slump

By Cathy Rose A. Garcia

Staff Reporter

The Korea Times

01-22-2008 16:02

K-Pop Industry Undergoing Slump

Super Junior, the wildly popular 13-member boy band, sold more than 100,000 copies of their album that was released last year.

Korean pop music may be as popular as ever, but popularity does not translate into record sales. The K-pop music industry continues to struggle with the decline in album sales over the past seven years.

The year 2007 was no different. Based on the data of the Recording Industry Association of Korea, R&B group SG Wannabe's fourth album ``Arirang'' was the best-selling album of 2007. However, it only sold a total of 190,998 copies, as compared to SG Wannabe's previous hit albums in 2006 (341,642 albums sold) and 2005 (414,855 albums sold).

Even more distressing for the K-pop music industry, only albums by SG Wannabe, Super Junior and Epik High managed to surpass the 100,000 sales mark. Super Junior, a wildly popular idol group, sold 164,058 copies of its second album ``Don't Don,'' while hip-hop stars Epik High sold 120,301 copies of its album ``Remapping the Human Soul.''

Other best-selling artists include Shinhwa member Shin Hye-sung, Seeya, F.T. Island, M.C. The Max and Toy. Surprisingly, the Wonder Girls debut album, which includes their hit song ``Tell Me,'' only sold 47,927 copies (ranked 15th best selling album).

K-pop hit its peak in 2000, when hit albums from Jo Sung-mo, g.o.d. and Seo Taiji sold more than a million records each. Jo's album, which topped the sales charts in 2000, sold 1.98 million copies.

In the following years, album sales have faltered, mainly due to the popularity of digital music. More people prefer purchasing and downloading digital music on to their computers or mobile phones, instead of buying the actual CD. The last time an album sold more than 1 million records was in 2001.

Foreign music album sales also experienced a decline in 2007. The best-selling foreign album is the soundtrack to the hit film ``Once,'' selling 36,725 copies. Other popular foreign acts include Paul Potts, Luciano Pavarotti, Richard Yongjae O'Neill and Maroon 5.

Sales of Japanese albums have barely made an impact, as only Japanese idol group Arashi and hip-hop duo M-flo ranked in the top 50 best-selling foreign albums in 2007.

This year, several high-profile K-pop stars making a comeback and releasing albums that would hopefully lift the K-pop industry from the doldrums.

Rocker Seo Taiji is making a comeback after a long break from the music scene. His album, released in 2000, sold 1.1 million copies, while another album released in 2004 sold 482,066 copies. Other male singers who will release albums are Tei and KCM.

Boy bands TVXQ, Shinhwa and SS501 are also expected to come out with new albums. Pop divas Boa, Lee Hyo-ri, Ivy and Bada are expected to release new albums later this year, as well as hip-hop acts like Epik High, Jinusean and DJ Doc.

K-pop Stars Go Overseas

As record sales continue to drop, it is no wonder why Korean pop stars are increasingly going overseas to find new markets for their music. Male pop stars Rain and Se7en, as well as female singers Lim Jeong-hee, Min, G-Soul and Yangpa are preparing to debut in the U.S. Super Junior and Fly to the Sky are holding overseas concerts, while Big Bang and SG Wannabe are making their debut in Japan this year.

Boa and TVXQ, known as Tohoshinki in Japan, have concentrated on activities in Japan last year. BoA is one of the most popular J-pop singers, while Tohoshinki is attracting many Japanese fans.

According to Japan's Oricon charts 2007 year-end rankings, Boa's album ``Made in Twenty'' ranked 31, selling 340,093 copies. Tohoshinki's album ``Five in the Black'' sold 37,686 copies in Japan (ranked 294).

Both albums are also available in Korea. Tohoshinki's album sold 28,484 copies in Korea, while Boa's sold 17,482 copies. Because Tohoshiki's album is considered a ``foreign album,'' it was the second best-selling foreign album in Korea in 2007.

cathy@koreatimes.co.kr

Source: The Korea Times

....which is why I'm kinda worried about BoA's upcoming 6th K-POP comeback

*sighs* I'd hate to see the age when CDs are GONE I'm not a big fan of digital song downloads...my biggest fear..

[Guest kaylah^18]

Who can refuse BoA?

How could someone refuse BoA’s request for an autograph? That was the same question other guests of the MBC show “Challenge! King of Ill Manners,” which will be aired on January 25, asked when Kim Heung Guk revealed that he once declined BoA’s desire to have his autograph during the 2002 World Cup in Japan.

“There was this girl fan who came up to me in the stadium and asked for an autograph but because I was busy at that time, I had to reluctantly turn down her request,” Kim Heung Guk conveyed.

“Then later that day, at the same place, I met Lee Soo Man and he was accompanying the girl, who he introduced as “his label’s singer,’ whose autograph I refused. She’s BoA,” Kim continued.

As expected, he was surprised and could not believe that he failed to recognize BoA, who already debuted in Japan at that time.

Meanwhile, also in the show, senior singer Ha Chun Hwa said that Wonder Girls is the most respectful junior she has met in the music industry.

Source: Joynews24 + krnloop

[summerdamsel]

boa needs to come back in korea

when she was in korea, there was a lot of spice

and there was the WHOA OMFG factor..

esp. when she releases an album..

now, its still nice..

but it seems lacking though

the solo acts that made hallyu what it is are like all gone now..

rain.. se7en..

especially BOA.. t.t

[sweetsmile]

....which is why I'm kinda worried about BoA's upcoming 6th K-POP comeback

*sighs* I'd hate to see the age when CDs are GONE I'm not a big fan of digital song downloads...my biggest fear..

yea but this problem goes to other artists too....

I think this is one of the main reason why BoA stays in Japan longer than Korea T^T

[Guest V-ni@star]

^ yaeh i think about it too.. basiclly boa sell more in japan than korea

[Bum]

ya that's the be with you pic , V-ni@star

kaylah^18 thanks for the short news...oww BoA must be so hurt... err who is that guy anyway?

[Guest M&M's]

i agree that the top singers, including BoA, has to come back this year.

if thnigs don't get better this year for the album sales as a whole, i don't thnink korea will improve at all in album sales.

this year is the year that will reflect it all.

[Guest winG*]

I love the new album covers...not crazy about the font (as always) but it still looks super good <3 I'll definitely need to grab the CD/DVD copy. I think I'll grab a copy of Be With You too...the cover is crazy gorgeous <3 She's so photogenic.

I kind of laughed at that article about that guy rejecting her request for an autograph...lol. How dumb he must've felt. It's cute of her to ask for an autograph though...kind of hard to imagine now. ^^"

It's kind of weird how these 2 years, all the "HUGE" kpop stars haven't really been active, and everything's changed quite a bit...like the award shows. I can't wait for her Korean comeback...even though it makes me slightly guilty that I'm still demanding more from her :x

Thanks for the updates guys <333

[Guest hanjin90]

Korean's sales are decreasing surprisingly T.T even singers in my country outsell SG Wannabe here

i hope it will okay with BoA when she comes back

[Bum]

i guess they really need those big big stars back to boost up korea album sales...

[Guest jessiep]

The overall Korean music sale has been declining badly, and it's just sad to see that the #1 album of the year only sold close to 200K. I hope that with all these big names will help to bring the sale back up this year.

It's always too much to have BoA releasing the 6th Korean album this year but she needs too because she has been away too long (though she did Anyband). We all can see that BoA is tied up in the 1st half of 2008 with BWY single, The Face album, the 2008 tour (which will take up ~ 2 months). Besides the My Name + Girls on Top Japan versions, she also has her X-mas Live 2007 DVD coming out in March so save up the money to get this too

[Guest hanjin90]

商品番号: AVBD-91528

メディア: DVD

組枚数: 1

発売日: 2008/03/26

価格: 4800円(税込)

2007年12/10、11日 東京国際フォーラムホールAにて、僅か2公演のみ開催された

超プレミアムLIVE「BoA The Live "X'Mas"」をパッケージ化!! 生バンド・ストリングメンバーを中心に2部構成で披露され㼢r />??このライヴは、"X'Mas"ならではのスタンダード・クリスマス・ナンバーや、お

馴染みのシングル曲、数年ぶりの生披露になるアルバム曲、

最新シングル「LOSE YOUR MIND」、そしてクリスマスのスタンダードになった名曲「メ㼢r />??クリ」等、プレミアムなセットリストでBoAの"歌"の魅力を余すところなく披露!

特典: 映像特典あり

仕様

リージョン: 2

Encoding: MPEG-2

収録曲

1. OPENING

2. The Christmas Song

3. LOVE LETTER

4. 赤鼻のトナカイ

5. キミのとなりで

6. Winter Love

7. 世界の片隅で

8. First snow

9. Santa Baby

10. DO THE MOTION

11. make a secret

12. flower

13. コノヨノシルシ

14. Diamond Heart

15. Jingle Bells

16. LOSE YOUR MIND

17. With U

18. メリクリ

i think i'll broke soon, she releases so much <3

this is a must-have DVD

[Guest V-ni@star]

yeah she release so many in feb n march!!!

[Guest joolee.]

Boa's so gorgeous, there's been so much updates.

[Guest sweetRUI]

^ which is actually not so good for me coz my xmas money is all dried up. nyahaha!! ^^

anyway, i believe that if BoA and all other KPOP giants all come back

i dunno...it would be massive and hopefully help the album sales in Korea...

but....i dunno, i have a question though....do you guys think the her 6th korean album will be a new one....or she'll just repack "The Face" in korean?

[Guest atlantis-x]

^i believe her korean album will be a new one. it really doesnt make sense for her to have this comeback with something that is not new at all.

anyway. oricon's sales chart for jpop artistes for the year of 2007!(:

Rank/ Sales earnings (10 million yen)/ Single sales / Album sales / DVD sales / Artiste

*1　　73,544.　　 9,588　　56,506.　　 7,449　　倖田来未

*2　　70,576.　　 4,529　　65,303.　　　 744　　浜崎あゆみ

*3　　69,182.　　 8,186　　51,690.　　 9,307　　Mr.Children

*4　　54,111　　13,553　　29,710　　10,848　　EXILE

*5　　52,470　　13,657　　14,095　　24,718　　KAT-TUN

*6　　52,159.　　 5,771　　40,954.　　 5,435　　大塚爱

*7　　43,669.　　 8,548　　28,280.　　 6,840　　コブクロ

*8　　43,143.　　 4,865　　38,278　　　　　　　　KinKi Kids

*9　　38,280　　10,125.　　 8,931　　19,224　　嵐

10　　34,376.　　 6,915　　11,509　　15,952　　L'Arc～en～Ciel

11　　33,989.　　 8,332　　23,561.　　 2,096　　YUI

12　　32,006.　　　 122　　31,024.　　　 860　　徳永英明

13　　30,460　　　　 41　　24,405.　　 6,014　　ZARD

14　　27,569.　　 2,356　　24,434.　　　 779　　ORANGE RANGE

15　　27,517.　　 5,405　　21,706.　　　 406　　ケツメイシ

16　　27,473.　　 5,741.　　 9,033　　12,699　　B'z

17　　27,214.　　　 877　　26,337　　　　　　　　スキマスイッチ

18　　26,990.　　 3,007　　19,255.　　 4,728　　安室奈美恵

19　　24,610　　　　　　　　23,429.　　 1,182　　UMK-ダイジェスト-洋楽

20　　23,628.　　 6,751.　　 6,826　　10,051　　NEWS

21　　22,001.　　 3,381　　17,607.　　 1,013　　中島美嘉

22　　20,411.　　　 191　　20,187　　　　 33　　アヴリル・ラヴィーン

23　　19,680.　　 1,829　　17,851　　　　　　　　伊藤由奈

24　　19,424.　　 8,026.　　 8,802.　　 2,596　　関ジャニ∞

25　　19,018.　　 1,630　　12,965.　　 4,424　　BoA

26　　18,237　　　　　　　　18,237　　　　　　　　TO-ダイジェスト-洋楽

27　　17,381.　　 2,144　　13,253.　　 1,984　　mihimaru GT

28　　16,863.　　 2,305　　12,798.　　 1,761　　絢香

29　　16,511.　　　 248　　14,992.　　 1,271　　Dragon Ash

30　　16,018　　11,153.　　 4,865　　　　　　　　秋川雅史

31　　16,017　　　　　　　　16,017　　　　　　　　WMJ-ダイジェスト-邦楽

32　　15,506　　　　　　　　15,506　　　　　　　　WMJ-ダイジェスト-洋楽

33　　15,060　　10,707.　　 1,050.　　 3.304　　宇多田ヒカル

34　　14,897.　　 2,934　　11,963　　　　　　　　GReeeeN

35　　14,652.　　 1,457　　12,059.　　 1,136　　木村カエラ

36　　14,552.　　 2,001　　12,551　　　　　　　　小田和正

37　　14,414.　　 1,454.　　 7,705.　　 5,254　　ポルノグラフィティ

38　　14,352.　　　 436　　12,930.　　　 986　　スガシカオ

39　　14,144.　　 4,856.　　 7,146.　　 2,142　　GLAY

40　　14,082.　　　 455　　13,626　　　　　　　　竹内まりや

41　　13,676.　　　 395　　13,280　　　　　　　　一青窈

42　　13,486.　　 2,003.　　 7,418.　　 4,065　　福山雅治

43　　13,115.　　 2,649　　10,466　　　　　　　　Aqua Timez

44　　12,862　　　　 57.　　 8,364.　　 4,441　　RADWIMPS

45　　12,604.　　　 366　　12,238　　　　　　　　YUKI

46　　12,222.　　 1,928.　　 9,423.　　　 870　　アンジェラ・アキ

47　　11,385　　　　　　　　11,385　　　　　　　　BOΦWY

48　　10,885　　　　　　　　10,885　　　　　　　　Ne-Yo(ニーヨ)

49　　10,626.　　 1,284.　　 3,062.　　 6,280　　ENDLICHERI☆ENDLICHERI

50　　10,494　　　　　　　　10,494　　　　　　　　ANX-ダイジェスト-邦楽

51　　10,209.　　 2,885.　　 3,868.　　 3,456　　モーニング娘。

52.　　 9,983.　　　　　　　　 9,983　　　　　　　　SND-ダイジェスト-邦楽

53.　　 9,706.　　 4,825.　　 1,419.　　 3,461　　東方神起

54.　　 9,608.　　　　　　　　 9,608　　　　　　　　リンキン・パーク

55.　　 9,062.　　　 957.　　 8,105　　　　　　　　スピッツ

56.　　 9,014.　　　　　9.　　 5,504.　　 3,500　　ELLEGARDEN

57.　　 8,925.　　 2,853.　　 4,511.　　 1,561　　タッキー＆翼

58.　　 8,525.　　　　　　　　 8,424.　　　 101　　オフコース

59.　　 8,457.　　 8,132.　　　 325　　　　　　　　桑田佳佑

60.　　 8,075.　　 3,519.　　 3,143.　　 1,413　　AAA

61.　　 8,002　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 8,002　　堂本光一　

62.　　 7,960.　　 2,881.　　 4,727.　　　 352　　UVERworld

63.　　 7,843.　　　　　　　　 7,883　　　　　　　　UMK-ダイジェスト-邦楽

64.　　 7,817.　　　　　5.　　 6,445.　　 1,367　　m-flo

65.　　 7,668.　　　 653.　　 6,477.　　　 539　　SOUL'd OUT

66.　　 7,632.　　　 102.　　 7,530　　　　　　　　バックストリート・ボーイズ

67.　　 7,512.　　 2,364.　　 5,148　　　　　　　　SEAMO

68.　　 7,479.　　 4,834.　　 2,190.　　　 455　　DREAMS COME TRUE

69.　　 7,360.　　　　　　　　 6,891.　　　 468　　東京スカパラダイスオーケストラ

70.　　 7,248.　　　 226.　　 6,386.　　　 636　　松任谷由実

71.　　 7,238.　　　　　　　　 7,328　　　　　　　　Sotte Bosse

72.　　 7,224.　　　 699.　　 6,524　　　　　　　　MONKEY MAJIK

73.　　 7,215.　　 1,693.　　 4,000.　　 1,522　　水樹奈々

74.　　 7,015.　　 1,308.　　 5,067.　　　 640　　東京事変

75.　　 7,005　　　　 18.　　 6,356.　　　 630　　マキシマム ザ ホルモン

76.　　 6,916.　　　 646.　　 5,804.　　　 466　　椎名林檎×斎藤ネコ

77.　　 6,913.　　 1,495.　　 1,724.　　 3,694　　湘南乃風

78.　　 6,719.　　 5,426.　　 1,172.　　　 120　　BUMP OF CHICKEN

79.　　 6,696.　　 1,623.　　 5,073　　　　　　　　ゆず

80.　　 6,684.　　 3,381.　　 3,303　　　　　　　　V6

81.　　 6,559.　　 2,738.　　 2,858.　　　 963　　氷川きよし

82.　　 6,416.　　　 908.　　 4,139.　　 1,368　　DJ OZMA

83.　　 6,387.　　　 963.　　 4,866.　　　 558　　KREVA

84.　　 6,370.　　 1,294.　　 5,076　　　　　　　　CHEMISTRY

85.　　 6,243.　　 1,407.　　 4,836　　　　　　　　いきものがかり

86.　　 6,222.　　　 495.　　 4,025.　　 1,702　　MISIA

87.　　 6,184.　　　　　　　　 6,184　　　　　　　　ES-ダイジェスト-邦楽

88.　　 6,071.　　 1,079.　　 3,722.　　 1,270　　RIP SLYME

89.　　 6,051　　　　 47.　　 5,755.　　　 248　　ボン・ジョヴィ

90.　　 5,966.　　　 179. 　　　　　　　　5,787　　Bank Band

91.　　 5,943.　　　 615.　　 4,180.　　 1,148　　Every Little Thing

92.　　 5,915.　　　　　　　　 5,915　　　　　　　　マルーン5

93.　　 5,884.　　　 842. 　　　　　　　　5,042　　SMAP

94.　　 5,768.　　　 873.　　 2,541.　　 2,353　　吉井和哉

95.　　 5,536.　　　　　　　　 5,536　　　　　　　　AVT-ダイジェスト-洋楽

96.　　 5,531.　　　 850.　　 3,864.　　　 817　　柴咲コウ

97.　　 5,529.　　　　　　　　 4,956.　　　 573　　中森明菜

98.　　 5,481.　　　　　　　　 　741.　　 4,739　　X JAPAN

99.　　 5,398.　　　 917.　　 4,164.　　　 318　　チャットモンチー

100　　5,343.　　 2,802.　　　 355.　　 2,185　　aiko

credits to oricon and 8dimentions.

at 25th this time! well i kind of forgot how she fared in 2006 but i guess this is not bad? haha. despite having low singles sales recently. yep.

oh and boa will be going on to heyx3 in mid feburary! (:

[Guest V-ni@star]

it will be a new one of course...

[Guest hiranojun]

I remember you had CD covers each of BoA's Albums and Singles, can I request for them pls. Thanks =)

[Guest BoALoveS]

http://www.avexnet.or.jp/boa/index.html

New layout with "be with you." PV preview !!!