The Wonder Girls is one of South Korea’s top female pop groups, and recently gaining popularity in the US following their opening acts at Jonas Brothers’ tour. The girls are scheduled to release their full English album later this year.
BoA is one of the top Korean pop stars, famous in Korea, Japan and across Asia. She’s also making her mark in the west with her debut English album in 2009.
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Full name: Kwon Boa
Korean name: 권보아
Nickname: Kkamshi, Beat of Angel
DOB: November 5, 1986
Birth place: Guri, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Height: 160cm
Blood type: AB
Religion: Catholic
Profession: Singer
[also known as Boa Kwon, Kwon Bo-ah, Gwon Boa]
Biography
BoA was discovered when she was 11 years old while accompanying her brother to an audition at SM Entertainment. Her brother didn’t make it, but BoA caught the eye of the talent scout instead.
Girls’ Generation is one of South Korea’s top female pop groups. The nine-members girls group are often referred to as SNSD by international fans, acronym for their Korean name So Nyeo Shi Dae (소녀시대, or So Nyuh Shi Dae).
Charice Pempengco is a young Filipina singer, an internet sensation, and a future international star in making.
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Full name: Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco
Nickname: Ming
DOB: May 10, 1992
Birth place: San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines
Profession: Singer
Biography
Charice Pempengco, better known simply as Charice, started singing at the age of four.
She took part in some 80 singing competitions since the age of seven before making her first breakthrough at 13 in 2005, when she finished third on Little Big Star, an American Idol like talent show in the Philippines.