BoA Steals Limelight in US

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

BoA, a South Korean pop star now active in the United States, is poised to take off in the United States, stealing the limelight as a promising singer.

BoA, 22, is scheduled to perform on the Main Stage of the San Francisco Pride to be held in San Francisco June 28 along with Solange Knowles, sister of Beyonce, a top American R&B singer, and rock band Cliks.

The SF Pride's Main Stage serves as a key conduit to introduce major, cutting-edge artists on the verge of stardom. During last year's pride, Lady Gaga, who has been sweeping the Billboard Charts recently, headlined the Main Stage.

Entertainment analysts say the event will help BoA get a spotlight in the world's largest album market. In fact, the Web site of the SF Pride introduces BoA as a singer who has enjoyed an extremely successful nine-year career in Asia.

In an effort to spur her U.S. activity, BoA, has signed a contract with Creative Artists Agency (CAA), the No. 1 Hollywood entertainment agency.

Under the contract, within North America, CAA is representing the 22-year-old in all areas including music, film and merchandising. The agency is mulling a U.S. tour in the late second half of the year.

BoA released her U.S. album on March 17 amid high expectations that she will be able to reenact her success story in Japan in the United States.

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While I think the news item title is somewhat exaggerating, at least she will be this time performing for an audience that isn't 95% Korean American.

Comments

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

well now i have to go to pride

[crinkledpaper.livejournal.com]

lol @ Solange being the sister of "a top American R&B singer."

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

Solange doesnt like it when ppl talk about beyonce in articles. So they were prob trying to not get hate mail from her.

[crinkledpaper.livejournal.com]

They did say Beyonce's name. I just was lol-ing that she's just the sister.

[dapdaphae.livejournal.com]

goddamnit :| alskladk i wanna go.

[calltheshots.livejournal.com]

she should be honored to be sharing the stage with solnage!

[onerainysunday.livejournal.com]

your comment and icon makes me lol irl

[proleptical.livejournal.com]

San Francisco Pride as in... San Francisco LGBT Pride?

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

yes xD

[proleptical.livejournal.com]

I thought so, but I still needed go make sure, LOL!

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

xD yeah when i first saw pride, i had to do kind of a doubletake. but then i saw the date and i know that pride is coming up in june, so i figured it probably wasn't a coincidence. :)

[suwillgetu.livejournal.com]

Very cool news. The gays will probably love her music.

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

They can identify with her~

[suwillgetu.livejournal.com]

lol are you implying that she's secretly a lesbian or something?

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

Nah, I was kinda going for the she's a minority in America and gets shat on. But who knows maybe that's why she wouldn't let Tablo hit it.

[kristin-kandid.livejournal.com]

My gay boy loved "Eat you up". Trufax.

[risu-risu.livejournal.com]

good for her! i hope this gets her more exposure.

and non-kpop related, but yay! the cliks! i liked their last album. i hope this upcoming one is good too.

[lennoxs.livejournal.com]

ia! lucas is so fierce, goddamn.

[risu-risu.livejournal.com]

i know! and i'm sad i won't get to see them since i'm no where near san francisco.

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

lady gaga was there last year, though

then again i don't know how popular she was last year, since i'm kind of out of my depth with what's in in american music :x

[pivotandsway.livejournal.com]

the Cliks are an LGBT band so that's probably why they're playing Pride. They probably aren't well known outside that community

[missjoongie.livejournal.com]

I think this event is known for having 'not rly mainstream' performers. Lady Gaga wasn't rly known last year as she is now.

[pivotandsway.livejournal.com]

omg I hope her and Solange become bffs and then Boa does a duet or feature with Beysus

[that-princess.livejournal.com]

Hopefully this'll go great for her, her dance music was pretty much made for the gars.
That said, I hope she plays Touch, and not IDIFL

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

Tonight I'm gonna dance for my life. Gonna use my body like its the last time~~♪♫

[dreamerbri.livejournal.com]

i agree.

[ulchick418.livejournal.com]

I'll believe she's "stealing the limelight" when she goes up against Beyonce "Sasha Fierce" Knowles, not her sister.

With that aside: Do yo thang, bb BoA. I ain't gonna hate on ya.

[rikayla.livejournal.com]

Word~~ I'll believe she's "stealing the limelight" when she goes up against Beyonce "Sasha Fierce" Knowles, not her sister.

[ari-meh.livejournal.com]

omn, BoA and the Cliks? I WANNA GOOO TT~TT
hope it gives her more exposure (:

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

That's great exposure for her. She was supposed to perform at that baseball game some time back but then had to cancel cause she was sick right?

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

ikr gf could form a base with them

[sensibilityxx.livejournal.com]

finally >:|

[wackypinkbunny.livejournal.com]

yay BoA!

[halcyon-morn.livejournal.com]

Dear Siwon,

Please talk to BoA about the gays.

Love,
a now even bigger BoA fan

*ignores the fact that she she she she did it did it did it for publicity, not love*

[ficcy.livejournal.com]

LOL'ing. XD

[aistay.livejournal.com]

yay i'll be in sf then! excitedddd

[ficcy.livejournal.com]

I so need to be in San Francisco right now. :| UUUUGH, I want to be there!!

[kanaala.livejournal.com]

at least she's got a performance to do =D
i already felt like all she is doing are boring radio interviews..lol

[fluttering.livejournal.com]

ugh, bad picture, she looks tired, but this news sounds promising! go, boa!