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 | | She hasmade strides in music and acting with chartbreaking albums released in both Japanese and Korean as well as being a covermodel forhuge companies such as Shiseido, Honda, KDDI: Au, and Calpis. |
 | | After persuading her parents that their young girl should become a singerinstead of continuing to study (BoA was a very bright student nevertheless), SM began her training and she was learning thelanguages a cross-cultural Asian icon would need. |
 | | In 2002, her album Listen to my Heart rocketed straight to #1 on the JapaneseOricon charts, during the timeof the tension surrounding the 2002 World Cup, which was hosted byKorea and Japan. |
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