Mega pop star, Boa received the prestigious 2007 Young Artist Award last night at the ‘2007 Cultural Merit Awards’. Since 1993, the Young Artist Award recognizes the musical achievements and cultural impact of talented young Korean artists in their 20’s – 30’s.
Congratulations Boa.
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Would you go to school if you were Boa?
What line are you?
Even stars need someone to play cupid Boa and Joongi
Boa is not a lightweight
B – I guess we’re all it’s all good then. By the way, you’re one of the few here that gave a nice rebuttal without sounding like an idiot. Thanks.
Love the first point.
Junsufan – You said a lot
Hell, even people I know have gotten her haircut from Nanairo brand new beat. I’ve seen many people have a hairstyle and say it was because of BoA.
She fainted after her OVER THE TOP performance because she worked so hard. She was practically anorexic for the year of 2005 because she was back and forth. Her number one single got so much attention in Japan, but her GOT album got so much attention from Korea as well.
By the way, for those who don’t understand JApanese, I subtitled MOON AND SUNRISE (under Owaranaislave on YouTube).
Ha, I thought she was Japanese, 4 years ago when I was more into Japan than Korea.
Aya – I’m not arguing, but she was recruited at 11 and debuted in Japan at 13. That is more than one year, yes… but when you say ‘years’ you make it sound like she studied throughout her school life, which is untrue. And yeah of course she got made fun of (who the heck can understand such fast speaking when you’ve only been learning it for two years and get put on the spot like that?). DBSK and SS501 had even weirder Japanese. It’s all chopped up and slurry and ungrammatical. BoA’s Japanese was just criticized for being TOO grammatical and old fashioned, so she had to learn new ways to say things and etc. Just like non Spanish speaking students learning years later that you don’t always need the “yo”, “tu”, “usted”, etc. when you have a conjugated verb.
I guess I misunderstood you, and you totally brought up a new point. WHY is it only NOW? For this award I understand it’s because you need to be 20-30…. And I haven’t been around the whole Korean scene for more than year and a half, so I’m not sure if she won other awards for great achievement as this.
-sLaVe
@ B. you’re so sweet to take my words into considerations -__-;
My english isn’t as proficient as yours therefore i said “IN LACK OF BETTER WORDS or NICER words.” I never said or pin pointed YOU out as the one that said she doesnt deserve the award. I was speaking to whoever said that boa doesnt deserve it; if you didnt say it then i wasn’t referring to you .. -___-;;
as for your comment towards slave, “they have ALL had music training and taken vocal classes , so they KNOW their stuff.” i just have to say this isn’t like science or math.. Music is a broad range and it depends on what suits the person. Having been trained in the field of music doesnt makes you know what’s good or not. It’s like comparing beauty when the preference of beauty differs one person to another.–this is the same argument people have been debating about, “if she doesnt have talent then why does half of asia love her so much” -and whatnot.
Wow, grats to her.
she’s cute but i just dont get it nor do i feel it. her nasally voice really gets to me
“Aya – I’m not arguing, but she was recruited at 11 and debuted in Japan at 13. That is more than one year, yes… but when you say ‘years’ you make it sound like she studied throughout her school life, which is untrue. And yeah of course she got made fun of (who the heck can understand such fast speaking when you’ve only been learning it for two years and get put on the spot like that?)”
I learned japanese in less than a year. The point is that if you are debuting somewhere, learn the language, its respectful. She debuted in japan and then years later she still did not speak japanese is what I’m saying. Anyone could have debuted in japan at that time, the greedy managers of her just got to it first. The only point is that if she is a ‘fast learner’ then why didnt she speak Japanese? Now, its been a while since I last did the japanese thing, Ive learned a few more languages since, so I dont know if I could still understand someone talking fast, but I understood the Hey Hey Hey hosts at the time the show was aired. And I wasnt debuting in Japan.
^ Now, I’m sure you have other stuff going on in your life while you were learning Japanese, but you weren’t on the schedule of learning new songs and dance routines and doing public promotions, etc all at the same time either. I’m sure she was learning at a rate that she could, and spoke it comfortably rather than butchering the language on TV shows when she’s ready.
Sorry, I know it’s easy to critisize celebrities, but comparing yourself to a professional artist just sounds very nitpick and silly.
Get over it guys, Boa is the same as everyone else, like TVXQ is. Nothing special, they’re all just boybands and singers. Except boa has something different…she sings through her nose which is more annoying than anything, give me a tone-deaf person, just not another Britney Spears.
Deny it or not Fans, she can’t sing.
I don’t care what your rebuttle is, you can’t change my mind, Boa cannot sing.
Either way the award would have gone to someone not worthy of it i’m sure so…why not just give it to Boa anyway?
boa doesnt need to change your opinion to get the numerous awards shes received Blahblahbon. you annoy me == SERIOSULY.
anyways, all this debate..i guess that means boa is still the topic of furious discussion, thats good =] means that shes still remebered in korea, quite achievement that is seeing she hasnt been around for so long
congrats boa~
Aya – Meru said part of what I was going to say. But what was left out is, not everyone is a language buff. I had big dreams of being a linguist, and it’s taking me some time to learn French! Yet, Japanese and Korean come easier to me. . . and I hear a lot more French Creol than Japanese and Korean in my life in Florida. But that’s cool you were able to understand it in a year. But were you able to read, write, speak, and understand fluently? She was taught all of that in the span of two years, you can’t be expected to be fluent. I’m a level three Spanish student and have been taking Spanish for 1 and a half years, my Spanish isn’t fluent. There are still many things to learn, just as I’m sure she was trying to do while debuting.
Okay, let’s just say you ARE right and that her managers did get greedy and she got there first… But why did the other Koreans (if there were any) not get famous?
Blahblahbon – I don’t know who your anatomy teacher was or your singing coach, but I’m pretty damn sure thats impossible to sing through your nose. If you’re going to diss her, at least sound smart about it. And if you hate her voice, then fine. She’s at least talented in other degrees.
-sLaVe
“SERIOSULY”
sorry i don’t speak Ape.
“I don’t know who your anatomy teacher was or your singing coach, but I’m pretty damn sure thats impossible to sing through your nose. If you’re going to diss her, at least sound smart about it. And if you hate her voice, then fine. She’s at least talented in other degrees.”
Singing through nose = what boa does.
i don’t need someone to teach me that, thank you.
Blahblahbon – Ha, again? Really, is that ALL you can say about her voice? I don’t remember the last time evolution discovered vocal chords in nasal cavities.
Again, where are all the smart people who actually have a good rebuttal? If you’re going to make fun of WOW for making a typographical error, then at least sound like you know what you’re talking about. And don’t be repetitive, it makes you look worse, it still doesn’t help bring your point across. At least come up with something new.
-sLaVe
Ok I’m not going to weigh in on the great BoA debate here but sLaVe I have to stop you from bustin balls on the “singing through the nose” thing you and Blahblahbon keep going back and forth on. So here is a basic run down on that expression:
“singing through the nose” is a very common expression used by just about every vocalist, vocal coach, and musician upon hearing someone whose voice sounds a little “nasaly.” Basically, when you sing, you are using different cavaties in your body to create resonance that results in the loudness and sound of your singing voice. Its just like an acoustic guitar – there’s a big hole in it that the sound waves from the strings go into and then become amplified. So when somebody sings and sounds “nasaly,” what is happening is that their voice is resonating too much in the nasal cavity and not enough in the chest. Its usually caused from improper (shallow) breathing before the singer actually starts singing.
Don’t take this as an attack on you sLaVe. I’m just explaining what Blahblahbon is talking about. “Singing through nose = what boa does” didn’t seem quite thorough enough.
Congrats Boa! She looks pretty
From the start, what Blahblahbon said can be considered as crap cause this isn’t some kind of vocal contest. We know BoA sings nasally..but hey..still..people listen to her..there are so many other people who sings nasally..especially those in Japan who overuse vibrato..*coughsayumihamasakicoughs* but don’t get me wrong, I love their music..and their music sales are much more successful than those who u can say..sing..
Just look at Korea, vocal talent isn’t really the THING they want..that’s why so many artists lipsynch 24/7 and yet they have good sales. They don’t really need to prove they CAN SING..*dude..hyori..uh..she can’t sing..but i love seeing her performing..and not to mention, SHE’S HOT XD* BoA has always been the best selling female artist in Korea. *go check the statistics* DAMN, she can perform. I’d rather see BoA or Ivy or Hyori dancing on stage then switching to ballads rather than some female artist singing typical korean ballads ALL THE TIME. All I want is a good performer and entertainer and that’s what BoA can give.
Aya, BoA can speak almost like a native now..okay? She was how old then? 14 WHEN SHE DEBUTED IN JAPAN. Do u know how hard all the training is?? Comparing urself to her…what??! I know, maybe u’re really smart and have high IQ scores..but dare i ask..are u as successful as her? Btw, japanese isn’t hard..chinese is..=]
Thank you Steve. That’s all I’m looking for. A smart reply that makes sense and has an explanation.
Junsufan – You are super correct about Japanese and their “nasaly” sounding voices. If you want to complain about voices that sound a bit nasaly, then consider listening to Japanese singers. The only singers that don’t have nasaly voice are those who grew up in America and know English (or are half American).
And yes, BoA like few of the other female artist SUCCEED in having a variety of music, and her voice seems to do well, especially if she has support from all different kinds of her music. If she just sang one type of song, it’d get pretty damn boring. But at least her “nasal” voice is versatile enough, and good enough, to stick around.
-sLaVe
“But why did the other Koreans (if there were any) not get famous?”
When have koreans not been famous since in Japan? Did DBSK not just go? Did Shinhwa, Se7en, and multiple others not release Japanese singles?
When BOA came people began to look up Korean music more and more everyone was interchangeable.
And comparing myself? Because I am ‘just a girl’ and she is a pop star, there are higher expectations of a pop star so if this ‘just a girl’ can do it, then she, if as great as you are saying, should be able to too (And mind you there is a human thing “Anything you can do I can do too, so many people would limit themselves, but all humans are capable of the same actions excepting maybe those with mental or physical disabilities but not all.). And of course I’m not as famous, I don’t have a company like SM pouring their money into my marketing. I’m sure if I REALLY put effort into it, I could become famous (Anyone could), but there is nothing in fame for me. Successful, I am as successful as they come, but success is relative. Success is not related to money in my world.
“If she just sang one type of song, it’d get pretty damn boring. But at least her “nasal” voice is versatile enough, and good enough, to stick around.”
Darn true, and she’s respectable for making it work for her.
ah! BoA! lawl she got too whore-y like a hyori wannabe, but she’s stilll SOOOOO good! that top picture of her looks bad tho, but she’s pretty! ^.^
woot! congratz boa!
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Seems like the arguement here is hot… XD lol
Personally, I love BoA… She’s my IDOL..!
And honestly, she IS average when it comes to singing… and some can even say she’s average in DANCING too… BoA has the right mix… She can sing and dance, not too cute, not too sexy… You’re right when you said that everyone can sing and dance at the same time with proper training… Very true… But look, I’ve seen a LOT of people who are 100000x better than BoA vocally and in dancing… There are some that are 1000x prettier and got awesome writing skills…but why are they not as popular? Well, there’s something in a SUPERSTAR that makes her unique. Being a singer/entertainer is not all about ZOMG! Amazing vocals, and ZOMG! Sooper fabulous dancing, but you have to get that “certain unique element” that would make you stay on top… Just like she does… Not being able to write ALL of your songs doesn’t make you a bad singer…XD it’s just that you’re not as good as others in that certain area… That’s why there are “composers and writers” in the music industry. And a singer’s job is to put life into those songs…^^ that’s what I think BoA does best. She’s got good songs, some she ever wrote herself, great moves and that pretty face, but those are not the only things she has that kept her on her position through the years… Not only her perseverance and hard work… Because most singers have the same characteristics as those… it’s just being her, and that “special something” in her that only God knows how to explain…
You know what…? To all haters: the fact is that she has won the prestigious award and has earned more money than you will ever do in a lifetime, while you’re wasting your bloody time by the computer. End of story. Bye.
I agree with every other person that emphasized that this award wasn’t based on how well you can SING (since yes, BoA’s voice, I will admit, is very average, and she’s my favourite artist ever) but how much of a cultural impact you made. And I agree that even if they had taken another 10/11 year-old, given her all the training they did to BoA, that 10/11 year-old would be just as popular as BoA is now.
Maybe SM Entertainment WAS the first to come up with an idea to launch a Korean pop-star into Japan and that’s why BoA made it into the market – so? They still did it FIRST – and therefore they reap the benefits from doing so. If you start a race before someone else, chances are, you’re going to win that race, no? That, and the fact that she’s probably worked 10 gazillion times harder than any other ‘teen pop-sensation’ out there (even if she isn’t a teenager anymore), and for nearly 10 years now, to get where she is today, shows that she’s got incredible determination and perserverance for a teen/young adult.
And maybe she accepts the fact that her voice is average – but she still gives it her all in every performance. Have you ever seen her flaunt the fact that she’s famous in anyone’s face? Or wave her money around like it grows on trees? NO.
BoA’s success just goes to show that even someone who isn’t born with a huge amount of natural talent can succeed with hard work too.
PS. I also realize this article is from like…two years ago…T_T