Whoa. With all the promotions and recent exposure, even if it’s not A-list was enough for Boa’s U.S. debut track to hit the charts with a running start.
Only 2 weeks on the U.S. Billboard charts and already Boa’s American debut track has climbed to #37. Not bad. Not bad at all.
WOW
congrats to boa!
i have yet to here it on the radio but hopefully soon!
she really deserves this…i mean she’s been working since she was what 9?
“This may be biased but cause she’s a Female she already had a better chance…but I mean she’s cute and short which is a plus. And she can sing, she sounds great, and she can dance…but if she didn’t have the EXPOSURE she wouldn’t be doing not even half of what she’s doing now. Father SM is doing a good job.”
I agree. People are gonna associate her with the typical Asian chick image (submissive and whatnot)…but SM certainly is being smart and putting a lot of time and effort into her…and yeah what’s different about her, just that she’s “exotic” because she’s Korean…but I guess she’s going to feel just fine being known for that.
That’s so good!
Thats kinda weird I mean her song is catchy but I don’t think its popular enough to go on the Billboard charts..it seems kinda weird..SM has connections mannn
Yawn. Heard this with Utada too. Not too long ago actually.
BoA = Fail.
Dude, I mean, I love her track. I dance to “Eat U Up” all the time. I have yet to hear it on my radio though. :[
On the bright side, she performed in NY on my birthday. ^^ Too bad I wasn’t there. ToT
Not amazing, only time can tell the successs. This is a chart that nobody paids much atetntion
MESSAGE
HATERZ SHAAAAAT UP!
BOA YOU ARE GOD.
HOT 100 IS COMING!!!!!!!!!!!
To everyone who says Boa has a better chance because she’s female,
Do you know how many asians and asian-american girls/women have tried to succeed in the american music industry? Lots and the fact that they were female didn’t matter one bit. Wasn’t this the party line when Utada tried? That she was cute and female? I don’t see the interest in Boa and she’s not appealing to non-asians enough to have that full crossover success.
@jin,
Did you have your fingers in your ears while you were saying that, lol! I can picture a little teen who doesn’t want to hear the truth about their precious idol!
I congratualte her.
But as others have said, this chart doesn’t really matter. I mean, Koda Kumi got number one on this chart. But does anyone know her? (Other than original fans.)
wow good luck
Oh yeah, I remember Koda Kumi had that number one on here a long time ago. And I think it was Utada’s “Devil Inside” that had a #1 on here as well, right? (I personally thought “Tippy Toe” or “You Make Me Want to Be a Man” were better dance songs).
I don’t think BoA fans are radically claiming that this is like winning the Nobel Prize or anything. They’re just happy to see her get somewhere ~ progress is progress, even if it’s not success yet.
I’m really excited to see how this will turn out.
thats not too bad considering that she’s a foreign artist. and that shes still pretty unknown. and that her song has only been on the charts for the last 2 weeks.
April 2006:
“Korean-Japanese performer Mink’s ‘Glory of Life’ finally took the number one slot on Billboard magazine’s Hot Dance Club Play Chart.”
korea . net/News/news/NewsView.asp?serial_no=20060331015&part=106
english.kbs. co . kr/entertainment/news/1493613_11858.html
It’s a good start atleast,
but yep there were other artists, and I later realized awhile back even Koda Kumi was on those dance charts around 2002 haha.
“In 2006 her song “Glory of Life” was released and licensed to Rhythm Zone/King Street Records and remixed by Chris Cox, John Creamer and Stephane K. “Glory of Life” hit the number one position on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.”
Remix
youtube . com/watch?v=bU-Wqm7PjPM
Honestly I’m being completely real here, the ONLY Asian females I can see making some sort of dent in non-acting media in the US, is maybe Tiffany from SNSD, yes yes I know she’s awful, she’s arrogant and stupid but think about it…her voice is pretty decent, nothing special, she is pretty cute, and she speaks fluent english, and she has that attitude that seems to sell so well in the US, it’d be interesting to see her in the US as much as I dislike her she acts very much like the young US celebs.
^ And if people dislike her.. she’ll just be even more famous. Just like Paris Hilton.
Exactly. rofl
Althought tiffany would never get that bad, but just think about it. people hate paris hilton so much that they literally cannot stop talking about her, it’s the people who HATE her who made her the overrated, overhyped creature that she is. lol
And now this girl is in demand anywhere, and is asked to do all sorts of jobs that pay millions (that she doesn’t need)
Sometimes hate is a good thing, in Korea it doesn’t seem to work so well but if tiffany is hated in the US she might get somewhere alot quicker than boa, lol.
They’re both equally un-talented in singing and dancing, so it wouldn’t be so different, other than the fobby english and the fluent english.
i dont care what the charts say. her song still sucks ass
Not really bad for Boa ,especially Korean star.Even Boa .
OMG This is kind of a shock. I didn’t think North Americans would accept her that well but then again it might be her fan base here that helped a lot so =/
The hair she’s sporting looks kinda nice, although I will never do my hair like that, of course. It wouldn’t suit me.
Also, didn’t Utada make it on the billboard chart too, with her “Devil Inside” song? If so, she didn’t get anywhere else after that, and she definitely has better English skills than BoA does.
^ as uhhello said earlier:
US Billboard Dance/Club charts:
Utada: #1 (2004) – Japanese American Jpop artist
Mink: #1 (2006) – Korean (Jpop) artist
S.Blush: #2 (2007) – Korean American girl group
good for her. but she still has a long way to go to be successful here in the u.s.
screw the haters
BoA HWAITING~~!!
so she’s officially a top 40 hit. AWESOME!!! do your thang BoA.
can’t wait to see her performance on mtv.
what is mtv iggy??
She’s not actually a top 40 hit, as she hasn’t made it onto the main chart. The chart she is on is only a sub-chart that rarely receives attention.
MTV Iggy is a new site for Chinese, Korean, and Desi music.
I think the asians (the people who already know her) are more excited about her america adventure, than the americans themselves. I think they couldn’t care less about some asian popstar that makes music that’s not more of the same. They have dozens of wannabe popstars themselves who make the same kind of music.
I only listened to ‘I eat you up” and “winter love’ of her. And I liked “winter love” style more. Second her face is plain. Sure she looks good. But you know westerns think every asian look the same, and her face is just not distinctive enough I think. I mean even I as an asian can’t tell apart artists because of all the plastic surgery.
“Hot Dance Club Play”
LMFAO. like that counts for a lot… Yeah she’s “getting big” now but watch her 15 minutes end soon…
shes not getting big yet. just cuz shes in the top 40 dosnt mean she will get further. lol people are prolly listening just cuz its that asian singer. and ya. she is too plain. she dosnt really bring anything new to the table, except being korean.
DAMN STRAIGHT! thats my girl!
congrats!!!
How is she doing when it comes to radio airplay. It would be great if she can get some radio station or talk show exposure
That chart means nothing, no one cares about it. I mean…#37 on “Hot Dance Club Play” chart? LOL. She doesn’t stand out from any of the other American artists. Sex and attitude sells in America, and she got none of both. I don’t hate BoA, actually I’ve been a fan of her since her debut, but America is not for you BoA. Go back to Asia where you have success.
they’re not hating… It’s the truth about the Hot Dance Club Play. It’s nothing really. If she can break into the hot100 and do well, that’ll be something.
Hey…i just realized that BoA in the eat u up mv wore same ring like U-know Yunho in mirotic….The U shape ring…it’s cute…in the eat u up u can see the ring on 0:12 and in mirotic just watch yunho’s hand while he’s doing the sexy chin movements…lol…they’re same ring!!
cool~ go boa! she’s number 37 all right, but i wonder when people might get to actually know her??? XD
anyways, more power to her!
Uh her song isn’t even on radios yets.
The truth boa has A LOT to learn first about USA.
Not jus through books.
MONEY IS WAHT BOUGHT HER THIS FAME!
It doesn’t matter about charts. What matters is that we support her aiming for the top. Isn’t that what crappy America is all about? Reaching for that pissant unrealistic American dream…I’m not even asian and I want BoA to fly high in this god-forsaken country. Why can’t you, as her fellow asians, wish her the best as well?
Lol @ having to support a no talent pop act just because you might be asian.
That’s a joke right?
The only thing boa brings to the table as ‘new’ is her race, everything else has been done before, sorry it’s over and just like asia cruz, she’s going to fall back and be forgot, assuming her MV even makes it on TV LOL.
Here’s the deal.
BoA, Rain and seven (sp? Who cares?) will never be household names.
No South Korean pop singer will be for a very long time, if ever.
That goes for there moronic TV dramas too.
And what the hell is this Korean “fighting” crap. The 2002 World Cup is over! It’s time to move on.
Leave that crap in Korea please
Takeshima is legally owned by Japan.
That’s “their” dramas btw
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Wow I just checked today and Eat you up is ranked 15
15 !!!!!
But how long will it last though?
If you had to eat a crayon out of a box of 64, what color would it be? ,